The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-13
BEST IN ITS HISTORY.

Visiting Editors So Pronounce the Owosst
Meeting of the M. r. N. A.-Outline o
the Neutrality-suspicious. of Paper o
Hon. Perry s. Heath.
The Michigan Republican Newspaper
Association met in this city Tuesday
and Wednesday for its 1899 meeting
and, as no small number of the mem
bers were heard to insist, for what
turned out to be the best meeting ever
held by the association as well.
Tuesday morning found few of the
editors already in the city, and during
the forenoon still more came in and the
yellow, old gold badges began to be
noticed on the streets. The weather
was almost perfect. though the weather
could not have kept anyone away
and a still larger number of the
yellow badges appeared on the streets
after the noon and early afternoon
trains came in. From that time on un.
til Wednesday night the number in
creased and the tide of good feeling ran
high, while at noon yesterday there
were still number of the visitors
lingering in the city.
The regular meetings of the associa'
tion began Tuesday afternoon shortly
after three o'clock standard time, when
the editors met in business session in
the armory parlors. 1t was still some
what early for many of them but the
ones who were present had matter or
two of considerable interest at the pres
ent time to the publishers of republican
papers throughout the state and the
discussion which took place on some OF
the subjects may be discovered later by
some other interested parties after il
has crystallized into action. The SEES.
sion was not long one but was pro
ductive of feeling that the convention
was likely to correct some mistakes
which would be worth more to every
member than the expense of coming to
Owosso would amount to-
TUESDAY EVENING.
In the evening the crowd which
found its way into the armory parlors
to hear the address of welcome was a
jolly one with no signs of worry over
what the devil might be doing in the
office at home. There was sprinkling
of citizens in evidence at the meeting
but the editors themselves made up the
larger part. The session was called to
order by the president of the associa-
ton, Mr.. Robert Smith, of Lansing
who with brief remarks introduced
Mayor A. M. Hume.
In making his address of welcome
Mayor Hume congratulated the editors
before him on the success they had met
with when here before, having then
proved the value of association quite
completely. He believed in associa-
tons anyway. They were all right.
The first association, formed by our
parents in the garden of Eden, was all
right until they took the serpent in after
which time they did not succeed so
well and in fact even raised Cain. He
welcomed the republican editors to the
city however and assured them that
his own personal welcome was all the
stronger because he was republican
through heredity as well as choice. He
wished them to realize however that
every home in the city was ready to ex-
tend hearty welcome to them.
he President then introduced Vice
President James O'Donnell, the ire
pressible ex congressman from Jackson,
concluding his introduction by express
ing the hope that he would some day
see the genial vice-president in the
governors chair. This reference to. Mr.
O'Donnell's candidacy for the govern
orship, which that gentleman keeps be-
fore the public in jovial and mirth
provoking way, which is at the same
time serious way, aroused the usual
applause, as did also Mr.. O'Donnell's
protest that Mr.. Smith had neglected to
saw when he wished TO see him there
One amusing anecdote then followed
another in rapid succession for few
moments and then Mr. O'Donnell
dweltfor moment on the history of
the city, the site of which was first
marked sixty eight years ago by the
first settlers. Then he referred briefly
to the position the whole state had at.
tanned with its two hundred forty