The Republican journal., 1899-01-26

DELI "A
ton. Sanborn is walking Interrogation
point; full Of business from the soles of his
feet to the crown of his head, and as ready
to give information as to ask it. Robbins
but you all know Robbins, and to his great
| credit. Tower is well up in parliamentary
law, and if there was "Czar" to cut short
desultory and pointess chat, we might have
very profitable and interesting discussions.
Now fully half of the time is frittered awav
with idle talk, which should be summarily
squelched. Try a few "points of order"
next time, Bro. Tower You will be sus-
tanned by the chair no doubt.
The Thursday morning Session was held in
the judiciary committee room and was de-
voted to business. 1t was voted to make the
| summer excursion over the new Washington
county railroad, the party to be strictly con-
fined to members of the association and their
ladies. c. W. Robbins, NJ. E. Mudgett and
NJ. n. Rich were chosen as a committee of
arrangements There not dissenting
VOICE OF d SuSReStlDH blldb bu0 "TRIP De made
in some other direction. 1t seemed to be the
natural and proper thing to go to Washing
ton county and do all i'll our power to pro-
mote the boom that must naturally follow
the opening of this new Maine railway.
Last year the constitution of the Maine
Press Association was amended so that the
meeting of 1900 might be held in Bangor, if
thought advisable, and at Thursday morn
ing's session an invitation to meet in that
city was received from the Bangor newspa-
pers, and promptly accepted. This is good
move and should result in bringing into the
Association quite number of new members
from the eastern and northern sections of
the State. Heretofore, because of its isolat-
ed position, the press of Washington county
has seldom been represented at the mid win
ter meetings. Now, with the Washington
county railway in operation, they can easily
attend the meeting in Bangor, and members
from the western section of the State can
come to Bangor as easily as to Augusta.
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the liter
ary exercises took place in the Senate cham
Der before the usual large audience The
poet of the occasion was George W. Norton
of the Portland Evening Express, who mod
| estly declined to give out his poem for pub
ication, although it was very entertaining
and witty production. The essay by Frank
u. Rich of Bangor was one of the best the
Association has had for years and was we'll
delivered. After some Introductory remarks
Mr.. Rich told of his apprenticeship to Brown
Thurston, in Portland, fifty years ago and
and gave interesting "reminiscences of that
period. Then followed an essay on "How
to Make the Job Printing Office Renumera-
tive which may be read with profit by
every job printer. He closed with a sketch
of the maine Press Association, Past and
Present" and concluded as follows:
l think this, and kindred associations in
other States, have done much to elevate
and improve the tone OF the public press,
and at no time IN the history of this country
has the influence of the press been more po-
tent or far-reaching than at the present
time hence the individual RESPONSE hility of
the editor is magnifitd and increased to
such an extent that the public pulse is easily
raised or lowered by the articles that APP
pear III us tUlutluS from tdN 10 udy, UOucn-
ing upon topics which give birth to vital is
sues, that are crystallized into law and SEN
timent which eventually governs the cOun-
try, and oversbadowS all of our cherished
institutions that have made us one of the
most prosperous and powerful nations of
the earth.
The essay was followed by remarks from
E. Rowell, NJ. n Rich and j. A. Homan,
charter members, and by Rev. j. 6. Merrill
of the Christian Mirror. Gov. Powers then
came to the Senate chamber by special in
vitation and addressed the Association. The
Kennebec Journal says
Those who listened to his clear and
eloquent address, in which he spoke strong
ly of the power of the press and what it had
done and could do for our State, would not
for a moment have suspected that the
Governor spoke under conditions that
might have discouraged a less resolute man
from speaking at all. He had in fact Just
come from the dentist where he had just had
an liberated tooth eXtracted-and was lying
down for a moment on the sofa in his private
room when invited to appear before the as
| sociation. The manner in which he respond
ed to the call only emphasizes his right to
| be ranked among the abiest speakers in
| Maine. Few men in fact can compare with
him in off hand efforts of this character.
| The cordial greeting that was given him by
| the editors present showed that they ap-
| preciate his administration of State affairs.
| In the evening the association was delight
| fully entertained by Eon. and Mrs. j. F.
| Hill. The Journal was represented by 'Our
George" and Mrs. Quimby and the formers
account of the reception is given in another
| column.
| At one of the meetings Bro. Robbins pre-
| dicted that the time was near at hand when
| there would be decided change in the
| makeup of the country newspapers. The
| pages would be smaller and more of them
| Charles Dudley Warner, in an essay on ''The
| American Newspaper" published in 1881,
| noted that the makeup in small pages had
then "been adopted by many of our religious.
literary and special weeklies, to the great
convenience of the reader, and l doubt not
of the publishers also" Then, speaking of
the "unwiedly and inconvenient blanket
sheets,'' he said: SIT seems to me that the
inevitable remedy is a newspaper of small
| pages or forms, indefinite in number, that