The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-13
ceeded to elect officers for the ensuing
year with the following result:
THE NEW OFFICERS.


year with the following result:
THE NEW OFFICERS.
President-Fred Slocum, Caro- Adver-
tiser.
Vice Prest.-J. N. Mccall, Ithaca
Herald.
Secretary-E. o. Dewey, Owosso
Times.
Treasurer-Mrs T. S. Apologize, Adj
rian Times.
The executive committee, one from
each congressional district: 1st-W. j.
Hunsaker, Detroit journal; enid. w.
Hine, Tecumseh News; Be. N. Ding
ley, Kalamazoo Telegraph; 4th-D. H.
Bower, Buchanan Record, 9TH. M.
Sellers, Cedar Springs Clipper; 5th-S.
j. Tomlinson, Pontiac Gazette; It'll.
H. Howse, Brown City Banner; Sth-C.
G. Vaughn, St Johns Republican; 9th
j. ID. S. Hanson, Hart Journal; 10th
j. w. Snyder, Bay City Tribune; 18th
A. l.. Bemis, Carson City Gazette; 18th
IS. II. WILDER, Hancock Progress.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
In the afternoon the association met
again to listen to papers and to discuss
matters of interest to party and to party
press. Editor w. j. Hunsaker, of the
Detroit Journal, read paper on "The
Press and the Campaign of 1900"
L. w. Crissey, of the Midland Republi-
can, read one on "How can the Press
Maintain its Prestige and Influence"
A. L. Bemis, of the Carson City Ga
zette, presented a very carefully pre-
pared paper on "The Press and the
Party-are the Benefits reciprocal"
while E. F. Grabill, of the Greenville
Independent, read paper written by
W. r. Cook, of the Hastings Banner,
on the Editorial Column" Anoth-
er feature, not down on the pro-
gram but one which was thoroughly
enjoyed by the editors present, was an
impromptu speech by E. N. Dingley,
of the Kalamazoo Telegraph. Mr..
Dingley represented Kalamazoo Co. in
the legislature last winter and gave
some interesting facts concerning
the much talked of appropriations of
the legislature of last winter. By re-
quest of the meeting the address will be
put in permanent form and sent to re-
publican editors throughout the state
Another feature of the meeting was the
reading of the paper prepared for the
occasion by the Hon. Perry S. Heath,
first assistant postmaster general of the
United States. The paper was read by
Mr.. James O'Donnell, to whom Mr..
Heath had forwarded it with the request
that he read it in case official business
kept its author away In justice to
Mr.. Heath it should be said that he has
the reputation of being the busiest of
fetal in Washington, but that until
Monday, of this week, he had contin-
ued to try to arrange his plans and
had hoped to be able to do so in such a
way that he could attend this meeting.
Mr.. Heath is an old newspaper worker
himself and is evidently as popular
among newspaper men as he is report
ed to be in official circles at Wash
ington. Letters. and kilograms
were read showing the efforts Mr..
Heath had been making to be
among the members at this meeting
and as a partial appreciation for his
efforts, the association unanimously
voted to tender a vote of thanks to Mr..
Heath for his paper and his efforts to be
present. A synopsis of Mr.. Heaths
paper is given here. Extracts from
some of the other papers are reserved
for later issues
When those who play so prominent a
part in directing public sentiment ask
of any man to give them an expression
of his thoughts, it is an honor that can
not be lightly passed over, or accepted
without sense of responsibility. But
am relieved of some of the embarrass-
ment might otherwise feel in address
ing the Association of Republican
Editors of Michigan here today by the
knowledge that l am among comrades.
Your anxieties, cares and perplexities,
intermixed with occasional sunbursts of
triumph and jubilation-often too
sparsely distributed-have all been
mine. Since l was fourteen years of
age, up to within a short time since, l
have spent most of my days and many
of my nights at the printers case, or at
the correspondents or editors desk, or
in the publishers office. Among news
paper men have always felt at home.
and hope ever to be so. The old say
ing "Once parson, always q parson''
applies even more forcibly to the news
paper guild. He who has once been
admitted within its fraternal arms, and
has worthily assumed its obligations,
can never afterwards entirely disengage
himself from its allurements.
The exactions and responsibilities are