The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-10-15

ID. l.. Beach OF tho Gonzales Inquirer was
elected to the new Once OF second vice
president. created BY an amendment to
tho constitution.
The committee on membership recom-
lmended several delinuuents to be droppei
from the rolls but they were given an
extension OF time.
A telegram was read from B. p. Stephen
son, mayor OF Yoakun. inviting on behalf
OF the people OF that town. the association
to hold It's next meeting there.
There was no other place In nomination,
and even II there had been. 1t would have
proved losing contest, as by the ex-
cellent work OF w, l.. johnson of the Yoa-
kun Times Yoakum had practically cap
tured the next meeting, and the invitation
was accepted by unanimous vote.
The following. all OF Houston were
olectcd honorary members:
Tom Richardson. y. r. Hatch, John
cullum. j. /. Campbell. |. w. Moses, y.
la. A. Gibson. Henry Alexander, j. E..
IMcAshan, s. II. Brashear. General Ar
lcher. D. d. Bryan, j.. j. PastorAza, j. G..
Stanley and all the members OF tho San
IJacinto chapter. Daughters OF the Repub-
llic.
Mr. Swope of the Houston Typographical
Union, he moved that 1t Is the sense of
this association that all State printing
hereafter be done In the State and that
this matter be referred to the Legislative
committees. Carried.
a motion was also carried directing the
secretary to have printed 1000 lists OF the
members of the association. to be used
In sending out TO foreign advertisers.
A resolution offered by W. A. MAR WAS
unanimously adopted, indorsing the Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Festival at Houston
and the San Antonio fair as enterprises
worthy of the support and encouragement
t,~e ha- .Nf thn
A resolution was also adopted providing
for the printing in pamphlet form OF 900
copies of the proceedings OF the Houston
meeting with constitution and bylaws and
n revised list OF members included.
On motion offered by Mr.. Moore, and
carried, the paper printed by the secretary
of the organization was made the official
organ OF the ASSOCIATION, during the secre-
tary's tenure of office.
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows:
To f. II. Bushick. President. etc, 1
We. your committee on resolutions, beg
leave to report as follows:
Resolved. That the meeting just closed
has been one of the most pleasant and
profitable In the history of the organiza-
| tion; further be IL
Resolved. That the hearty thanks of the
association be and are hereby extended
| to the citizens OF Houston Individually aud
Gus hospitality so lavishly and u5stintingly
bestowed during the present meeting. Es-
pecially do we desire to return our thanks
to the Houston newspaper inen 1ndividu
ally, TO the newspapers of Houston and
the Galveston News, the Houston Business
League and its untiring secretary, Mr..
Tom Richardson; the Daughters OF the
| Republic, the Manufacturers association,
Cotton Exchange, Real Estate association.
the Houston Electric Street Railway COM
pany and its manager. Mr.. H. F. Mac
Gregor: the Drummer Town company, the
South Texas National bank. the Houston
Turnverein, the j. J. PastoriZa Printing
company Scarf & o'Connor and its Hous-
ton representatives, Mess-s. NJ. V. Cullum
and d. B. Hatch; the Southern Pacific and
San Antonio and Aransns Pass Railway
companies. Respectfully
A. S. Crisp. Chairman:
Mrs. j. s. Rowell
w. l.. Johnston,
A. Haldusek.
| Lee Landlord,
H. c. Sewer.
Adopted.
The following programme was mapped
out for the next meeting:
Paper on THE Subscription List, by
W. c. Trckey Pearsall header.
"Reminiscences of Texas Journalism"
H. C. Thompson Floresville Chronicle.
Poem, Clarence Ousley, Galveston Trib-
une.
How Best TO Promote the Industrial
| interests of Texas u. Overall, Texas
| Railway Illustrator, Houston.
! Address, nTho Early Settlement Of Texas
! and "Reminiscences OF Frontier Life" ], G..
| Carr. San Antonio.
.tThe Foreign Advertiser" e. G. Gil
| lett. Runge News.
| Mr.. Moore of the Seguin Enterprise In
yited all the members of the association
~. In. Fatr nnfr
| and 81.
Ele time for holding the next meeting
| was left to the executive committee and
the association adjourned sine die.
Houston was reached about $3.50 p. IN.
with every visitor singing the praises of
Houston for the splendid entertainment
of the day
One of the visitors to the city during
the editorial convention is ]. w. Golledge,
editor and publisher OF the Ardmoreite, of
Ardmore, /. T. Mr.. Golledge is an old
Texas newspaper man. He came to the
State in early years and edited the
Neuces Valley News az Corpus Christi in
1856 He conducted a paper later at the
il-fated town of Indianola, was for a
time in New Orleans, later with the Gal
| weston News, ana Ju iooo pupiioHcu INC
Houston Republic. lIe was In Houston
when the war broke out and took part in
the drilling of troops for the field. In 1858
he was connected with the Houston Tele-
graph, and in the iall OF that year went
i 10 Waco, where in 1871, he started the
/ Waco Advance. the first daily paper in
| Central Texas He pemained there until
1880. and later establihhed papers at Ifpls-
boro. the Mirror and Reflector. He worked
on The Post after that, and from here he
went TO the Indian Territory, where he Is
doing we'll. He found many friends glad TO
welcome him, and his wife who accompa-
MED him.
~
Colonel J. l.. Carr of the South and West
Texas Press association. who has resided
in this State since tine early forties, most
| ly in frontier bmder counties from
Brownsville to FL Paso. and who has. in
! years gone by, heard the war whoop Of
/ the Wild Comanche and other depre-
| dating Indians--that on more occasion th,tn
one--caused the stiffness of the midnight
air to reverberate with cries OF murder
| from women and chlidren--E%~al ana fam
Z ;i,a, ~ tho frontier~ Settlers--Wag ycstnr.