The record-union., 1899-09-09

clSCleu, MI. McHneFSOH SdIu lS A1o
been member of the association from
the first and had never regretted it..
He was glad to be associated with his
personal friend, Mr.. Thompson, and
thanked the convention for the honor.
Mr.. Willis said that for Secretary
he would nominate the present incun1-
bent, for the reason that he had been
the best Secretary the association had
ever had and had attended better to
its business than his predecessors.
When an organization has a good Sec
retary it is best to keep him in office.
He, therefore, nominated w. D. Penny
cook of the Vallejo Chronicle zap
plause).
The President was instructed to cast
the conventions ballot for Mr.. Penny
cook and he was declared unanimously
elected
He said he had not been member
as long as Mr.. Mcpherson, but had al
ways looked on his membership as a
matter of pleasure and profit to him.
He would do his best for another year
and if lacking, hoped the members
would aid him.
Mr.. Thompson took the Chair and
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been moved from Sacramento to ST..
Helena and should go now to Napa,
all the while closer to Santa Rosa,
which was the best place. He would
nominate G. NJ. Francis, of the Napa
Register"
Mr.. Willis said the closer to Santa
Rosa the better SO long as it was kept
outside Of there. He would second the
nomination.
Mr.. Francis was elected unanimously
and said he would like to be Treasurer
as long as no bond was required. 1t
added to his financial standing in the
community.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
For the Executive Committee S. NJ.
Haskell E. B. Willis, T. B. Daniels,
Raleigh Barcar, A. B. Lennon, F. H.
owen and E. M. Swasey, were elected.
l.. F. Calkins of the Nevada City
Transcript" was elected a member of
the association.
F. II. Owen was called on for re-
port from the delegation to the Ma
uonal Association. AS a preface he
said that the newspaper reports had
confounded him with c. ]. owen, for
merly of the San Jose Mercury" but
now at Portland, Or, and who had not
been in attendance on the convention
THE BUTCHER AND BAKER.
No delegation to the National Asso-
citation, he said, had ever been treated
better. Everything was thrown wide
open to them and they were so royalty
treated that they had no time to them
selves. He did not, however, consider
the meeting worth much to him, ex-
cept in a social way. There was some
papers read and perfunctorily dis
cussed, but the authors were not pres
ent and they took a very wide range.
1t did him good to meet the Eastern
journalists and rub off some of the dust
and have a good time. The associa-
ton had donated $3.50 to the Eugene
Field fund for which there was much
enthusiasm the year before, but IT had
cooled Off and Mr.. Barcar's proposition
TO donate $3.50 fairly took away the
breath of the Eastern delegates. They
tried to dissuade him from Offering it.
saying they did not want California to
make such bluff, but he told them it
was not bluff. His offer to the asso-
citation was received in silence and the
matter was dropped by postponing it
till next year
Altogether it was a joyful, happy
meeting in social way. He wanted
10 speak of the class that had joined
the National Association. There were
some he would be glad to see admitted
to the association. if it did not open
the door for others. At the East thev
let everybody in. At Portland, pos
ing as members of the association.
there were butchers, cattlemen and
merchants who owned a little stock in
some papers, and who came only for
the fun they could get out of it and
took in everything, but had no inter-
est in newspaper work. 1t lowered the
association in his eyes to meet groc-
ers and butchers in it, as they did not
belong there.
A PROTEST..
j. A. Woodson moved that the Com
mittee on Resolutions report on class
membership. If the National Asso-
citation has degenerated as Mr.. Owen
says, the California delegates should
raise their voices against it. When it
met in California ii had a fine class
of delegates, noticeably so. Califor-
MIA should protest against such class
membership. The New York dTimes''
said a short time ago that the associa-
tion was degenerating into a mutual
admiration society. He hoped the res
olutions would express the sense of
this association. If this profession is
worthy Of respect and honor, the mem
bers should raise their voices for ele-
waiting it and shutting out those who
hoTrQ nj hI1 ci11acc in hn
Mr.. Mackinder thought so too. and
said the delegates to the next National
Association should on their return.
make report on what had been done
At the California meeting papers of
great value had been read. Delegates
should listen and digest and bring back
what they could and should have as
complete a report as possible of what
was done.
Mr. Daniels said Mr. woodsons sug-
gestion was excellent and he hoped the
committee would take it up and Mr.,
Woodson would help them, as the time
was short
Mr.. Woodson said it should take time
and phrase it carefully if it was to go
to a body like the National Associa-
ton. Mr.. Moore had told him some
things about degeneration of the meet
ing at Denver.
Mr.. Lennon did not think it was as
bad as had been stated, but that the
small fraction spoken of We're conspic-
uous because they did not belong there.
They should strike at the evil as it ex-
lists and go for the conspicuous fellow,
not the association.
Mr.. Woodson presented the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the California Press