The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-17

STATE EdiforfoT
association convention yesterday was enough se,
10 convince one of this.
Inc Minnesota editor is non partisan. gen.
9GTieaiIy specifically he is extremely partisan.
lie does not always know what marty he =.
a partisan OF, but he is ALWAYS suficien+is
aeinte in his declarations to permit any party
10 mock under his standard that thinks # ths
right thing =" 'N'
a. A case In point is that veteran Of the pro.
Anoka Union. GRANNY" as he is affea+io o,,'
ately called by those who have shared in his
pouhteous hospitality, was once a RsnubIican
insan iibn tne legislature of 1897 conferred an
iu'dne hospital and the incidental emolument.
on town named Hastings. that had reusI
even MA; republican majority since ths. day.
tbe m rarts she Conqueror, Granville boIted
Is sdiu TO De growing. But it is a little earIy
TO harvest the crop of Pease yet.
Fease runs column in his newsnane,
which Is usually devoted to roasting peannt.
ana other things he does not like. and tina,
reminds one of an equally respected o'd-timer,
W ede PROFESSION. H. G. Huntington. of this
noted FOR Its fidelity to fact in the chron-
lcllhg OF the daily incidents of life in and
apout cottonwood county's busiest town. the
chlef attraction Of the paper to the ordinary
reader Is the feuilleton which is contributed
weekly by Uncle Eb, or some other old nom
qe plume, although every one knows it is
was spelled out at great typographical ex-
travagance.
After Pease and Huntington there shou1d ma
only one name in line of promotion, and that
Is ii. e. Hoard of the Montevideo Leader.
fease mas gone out into the cold and Hunt
ington IS strlnging along with losing party.
but Hoard is one of the press advisers in
the sem1-kitchen cabinet of the present gov
ernor, and Just now the reform press cham
Plon Is the real thing. The MontevIdeo
q nnf nI,,,
ADOPTED motto accredited to one prominent
sectarian rganization-semper idem = the
Monteyideo Leader is always interesting and
honest and earnest
ii. I. Hall of course laughs when any one
suggests those az veterans of the profession.
put the assumption has been generally In
dorsed by the association that Hall was one
OF the original fourteen or fifteen who dis
covered the fountain of perpetual youth after
Ponce de Leon had settled in Porto Rico.
When he is as old as Hall il is nossib1a
That the association will feel as kindly TO-
wards Charles Mitchell as they do towards
work woe than seen Mitchell Hho wOqd rather
Epicureans has no place in Mitchell's make
up. He will participate in any mischief
rather than the mischief of idleness They
say that the towel in the Alexandra POST
news office is embroidered with the motto.
Satan finds mischief for idle hands to do u
me president or the state editorial aSso-
citation is not much except at the annual
meeting and the midsummer excursion but
the present president manages to impress
nlmseif on the course of the body polite aside
from his editorial affiliations. Sam A. Lam
gum, OF the Preston Times, would rather
die in the trenches than leave his constitu-
ency without wholesome mental pabuIIIm
but when the voice of duty bienniely calls
MIN to the senate secretaryship, he comes
up, pen and gun in hand, ready to index the
journal with the one and shoot woodchucks
with the other But even the urgent neces-
sites of the state could not prevent Sam
from getting a sore throat when the edi-
torial association hove in sight, so he begged
OF in the senate, because all he had to do in
the editorial association to pound on
the table with hammer and minions would
come from all directions to enforce his very
edict.
One of the vice presidents of the asso-
citation is w J. Monroe, of Norris His
paper is named the Sun, not because it
rises early. but because it is the center of
energy w. j. himself is wiry rather than
herculean. But he is made of steel, and
after he gets through editing his paper he
runs down to st. Paul to manage a state
fair with the easy sangfroid of who
knows that no pent-up Utica contract
his powers.
c. c. Whitney. of the executive committee,
Is credited by courtesy to the Marshall News
Messenger, which is ably conducted by one
Of his sons. Charley. who Is now drawing a
fairly fat salary from the state, squares him
self with his constituency by more or less
fictitious. but always breezy budget of state
capitol happenings. The captain cannot re-
press a spirit Of loyalty to the Republican
party, Of which he Is devoted member but
he manages to impress those he meets with
the notion that he is a good felow-whic ia
nc doubt. true.
Frank A. Day. OF Fairmont, is an editor
Since the famous contest in which 4 Republi-
can machine reversed all precedent to Gust
him from place to which he had been Jaw
fully elected because of his party heresies, as
to the color of real money. Frank has no,
had much time to mix with his editorial col
leagues. But since last November when he
managed to clean the blackboard of cd scores
he has had nothing to do but write letters
to those he knew in various places. asking
them to watch John Lind Frank did not
doubt that the postal department had deliv-
cred these messages. but he thought 1t well
to come up and tell the penpushers himself
how coed governor his old friend was 60
ing to be, and incidentally to say: Il told you
so" to few former skeDtics.
One of the men who helped to Dust Frank
over near the other end of his own district Is
II. ]. Hays, Of Sleepy Tye. who would stand
by the Republican party if he had to write
an Australian ballot on sheet of asbestos.
Hays comes from Sleepy Eye, but If the town
is as sleepy as Its name indicates, Hays
avoirdurois IS difficult Of explanation
1t is only in caricatures that the editor ap-
pears a lean and hungry individual who
thinks too much for his own good and other
peoples harm Not to mention Pease, a
case in point is c. J. Berryhill of the Re
view. who writes editorials not merely as a
pastme. but TO differentiate himlelf suf-
icently from the intricac!es of lawyers Eng
hsh to be able to talk to his children when
at home.
Charles Avery Of the Hutchinson Leader.
Is Democrat. He took part in the CAM
paign, which, while it did not result in elect>
CharleTy c. Kinds
doubt, help i'll making John Lind governor,
and he has no regrets, except that the edi-
torial association does not meet monthly In
stead OF once a year.
While the veterans were being referred TO,
no exception should have been made of c.
D. Belden, Of the Austin Transcript. There
is no paper in the state which is more care
fully perused by the average editor than the
Austin Transcript. 1t is pungent and eau
tious, withall. The editor Is peppery, even. at
times. but he has never sacrificed the respect
of his contemporaries, although his fire may
have burned their fingers some.
The St. Peter Tribune has proprietors to
burn Its editor, John A. Johnson is in the
state senate. busly engaged in circumvent-
ing the persistent lobbyist. and among the
visitors to the convention yesterday were IL.
j. Essler his business partner, and Mrs. EsS-
Ter. johnson writes the aromatic editorials,
while Ess,er looks after the elusive local
merchant and the festive subscriber with
cords Of wood, and such.
st. Peter. by the way. sent quite a galaxy
E. Cowles. the recent inherltor of the Jour
nel, and II. c. Miller, the ph,egmstic editor
of the Free Press, were both in attendance.
w. B. Mitchell, of st. Cloud, Is cut of the
editorial harness, but he has sort of emari-
tus position in the association and you
couldn't keep him away with a bastion and
picket guard He has not been very ia
management OF