Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
AN OFFICIAL PAPER.
Christian Endeavorers Debate Over
State Publication.

From Saturdays Daily.
One of the first things determined
by the executive committee of the To-
wa Christian Endeavor Union at their
session on Tuesday morning, was to
recommend to the new committee that
the present state Christian Endeavor
paper, Iowa Christian Endeavor," be
continued as the official publication.
This recommendation on Thursday af-
ternoon was duly made to the new
committee. There is little left to
surmise as to the attitude of the new
executive on this important point
The official publication for the union
was established three years ago for
the reason that the state union could
not longer sanction the methods that
were pursued by another publication
which, up to five years ago, had been
used as means of publicity.
There was a resolution introduced
late Thursday afternoon supporting
the action of the executive committee
in it's recommendations as to the pa
per. This called out quite an animat-
ed discussion. In reality, however,
the issue was not on the resolution
proper, the question being, as shown
in the remarks made, whether or not
these questions of business should be
permitted to come before the body of
the convention. Altho there was a
slender majority in favor of not having
such important business matters dis
cussed in the general meetings of the
convention, yet this should not be con-
strued as manifesting disloyalty to
the executive committee or a disregard
OF their recommendations.
The comment was especially favor
able on the conduct of the paper dur
ing the past year, the same having
been under the editorial management
of Rev. G. r. Shatto, pastor of the Con-
gregational church of Shenandoah.
Mr.. Shatto was originally printer,
having grown up in the Office of his
father, who, in those earlier days, was
newspaper man. Mr.. Shatto, Jr.,
has peculiar newspaper instinct that
is quite refreshing to the Christian
Endeavorers of the state.
Tho not exactly on the question,
there cropped out during the discus
sion on the resolution, few of the
old time and rather "chestnutty" argu-
ments that have been perpetrated up
on these conventions regarding the
state paper matter, and with which a
majority of those who attend from
year to year are quite as tired as they
are familiar Much of this same
ground was threshed over last year at
the Creston convention, but as usual,
there was rousing vote commencing
Iowa Christian Endeavor,' it's man
agement, and the favorable attitude
toward the paper maintained by the
executive committee.
1t is a favorite with one or two of
the old timers, who were grievously
disappointed when the so-called "orig-
inaI Christian Endeavor paper was
turned down a few years ago by the
union, and who had to do with per-
hitting the conduct of that publication
to be such that it was unworthy of
continued favor, to say that any short
age or extra expense shown by the
treasurer's report, is due directly to
the extravaganza of the new publica-
ton. The records of the treasury
department since the advent of the
new paper wholly fail to support the
position. The facts are, as shown by
these records, the new publication has
saved to the union in postage, and
many other ways, much more than it
has ever occasioned in expenditures.