The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-27
PRESS ELECTS OFFICERS.
JOHN HULL, OF WHATCOM, BE-
COMES THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Address of Welcome Delivered by
Mayor Hardin-steamer Excur-
sion Today to the Neighborfng

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
NEW wHATCOM. July 26-There were
three nominations made for president OF
the Press Association, all Whatcom men.
They were John Hull. Frank Carleton
Teck and e. M. Day. Mr.. Teck with
drew his name, however. and. on the
second ballot, Mr.. Hull received - votes
and Mr.. Day 81 For place of meeting.
Walla Walla, Yakima, Ellensburg, West
port and Grays harbor were candidates,
Grays harbor winning by large MAORI
ty. These were the only contests outside
of the election of delegates to the ma
tonal convention.
The executive committee was chosen as
follows: o. NJ Moore. Seattle. chair
man; c. w. Wheeler, Waitsburg; j. d.
Dean, Hoquiam: f. C. Kibbe, Elma; c. A.
Tonneson, Tacoma.
This evening, at o'clock, at a meeting
in the opera house, a short address of
welcome was delivered to the association
by Mayor Eide Hardin, eliciting a response
from President o. III. Moore. Papers by
Frank McDermoth of Waterville; c. w.
Wheeler, of Waitsburg; Frank b. Cole,
of Tacoma, and Mrs. Ella Higginson, of
Whatcom, We're read and there were
other literary and musical features, one
of which was the reading of the poem
by the association poet Frank G. Teck,
The report of the resolutions committee.
which was deferred from the afternoon
session. was read. 1t returns most CRATE
full thanks for all kindness and courtesies
extended from all sources, including the
railroad companies. the people OF Beiling
ham bay and the officers of the associa-
ton. Tomorrow IN steamer excursion to
the fishtraps will provide entertainment
for the visiting editors.
The following poem was read by Mr..
Teck.
To the Journalists.
wherever the sun Of discovery beams,
Wherever the death kneil tolls
Wherever the strenuous action is.
Wherever the war-dfum rolls:
Wherever the hends Of invention turn
And the heroes Of home deploy.
Where the empty sleeve Of a toiler tells
OF the brave industrial boy;
Wherever starvation stalks abroad.
Wherever the deserts glare
Wherever the lips Of the living speak,
Or enfeyered curse the sir;
Wherever witness lives to know
You viii find dcfying the ban
A ayFoose quill or a faber tip
In the hands OF a newspaper man.
And he mngles in. yet he stands aioof,
And Is first and alone to tell
And If, mayhap. he heth failed betimes.
God knows he hath tried right well:
For world IL JOY and a world OF woe,
And world Of ubiquitous plan,
Oh a world Of rain a strand Of snow
Is the world OF newspaper man.
The editor is proud Of pure
Originality;
The printer yells for copy"
No odds Of what Il be;
The editors ideas are
A nlentitude for him.
The printer cries aloud for proof
Until the day grows dim:
Without dime in all the shop,
The scribe hunts bits OF news
And then the foreman locks them IN
With 'quoins' Of sullen hues;
Out In the sweltering heat the scribe
Seeks shapeless trace Of storms,
The while the foreman "chases" hard
No end Of ugly forms
The editor dsdaiueth rules
The printer rules the rag
The editor marks out the stars
The printer planes" the flag;
The scribe, lord Of alters IL
Fxemplar Of the place;
The print" type Of error g.
Who hrpods about his case
And the press Of business runs
To gain some higher power
stone stands where live .'salIcys' lay
For it is the "dCvils' hour.
And ont Of II all we wish We we'll
BY the beaches Of BellinghAm hay
BY the fronded frs and the oesars tall
That welcome We here today
That reach green arms from the heaven hlue
As IL they would bear We high
To yield ye the kisses OF far Cathay
That float in Puget sky
And rest We here mid the fen and fern
And the and the Bong
Nor dream Of Manchurian fratricide
Nor the hiss Of the red harpnr
For here is region Of rhyme and rest
As light a lady's fan
Yet wide and deep is the eii.tening gulf
And high and boar Quilshane
God speed We. then. on laughing wave
by the CLINT o. the living tide
by the smile OF the sea, the caressinf air
md kuarf All kaakR ID