The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-15

ID. Ballllo.
The Nicaraguan Canal" n. q. senter
The Transiuississippi Congress- r. r
The Bsneats OF Press Gatherings. Z.
J. Thomas,
Texas Hospitality" G, N. ousiey.
Women In Journalism" Mary Jane
Cullonl
Our Guests Rev. j. l.. Massey.
Mt. O. Herbert Brown arrived from
galveston on tho noon train In tina for
the banquet. He reported that the local
press COMMITTEES OF the island City had
al things In readiness for the coming Of
the gang. =
At 4:s5 o'clock the entire association lef,
IA spedal car via the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railroad for Galveston. From
there they will go 10 Beaumont and Port
Arthur ana return by the way OF Hous-
ton.
Inc following resolutions were adopted.
ny ;. J. Thomas. Resolved, That the
tne Following shall be added to the by
laws OF this association, to form paragraph
OF section 10 OF said 1Sws
he shall also supervise the printing and
distribution OF the badges worn at the reg
ulsr annual meetings OF this association
members OF this body and members Of their
families, railroad representatives who may
30 In attendance, representatives OF sun
PLY houses, and to no others
BY ] y. Vernor.--Resolyed, That the
president shall appoint special commit
tee Of five. Of which the president elect
shall be ex-offcio chairman, to present
the subject Of libel to the next legislature,
and that 800. or so much thereof as may
ha rtats ~.
treasury for the expenses Of said commit
tee
President Mayes, on the adoption of this
resolution, appointed the following COM
n.ittee. e. w. Harris. e. G. Senter, +. r.
Baltic, Frank Vernon, G. N. ousley.
The committee on resolutions of thanks
submitted the following:
To the President and Members of the
Texas Press Association.
We. your committee on resolutions. beg
leave to report as follows: The present
session OF this association has been one
of the most pleasant In its history and we
beg to thank most heartily and sincerely
the good people Of Brsnham who have
ministered SO carefully to our pleasure
and comfort. Where all have been SO kind
1t would be invidious to make distinctions,
but we feel that the efforts OF Past Presi-
dent Rankin has conduced much TO the
success OF the convention. Your commit
lee feels that it will be pardoned in call
in special attention to and In expressing
thakks TO the ladies' and gentlemen of the
Mendelssohn and Vorwaerts societies, who
con ,ributed TO our pleasure on THURSDAY
evening, We also desire to thank the la
dies OF Brennan for the elegant banquet
they prepared for our entertainment, and
beg to assure them that we will always
hold them in kindly remembrance. We
thank Colonel w. S. Keenan, of the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe, W. G. Crush of the
katy" Nj. l.. Robbins of the Houston and
Texas Central S. +. B. Morse of the South
ern Pacific, e. P. Turner Of the Texas ana
Pacific. A. A. Gibson of the Fort Worth
and Denver w. A. ('Little Billie'o Tully
of the Frisco, d. j. Price of the lnterna-
tional and Great Northern. Z. J, Martin OF
the Arkansas Pass, Colonel J. e. Farms
worth. president OF the Southwestern Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, for many
1ayors.
The resolutions also carry with them
an Invitation to the Missouri and Arkansas
Press associations 10 hold their next an
nual meetings with the Texas aSSocia-
ton.
The committee on memorials, e. e.
senter, chairman, submitted the following
report:
To Hon. w. n. Mayes, President:
Your committee on mortality is panied
to report the death since our last meeting
of DR.. w. NJ Yandell, former president
OF this association, and the friend and
brother of us all. One of the founders
OF this association, the nobility and gen
tleness of his character, the out-speaking
sympathy OF kindly soul, was stamped
indelibly upon II in infancy as rule OF
action and as a rich legacy to us which
should be ever guarded and preserved
His connections and duties were large and
varied, but his closest, dearest ties were
here. His rest he found here In our
annual meetings he gathered strength
and silence with which to Offset severe
affection. We deplore his death as the
fall Of one ct the pillows OF our organiza-
ton and personal loss to the entire
membership. May his memory be kept
as fragrant with us as were his deeds AS
token OF our love, It is recommended
that a page OF the minutes of this assoc
citation be dedicated to him with suitable
Inscriptions.
The committee on legislation, Hon.
Jasper Collins. chairman, submitted the
following report.
To the President and Members of the
Texas Press ASSOCIATION:
We, your committee on legislation, beg
leave to report as follows; At the last
regular session OF the legislature the ef-
loris OF our friends In that body to secure
the enactment or libel legislation proved
abortive. largely. as your committee be-
lieyes, because OF the untriendliness OF
some We had considered our friends. "A
the extra session held but a few weeks
ago, Governor Savers was kind enough 10
name libel as one OF the subjects fol-
legislation. A libel bill was introduced
which shared the fats that had befalien
SO many other bills OF like nature. Thete
seems scarcely any doubt on the part OF
the newspapers as 10 the deslrahleness OF
libel legislation, and the enactment o
such a Law as Will define libel SO plainly
that all may know with certainty what
libel is and so fair that both the public
and the publishers will be protected. No,
only would libel be denned that all may
know what is the Law, but privileged
communications should be defined to the
end that all may know what may and what
may not be printed. A few months age
scandals growing out of the management
OF one OF our penal institutions was the
subject OF legislative Investigation, ye
not a publisher dared inform the public
NJ natfare oonnecfed therevrith vhfc.,