The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-01
ST. PAUL BELONGS TO THE RURAL
PENCIL PUSHERS AT
PRESENT
DEVILS IN CHARGE. At HOME
THOUGHT MOLDERs PUT ASIDE
CARES AND HAVE JOLLY u
TIME
SPEAKER BOWLING HoNoRED
Magnificent Ivory GaveI Suitably
Inscribed Is Presented to the
Presiding officer of
the House.

The Minnesota Editorial association
has possession of St. Paul and the
devil has charge of the state. This is
something that happens once a year and
We editor is glad of it, st. Paul is glad
of it, too, and so is the whole of the
state, not excepting the devil, who Is
undoubtedly playing Grand High Moloch
Extraordinary with vengeance.
Sharply at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing the association gathered at the Com
mercial club rooms and it was a CHEEKY
sight to see the editors and their wives
and daughters and relatives and friends
laughing and chatting together like so
many family circles. 1t was with COM
siderable difficulty that they were made
to pay attention to the work in hand.
President Charles Mitchell wasted no
time in calling the meeting to order, but
it was with some difficulty that he made
himself heard, for the feminine part of
the gathering in the club rooms insisted
upon telling their secrets before they
forgot them, and the men were kept busy
making themselves interesting. He soon
restored order, however, and the busi-
ness Of the morning was covered at a
lightning pace
Unc' Pease. Of Anol;a was one of tho
first to bring himself into notice, and it
brought along his little hammer. He
said the time had now come for all the
editors of the state to put their shoulders
to the wheel and do something and then
knocked gently over the way in which
the profession had been treated by Ger.
tain ofticeholders left over from the Lind
administration 1t deveIored in the
course of his remarks that part of his
ire was directed against Public Examiner
Pope, whose order in regard to the print
ing of county commissioners statements
had cut down the revenues of the papers.
He recommended that a committee be
appointed to confer anent the matter
with the house committee on appropria-
tions. The following were appointed:
Messrs. Stanton, of Appleton; Eastman,
of Saltwater, and Gorden, of CTookston.
President H. A. Boardman, of the Com
mercal club, soon made his appearance
and delivered the address of welcome to
the editors Mr. Boardman showed deep
sincerity in his remarks and he was
listened to with much interest. He
hoped the editors of the state would ever
strive to- attain the ideal. for much
power was in their hands and they had
more influence for good or evI than peo-
pie in other professions. He knew they
would. for they could not help being
proud Of their home state. He said that
what the editors wanted was latitude,
not longitude and made some laughing
references to latch keys, sleepy police
men and the like.
H. P. HALL AS MAYOR
President Mitchell responded in kind.
In the heartiest and most whOlesouled
manner he could muster he thanked the
club in behalf of the association for it's
hospitality-a hospitality which had COW
cred a period of many years. He then
ooI5l -+aae
by introducing H. P. Hall as Mayor Smith
to deliver the address of welcome for the
city. 1t is known that Mr.. Hall could
not say dull thing by mistake, and 1t
was expected that he would Immediately
take a hand in the hoax himself He
said in beginning:
Gentlemen, otherwise, and ladies':
Recognizing in Mr.. Hall my logical sue
cessor, and being unable to be present
myself, although here, / make Mr. Hall
my authorized substitute to welcome you
to st. Paul. He will play DR.. Jekyll to
my Mr.. Hyde
In this inimitable strain he kept things
humming. and every sentence was pune
tured with laughter by the listeners. The
ring of his welcome was just about as
strong as it could have been.
The association went emphatically on
record as favoring a $4,000 appropriation
for the Minnesota exhibit at the Pam
American exposition. Mr.. Whitney pre-
sented a resolution and it was immedi-
ately adopted. One paragraph of the
resolution reads:
Our only regret is that the sum pro-
posed to be appropriated is not larger and
more in keeping with the progress of the
state and we respectfully urge the leg
islature to give at least this small sum
to advance the business interests Of
Minnesota"
49, ho
address of President Mitchell. He paid a
glowing tribute to the memory of John
c. Wise, of Manhato and said that the
association had been properly represent
ed at the funeral services. An appreci-
ative reference was made to the work
done by the law supplement committee.
He called attention to the need of ac-
tion on the government printing of return
envelopes. He wanted every association
in the United States to pay the expenses
of a representation in Washington to
fight this invasion of private business.
He denounced advertising agency sharks
and reviewed the editorial excursions,
saying their success was due to the fact
that the state has one of the best as
sociations in the country.
VISIT TO SALTWATER.
Promptly at 11:45 the editors and their
wives and daughters boarded electrio
cars Tor St1HWater. On arriving lneI0
they were treated royalty by Warden
Reeve. Luncheon was first in order,
after which the visitors were taken
through the prison. This occupied most
Of the afternoon, and at o'clock the ed
itors started on the home trip The
visit to the prison proved to be of great
interest, the binding twine plant being
the chief attraction.
Conde Hamlin had announced during
the afternoon that a reception would be
rendered the association at the Ryan ho-
tel at O'Clock BY everyone was
present and the reception parlors were
decidedly gay appearance. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamlin, President and Mrs Nit
chell and Joseph Wheelock received the
visitors, and presiding at the tables were
ice cream and cakes and frappe were
served were Mrs ]. Wheelock. Mrs
John Jackson, Mrs. Webster Wheefock:
They were assisted by Mrs. w. E.
Bramhar, Mrs Boysen, Mrs. w. Fl. Wit
tum, the Misses Helen Austin, Gertrude
Kirk, Mabel Robinson and Julia CAL
lup.
The music of the evening was furnished
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