Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-03-05
EDITORIAL MEETING,
Minneapolis Entertains the Pencil
Pushers of the State.

Minneapolis Entertains the Pencil
Pushers of the State.
Tho Thirty-slxth Annual Meeting of the
Minnesora State Editorial A Association
. Grand Success In Attend
ance and Interest.
The largest gathering of state edi-
tors in the history of the organization
assembled in Minneapolis, Feb. 20 to
attend the thirty-sixth annual conyen-
ton of the Minnesota Editorial asso-
citation, the business sessions of which
were held at the West hotel. Every
railroad brought it's quota of country
editors to Minneapolis early in the
morning.
At night it was estimated that 225
editors, with their ladies, were in
complete possession of Minneapolis,
where the local "press gang" did all
in it's power to make the annual meet
ing and visit of the country editors a
joyous and mellow success.
The business meeting, called for 10
o'clock, was an hour late in starting.
But for two hours previous to that
the lobby OF the West was thronged
with the country pencil pushers, shak-
ing hands and cracking jokes at each
others expense.
The mayor, in ten-lninute talk,
extended the welcome and hospitality
of Minneapolis to the assembled ed
ftors. His remarks were greeted with
enthusiastic applause. Mayor Ames
told the delegates that he had judic-
iously mixed newspaper work and
medicine into his GO years of life, and
had learned much of both. He re-
ferred to the editors as men "who
stand behind the lead pencil and paste
pot" and who, as moulders of public
opinion, were potent factors in push
ing civilization along.
Wallace G. Nye, on behalf of the
Commercial club, extended the editors
welcome on behalf of that organi.
cation.
President w. J. Munro, editor OF
the Morris Sun, responded on behalf
of the association. He had many com
plimentary things to say of the com
mittees of local newspaper workers
who had made such complete arrange
ments for the visiting editors con
vention and comforts.
President Munro has but lately re-
turned from two months TRIP
through the sunny south, and shows
the effects Of the balmy climate il
which he has been basking.
President Munro, in his annual adj
dress, referred to the fact that it was
usually the correct custom to confine
remarks by the president to matter:
of direct interest to the craft, but he
felt constrained to refer to the socia
side as we'll. He spoke of the excur
sions of the association of the pas
year, and mentioned the courtesies ex
tended to the association by variou:
transportation companies and indi
viduals. He also referred to the jun
ket planned for the present year.
But matter that was of bread anG
butter interest to every editor anc
publisher, he said, was the report o:
Edwin C. Madden, third assistant
postmaster general, relative to thu
abuses which have arisen in second
class postal matter. -.., ..
,''The subject is one of vital concern
to the legitimate press Of the country
the action of the department in seek
ing to correct these abuses is entirely
right and proper, and in the best in
terest of the legitimate press of thu
country" said the speaker.
After the presidents address, thu
reading of the papers assigned to Ger
tain members of the association were
taken up. The first four Of the 81,
following papers were heard at tn.
morning session:
''How to Publish Good Paper in ;
Small Town." J. J. Folsom, Hinckle1
Enterprise.
"The Country Editor, a Bushes:
Man or Philanthropist," Fl. C. Miller
St. Peter Free Press.
"Comparative Worth of Advertising
in the Daily and Weekly Field" G. S
Pease, Anoka Union.
"Amenities of Country Journalism,
H. NJ. Wheelock, editor of Wheelock':
Weekly, Fergus Falls.
Relative Value of the Local ant
Editorial Pages" C. A. Bennett, Gran
ite Falls Journal.
DUTY of the Citizen to the Loca
Press" r. NJ. Pope, Mora, Kanabe,
County Times.
The association reassembled agai,
at 2:30 in the afternoon, and after ;
few unimportant announcements tn
other two papers were read.
The afternoon session was of les
than an hours duration, the presi
dent and members evidently believing
in placing as little restraint as posi-
bic upon themselves and their fellow
editors.
President Munro appointed com
mittee on resolutions, consisting O.
Frank A. Day, chairman; Senator
John A. johnson, St. Peter; A. NJ
Welles, Redwood Falls. The Nationa
Editorial association meets at Ho
Springs, Ark, April Is, for q fou1
days session. The delegates will
probably make St. Louis the rendez
vous and go to the convention hall il
a body.
Irving Todd, Hastings Gazette, exec
utive committeeman from the State
Editorial association, and JOSEPH
Leicht, Winona Herald, executive com
mitteeman from the publishers asso
citation, were named as committe.
to select delegates to the nationa
convention.