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ard and Seymour, Frank Mead and Lutte
Taylor, responded to toasts.
At midnight the train was taken for
Chicago, and the next morning the party
proceeded on their way to st. Louis. At
Springfield, ILL.,, George M. Pullman, who
was then just beginning to get his palace
cars introduced. joined the company with
his private car, and continued the jour-
ney to St. Louis with them. At st. Louis
the hospitality was something unbounded.
A delegation from the city council, board
of trade and merchants exchange met
the party at Alton, ILL.,, and escorted
them to the city, where they were located
at the Southern Hotel, reaching there the
evening of June Is. That evening there
was gorgeous banquet at the Southern
Hotel, at which H. T. Blow delivered the
address of welcome and the most prom
inent citizens Of st. Louis Joined in the
festivities. Colonel e. A. Calkins, Presi-
dent Leonard and others responded in
behalf of Minnesota.
The next day the party were taken In
carriages, prominent citizens OF the city
devoting their entire time to the matter,
and escorted to all the notable points In
the vicinity. The entertainment was alb
solutely lavish, thousands of dollars being
expended In making the editors feel that
1t was good to be there. On June rs the
party reluctantly left for Chicago, reach
ing that city on the morning OF the 9th,
where forenoon banquet was extended
them at the Sherman House, and among
the distinguished persons b present was
General Phil Sheridan This concluded
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THE WORK OF THE MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION

When the feast had been discussed, this
was the first sentiment proposed:
'L'Etoile du Dord--Thc Star which
never Sets and never Pales.''
The late Gen. H. H. Sibley, the first
governor of the state, responded in a
graceful manner, giving the editors great
credit for the brilliancy Of the star.
1.-THE Press of the State was re-
sponded to by the late General w. R.
Marshall, who was then the chief execu-
tive of the state. This was not only
especially appropriate because he was the
governor, but because he had founded the
st. Paul Press in 1861 1t hardly needs
to be added that in his remarks he gave
due recognition to the power of the
press
1.-The Legislature Of Minnesota" called
forth an eloquent and witty response from
the late Judge A. X. Maynard, member OF
the house from LIE Sueur.
R. H. Conwe1l of the Minneapolis
Chronicle proposed this toast, and called
upon J. A. Wheelock, editor of the st.
Paul Press, to respond:
1.-The Press of the Capital City. May it.
enterprise zeal and hospitality be amply re
warded by a rise in the rate Of advertising
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books to-day, substantially In the form
in which it was secured by the editorial
association nearly thirty years ago. L
have not made personal examination, but,
aside from the laws relating to crimes,
(Which, of course never had any bearing
on this organization) question whether
any other law has ever remained upon
the statute books of Minnesota cores
ponding period without more material
change than this one has encountered.
Every editor regards it as a patriotic
duty to stand by the tOld Flag and an
Appropriation" and as this act carries
with it an appropriation" no one would
be SO unpatriotic as to interfere with its
existence. Such an act would be regarded
as reflection upon the old Flag
whose relations to an appropriation are
Zone and inseparable, now and forever"
Another important movement by this
first meeting was the securing Of an In
crease in the rate allowed by law for the
publication Of delinquent tax lists, Prior
Ito the first meeting of the association
the law allowed 10 cents per description,
and the legislature was asked to increase
this to 20 cents. Some idea can be gath
cred relative to the impression which
these most eminent citizens of the state
made upon the legislature by simply re-
cording the fact that the Legislature
promptly complied with the request. The
truth of history compels the statement
that the hypnotic spell cast upon the
Legislature of Minnesota by this initial
concentration OF editorial wisdom was not
lasting. "A year or two later law was
passed making the rate Is cents, or {
lcents below the original request. This
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:. 1871 2.

The growth of the association still con-
tinued slow, and when the fifth meeting
was called to order in the rooms OF the
Chamber of Commerce in st. Paul. on
Tuesday, June 6, 1871, only twenty-nine
papers answered to their names. Sum-
mer business meetings seem to have been
inaugurated to avoid snow blockades.
This time there was banquet, and ].
A. Leonard, editor of the Rochester Post,
delivered the annual address, and J. @.
A. Wood of Sank Rapids delivered the
annual poem The banquet took place
at the Metropolitan Hotel, and the adj
dress and poem followed the menu. Inn
promptu responses were, made. by Gov
ernor Horace Austin, Mayor William Lee.
General w T. Sherman, General A. ].
Edgerton, and Colonel D. A. Robertson
On the second day, June Z, William 81.
Mitchell Of the Northfeld Standard offered
resolutions in favor Of charging for all
political notices the same as other bust
ness advertising, deprecating the use Of
slang and personal attacks by the news
papers upon candidates or others. and
advocating "a higher and purer standard
of Journalism" 1t is scarcely necessary
to add that the resolutions were unaua-
mously adopted. How closely they Were
followed your historian does not feel
called upon to state.
The treasurer's report showed aaothsr
deficiency in the treasury, and the exec
utiye committee were authorized - make
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for the appointment Of committee OF
three to obtain the complete history Of
the newspapers which had been published
In the state up to that time. This COM
mittee never reported, and the neglect
has placed it beyond the power Of any one
at the present time to trace that early
history. death having been too busy
among the publishers.
The only other notable event was laying
the groundwork for the first excursion Of
the society. The courtesy we had extend
ed to the Wisconsin editors the previous
year bore fruit in an invitation through
their president to join Wisconsin in an
annual excursion, and this meeting
unanimously voted to accept the invita-
ton. @-
The First Excursion.
In accordance with the invitation of
the Wisconsin editors, already noted, the
first excursion of the Minnesota associa-
tion was q joint affair. The party left
st. Paul by rail, June %, 1853, going via.
McGregor and Prairie du Chen, crossing
the river on a ferry. At that time there
was no river railroad to La Crosse, as
at present. Milwaukee was reached on
the Esd. and the roll call showed the
following Minnesotans present: 8 ,
President ]. A. Leonard and wife, Roch-
ester Post. &.
H. F. Knapp. wife and daughter, Rochester
Union.
s. Christensen, Rochester Folkeblad.
e. A. Calkins, st. Paul Pioneer.
+ II. A. Castle, st. Paul Press.
|g,s A. r. Reed, st. Cloud Journal.
J. w. Fralick, Hastings Union. egE
w. ]. McMasters. Lake City Leader.
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was evidently designed as compromise
with the legislative conscience for having
displayed an undue liberality in granting
what was asked AS the personnel of
the legislature had changed when the re-
duction was made, it was evidently in
recognition of the conscience Of the pre-
vious legislature that the 15-cent rate
was established.
The response to the query, 'tAm I my
brothers. keeper" can thus be said to
be inferentially decided in the affirmative
by the act of the Minnesota legislature.
The solution of this great moral conun-
drum can thereby be passed up to the
credit of the first assembling of the men
who made Minnesota. Still later, the
rate was reduced to 12k cents per de-
scription, at which rate it stands to-day
, The following officers were duly elected
I for the ensuing year:
Presdent-D Sinclair, Winona, Republican
Vice Presidents-Alex Johnston, Hastings
Union: !. c. Wise, Mankato Record; j., A.
Leonard, Rochester Post
| Treasurer-H P. Hall, st. Paul Commercial
Recording Secretary-W. B.. Mitchell, St
Cloud Journal.
| Corresponding secretary-J. F. Williams
! st. Paul Pioneer.
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, extension of circulation, and a thousand edi-
torial suppers
Regardless of the concluding portion Of
the sentiment, Mr.. Wheelock insisted that
the toast belonged to the business de-
partment," and called Mr.. Driscoll to the
| front as his substitute. Mr.. Driscoll
obeyed orders and gave one Of the enter
! tanning talks Of the evening.
"The Wisconsin Press called forth
that prince of wits and after dinner
speakers, the late Lutte A. Taylor of Pres
colt, Wis, who convulsedf his audience
| with laughter, and was voted the best
man in the fraternity.
| Nothing could have been more appropri-
ate than that the late Major T. M. New
son Should resDond to the sentiment
cold Time Editors OF Minnesota AS
albeit they were tinged With sorrow as he
| alluded to those, who. even in that early
day, had gone before. ~
"The Editors and Publishers of South
ern Minnesota brought forth a brilliant
response from the late H. w. Rose OF the
| Wabasha Herald. That was the only
| meeting Mr.. Rose ever attended, he being
the first member of the association to
leave US, his death occurring April 2, 1868
The gold standard seemedSto have been
! heard of even them as witness the fol-
| lowing toast:
I" Post -office Currency as Manufactured a
| Rochester, Mimi. May it ever be kept on tht
| present gold basis.
j. A. Leonard of the Rochester Post was
| of course; the man who responded, and
his remorks were bright as gold.
! THE German Press of Minnesota Z waa
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fltttngly handled by G. H. Lienau Of the
st. Paul Volkszeitung.
A toast to THE Merchants Hotel con-
Guided the sentiments, and the formal In.
formal proceedings concluded withsa song
by the late Ossian e. Dodge.
Adjournment was then taken to the
hotel parlors, where there were more
songs, stories and social reunion, which
occupied the time we'll towards the hour
for the next days business meeting.
The first banquet, like all else con-
nected with the 1867 gathering, was
memorable success. @&
1t is sad but necessary historical COM
ment, to say that Messrs. Wheelock, Dr1s-
coll, Lienau and Leonard are the only
persons now living who responded to
sentiments at the first banquet.
Work Accomplished.
Ie can be said that no subsequent
gathering of the association has accom-
plished more, from a business standpoint,
that this initial meeting. ] say this be-
cause that meeting, among other things,
secured the passage of the law providing
for the publication Of laws passed by the
legislature in all the state papers. De-
spite at times much objection and serious
menace, the law stands on the statute
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Briefly Fpitomized From It's Or
ganization in 1867 to 1901.
d. G. Parker, Albert Lea Standard.
C. III. fslocum, st. Charles Herald

d. G. Parker, Albert Lea Standard.
4 G. III. fsIocum, st. Charles Herald
G.. Huntington, Blue Earth City Southwest.
w. w. Payne, Minnesota Teacher.
S. L.: Pierce, Mantorville Express
i Frank J. Mead. Pennington Telegraph.
w. b. Griswold, Mankato Union
Il w. A. Hotchkiss and wife, Preston Repub-
lican. t 3i4}5
DR.. Elliott, Minneapolis Tribune.
J. M. Thompson and j. M Knight Anoka
Press. ii
]. P. Kinds. shakopee Argus.
George Gray, Monticello Statesman.
This made representation of twenty
papers and twenty-five people. In addi-
tion Ex-Governor and General Willis A.
German Of St. Paul, with his family. &C.
companied the party as guests.
K On reaching Milwaukee the party was
taken to the city hall, where President
Seymour ofWisconsin extended welcome
which was responded to by president
Leonard of Minnesota. The citizens tool
the editors in charge and showed then
the city,. concluding with a banquet at the
Newhall House in the evening, where
Senator Matt Carpenter, Ex-Governor
Solomon, Judge Hubbell, Presidents Leon
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years. One of the early matters Of bust
ness attendedito was the election of Off
GERS, which was probably due to the abb
sence Of the president, as already noted.
j. A. Leonard of the Rochester Post was
chosen president, and Immediately took
the chair, presiding during the greater
portion of the meeting. The full list of
officers chosen was as follows:
President, A. Leonard, Rochester Post
First Vice Presidential. ]. Reed, st. Cloud
Times.
Second Vice PRESIDENT. E. Fisher. St.
Paul Pioneer
Third Vice President-H A. Kimball,
lNorthtleld Recorder. h eat
Treasurer-H. P. Hail. st, Paul Dispatch.
Recording Secretary-W. B. Mitchell, St.
Cloud Journal
Corresponding Secretary-J.+F. Williams.
Executive Committee-F Driscoll,. st. Paul
Press; L. P. Plummer, Minneapolis Tribune;
R. B. Davis, ST. Paul Pioneer
On the evening of the first day, Jan.
81, Colonel r. A: Calkins Of the St. Paul
Pioneer delivered the annual address, his
speech being "Effectaof Newspaper Writ
ing on the Journalist The annual poem
was read by Ossian E. Dodge.
' The second day resolution was offered
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the trip. the party dispensing in Chicago,
| sone going farther east and others re-
turning to their homes.
'T11sssSsSsSSf
! 1860 |

The third annual meeting began at the
rooms of the State Historical society in
st. Paul, Jan. 10, 1869, concluding on the
10th. The report ofthe treasurer showed
that twenty nine members had paid their
dues during the year, the exact number
which had paid the first year. The sec
retary's report covered the names Of
eight papers which had recently joined,
but had not renewed their membership,
and also list OF fifteen papers which
had never Joined. The secretary adds:
'This shows the total number OF the
papers in the state to be dfty-two, Of
which twenty nine, or more than one-half,
secretary also reported the changes and
new publications started during the year,
showing thirty mine of the list being
new papers and the remainder changes In
those which already existed.
The president, ]. A. Leonard. in
augurated the plan Of an annual address.
Two deaths were announced, the first
Of the association. One was that Of Henry
w. Rose Of the Wabasha Herald. who
died April e. 1868. The president selected
his partner, Frank Daggett. to prepare an
obituary notice. This Is somewhat
noticeable. from the fact that Mr. Dag
gett soon followed his partner.
The other was that OF ]. 8. McKenny
of the Chat1eld Democrat, which occurred
July 81, 1858.
Thirty-one members were IN attendanoe,
which showed slight growth.
The treasurer's report showed that his
funds were overdrawn to the amount OF
$685..
The evening meeting for the hearing Of
the annual address was held at 1ngeT-
soils hall on the night OF Jan. -. ]. A.
Wheelock, now the editor OF the Pioneer
Press, at that time editor of the Press
alone, delivered the annual address, while
Captain H. A. Castle of the Anoka Union
read the annual poem.
The election of officers was a simple
matter all OF the officers Of the preceding
year being unanimously elected at one
fell SWOop.
This seems to have been banquetless
meeting, though the matter was constd-
cred, and 1t was voted to have the ban
Quet next year. In those days the BAN
quets were given to the editors by them
selves, at so much per plate.
In lieu of banquet, the late DR.. J. H.
Stewart. mayor of the city, rendered a re-
ception at his residence on the evening OF
the 20th which included, in addition to tho
editors, state and city officials. memberS
of the legislature and city council.
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Executive Committee. w Mash, st. Paul
Pioneer; F. Driscoll, st. Paul Press; u. F.
PIummer, Minneapolis Chronicle.
/. 1868.
a. LAhGUr1 1871
NpRE5Toh REpUBLlcAlv

The second meeting Of the associa-
Hall at st. Paul, Jan. 81, 1868. and only
twenty one members answered to their
names A serious illness kept D. Sinclair.
the president. from attending, and Alex
ander. Johnston. the vice president, pre-
sided.
It must be admitted that this meeting
was by no means encouraging. as the
treasurers report showed that twenty
nine newspapers had Joined the associa-
ton the frat year, while but twenty-one
responded at the outset OF the second
meeting. The end OF the second day
showed twenty-six present, which was
still loss from the beginning. The now
city had evidently worn Of q little, and
the work the assooia ton had done for
the newspapers, as already recounted,
was not as fuzzy Appreciated as In later
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detail the work of the association from 1861
to 1896. A small number of copies still re-
main in the hands Of the treasurer which can
be obtained from him by those desiring 1t,
but as the edition will soon be exhausted
it has been thought best to give fairly lib
eral extracts from a portion of the history
so that the present members may be fully
advised Of what has been accomplished.
A brief appendix has also been made OF
the work of the association since 1896, bring
ing 1t down to 1901. Below will be found the
extracts referred to: u"
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: the request Of the executive COM
mittes a history Of the Editorial
association was prepared In 1886
by H. P. Hall. 1t makes a book
of over 200 pages and gave quite In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-24
NEW WITNESS FOUND.
State Will Use Jones' Confession Only to Confederate
the Details OF the Murder of Rice.

heard the uuvarnished narrative Of the ter.
riole crime OF which he is accused pre.
sented In way that he could meet each
point brought against him. He listened tc
every word that was said coolly and criti
cally' and made notes of the important
points, He gave suggestions to his law.
yers. AT no time did he betray the slight.
est evidence OF nervousness.
Mr.. Osborne. in outlining the theory o,
the prosecution, carefully reviewed the In.
cldents connected with the presentation OF
the checks alleged to have been given by
kce TO Patrick, the actions OF Patrick at
the death of Rice and the alteration In the
mans funeral
Mr osborne was frequently nterrupted
by the attorneys for the defepsc who
charged that he was summing M evidence
which he had not yet produced. The court
"urneu AR Osborne TO exercise greater
care. Mr. Osborne closed his address Into
THIS afternoon with dramatic descrlption
Of the death scene In Millionaire Rlce.s
chamber. '''
II was announced that the first three wifi.
nGsses to be put on the stand tomorrow
VIII be Banker Swcnson. Cashier wonoco
and Walter o. Wetherboe.
me hrst OF the army Of experts upon
whom the state viii rely 10 send psr'lo,-
10 the chair appeared this afternoon. in
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the person OF John f. Tyreu. a noted ex.
pert In handwriting. who had come from
Milwaukee specially to appear in the case.
Fearful, according to report, that ex.
hiblts and records In the trial might be
purloined or become lost and taking warn.
ing from recent case Of note wherein a
very important legal paper was mysterious.
H 'mlslald, District Attorney Jerome to.
day ordered that extraordinary precautions
be taken to protect the records in the Pat.
flick case. He ordered two safes placed In
the court room. In these two safes every
night VIII bo locked aud sealed all the ex.
hlpits and records in the great mystery.
Miss Emma Patrick OF Austin. sister OF
the man on trial, has hurried to New York
to be with him aud help him to bear the
ordeal Of the trial She brought with her
Mr. fatricks little girl, Lillian She as
serted absolute faith In her brothers In.
nocencc Of the crime charged She sall.
rho people who are trying to convict my
brother OF an awful crime should think. In
turn, OF the awful crime they themselves
are committing Ir they could succeed in
numbering my brother, they would net opl,
commit one murder, but there Is my poo.
old father, over 20 years Of age. pn5
mother Go 1t would KIN them II AIbert
were convicted. Bur then we all know he
VIII be free and soon"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-24
"A NEW OIL SCHEME.
Nixon and New Workers Are Said to
Be Behind II.
WILL BUILD PIPE LINES
From Beaumont via Houston 10 Fort
Worth and Other Texas Cities.
ALSO TO SHIP OIL BY WATER
For Which Purpose Fleet of Tank
Steamers Is TO Be Built
TO CARRY FUEL TO THE FACTORIES
Az Various Points In Texas Is One Phase
OF the Plan--No Stock ls
for Sale.
ALSO TO SHIP OIL BY WATER
For Which Purpose Fleet of Tank
Steamers Is TO Be Built
70 CARRY FUEL TO THE FACTORIES
At Various Points In Texas Is One Phase
OF the Plan--No Stock ls
for Sale.
tsnecial to Tho postA

New York, January 2s.--Lewis Nixon,
ship builder aud leader OF Tammauy Hail
is TO become a Texas oil magnate. With
other prominent New Workers. capitalists
and bankers who represent hundreds OF
millions OF dollars, Nixon is about to OF.
ganize IN Texas corporation with a capt.
tal of $4,000 600 which tury believe will
revolutlonize the present condition In the
oil trade. IL Is said on good authority
that the biz corporation. which Will build
great pipe lines from Beaumont, Texas, TO
Houston and New Orleans will also own a
large fleet OF oil steamers TO carry the
products OF its Texas gushers to ali parts
OF the world. That these ships will be
built IN NiAou's yards there Is little doubt
None Of the stock Of the corporation VIII
bo for sale, and no bonds will be aoated
but win be kept In the hands Of the pres
ent hackers Of the company.
Tho scheme OF the enterprise is this:
ut pipe lines win be laid ny the new cor.
poration at cash outlay OF S5,OoOOU0
from Beaumont 10 Houston; from Houston
to Fort Worth. and probably from Beau
luont 10 New Orleans. These pipe lines
viii strike most OF the principal cities in
the State OF Texas aud will be from 500
10 $50 miles in length The pipe line will
also touch all OF the railroads Of the Stata
at as many points as possible that the
railroads may use fuel oil Instead Of coal.
The lines will also touch all the large man
ufarturing and electric light plants ma
chine shops. water aud gas works OF the
state.
II Is proposed by this enterprise to sara
SIS per cent TO the Southern Pacific com.
pGny In transportation, and an average OF
IN per cent to the haldnca Of the railroa0
interests Of Texas. IT. will, 1t il claimed.
save TO the manufacturing interests OF the
state more than 90 per cent.
Aside from the laying Of these Pipe lines
toe corporation has plans which are isrger
aud more pregnant ia scope. II proposes
10 own ships and barges and deliver oil tn
New York at a saving OF 80 1,3 per cent to
the manufacturing interests here. This.
IN addition 70 the pipe lines which, touch
lug New Orleans, will reach this large port,
whence oil viii be transported on water.
From this oil shipping scheme, the greater
amount Of pro6ts Is expected by The cor
poratiou from Mexico and south America,
where coal Is very high aud where there
are great openings for fuel OIL