The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-06-13

Leaders vice-president George T. Camp
bell, of the Owosso Argus; secretary,
c. c. Vaughan, of the st. Johns Re-
publican; treasurer Frank N. Green, of
the Olivet Optic. E. o. Dewey was
elected member of the executive com
mittee for the eighth congressional
district. The newly elected president,
Col. March, was called on for a speech
and responded with good one. He
was interested, he said, in all that
helped the republican party. He be
lieved that the people were well salts
fed with the administration. Referring
to the Philippines he said that they
must stop fighting anyway and then
whether they would accept the form of
government which we have tried for so
many years or not would be another
question. F. R. ellison, of the Benton
Harbor Palladium, emphasized the inn
portance of the republican press being
fearless and Independent even to the
extent of criticising severely members of
its own party where they are acting
plainly against the best interests of the
people and the party. Other speakers
were Frank Green, of the Olivet Optic,
Mr.. D. B. Dawson, of the Lowell
Journal; E. N Dingley, of the Kalama-
zoo Telegraph, who was at the head of
the committee on appropriations in the
last legislature and spoke interestingly
on some of the features of the work of
that committee; Senator High, of Ovid;
j. E. Beal, of Ann Arbor; s. J. Tomlin-
son, of Pontiac, and G.. T. Campbell, of
Owosso
Mr.. F. R. ellison read an exceedingly
interesting paper prepared by Hon.
John Patton, of Grand Rapids, on
Primary Reform The paper was
very favorably commented on
During the afternoon the following
resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Michigan Republican |
Newspaper Association, in convention assembl- |
the movement as proposed by the State Repub- |
lican League for primary election reform.
The sessions of the first day ended |
with the banquet at the Congregational |
church in the evening. Forty tables were |
set in the church parlors which were |
draped with fish nets interviewer with |
myrtle. Chinese lanterns were suspend
ed from the netting and shaded incandes-
cent lights and candles added further to |
the beauty of the decorations and fur
nished the light for the occasion. The
menu was complete and daintily served
and in complete accord with the decor
ations. The ladies and all who assisted
in the preparation for this part of the
meeting were entitled to no small
amount of credit and to say that their
efforts were appreciated by the visiting
men is but half expressing it,
The banquet over the association mem
bers were given a welcome by Mr.. Wm.
M. Smith, on behalf of the people of
st. Johns. President March responded
briefly and introduced Mr.. F. r. Gill
son as POSTMASTER Mr.. ellison proved
to be an excellent POSTMASTER and after
a few appropriate remarks interspersed
with good story or two, introduced
the speakers of the evening.
The toast, Michigan, was responded
to by Mr.. Reardon, who spoke of the
agitation for primary election reform
and thought that conditions would be
bettered by such reforms. Mr.. Williams
told briefly of the reforms for which
Justus S. Stearns stood. Auditor Gen
eral Perry F. Powers spoke of republi-
canism in general, saying that the cheer
full, hopeful people generally were re-
publicans and showing that he could |
we'll claim to be a republican from his
own manner. Mr.. Junius E. Beal, of |
Ann Arbor, spoke on the Spanish word |
meaning tomorrow" telling of the !
characteristic in the Central American |
States and the West Indies of putting |
off things until tomorrow. He said |
that the editors on the other hand were |
gathered together to get ready for the |
tomorrow. Charles Blair, of Jackson,
spoke on the necessity for free press |
which should dare to criticise public |
men when they needed such criticism.
After the banquet the meeting was |
continued in an informal party at Har-
monte hall. Thursday morning visits |
to the post Office, the table factory and |
drives around town occupied the time of |
the remaining visitors until their trains |
left.
The following resolutions show in |
measure the feelings of the editors in |
the matter of the reception and enter |
tainment accorded them by the people |
of st. Johns:
The Michigan Republican Newspaper Asso-
citation desire to express their appreciation OF /
the kindly offices of the citizens Of S. Johns In /
the provision made for their pleasure, enter /
tainment and profit at this, our annual gather L
ing; therefore be 1t
RESOLVED, That we gratefully and cheerful
lv recognize every effort made to make the life L
OF an editor, even for q short time. more happy.
RESOLVED, That for the present Kindness re- Il
ceived and that planned for tomorrow, that we Il
now enjoy In anticipation. we unanimously ex-
tend our thanks.
Respectfully submitted.
r r. gibson,
<. ]. MARCH,
ID. -. DAVIDSON.