The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-19

q Address-Captain Henry King. q
4 chairman Executive Committee OF O
. the parliament. editor OF st. Louis .
q Globe-Democrat O
Address-D. r Francis. President q
O Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Q
. Address-Jchn Hay. Secretary OF .
q State. o
O Music. o
. Address-A MonproHt, lie Figaro. 9
Q Paris. Q
o Introduction Of permanent presid- .
Q ing Officer, Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid. O
. London. o
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Walter Williams of Columbia. Mo-, q
| country editor, is responsible for bringing
| together the greatesI convention OF news
PAPER men the world has ever known. and
will ever know. unless the Press Parlia-
ment Is made permanent The editor of a
country newspaper is responsible for the
ass milling in Festival Hall tonight. for
its first session. OF the parliament which
has brought newspaper men to St Louis
from thirty-three foreign countries and
from every State and Territory Of the
United States.
Out Of this scheme OF this country editor
there may grow one OF the greatest organ
izations of newspaper men for the i'm
provement OF the profession and the up
building OF the people OF the whole world
ramitications for good are so extensive
that no man can tell even approximately
the beneficial results that Will accrue from
thus bringing together the editors OF the
greatest journals IN the world
Two yearS ago Mr.. Williams went
abroad for pleasure. and incidentally TO
do what he could for the Louisiana Ex-
position. The idea OF bringing to st. Louis
the representative newspaper men OF the
world in one giant convention appealed 20
him. He spoke OF II frequently on his trip
everywhere. He addressed the Interna-
tional Press Association in Switzerland
ana invited the delegates to st Louis, and
they accepted. Out OF this missionary tour
grew the Press Parliament
OUTLINES THE PLAN,
When Mr.. Williams returned to ST. Louis
he gave the scheme actual life. He out
lined the plan TO the newspaper men Of
st. Louis. ard they adopted It, and the
result was an Executive Committee, as
follows:
captain Henry King. editor Of III. 81. Louis
Knapp, editor and puSissef OF The ' St. s.. IOui:
KePG6Iie. tIst vice prssiaenii 9
of s Lap es
Paul oeker. assistant oornInlesionsr to ths Fos.
fIss:. fSss 3: N; aoussS PssiishsF q shs $ Lsa.'
T,sts,y % he louisiana Purchase EaPSsion;
! A Graham. manasing editor OF the s. Louis
tsa s LOUIS 1os sSsSr Ss.p Gt
managing editor Of the 81 Louis star; j. NJ
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81 Louis Amerika: r D; seundsrs PRESIDENT
Es,sIy OF or % he National S Editariaf Or kssOsis,Se
" D. Thomas. executive eonrLtieeInan Of
executive cocnmiiteensan t ot u. Missouri ; Prsss;
Association.
This oommit,e. elected the following oshcerst
p. President. Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid. Lonaoni
iS. N eSSs GsssGn gTsssas St ne
q she Xssocsies Frsss; SSs Seiiihl sstathst soiss
q Ii. .Natanai EatSr1ai s Hssoesia.ion! Russia
feteSsbuITp eGs spff Porsna. %ff.do ss5as ao
fsss sa5k,b DannsSos GopsnhaSsp Isih1ind NED
land. y. BGhisr.- Der Bend, Berne: ccyion.
John Fergu=on. Observer. Colombo: Turkey.
Manuel Coronado. La ptseuss.sn. Havana;
Greece. d. Csclamsnos, Neon -Asty. Athensi
pine Islands. w. N. swartout' Times, Manila;
rsss England ksron wassG s TSs SSuJ ouhas nsihs
London; Germany, II. vop Kupffer. Lokai An
chfeniqas, prusseis: % Haiisnd. & 1ih Martin van an
Esalie: H.t vsderiand. The Haels:- Italy, G.
SsS.s, Ssl,.s LssTy TisasI TziTs6s,i: visnna
,real: B.; A. McNsb. Montreal star. Montreal:
n.,1an 1span N ,ksnzGh; Toxic; Perry. .AIsland.9P
Moasad. Cairo: % Bfsl Msnsss 4 de Salfn Riinelds.
dG s:n NssoG d La lsnss Sso
AgTes: !;g ,see5etaIg: Walter Williams: cOmmLs-
iht ssTfa sss ssSsisss to
The Foreign Press; r. NJ White. reeordinS sec
Page; eoTrsspondins ''Is secretary National Ed
toria1 Association: Mark Bennitt. manager
Local Press Bureau.
ONLY THREE ABsENTEBS.
The only absentees among these officers
are three vice presidents-Henry Maret,
LIE Radical. Paris. France: Hugo veigels-
berg. Magyar Hirlap. Budapest, Hun
gary. and Julius Loewy, Weiner Extra
blatt. Vienna, Austria
Mr.. Williams has always been a country
newspaper man. with the exception Of one
year. He started in as printer in Boom
Vile. Mo-. and remained there for several
years. and then worked one year on the
stan OF the the ST. Louis Republic, and
twelve years ago bought a part interest In
the Herald Of Columbia. Mo-. where he
Inc IrultlOn OF MT. MllllaTNS SCEeu1a Is
even more far-reaching than he dreamed
There Will be at the sessions OF the Press
Parliament to discuss the newspaper busi-
ness and policies newspaper u,en from
England. ireland. Scotland, Wales.
France. Holland. Belgium. Germany, Nor
way. Sweden. Denmark. Russia. Switzer-
land, Austria: Hungary. Italy. Greece
Portugal. Turkey. Ceylon. Egypt. India.
Japan. Hawaii. Philippines. Alaska, Mex
leo. Nicaragua. Brazil, Peru. Cuba, Porto
Rico. Roumania. Argentine. Spain and
Canada. aside from every State and Terri
tory. There are about 800 men here from
foreign countries, 100 of whom came ex-
pressiy for the Press Parliament.
beginning at S o'clock, in Festival Hall
Aside from those properly designated as
members Of the Press Parliament, there
will be a large attendance of newspaper
men generally. any newspaper man being
eligible f. attend and pa5',SPate in the
the several addresses that will be deliv-
cred at each of the four sessions OF the
parliament The entire first floor VIII be
reserved for delegates. and on the stage
other the National Commissioners Of the
Worlds Fair. Admission will be by ticket
and probably 5000 newspaper men viii at
tend.
The second session will be Friday at 10
r. m. and at p. m. and the fourth and
last session Saturday at 10 a m
FIRST RECEPTION TO DELEGATES.
The first of the receptions to the Press
Parliament was held last night in the
west pavilion on Art Hin. when Presi-
dent Francis Of the Exposition Company.
Hush Gilzean-Reid. president of the par
Lament. OF London. were in the recefy-