The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-20

MAJOR WILLIAM WALLACE SCREWS.
! Elected president of the National Et.i-
tOgial AsSocia ton
| deed. al! ~ u should aE-ee were better
| hcn"F~d In the breach thsH th-.ubservanc-.
no DIVISION IN AMERICA.
Al the close Of the speech the editors
sang a verse of My Country. 'Tis of
/ Thee IN response to his assertion that
there WAS no division in America.
! Before Colonel Watterson began speak
| ing he took a dtink of water. and Mrs.
| Fen-tts Sargent Haskall OF Cuba. Mo.
! who has given several recitaJiOnS Tor the
| sdltorS, ana who was on the stand when
! ne came up. laughed right there and then
she knows the Colonel X from Kentucky.
| Her laughter started a general laugh III
| the Hal OF Congresses. but Colonel Wat
/ differs from the rose. Mrs. Haskall by
| the way. was given a handsome ring by
| the editors in token of her entertainments.
l. J.: Plrham of Atlanta, Ga. called on
\ Colonel WatterSOn and showed = copy OF
| the Daily Rebel. on which ne and CO.Onei
| Watterson worked in Chattanooga during
the civil War The two had a long POW
WOW on old times
In the routine OF the convention the
woman : suffrage question was brought
up in Al resolution TO the effect that the
women were Gs much entitled TO n vote
as the foreigners. and II caused a rattlinS
discussion. with the women doing the pro
and the men the con. II all ended by the
resolution being shelved by going TO the
Committee on Resolutions. but it brought
out tnGt many of the editors were strong
lN IN favor nf women'S rights.
The treasureE's report showed that after
paying all debts the association started
another year with I..6s a in its Golfers
At the opening of the afternoon session
thc question of monument over the
grave of .Bill Nye" twelve miles from
AsheViilt. y. G; was brought up hv Mrs.
J, NJ Renseer of Asheville. She said that
the grave OF The humorist was marked
only by simple stone. and that IL was
the desire OF the Nye Memorial AssOcia-
ton Of Asheville TO erect a monument to
the great funnaker ana to keep his grave
in reIsair; Several spoke favoring the sub
ject. including Joe Chappell. the Boston
magazine man. and the association appro-
priatei 800 for the fund.
After several routine reports had been
sent in and the routine business cleaned
up. the question of holding the next con-
vention came M. Guthrie. Ok. Pasadena.
Cal. Boise. Idaho. and A,hbury PARK. y.
J.. were named. and the race betweeen
GIthrie and Pasadena was very close
with everything favOring the California
town until Ohio came in for oklahoma
with - votes. Oklahoma with Il. and
Pennsylvania with -. when the tide turned
and the convention slumped over itself fer
Guthrie
MAJOR SCREWS CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Major Screws had no opposition for pres
ident nor did Mr.. Folsom for first vice
president. hut Mr.. Kline and &. ". Rob
binS. the Enterprise. Ola TOvn, Me. |
fought for second vice president. Mr.. !
Warner had no opposition for third vice |
president. For corresponding secretary. r. !
NJ. White. the Ledger. Mexico. Mo-. fought |
with Mr.. AshbroOke. but with Ohio. Okla |
hon1a and Pennsylvania again coming in |
for Ashbrooke Mr.. White withdrew. Mr.. |
Cockrum and Mr.. Steel had no opposition. |
The were few changes made in the EX- |
ecutive Committeeman OF the various /
States. nearly every State re-electing its /
old committeeman. Some Of the States 1
changed. the more important being: George |
{. Woodruff, the Enquirer. Litchfeld. |
Conn: VIII Curtis the Star, La Harpe |
Ill: George T. Campbell. the Argus. Ovos- |
so. Mich: :. f. Cobb. the Enterprise. En- |
merson. Neb.; Frank II. Potter. the Her
aid. Pascoap. r. l.: Lynch Perry. the
Democrat. Columbia. Tenn: George W. |
Perry. the Post. Sheridan. Wy.
The editors win remain in town until |
after Sunday putting IN to-day and to- |
morrow seoinS the Fair and attending the |
Press Parliament. and Sunday will join j
the excursion nn the Mississippi River.
The convention is called one Of the mos: |
succ, sSful yet held. but it marks the resig |
nations of two of the oldest officers Of /
the association. One 10 J. NJ. Page. the |
Democrat. JerseyvIllc. Ill, who has b~en /
secretary for fourteen |
years. and James g. Gibbs. the Reflector. |
Norwalk, O. who has BEEN treasurer fo- /
thirteen years. Both refused reelection. |
declaring that they had held their re- /
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