The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-07-05
Lambertville, N j.
NEW Jersey EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.

NEW JERSEY ED1i URiAL ASSUCia lUN.
The 10th annual meetin of the New
Jersey Editorial Association was held
at the Lafayette Hotel, Cape May,
from Friday, June 23rd, to Monday.
June 26th, aud was one of the most
successful meetings that has been
held for n number of years, there
being about 100 members and guests
IN attendance The annual business
meeting was held on Friday evening
when portion of the business was
transacted, and then adjourned until
the following morning, when the re-
firing President Alex. L. MORGAN, of
The Freehold Transcript, read pa
per upon "The Relation of the Local
Newspaper to Politics. Mr.. Jacob
l.. Bunnell, of the Newton Herald,
read paper on THE Need of Better,
not Cheaper Papers, and o. S. Free
man, of the Passaic City Record,
paper upon "Order in the Printing
Office. The annual banquet was
held in the spacious dining hall of the
Lafayette, on Saturday evening, the
retiring president, Alex. l.. Moreau,
acting rs POSTMASTER. After the ban
qnet there was an address of well
come from Mayor Millet, of Cape
May, and another on behalf of the
local press, by Mr.. Aaron w. Hand,
editor of the Star of the Cape of
Cape May. Mr.. Charles Starr, of
Orange, responded in behalf of the
association. The speakers of the
evening were Mr.. Francis b. Lee,
acting editor of the Trenton True
American, who spoke upon 1.-The
Evolution of the Colonial Newspa-
per, and Mr.. w. Holt Apgar, of
Trenton, whose topic was "The
Press of New Jersey" All the adj
dresses were we'll considered and in
structive, and calculated in many
ways to benefit the craft if the sug-
gestions made are followed out.
The following are the officers elect
ed for the ensuing year: President,
John W. Cliff, Summit Herald; vice
| president, O. S. Freeman, Passaic
Record; secretary, Charles l.. Stryk-
err, Washington Star; treasurer, w.
b. r. Mason, Bound Brook Chronicle;
executive committee, Harry b. Rol-
linson, Railway Advocate; Jacob l..
Bunnell, Newton Herald; b. +. Ladd,
Nineland journal; Alex. l.. Moreau,
Freehold Transcript; G. l.. Edwards,
Long Branch Record.
Shortly before noon, on Saturday,
the New Jersey editors took special
Pennsylvania railroad train to Wild
wood, where they with their wives
and daughters were guests of the
Board of Trade of that beautiful re-
sort. After an inspection of the ma
tural beauties of that portion of Five
Mile beach, under the chaperonage
of Judge Harrison II. Voorhees, and
Senator Phillip Z. Baker, luncheon
was served on the new pier. The
menu was excellent and the floral
decorations noteworthy. Mrs. J.
Thompson p. Baker rendered the la
dies reception at her home.
The Association feels greatly in
debted to the Central Railroad of New
Jersey and the Philadelphia & Read
! ing Railroad for eourtesies extended
to the local committee at Cape May
and to the Board of Trade of Wild
wood, who did all in their power to
make the stay of the editors pleas
ant one.
Fourteen new members were added
to tho Association at this meeting,
and the outlook for the coming year is
in every way encouraging. 1t is
! quite important that all of the editors
of the state should be enrolled. The
dues are small and the advantages of
membership in the Association are
many.
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