The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-19
NATIONAL EDITORS
Tweaiieih Anasal sessiea N. {. a. Eeis
ii Guthrie, Okla.

The National Editorial AsSocia-
ton convened at Guthrie. Okla, June
z and following nay custom to keep
in touch with the best minds in the
newspaper world I attended This is
the third session of the national
which it has been my pleasure to at
tend, and if this organization did
no more than 10 eliminate the prinei-
pie Of locallsm from the minds Of
its membership ii would be worth
the time and expense al attending.
The National Editorial Association
is progressive both in character and
membership. Much of it's member
ship changes each year in8smuch as
each Constituent press association
is represented by delegates CHOSEN
annually It's influence, therefore.
can be said TO permeate the press
of almost every state, and as it
eschews all reference to politics and
stands for The broadcast and best
Americanism and the highest patriot
ism it is enabled to widen the ho-
llzon Of the individual while break
ing down the barriers of sectional
pre- iudice founded upon misconcep-
ton of the truth
For example, / find that members
of this association are NOS unadvised
as to our race problem. They under
stand and appreciate the situation
which is ours TO work out. and when
ever you see rabid articles on the
race question in the eastern papers
you can put it down that the editor is
not a member of the n f. A. There
is a liberality of opinion, a breadth
of thought and a community Of SEP
timent in this association which
have not found elsewhere. and there
is an intensity of patriotism that
eclipses all partisanship. Our cleo
ton laws which eliminate the ignor
ant voter are coming TO receive the
commentator of the eastern editor.
A Pennsylvania republican editor ex-
pressed to me the hope that some
day his state would be enabled to re-
strict the right Of suffrage SO as to
eliminate the ignorant, corrupt and
purchasable Slav and Dago and
other foreign vote The problem
which the eastern and northern
states are being called upon to deal
with today is the labor problem, and
it involves far more Of the peace
and prosperity of our common couR-
try than our negro question. Beyond
and above all these is the question
of the control of corporations, but
in my Judgment We will never be
enabled to see our duty in this re-
gard clearly until we have exploded
the fallacy that labor organizations
have the right 10 direct and control
the properties of which they are a
part of the operating force. This
does not mean TO deny labor a just
compensation for its services, or alb
solute protection In its rights, but
it does mean that under present con
ditions we are unable to properly
regulate great corporate powers, be
cause of the conflict or interest and
sentiment between labor and capital.
Once establish the rights of the
owner to control his properties free
from the interference of paid strikers
and labor delegates and the state
will very promptly see to il that
corporate monopoly does not infringe
on the rights Of the people. Our
legislatures and the National Con-
gress are composed Of two elements,
one in sympathy with labor's
cause the other allied with corporate
interests The result il an unceas-
ing conflict. The solution of these
great problems do not rest with our
politicians. but with the honest, in
telligent. patriotic. unpurchasable
press Of the nation, and when
way has been found you will see the
newspapers OF the nation irrespee-
tive OF party. demanding the APP
plication OF the remedy. You say
this is claiming the possession OF
great power for the press. So II
is. but il would remind you that the
press is only the exponent of the peo-
Pile. rejecting their best thought
and can only be effective so long as
it is fearless and incorruptible.
A case Ia point. For several
years Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory have been clamoTfng Tor state
hood The people of those two ter
rituries are ablaze with the fire of