The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-16

Two hundred members of the Mime
in the council chamber of the St. Paul
city hall today, when the annual con-
vention was called to order by .Presi-
dent c. F: Mcdonald of st. Cloud. Adj
dresses Of welcome were delivered by
President L. G.. Hoffman of the Com
mercial club. President Mcdonald re-
sponded, and the morning session closed
with the reading Of his annual address
and the appointment of committees.
Governor johnson was first intro
duced. .>:. 1885,. ~: - /:
II take peculiar pleasure, ~ he said,
Sin performing the task allotted me
of welcoming to Minnesota the editors
OF this state and a smile went
around the assemblage.
Governor Thanks the Editors.
The governor thanked the editors
present for the fair-minded manner in
which they had taken part in the recent
campaign. Said he:
1T is, as President Mcdonald has
said, quite true that there was not a
country paper in p Minnesota which
should showedany rancor or bitterness
towards me in the fight. Fighters there
were and hard fighters, too, but they
fought clearly and hit above the belt.
Returning now to my capacity of
country editor, it is "a pleasure for me
to be with you again, as have been a
comrade for the past eighteen years.
that this Ma assocfatoa arrs Ge for s foT
NAL reception for Mrs. johnson and
myself, but [ was against such a for
NAL recognition Of, my official position
It. gives both my wife and myself more
pleasure to be with you as Editor John
son and wife, than as the governor: and
his helpmate.'' .-w ~
The governor recalled q remark he
had once heard ther-1ate, 1gnatius Don
nelly make. before The, - association
nearly twenty = HeaEA ago, when, he said
him he could be governor eo;f the state
or United States senator, -. -,
I" He never did secure the confidence
Of the country press and therefore hi
never attained either Of those posi-
tions,' said the governor, ttbut 7 fee
that the great moral support Of the
country press was for me and lam deep
ly grateful to it. ~, .r>:. .,t. p. =
President Mcdonald responded in ap
propriate terms and then read his an
nual address, which included an account
Of The visit of the members to the st
history Of the organization briefly ani
stated that when the association was
organized in 1867 there were fifty-thret
papers in the state as against nearly
700 now. 80 /.
He suggested that it was high time
that the Constitution, be revised and {
set Of bylaws drafted. He recommend
ed that a committee be appointed with
out delay to attend to this matter II
the past year he had investigated many
| other state press ASSOCIATIONS, and hac
found that the Minnesota association
was superior to any except in the mat
| ter Of organization.
+ Tributes to Slime and Hall.
High tributes of esteem were paid by
Mr., Mcdonald to G.: P. Slime, secretary
Of the association. who has announced
his intention Of retiring and to H. P
Hall, who resigned from the board Of
directors, after being a member fol
twenty-five years continuously.
! OF II .P., Hall he said 3:
l. ."A charter member, twice its presi
dent, two years its treasurer, twent.
years or more q member Of the execu
tive committee, and all the time an en-
! sInuS1aSLlc memDer O1j the aSSOclaLlOI
Mr.. Hall occupies place in our heart
which no other man can ever fill.
i : ,S' AS we gather in annual session to
day the. greatest sorrow Of his life en-
svelops our friend, for she who had beer
This loving companion for forty year
passed away Q nthe evening of Feb. 2
She was lady of endearing traits O.
character and mind. Y. Her loss to tn
bereaved ones cannot be estimated
Aecommittee Of five, President Nc
Donald,rJ. E. King, W. NJ. James, W. A
Poland and E. McCrea, was named t.
revise the constitution and draft Sc
Of bylaws. "A committee was named t.
report on the ACCESSIBILITY Of contribu
/ ting toward fund for the erection o
a memorial to 80 Billp Nye,@ the humo1
list, whose remains are buried near Ashe
willie, N. C.. -,s ..aH 5i2:
t !, A request for such contribution wa
received from ). NJ. Rassier, presiden
Of the Nye Memorial Circle, and fror
Miss L. w. Ellis, state organizer 70
Minnesota Of the International Sun
shine society. The committee is com
posed of G.. A. French, G.. G. Eastma
and w. R. Hedges. =.