The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-02-01

| 0dcH Wook IL 10 uot always poSSlDl0 W S0I
up such an editorial department., and when
it comes to the makeup, and it is found that
the paper is too full for editorial utterance,
out 60 the editorials and in goes the local
news. This simply shows that you cannot
60 by rule in making newspaper. Nor
can you make set of rules to apply to any
number of newspapers. The Association
some time ago wisely gave up the attempt
to formulate an advertising schedule for all
the newspapers in the Association.
The banquet at the Columbia Thursday
evening was creditable alike to the pro-
pretors, }. j. Pooler & Son, and to the en-
tertainment committee, Messrs. Oscar R.
LWish, George S. Rowell and Frank S. Nor
ton. Fruit punch was served in parlor up
stairs while the members were gathering,
and soon after the appointed hour, 7.3o, the
party marched in couples to the dining
room to the inspiring strains of an excel
lent orchestra. The tables were attractive
ly decorated, with flowers and palm leaves,
and the souvenir menu cards bore on the
front cover the vignette of a composing
stick, in which were the words "Welcome
to Portland" in type. The bread sticks at
each plate were in the form of scissors, and
later in the banquet, accompanying the
"Petites Glaces," was a slice of cake on
which was a miniature newspaper, The
Columbia. The menu was headed with the
following lines:
"This day is called the feast of the Fourth Es-
| tate
He that outlives this day and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of PoOler'-Wlth
| apologies to Shakespear.
1t is needless to enumerate the many
good things so deftly served to the 81 men,
bers of the Association who sat at the
tables. Belfast was represented by Mrs.
George E. Bracket, Miss Grace E. Burgess
and Charles A. Pilsbury.
The after dinner exercises began with a
few words from President Ogier in recog-
milton of the cordial reception accorded the
Association, and then he introduced Francis
| Wiggin, who read very clever poem into
which he brought many of the Indian names
of Maine lakes. 1t was we'll said that no
one present save the poet could have pro-
nounced these names. After the reading
of the poem several of the members were
called upon and responded with stories
that kept the tables in roar. The bright,
particular star, however, was Holman F..
| Day, who told of his leaving college with
the inten. ion of becoming journalist, but
graduated later into newspaper work. How
he acquired a vocabulary in country news
; paper office appealed to many Of his hear
ers; but he cannot be reported. 1t was not
J only what he said but the inimitable way in
=, which he said it that sent waves of laughter
over the room. We are all proud Of the
gifted author of Cup in Maine," and the
Association is indebted to him for gracing
it's festivities on this occasion.
The closing sessions were held Friday.
In the morning Liston P. Evans OF the Pls-
cata quis Observer read an interesting paper
on sThe Best Means to Stimulate Local Ad-
vertising for Weekly" which was fol-
lowed by discussion. 1t vast voted that
the usual appointment of essayist and poet
be changed to poet and POSTMASTER, and
that the banquet be a feature of the next
annual meeting The 1906 excursion will
be to York, with side trips in the vicinity,
and will be arranged for by Edwin W.
Twombly of York Village, Miss Annie ).
Crediford of Kennebunk, and Secretary
Joseph Wood of Portland. At the after
read and discussed "The Use of Half
tones, by F. D. Wing of the Suffolk En-
craving Co., Boston; "Free Advertising or
Reading Notices." by W. H. Dow, Portland
| Evening Express; "The Best Means to
Stimulate Local Adver tsing for a Daily,
by George S. Rowell of the Portland DAILY
Advertiser; "What the Press Can DO FOL
Good Roads," by Edward E. Stearns of the
Thomaston Herald, "The Best Means tc
Increase the Circulation of Weekly" by
Fred W. Sanborn of the Norway Adver,
tser Other papers assigned were omitted
because of illness or absence. Thus CLOSED
pleasant and profitable session OF the
Maine Press Association.
Portland people, and particularly Port
land newspaper men, are pleasant people u
meet, as the writer can testify from an ex
perience extending over more than quarter
of century. Col. John NJ. Adams of the
Daily Argus, Edward II. ElWell of the
Portland Transcript and Hobart W. Rich
ardson of the Portland Advertiser, whose
friendship l enjoyed, have passed away
Messrs. Adams and Elwell were com
panons on many summer excursion. Mr.
Richardson was met at the annual meetings
and when in Portland l never failed to cal
at the Advertiser office. In 1878 went tC
Portland to report the stormy Greenback
convention that nominated Joseph L.
Smith of Bangor, although Scion Chase
was the choice of nine-tenths of the dele.
gates, and occupied a seat on the platform
at a table with the Portland reporters.
With one of them, Edward S. Osgood, then
of the Argus, 1 formed a pleasant acquaint-
ance. Wm NJ Rust of this city presided,
but was unable to maintain order, and at
one time we all stood on the table to over
look the bowling mob on the floor. Later
used to drop in at the old Advertiser office
for talk with George S. RoWell, and few
years ago he brought down from the editorial
rooms Mr.. Dunning, now in sunny Italy, to
greet two Mainites just returned from a
foreign tour, and who were soon made to