The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-02-21

postal bill is a thousand dollars a
week, and their attorneys who pay IS
cents a week, decided that it would be
absolutely tyrannical on the part OF
Uncle Sam if he were to make any
increase in postal rates that made it
more difficult to circulate matrimonial
papers, cheap advertising sheets and
reprints of city dailies, that have
forced the country papers to reduce
their subscription price to figure
that won't pay for the white paper,
would be deadly blow at the freedom
of the press. Then they got after
Madden, the Sd Assistant Postmaster
General, proper. They decided that
he was the government, and from his
decisions there was no appeal. That
he obtained his place by trading three
thousand votes in the city of Washing
ton where they don't vote for president
to the republican party in 1896, and
by formal resolution they notified
President Roosevelt if Madden was
not "disbarred, whatever that may
mean as applied to a subordinate
departmental official, they, the editors
of Minnesota, would be very much
displeased, and the next time he went
on bear hunt they would reduce the
tales of prowess on the chase 33 per
cent and only give him credit for two
thirds of the number Of bruins slaugh-
tered. | expect to find Madden's
head in my waste basket when l get
homie. If do not am afraid Madden
will remove Roosevelt, dissolve the
Supreme Court, disband congress and
proclaim himself emperor and his
children princes of the line, and es-
tablish the capital of the nation at
"Si-ox City," For sensible body OF
men the Minnesota Editorial Associa-
ton can pass some resolutions that
would make the inmates OF the Fari-
bault school blush.
On the evening o. the fourteenth we
were taken to the Orpheum Theater
and passed a pleasant two hours. The
entertainment was very intellectual
Some of the lady actors in their haste
to get on the stage to see the editors
forgot to put on their shirt waists, but
as the shortness on the top of the
gowns was amply made up on the
longness at the bottom nobody blushed
except Old Pease, Old Putnam and
Chsa.gley Whitney and they blushed
fiery red and lett their places in the
center of the hall in disgust and
moved as near the stage as they could
get. After the entertainment at the
theater we were taken to the rooms ol
the Commercial Club and banQueted
and toasted. This live organization
maintained its reputation as star en-
tertainers and enchanced it. Judge
Jaggard presided as tOastmaster. The
talented Judge was at his best and
longest. "Old'' Hall delivered his
usual farewell address to the assOcia-
ton and told us he would probably
never meet us again, but we expect to
see him trotting around at the next
and the next and so on till our young
est apprentice is editor of the great
est city daily in St. Paul, at least we
hope we will. The last day was largely
taken up in the reading of papers and
the election of officers. \. j. Halsted
was elected president and OF course
the old secretary and treasurer were
| reelected.
There was not as many ladies pre-
sent as usual on account OF new
and curious disease that L have
mentioned in the headlines and thell
presence was sadly missed. An edi'
torial meeting without the editors
wives and daughter is like straw
berry shortcake without strawberries
all crust without any sweetness.
Taking all in all we regard the
meeting as a success. Too much
credit cannot be given the citizens o
St. Paul, the managers of the Hote
Ryan and the members of the Com.
mercial Club for their courtesies anC
good will. And although the editor:
meeting only occupied one-tenth az
much space in the dailies as the Thav
trial, everybody in the twin cities
know we have come, staid and gone.
F. NJ. E.