The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-23

Ihe welcome address was made by
Mayor John A. Gellatly, who, with
appropriate words. delivered to the
one small key here is to the jail. We
hope you will make good use of it
as it is empty and we have no fur
Their use for it..
EE. Beard, of the Vancouver Col
umbian, responded. He said he
wished to put the mayor right in a
few things. Said he:
THE mayor has said that the peo-
pie are having more confidence in
the newspapers. He is wrong, as |
have often heard it, and so have you,
about your paper being lynn old
sheet He also passed us out the
keys to the different institutions in
the city, but he didn't say which was
the one belonging to the private
locker"
Mr. Beard said that the boys were
all agreeably surprised at the build
ings and other evidences of progress
in this city.
The balance of the time was spent
in an experience meeting in which
all took part in the discussions. Sub
scription plans, advertising, adver-
Using agents, closer union of the
press of the country, and other mat
tiers of interest to editors all came
up for discussion
Committees.
The following committees were
named yesterday evening by the
chair:
Reception committee of women
Mrs. A. a. Smith. of Port Angeles;
E. E. Beard. Vancouver; Albert
Johnson, Hoquiam.
Auditing Committee-Grant C.
Angle, of shelton; Deed H. Magyar,
of Leavenworth; L. o. Ives. of Col
Vile.
Credentials. \. Scott and Thos.
Beer, of Roy.
Legislation-E. z. Beard, of Van
couver. and Ed. S. Gill. of Rainier
Valley.
crology-Eugene Lorton, Spo-
kane; Fred Ornes, Mt. Vernon; NJ.
E. Miley. Portland.
Memorial-Deed H. Magyar, Lea
venworth; H. D. Matthews, Monroe );
Olive |. Fortier, Sedro-Woolley.
Place of Meeting-Thos. Hooker,
Spokane; Eugene Lorton, Spokane;
c. c. Albright South Bend.
Resolutions-Ed Tozier Wea-
therred, Tacoma; NJ. A. Ferguson
; Council; J. L. Corey. Goldendale.
; Legislation-E e. Beard Van
} couver: E. S. Gill, Seattle; Grant
Angle, Shelton.
Evening Session.
In the evening a smoker was held.
Dr. King, in behalf of the Wenat-
J chez Commercial club, made an ad-
dress of welcome. Later in the eve
ming the members of the press at
tended the theatre.
President HaZeltine's Address.
President F. A. Hazeltine, in his
annual address given in the after
noon, among other good things, said 4:
ours is a profession which is
growing in Importance. In this
rriy 10 no c
given the newspapers of the state,
especially the country newspaper, an
influence and power they never had
before With the spread of the idea
of direct legislation, of the initiative
and referendum, the recall, the OPP
portunity for influence is bound to be
greater than now. Prior TO the
adoption of the direct primary law,
few manipulators of the county
and state politics, mostly of the low
browed variety, would hold pre-
primary in some back room, and the
editor of the party organ was either
not consulted at all, or was just
barely recognized as factor. He
was expected, as a matter of course,
to line up for the ticket, and we
were often subjected to the humili-
ating circumstance of the party
bosses consulting with the editor OF
the paper of opposing politics down
the street and cultivating him. Our
stand was taken as a matter OF
course. We have even seen patron
age drawn to the opposition paper
which we had fairly earned.
With the direct primary system
there has been change. We did not
realize it two years ago, though the
country papers demonstrated its in
fuence by nominating and electing
the late Governor Cosgrove
Since that time the old-time
politicians, call them what you
J will, the old guard, if you are regu-
lar, or the machine politician, if you
are an insurgent, have lost out. Most
of you have had the unusual sensa-
tion of candidates coming to you I'll
rect, and saying III run, if you will
support me. If you don't, / will not
attempt to make the race The ne
cessity for publicity has made the