The Green Forest tribune., 1910-06-03
ARKANSAS EDITORS CLOSE
 INTERESTING CONVENTION
R. E. BRADFORD HEADS THE
 PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Morriton Entertained the Editors RoyaIly-Visit Fayetteville and
 Other Cities,


 Other Cities.
 Morrilton.-After being royalty en- tertained for three days the Arkansas Press Association elected officers Thursday and brought the conven-
 tion to an end directly thereafter. R. B. Bradford, editor of the Lo- | noke Democrat, was elected presi-
 dent of the association, while J. H. Livingston, editor of the Courier Democrat of Russellville, was elected | first vice president; J. H. Hand, ed | itor of the Yellville Echo, was elect | ed second vice president; John P. Stafford, editor of the Springdale News, vas elected third vice presi-
 dent. Hon. Earle W. Hodges, Demo- | cratic nominee for secretary of state, was reelected corresponding secre- | tary by exclamation. T. L. Pound of the Danville Democrat was elected | recording secretary, and Powell s. Garden of the Malvern Meteor was elected financial secretary.
 J. R. Newman of the Harrison Times was elected historian, and Dan Hogan was elected poet.
 The banquet Wednesday night, at
 which Congressman C. c. Reid was
 tcastmaster, was the principal fea- ture of the convention. At that time | it was suggested that Morrilton fur
 nish the next governor of Arkansas in the person of the toastmaster. The address of Walter Williams dean of the School of Journalism at Columbia, Mo, was one of the best speeches of the convention, and a rising vote of thanks was rendered him for his words on "The Equipment of the Country Editor.''
 President Baird's Address. Retiring President s. B. Baird de- | livered a splendid address on "The
 Power and Duty of the Press," and | among other things said:
 "The responsibilities resting upon | the editorial directors of this grand power touch every phase of human activity on which the arm of progress leans, and you will pardon me for
 
 | coming event now headed this way
 and which has been mentioned in | the published program for this meet | ing. l refer to the reunion of ex- l Confederates now headed this way, and which brings to Arkansas an op-
 portunity that will probably never | come again in the history of our | commonwealth. To our capital city has been accorded the privilege of | entertaining next spring the grand est army of home defenders the world | has ever known. It is the province | of the newspapers of Arkansas to | lend a helping hand to this laudable undertaking. There is no question but what the good citizens of Little | Rock will measure up to the full | strength of their ability in meeting the demands of this important trust | But they have a large job on their | hands, and every county in the state | should be theirs to command in the performance of this labor of love | and loyalty to the most hallowed and sacred memories of our beloved | Southland
 'Whatever criticisms may have been passed upon us by the outside world, along other lines of conduct, from the day that the pioneer stran- ger set first foot on her soil up to | this good hour, Arkansas has ever stood pre-eminent among the states l of the Union as the originator and dispenser of that open-hearted South ern hospitality which knows no red | tape attachments. To sustain this | reputation in the fullest sense of it's | original definition should be the | highest aim of every loyal son of | Arkansas on this suspicious occasion. A small bit of red tape that touched off the 'sulphurous vocabulary used | only for war purposes, of battle scared veteran at the Mobile reun- | ion, may be cited as a warning against the danger of its use. He very properly declined the offer of | meal ticket when informed there | was none for the wife who accom- panied him. I mention this in no sense as criticism of the Mobile | managers Twas simply an over sight, an inadvertence that might creep into the best laid plans of the
 wisest men, with so many other inn portant details to claim their atten- l tion. Arkansas must not forget the | wives of the soldiers. I speak from personal observation as one who | lived in close heart-touch with all | the tragic scenes of that trying period | in our country's history when I say | to you, without mental reservation, | that the brave boys who faced the cannon's thunderous roar on the | field of battle knew naught of pain | and suffering compared to the fiery | furnace of consuming anxiety and suspense that licked with Stygian | flames of cruel torture the bleeding heartstrings of the noble wives and | mothers whose undying love and self-sacrificing devotion to duty in | this stressful time served as the
 principal inspiration of that gigantic struggle"