Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-25
Nebraska Editors
Invited to Bellevue
Omaha Centennial
Col. 7. w. Mccullough, in His Invita-
ton, Replies to Unkind Things
Mayor Love Says About Omaha.
lrrom a staff correspondentl


LINCOLN. May 4-(Special) THE Ne
braska Press association, which began its
annual session here this morning, listened
to an address of welcome by Mayor Love
the annual message by President Ludi and
attended the opening of the Lincoln In
dustrial exposition, which was opened by
an address by Governor Shallenberger
During the afternoon a round table was
'ducted in which most of the members
\ he association had their say. In ad-
~ A. l.. Bixby read the annual poem,
= Il created considerable amusement
Love in his address of welcome
81 'ticaly the same things that he
has = other conventions which he has
welcs< 4, ere, particularly the electrical
assocS = which took exceptions to the
remark 'ussing Lincoln and Omaha,
he said y Sas exploited by the pub
lie scrvic roratons, controlled by its
worst element and in bad way generally.
When Colonel T. w. Mccullough invited
the editors to attend the centennial cele-
bration at Bellevue he took exceptions to
the mayors remarks about Omaha and
assured them that II they came TO Omaha
on that occasion and did not have the
time of their lives no would not charge
them cent for staying. He expressed
regret that Mayor Love was not present
to be set right In mind as to conditions
IN Omaha, and said that Omaha was not
governed by its worst clement, but was
clean city, as we'll governed as any in
the country; its public service corporations
are not In charge of its affairs and do
not exploit it, lie closed by expressing
the hcpe that the good things that had
been said of Lincoln were as true as were
the unkind things said OF Omaha untrue
c. S. Paine read his annual report show
| ing the work that is being done by the
State Historical society and inviting the
assistance of the editors to keep up interest
! by publishing stories of old settlers and
| pioneers which will be of value in the
future as well as interesting now Mr..
! Paine said he Is keeping on file the news
papers OF the state to the number of 442
and these are in the basement OF the
newly stared historical building. Mr..
/ Paine urged the Importance OF the centen-
nial celebration to be held in Bellevue and
| Omaha and urged the editors to acquaint
their readers with the details of the COM
ing event.
Among those who gave addresses in the
afternoon were the following:
Paper, THE Local Field; an Investment
] an Asset and Responsibility" Miss Flor
! ence Il. Reynolds, Minden News.
! Address, Conservation and Publicity "
| Prof q. E. Condra University of Nebraska
Paper, How 1t Works in the Smallest
Linotype Town in Nebraska" r. ID. Wilson
Report of secretary treasurer.
Round table, Fl. G. Taylor Of the Central
City NSo,npareil in charge.
| Geneva Signal
(b) Paragraphs" Adam Breede. Hastings
! (cJ Foreign Advertising" w. N. Huse
Norfolk News.
Address, Advertising to the Farmers,
S. r. McKelvie, Nebraska Farmer, Lin
coin.
Late in the afternoon the editors partool
OF a picnic lunch given by the university
at the state farm. At nignt they VISITED
the auditorium and looked at the goods
, made in Lincoln"
The youngest editor in attendance If not
I the youngest in the state is Archie Donovan
of the Star-Mail at Madison This young
I editor is not yet is years old, but his
paper according TO the other editors, is
kept well up to the high standard it at.
tanned under the management of John Don.
ovan, the father Of Archie Donovan. This
is the first time young Donovan has at
tended the association as a full fledget
F, editor, though he has frequently visited
= the conventions with his father.
OF course there were some politics dis
$ cussed by the editors. James Elliott, editor
e of the West Point Republican and post
e master of West Point, has secured from
the secretary of state filing papers and h,
said he probably would file his name as {
candidate for congress In the Third dis
. trct, though he has not fully determined
the matter in his own mind
4 Several Of the democratic editors are yer,
a mach impressed with Willis L. Reed o
, Madison and some of them talked of boom
n ing him for the democratic nomination 70
n United States senator Mr. Reed so hi
k sponsors said, has done valiant service 70
5 the democratic party without reward ant
he is seriously considering getting into tn
race. Copies of an address delivered b,
5 him at democratic banquet held at Emer
h son were circulated among the editors b.
n his admirers A portion OF that printe
@ speech was a dcnunciation of the practic
OF the government in doing commercia
e printing.
d w. f. Beushausen of Loup City, edito
e OF the Sherman County Times Independent
d is on hand with his candidacy for the dem
3, ocratic nomination for land commissions
1, and Charles w. Pool, speaker of the hous
1t of representatives, is here with his bOor
a. for the democratic nomination for secre
Is tary of state.