The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-01-26
POLITICIANS BARRED.
OCCUPIED TOO MUCH SPACE IN
EDITORS AUTOMOBILES, ARE
EXCLUDED FROM MEETING.
IN ON BANQUET, ANYWAY
Gordon, Lee, Eastman and Other
Candidates Present-Editors
Talk Shop and Elect
Officers.

Long Prairie - Following a resolu-
ton adopted at their meeting last
June to exclude from their meetings
all persons except actual newspaper
men, the members of the Northern
Minnesota Editorial association met
here without the contingent of poll
s'"'ans and supply men that usually
attend such gatherings.
This, the officers say, is the reason
Governor Eberhart was not invited.
AS all newspaper men are welcome,
however, the Governor had repre-
sentative in Asa M Wallace, deputy
state fire marshal, who is southern
Minnesota editor. s. Y. Gordon, candi-
date for governor, and Alvah East
man, candidate for congressman-at-
large, are members of the association
and were therefore permitted to sit in
the session
Besides the desire to confine the
meetings to business of direct inter-
est to the editors, good reason is
given for the adoption of the resolu-
ton last summer. The outing was
L
cial club there provided automobiles
to take the editors for a trip to Itasca
| park. The politicians and supply men
| filled the automobiles and the real edi-
tors had to ride buckboards or stay
| away. When they came back they
passed resolutions.
Politicians At Banquet.
The resolutions, however, did not
apply to the banquet rendered the edi-
| tors by the citizens of Long Prairie,
SO that let in another candidate for
Governor, w. E. Lee, who made the
address of welcome. Gordon and
Eastman spoke at the banquet and
other speakers were ]. D. Jones of
Long Prairie, former Speaker of the
House; County Attorney A. M. Church,
| P. J. Vasaly, editor of the Little Falls
Herald; Harold Knutson of Foley, the
| retiring president of the association,
and Farley Dare of Walker, the new
president. Rudolph Lee of Long
Prairie was postmaster.
No direct references to politics
entered any of the speeches. After
| the banquet at the Reichert hotel the
| members had smoker at Odd Eel
| lows hall.
F. A. Dare was elected president,
E. C. Kiley of Grand Rapids vice presi-
| dent, and A. G. Rutledge of Bemidji
was reelected secretary and treas
urer. Grand Rapids was selected for
the outing next June and st. Cloud for
the business meeting next January.
To Advertise Northern Minnesota.
On motion of W. E. Verify of Wa
dena committee was appointed to
cooperate with the state immigration
bureau and the immigration bureau of
| the Northern Minnesota Development
association, to have a pamphlet de-
scriptive of Northern Minnesota print
ed and distributed on the Minnesota
advertising car and other places.
The papers at the meeting took up
newspaper problems only. The cost
system was discussed by E. d. Cross
of st. Cloud and Harvey James of
Breckenridge. Foreign advertising,
it's evils and blessings, was discussed
by Fred Schilplin of st. Cloud, E. H
Denu of Bemidji and A. M. Welles OF
Sank Center. H. NJ. Wheelock OF
Fergus Falls told of his experience
with piano contests.
E. E. McCrea of Alexandria and w
E. Verify of Wadena discussed the
editing of the front page. c. T. Kelley
of Menahga and A. L. Lafreniere OF
Grand Ranidc told how RI hIild nm
subscription lists.