Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-22
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION AND
RESOLUTION 18.


My attention has been called to
some newspaper talk about what hap
pened at the press meeting in San
Antonio last week. The writer, accom-
panied by L. NJ. Hewitt, secretary OF
the Bryan Commercial Club, had the
pleasure Of attending this meeting and
never spent three days more pleas
antly than those spent in the old town
Of Santone. The purpose of our visit
was to meet old friends, make new
acquaintance, learn something from
these helpful meetings, and bring the
editors home with us Saturday morn
ing and show them what we have in
Bryan-the Allen Academy, a boys
training or preparatory school; Villa
Maria Academy, a girls school where
young ladies Of Texas can get a fin
ished education, the Bryan Bap.
fist Academy, co-educational, where
brothers and sisters can get an educa-
ton alike, and the great Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas,
known as 1.-The school of the Masses"
and probably the greatest school of its
kind in the South. We believed IL the
program would permit us to leave San
Antonio early Saturday morning we
could put in the whole day and then
some in entertaining our brother ed
itors here and show them in BraZos
County that which is every mans
pride-our schools. However, the pro-
gram as arranged would not permit us
to spend the day in Bryan, and this
feature was reluctantly given up.
We were there only a short time
when we discovered that the associa-
ton was about to be shot" with
twenty-grain hypodermic OF political
bug juice by some of the administra-
ton forces, and, knowing that 1t was
out of order, we proceed to look up
friends and were lucky to find that
our old friend, A. NJ. Kennedy, and
others were there to help us II need
be. We found that Mr. Kennedy had
informed himself properly about Reso-
luton IS and, like all others that have
taken time to study the proposed
amendment, had discovered the teeth"
in it and knew it wouldn't do.
In regard to statement published
in Sundays papers by one who is ad-
vocating the adoption of this resolu-
ton, will say that his figures as to
the percentage of advocates were
pied up" We found that great
number of editors were anxious to
aid the schools all in their power, but
were not familiar with the resolution
and knew very little OF what it con-
tanned. Even a member of the resolu-
tions committee did not know that
rs" made any reference to the peni-
Tertiary system and was surprised
when told so. The facts are that when
this committee investigated a little
they were not willing to endorse IT.,
and this is a fact as was shown by
their acts.
Anyway, we had a great time in San
Antonio. and want to go back as soon
as we can. We can never forget the
welcome shown us while there, and II
Wichita Falls looks after us like the
S. A. Club did they will be going some
In conclusion, will ask every editor
in Texas to do exactly what the reso-
buttons committee did at San Antonio
Investigate as" before you endorse
it-tell your readers that it will give
the Legislature unlimited power to is
sue bonds and pay any rate of interest
they may see fit; tell them that 1t
provides for about 100000 bonds to
brace up the penitentiary system, in
addition to the already heavy indebted
ness of this institution; tell them the
truth, that the warehouse, road ami
school feature was tackled on to make
it look good to '"the boys from the
forks of the creek" and when you have
done your duty you will do like the
resolutions committee did-forget it,
NJ. +. WALLACE.
Bryan, Texas, May %, 1913.
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