El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-07
the intense inter


Wednesday morning
When the convention was called 70
order, secretary Harden read letter
from Gen. George Bell, il, brigade
commander, inviting the association to
view the military parade which started
at 10 o'clock When the music OF the
bands Of the United States troops vas
heard at 1880, the convention az
iourued in order that the delegates
might view the great parade SUM -
The delegates remained on the suSS u
the roof garden which adjoins the con-
Eention hall, but the greater NUMBER
sought lower levels, so as 10 nave 3
closer view Of Uncle Sans brown clao
boys
one OF the most important matters
OF the morning session was the con-
sideration Of the very large NUMBER
OF applications for memberSnlp-
Applications For Members.
'This is the largest number OF ap-
pllcauons for membership lnaL We
have ever received" said c b Giles
pie, of the committee on membership
The attendance Of members Of me as-
ISOLATION is the largest in the history
Of the organization We nave how
received nearly so applications: ana
when all Of them are IN, i tnlhk 'He
Name Sergeant-at-Arms-
On motion of sam Perkins. when
was carried without oppositlon, Sne
a sergeant-at-arms, with Instructors
10 round up all delegates and see tna'
they do not escape from the conEe en-
ton hall during any Of the sesslous-
President whitman appointed G. H
BcyntOn. of Hamilton, TO III TINS III
Gillespie Makes Hit.
In beginning his sparkling paper on
systematic Handling Of the News,
q b Gillespie. Of the Houston enron
icle. remarked that he was glad indeed
the sergeant-at-arms was appolnleu
before he began his paper, ana not
afterward He made a hit win lh3
convention when, in decrylng the pIO-
miscuou1sprinting Of campaign ana con- con-
s-entfou Speeches. he declared ne haq
seen a two page speech which was reaa
Ilr only three peOple-the typesetteI'
the proofreader and the candidate
Galveston Invitation
The leading Of kilograms and letters
of regrets and good wishes from the
absent brothers formed one OF Inc lea
lures Of the morning session "A 60.
dial invitation from Galveston We
read urging the convention OF ISL
ID use the great seaport for It's sessions
The result OF the vote on the new 4
applications for memoersnlp w. 1aH 1',,,
bv ballot. at the morning session, Dli
the result viii not be announced until
a. accounf Of the short time before /
the parade. no other pape- than MI; !
f-f7Iaenfe's was cad me papers ana
other business remaining unIinlsne5
from the morning session were carried I
over TO the afternoon me conNenIoIt ]
I'M assemble promptly at 1-5o,' said Z
chairman Whitney in declaring the
Immediately after the adjourn1ImlenS |
AZ 40 the entire convention VIII 20 /
for an automobile ride 10 4sleta anu ,
around FL Paso-
The Young people Of the convention 4
have been invited to assemble IN N
lobby Of the Paso del Norte prompts F.
at eight o'clock this evening 10 pc lhe .
guests Of the FL Paso chamber OF com
1nerce. AIr and Mrs W - Bule VIII d
4al-e them to one of the motion picture :
fheaters. and later refreshments Will
De served at one Of the big SODA Ioul-
tsins and ice cream parlOrs-
Friendly Fellows.
The dominant note Of the San an
sltlal convention Of the Texas Press as
ISOLATION is the unfailing lrlencilneSS
81 the DELEGATES who are making It's
history. This was true N marked de-
gree Of the first session Wnlcn was
s.alled TO order by president " Whitman
Tuesday afternoon, in the conFenIOh
rom of the Paso del NOrIe motel me
number in attendance at this conVen-
ton including the members OF lRe
fslnilies OF the editors and other guests
exceeds $50
Promised PanehO villa
Following the invocation by Rev o
J. Wade. W J. Buie, chairman OF me
reception committee, made DrieI eA-
planatory talk before introducing
ms ,-or Tom Lea and John n wyatt.
who extended welcomes on behalf 'ot
the city OF Fl PasO and It's most pow
.e-fr,I o-rsnfzation It has been
charged that Buie. IN the corpus
Christi convention last year. made the
promise to have rancho
villa present at this convention. IN
order to secure enough votes to BRING
the convention to FL Pasc- MOI hSs-
fnr the promised attraction on eXhibi-
zion ne substituted therefor an explain
alton for the failure The explanation
was perfectly satisfactory, 10 Judge
from the laughter Of the audience
Mayor n Big Man
In introducing mayor Lea. Buiea de-
clared that without going INTO Ihe
mental or other similar qualifications,
he wanted to say that prysically Lea cas- Is
big enough TO hold any JOB. By way
OF acknowledging such an unsunted
eu1ogv the mayor was forced to con- /
fess that Buie is his "regeler' press
Tbo introduction Of John N. Wyatt
contained the statement that the act
ing president Of the FL Paso chamber
Of commerce is in private life a banker;
that il any OF the visiting delegations
desire any accommodations as to re-
Inducements Of finance, they have only
to present their checks at the First
National, and ask FOR Mr. wyatt Inc
gentleman referred TO prefaced his ad-
dress Of welcome by saying that just
a day or so ago Buie had called at the
bank and arranged credit for the whole
Of the association
Mayors Welcome
lIavor Tom Lea's welcome address TO
the Texas editors was a typical Tom
Lea effort filled with wholesome, sin
-ere hospitality, wit and serious
thought The mayor. in his address OF
welcome said
"One of the real pleasures Of being
the mayor OF such a city like FL Paso
is TO have the opportunity to welcome
such men as you-having BEEN at one
time in my lawless career, an humble
reporter on the Kansas City Times I
feel at home among you and have none
IF that fear OF the near great that one
sometimes has. when he timidiy ap-
oroaches the desk OF the manager TO
ask for the privilege Of printing his
political announcement at so many
iollars per word
From all corners Of the greatest
state in the union you have come to
lur city. All loyal citizens. all boost
RS an dali builders for good in our
community. It takes very little thought
20 realize the power Of the press
md the power Of men like you behind
'-The press is the maker and builder
II public opinion. and public opinion
makes and unmakes men. builds en-