El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-09

I years contest developed for the office
! Of vice president. and the result Of the
| election broke the turn of alienation
] and shattered q precedent. tt had been
( the custom to take the vice president
j one year from a smaller town. the next
year from a city In 1914. Walt. Whit
man, of the city Of Dallas. was elected
( vice president. and in 1918. Henry Ed
wards. Of the town of Troup. was elect
Z ed This year. instead of electing the
4 candidate from a city. the convention
chose ". s SPOTS. OF the Bonham Ia
FOrite C. 3. Gillespie. of the Houston
Chronicle. was the first TO be placed in
nomination II had been generally be
Geved that he would be elected. with
little or no opposition. c. H Bovnton
Of the Hamilton Herald. also was nomi-
mated. The first ballot was:
Gillespie. 60.
SPOTS 80.
B0yuton. 81
On the second ballot SPOTS received
81. Gillespie holding his original g.
votes.
Other Officers.
The other officers elected were as
sam P Harden. Richardson. secre-
tary. reelected
c. F. Lehman. san. Antonio, treas
urer. reelected.
". A smith. san Saba. attorney.
r ". Barry. Beeville. essayist.
s. W Adams. Ferris orator.
Andrew 5. McBeath. Temple. poet
W a Smith. Of the san saba News.
orator Of the association, delivered an
grafton that was filled with words Of
eucoTra cement and suggestions Of the
most valuable kind. In prefaciug his
Grafton. he declared that in the past
four years FL Paso. the gateway to two
republics. has feeen the war capital OF
this nation. n6has made more history
tnan any other city in the United States,
save only our own national capital
silver for Whitman
= H Lowry. OF Honey Grove. made
silver to Walter B. Whitman, the retir- /
ing president He was humorous in the
greater part of his remarks. but in I
closing he proved his mastery Of the |
art Of touching the sympathies of his I
hearers. Mr. Whitman was visibly
moved by the tribute from his fellow (
workers in the association and had TO I
pause more than minute before he /
could find his voice
sing ParOdies-
Mr.. ard Mrs R r Craig. OF the /
Chandler Times. sang a duet that made 4
q hit with the audience Their selec- /
ton was silver Threads Among the 4
Gold" from the -officiOus" song book /
Of the association For an encore num-
Der they sang a parody on When You /
Wore a Tulip and I Wore Red. Red
Rose" placing the scene in FL Paso /
and scramblinC a big. red automobile !
with a little black Ford. They were
wildly applauded for this encore num-
ler-
The reports OF all the committees
we're adopted Under motion Of Col c.
" Barnes of san Antonio, Mrs Mar
yaret Olive Jordan. OF FL PasO. was
ldded 10 the honorary list
The report OF treasurer Lehman
showed that the balance of the associa-
ion has increased from S191 in 1895
TO s553S4 in 1915, not including ths
collections at this convention.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
-entfon endorse the proposed home FOR
writers and the BIZ
Centennial exposition which Is to he
ield in san Antonio in the winter OF
91S.
The resolution with regard 10 Ell
7aso is as follows: The Texas Press
association desires TO renew its thanks .
md appreciation Of 20 years ago to
he people Of FL Paso for their hospi-
able entertainment, SURPRISING that OF
S9s in proportion to the marvellous
-rowth OF the gate city Of the west
ince that time.
"Apprized previously BY the glowing I s
ccounts OF those here in 1895 Of the |
Jig time in store at your hands, our | ,
Ugh expectations have been exceeded | 7
he association has never had a more ] J
nioyable session.
Thanks for Chamber for Commerce. ,
The FL Paso chamber of commerce !
and secretary Fraser deserve our eS-
ecial thanks for the auto rides, the
isit TO Juarez. the special trip to / I
'lOudcroft. this paragraph including / ]
hose members of that organization I
ThO met US on our arrival The Toltec | J
hub has our thanks for courtesies E
xtended and the local papers for their c
xcellent reports on the meetings"
Thanks were extended to the T & P
nd :. P. railroads, and 10 many COM
anies and individuals who contributed
o materially TO the comfort of the
ssociation.
Want New Bill for sLeEaIs.7
The resolution with respect to legal
is as follows. Whereas.
he laws OF Texas regarding legal no
ices. or advertisements, were made
D suit the time when there was a ! J