The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-03
PEOPLE OF MAPLETON !.
HONOR H. C. HOTAL|NC
Tribute Is Paid Editor Of
Home Town Paper
EVENT WAS LAST NIGHT
Splendid Gathering in Village
And Addresses in Keeping
With Occasion

Mapleton, August This village
honored H. c.. Hotaling, president OF
the National Editorial association,
last evening. The event had been
looked forward to for several days.
Plans for the affair had been made
simultaneously by the Commercial
fitting tribute was paid to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Hctaling. The program
was carried out on Main street. The
editorial party and special guests oc-
cupied the band stand from which
their addresses could be heard the
length Of the street which was filled
with people. Cars were parked in
either direction on side streets.
Fully thousand people were upon
the street during the program, many
standing during the entire time, in
terruptjng the speakers often by mer-
tied applause. Promptly at 8 p. m.
the band met the party and escorted
them to the band stand which occu-
pies central position on Main street.
After few selections by the band
the entire audience sang America"
the band accompanying, after which
B. f. McGregor, who presided, said
that there is no country in the world
like the United States and no place
in the United States like Mapleton.
He then introduced ]. C.. Wise of
The Mankato Review, who took for
his subject "Hotaling AS a Boy and a
Printers Devil" speaking of the
characteristics of Herb" who show
ed the same qualities in his youth as
Iof uThO q mo 10 of
tion to the fact that the paper Mr..
Hotaliug edited was in the belfry of
a church AS a member of The Re-
view family dating back to the late
]. C. Wise's time he had shown him
self true to his convictions; also
fearless and honest.
The next speaker, Lee Rountree of
Georgetown, Texas, was the man who
nominated Mr.. Hotaling for vice pres
ident two years ago in the National
Editorial association roeeting. Mr..
Rountree paid nice tribute to Pres
ident Hotaling and wife and Miss
Mary, having travelled with them
from sea to sea from north to south
all over this great land. at is a
pleasure to represent the great asso-
citation which we both love-" said
Mr. Rountree.
Judge Vance of Blue Earth, the
next speaker, has known Mapleton for
forty-seven years and H. c. Hotal-
ing practically all of his life. The
first recollection of him was that of
an elongated clothes pin" Judge
Vance said that Mr.. Hotaling has al
ways been on the right side of every
question. Tht judge then paid grand
tribute to America and to the flag
and closed by bringing congratula-
tions from Faribault county to Mr..
Hotaling.
Fred E. Hadley, editor of The Win
nebago Enterprise, was the next in
trcduced. Among the remarks he
said. that contrary to the belief OF
many people, the war is not the re-
suit of newspapers. Newspapers
which before election were for Hughes
are now strongly supporting Presi-
dent Wilson. 1t was his supreme
happiness to introduce that prince of
good fellows, Larry Hodgson of St.
Paul, who spoke from the heart and
captivated the audience in spite of
the fact that he was "buggie," as my
riads of unlimited guests make life
miserable for the speakers and those
in the limelight. Mr.. Hodgson said
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