The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-08
NEWSPAPER MEMS ANNUAL.
Was Held at Montpelier Last Evening
Interesting Addresses Heard.

Newspaper men from all parts Of Yer
mont gathered in Montpelier yesterday
afternoon for their annual meeting and
talk shop" there being over 80 in at
tendance during the afternoon when an
interesting program was carried out with
the following program: News Merit
and Common Sense" c. +. Crane of the
Middlebury Register; remarks by Donald
Tobin Of the Swauton Courier; "The Vic
torious Fifth" by Harry c. Whitehill of
the Waterbury Record; fundamentals"
by w. Fl. Gilpin of the Orleans County
Monitor Of Barton; Some Former Yer
mont Newspaper Men," by W. II. Crock
EFT, publicity agent. -
The former board Of officers was re-
elected as follows: President, w. c. Kel.
knap Of Bellows Falls; secretary treas
rTer, c. +. Crane Of, Middlebury; vice.
presidents, w II. Wheeler, Vergennes,
r. L Howe, Bennington Charles 7. Wal
ter, st. Johnsbury, NJ G. Reynolds, Bur
lington, c. c. Lord, st. Johnsbury, Don
aid Tobin, Swanton, J.. r. Thayer, Nor
risville, Sara Parker, Bradford, WI. III.
Gilpin, Barton, c. 7, Fairfield, Rutland,
r. H. Langley, Barre; III G. Rice, Brat
LlEb0tRs T. L. HNANHhAis EpAAAEAkAAs
A banquet was served at the Pavilion
hotel last night, with about so in at
tendance, among the number being Gov.
Clement, Lieut.. Gov Stone and Congress
man Greene. W. c. Belknap Of Bellows
Falls was toastmaster and the speakers
included Gov Clement, Lieut.. Gov.
Stone, w. d. Peley, publisher Of the st.
Johnsbury Caledonian and Congressman
Greene.
Gov. Clement and Lieut.. Gov. Stone
brought the greetings of the state to the
newspaper men and told what a power
the press exerts in the life of the state.
Mr.. Pelley, who recently returned from a
trip into the Far East, described some of
the scenes he visited and gave ideas con
cerning the Chinese, the japanese and
the Russians, laying particular stress on
the japanese and the Russian bolshe-
Wiki. Mr.. Pelley was inclined to dis
count the fear that there was possibility
of war between the United States and
Japan; and he said that the bolsheviki
are the scum Of the country.
The last speaker Of the evening was
Congressman Frank l.. Greene, who dis
cussed the politics of the present time
in a very interesting manner, the in
fluence of the press in the reconstruction
period and what it is to have a hundred
million persons in the nation controlled
by popular vote. He compared the high
standard Of newspaper men in Vermont
with the neutrality-suspicious. made by
those on the big city papers, citing
Washington for instance. He explained
the effect Of the reading of Washington's
last address on his birthday in Con
gress. He entered at some length into
the discussion of the league of nations,
advocating that covenant which does
not 90 too far will accomplish great
good-such covenant as would not en-
danger the interests of this nation for
which our ancestors fought at Lexing-
ton and Concord which brought ap-
plause.
He gave some interesting figures rel
ative to the men in service, showing
that total of 3,670SSS were fighting for
the colors when the armistice was
signed, over 100000 Of whom have re-
turned to America, The casualties in
clude 66,950 deaths outright, while the
total, including missing, is 3SS,000. He
explained the reason for such a large
proportion of missing.
During the time he was speaking bal
lots were spread and the result was that
those voting for the Wilson idea of a
league Of nations numbered H., with is
against it.; standing for a league of ma
tions on general principle a against it, /.
Someone suggested they had better re-
consider their vote, after his speech.
a memorial tablet in honor of Horace
Greeley to be erected at the place in
which Greeley commenced his newspa
per education, at Fast Poultney. This
committee consists of II. L. Hindley of
Rutland, w. II. Crockett of Burlington,
H. c. Whitehill of Waterbury, Luther
johnson Of Randolph and F. E. Howe Of
Bennington.