The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
STATE EDITORS HAD
SUCCESSFUL meet
ScribesTook Stand Against
Class Strife
Verify NEW PRESIDENT

lCommittee Named To Promote
! News Handling BY Radio;
! The Resolutions
! Minnesota editors departed for their
homes Saturday night at the close
of the fifty sixth annual convention of
the Minnesota Editorial association
in Minneapolis after a session in
which they dedicated their efforts to
rendering greater service for the
people of Minnesota" =
They adjourned after unanimous
adoption OF a. statement of principles
| and adoption OF resolutions which
placed them on record as opposed to
any form of activity or enterprise
which fosters class distinction; which
seeks to place labor against capital,
which seeks 10 array the farmer
against the laborer, which seeks ito
divide America into hostile camps"
Want Law Repealed.
AS a move towards giving to serv-
ice foreign language speaking people
of Minnesota they want on record
! demanding of the state Legislature"
that it repeal the law compelling pub
LEGATION Of legal notices In English
only.
On this subject Gunnar Bjornson Of
fered the following criticism:
I'm all seriousness we ask how long
will this insult to our Americanism
disgrace the history Of our statute an
nals?" The resolution. was unanimous
ly adopted amidst cheers and applause.
adopted were Endorsements Of the
Michael Downing memorial for state
hospital for cripple children; the wo-k
of the Ten Thousand Lakes ass ocia-
ton; the Babcock goods roads amend
ment and the work of Commissioner
Babcock; legislation which would
seek to avert lynchings to punish The
Officers Are Elected
Officers Of the organization fer tho
ensuing year, elected according to
time honored custom of moving up
resulted in the following: President,
w. E. Verify OF Wadena, formerly a
Minneapolis newspaPerman; ]. P.
CouShlin OF Waseca, hrst vice presi-
dent; M. ]. MCGOWAN, of Appleton,
second vice president; Rudolph Lee,
of Long Prairie, third vice president.
The only new member in the off1cers'
list is Mr.. Lee. H. c. Hotaling OF the
Mapleton Enterprise was re-elccts1
treasurer; John E. Casey of the Jor-
dan Independent, re elected secre
| tary; and L. c. Hodgson, mayor of st.
Paul, reappointed historian. l. S.
/ Whitcomb was reelected to the ex-
ecutive committee for three years.
Herman Roe, past secretary Of the or
| ganization, was presented with a low
ing cup from the National Editorial
tive secretary of the national orgni-
zaL1on-
Saves Hoistein Highball
In response to the presentation Mr..
Roe thanked Mr.. Hotaling in particu
lar and then the other members in
general, after which he invited them
to step outside of the meeting room
to sip a Holstein Highball" The
"highball" proved to be buttermilk
home. The sign telling Of the qualities
of the htghball predicted that there
would be no subsequent headachy
awakenings.
Philip Liesch of the New Ulm Jour
nal, retiring president, explained to
the membership that he thought it
would he advisable TO continue. sub
scription rates as in the past at 81
to $3.50 year. Through an error in
The Tribune the first announcement
said the fees were 81 so to 81.
Negro Editor cheered
R B. Montgomery, editor of tie Ma
tlonal Advocate, Negro publication
here, was greeted with cheers and
applause when he addressed the edi-
tors against lynchings, and called on
them to urge fair play for the colored
people. His talk followed adoption of
the resolutions including one urging
Congress to enact anti-lynching laws.
The use OF wireless for the trans
mission of news was discussed by ].
K. Grondahl of the Red Wing Repub-
lican. He urged early and vigorous
action to prevent regulations that
might place control of radio in the
hands of wire corporations. The pres
ent sources of news are beyond the
reach. of many smaller newspapers,
he said, because of the high cost. The
radio telephone, he maintained, would
be boon to the country publishers.
Mr.. Grondahl called attention to the
meeting Of the radio commission in
Washington to revise regula ions.
The publishers were urged to write
Senator Frank B. kellogg, a member OF
the commission, asking that care
be taken in regulating the radio. Mr..
Grondanl was appointed chairman of
a radio committee by the editors. The
other two members will be named
later. ...
invited To Camp
Harry Phillips of Mahnomen, presi-
dent of the Northern Minnesota Edit
orial association invited the delegates
to "a camp out" for a three day per-
iod when the editors gather again in
the Northern part of the state. The
Minnesota Editorial association is
scheduled to meet in st. Paul next
year. .-0
A, o. Moreaux of the Luverne Her
aid urged the move for the Great
Lakes st. Lawrence waterways. He
said that General Goethals, who had
declared himself of the opinion that
the project was fanciful rather than
practical, was biased since he is now
in business in New York and was in
terested in the development of New
York harbor at an expenditure or
$400, coo, 0O0 He said that he wanted
to emphasize particularly the fact that
Mr.. Goethals no longer was govern
ment engineer
More education and less labor on
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