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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1911)
unday Bee. PAST T32I2 HALF-TONE PASS C.TE TO FCn. TCI AIL THE THE OMAHA BEE 3 1ST 3 T23 TSTZS? N The Omaha VOL. XL NO. 30. OlIAHA. SUNDAY 3L0 LINING, JUNE 4. DLL SINGLE O'L'Y UlVt: V KNTS. Nebraska's Busy Editors Will Meet in Omaha This Week syLX x nMmgr XiX r"X? 3 lHTV H1HAL hundred Nebraska editors will make history la Omnt this week; la the doing of which, of course, they will be working at their ordinary trade. They ara, ladlvM-.iany and collectively, an busy and competent a bunch of evcry- oajr ttisury-makera as the country affords. Erua some of the aid prophets among the new gatherer aad enlightened opinion niolders of Ne braska forgotten lust when a Nebraska Editorial association ww drat formed. At prsaeat the oflclal title la Nebraska PTesa association, aad, aa will ba aoted la the presentments of beaming face scattered aver this page. It caa truly be said, la this particular caaaw "Haadaome la that haadaome does." Tba good editor la always doing tba haadsom thing far his town aad for bia subscribers ay a. even by his a mies, when, life's fitful fever ceaeee. lost to show Uuit ths editors of Nebraska la the earlier day. Ilka their brethem of tba modern Uan, war act vary careful about preserving tba b.a- tory af tbelr personid dolnj, L X. Brown of taa Kaarnay Hab wrltea: "I hava no kaowladfa of tba data of org aaiaatiaa of tba Stata Praaa aaaoviatioa, nor who lu otilonrs ra And yet Mr. Brown, wbUa not a vary old ir-i bagaa la tba buaiaaaa wban q'iita jonaf. aad aU Boan wbj know blm would naturally aspect ba could gfra day and data fur aayibdai aad arytalac con ttanaail wtta tba aaaociatiuo. Ha la a ball wtbar of iaa Sock, vanly. aad coafeaa that ba baa ba at ,.vti tba maatiags of tba editors tinea Cancenoiai Ha ramambara that tba repabiicaa atata cun- Xiaa waa bais nia in b rmuni in i aaa tbac jflVlg Hammond waa not collwtnr of cuatoma at Lbat 'tp, altboui a brabt aad ambitioua boy aomawbera, "Ha mutt baa bea." ays Brown, "for It taa a ) toKa boy a aclntillator. In tu:t to develop tba xr'n that can auccaaafully run a hiifh-claaa aawttpapkr Al oorractly feel tba puiae of pcUtlca at tba aaai U-na.- Oraaura mad Poeca EacoarawL , Btnoa tba bacloalaaT "oraxlona" ba baaa faatuxaa at tba praaa owflno. aad tba lata Frad Nyw, osca af ' tba Framoat Tribune, waa poet la areata for aerecal reara fat aad aaaoy pro na.n.l B!xby, w'.tb a 'X 4a(rw of "Sue.' boida Ue ;wa now. H caa' X sing for sour apples, but ba composes Ilka an ancient printer man who bail accumulated all aorta of suday inspiraon. The o radon above mentioned are not ery popular at tba meetings nowadays. They used to be devotml, almotit Invariably, to "The Profession of Journalism." and were legitimately related to tba effulgent oratory then thrilling the hearts of the American nation. Nowadays, the fellow that makes the hardest hit at these meetings Is the mathematical prestidigitator who can show bow a blank sheet of paper In the Job room can be most handily turned Into a Ut account on the books. Politics la strictly taboo, de trop and offensively persi3agous at an edi torial meeting, perhaps for the very good reason that it is the daily diet. In large part, of the editorial stomachs all the y-ar round. It palls, oppresses and Is anathema maranarTi when the scribblers are out to give their hosts a good time In some particular city or town. Then they cast aulde their dignity, lone their da:!y atr of being tired of the wicked, unre deemable world, and what they can't think of In the way of Jovial Jinks la not to ba grasped by human mind. Editors of the old days were professors of prose and poetry, iniiiscriminateiy. aad many of the early presidents, like the lace E. M. CorreU of Hebron, used to read poems at the meetings. Ed Howe, the sage of the Atchison (Kan.) Globe, now raising prize pota toes in solemn seclusion, waa once a member of the Nebraska Press association, when be ran a Globe at Falls City. It is related to h.s credit that he waa al ways modest and sweet-tempered while a resident of Nebraska, before the gleeful Idiosyncrasies of Kansas drove him to moralizing aad money-making. He has been back to visit occasionally and he gets a glad hand when he comes, all intermediary relapses being promptly forgiven. Blizzard Spoiled One Convfntloo. It required a blizzard and a small attendance to drive the Nebraska editors to printiai their proceed ings. This boost-yaur-own-business niova begaa la 1313, when the meeting was held In Lincoln. A blis zard which has taken Its place alongside the big wind of Ireland raged mightily, and so many of the news paper people failed to show up, the proceedings were printed to give them a second-hand treat. The cus tom has been continued ever since, but there is no "leave to print" privilege attached to membership. In defiance of the blizzard a banquet was served in Lincoln for the attendants at the meeting that Is still taikad of by those who partook. The famous Patrick Egan was chairman of the reception committee, anil B. 3. Herbert, president of the national association, then of Minnesota, made an address. This year a Kansas man, with the appropriate name of Ploughe, Is president of the National Editorial association, aad he will make an address at the meeting next Tuesday morning. Aamxnatloa Prrt On Wheels," The following year it was difficult to hold a meet ing, so few showed up at the a; pointed time and ?SpEZUl!iyiL COMMITTED iRp II 4 -r. . I '- II IT II ' 1 II t V - i x S t 1-,, " u 1 M.- -. ' : "S place. Then up rose the aforesaid M. A, Brown and said If the editors would meet In Kearney the next year and bring their wives, sisters, mothers and sweethearts they would be takan care of right, wltas everything free. Ia evry detail Kearney made good, Then the determfaa'ioa was made to put that asso elation "on wheels" and meet In a different elty ewery; year. Beatrice, Fremont and Columbus, among other towns, wre ntirained aad ediaed by the editors, wirb succfssfnl conventions, and In 189 4 tba decision waa reached to,ttTet la Lincoln only In tha "off years, wben the legislature was not In session to bring grief to the hearts of the writers. York was biesaed with the gathering In 1335, antj Mr Brown put the le?nd of the "Fourth Estate" into poetry at that session. In 1339 the preaamea came to Omaha for their annual sessloo, and thay; came saia in 1901 aad in 190?. This year, at thai high tide of their Influence and membership, the! have again chosen the metropolis, and. as will b seen a iittie later on, they are to ba given ay ha.""S) to show just how fast they can go. It was the editors of the state who gave a decldedj boost to progressive legislation, at the Kearney mee ing. In 13J3. They declared for the direct primary, abolition of the free pads aad a few other rsforaia that have since been made Into law. Officers and Committee Chairmen. A. B. Wood of the Gering Courier, a former Omaha printer, Is the present president of the association, Senator John M. Tanner is vies president; C. C. Joans) of Grand Island, secretary-treasurer, aad Annie Via Gates of Blair, corresponding secretary. The executive committee Is made up of N. J. Lodl of the Wahoo Democrat, Ross Hammond of the Fre mont Tribune, E. R. Purcell of the Broken Bow Chief, A. W. Ladd of the Albloa News and T. W. MeTuV lough of Tha Bee. C. W. Pool of the Tecumaeh Journal-Tribunal is cb airman of the Memorial committee Arthur C Thomas of the Benson Times, chairman f the advertising committee, and H. G. Taylor of the) Central City Nonpareil, chairman of the printiag prloa) Bat committee, Pvicram of the gmeinns. Meetings during the threw-day nmoa here are taj he held at the Masonic temple, at the tiux-k Exchaago (Csacsaed cai Pas) TVrat.)