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Nebraska's Busy Editors Will Meet in Omaha This Week
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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'
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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
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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.)
