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Show EDITORS IN SESSION. George W. Childa Greeted w ith Cheers The Proceedings of the Meeting. Sax Francisco, May 25. Editors and publishers, pub-lishers, whose names are household words in their respective localities, and coming from about every state and territory, completely com-pletely filled the ground floor of the Metropolitan Metro-politan temple this morning. They were the delegates to the eighth annual convention conven-tion of the National Editorial association, and they had celebrated the fourth centennial centen-nial adversary of the discovery of America by an excursion entirely across the continent. conti-nent. Occupying a seat on the platform to the right of the chair was George W. Childs, the philanthropist publisher of the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Ledger, who on his appearance was greeted with applause, repeated again and again. The proceedings were opened by the presentation of the annual address by President Pres-ident W. F. Cappeller. who eulogized the fraternity and its achievements, and alluded to the progress which it had made in all parts of the country during the past year. "Among those from whom letters of regret re-gret were read were Hon. Charles A. Dana, J. A. Cockerell, New York Advertiser; Car-ter Car-ter H. Harrison, Chicago Times; Henry Watterson, Louisville Courier-Journal ; and K. P. Porter, New York Press. The committee on credentials reported over 700 accredited delegates, representing State press associations, publishers' associations, associa-tions, press clubs, women's Dress clubs, and similar organizations. An interesting paper on "Journalism" was presented by E. W. Stevens of Columbia, Mo. , ex-president of the association; and a well-written poem by Miss Anna Cooper, daughter of the proprietor of the Denver Republican, was read. At this afternoon's session Colonel G. Sam bole-Jones of Baton Rouge, La., presented pre-sented a paper on "The Non-Political View of the Press in Relation to the Negro," and which is likely to give rise to an animated discussion. The circulation of daily papers in interior towns and cities wiil form the topic of a debate led by C. C. Doran of Mansfield, O. Miss Sallic M. Moses of Chicago Chi-cago will talk about women in journalism, and Matt Parrott of Waterloo, la., will submit sub-mit a paper deprecating the practice on the part of publishers of cheapening their own wares. |