Show the ralfred kallrods excursion the party of editorial railroad edcur to the rocky zionists now on oil the way mountains are arc having a good time of it if we are arc to credit the reports that are daily reaching us of their progress westward at omaha and every other point along the route the people are arc fairly showering upon and making tile the most lost of the happy dogs doge 0 the published ii liht s t we notice among of orthe the corps editorial this the names name of beveral clerical gentlemen whose presence veard it is to be hoped will have a salutary influence in checking any improper manifestations I 1 of spir t on oil tile part of tile boys la is n 0 kuone ing to what extreme lewith lengths 4 so 80 laige at ge a parly p 6 s afy of ink elin sl ingers gera suddenly with 1 from the cares and drudgery 0 of their prof profession assion may go when once they get started the greater pal t 0 nf f thee 6 professional quill drivers Ir hera arc totally tin unacquainted acquainted with und and have eliad no personal per bonal experience until now of the ppul peti handed genc generous generou rou hospitals lyof our western people the of this thi 8 fact IB ikes ns sive that some of them may not be able to resist the numerous temptations likely to be thrown in their way the banquet given t the editors by the proprietors of cozzen ps s hotel in omaha is described by the republican of that city as having been one of the finest affairs of the kind that has ever taken place in tile hie west mior mayor brown of oi cinalia omiha nalia presided aud and announced the regular toasts some of the volunteer toasts were very piquant and aud happy aits bits on tile the time and circumstanced aarn anding nig them liem ossi man an E dodge the celebrated humorous vocalist and coli editor tor sang one of his peculiar kind of songs composed b by y him for fir the occasion the conclude ing verses verges of which we copy g iio cor tors of odthe the stinting we baro come to view our with ringing buglo wo we will shout for the great P union route amr wearth comes forth from a fertile tod add and gions in tho the smiles of ft a generous genero oa god hn on the western plain I 1 stand and see M tho the or of his muter master baud ot 01 the town I 1 over saw ii ii I 1 conr ur own delightful onitha it althe itt m i for or honey milk md and grain aad the om of the grot great geo francis poetry for you especially the last verne evertse it sounds like what we suppose jakmas intend ol d for railroad poetry arv for forty ty miles mik 8 an all hour the excursion excursion party number about one hundred and fifty journalists from various parts of the union among them are representatives of if several of the V leading journals jouin bals als of ent ope the executive committee is ia composed of the following ing named gentlemen col G 1 P smith chai jacksonville ville To major A W V edwards secretary carlinville Car linville democrat james decatur magnet W R steele gilmin 9 ton Itule independent pendent and J it R bailey of the jacksonville sentinel george francis train in his speech at the banquet told the excursionists thit he wanted them to go out into the great valley of tile alic west a thou sand miles long and view for them selves its resources and at the end of tte the nineteenth century thirty years from the comple completion ion of the pacific railroad in m 1810 1870 WP we shall have one hundred millions million of people in ibis country more alin han i norway sweden denmark and with england ireland and scot und thrown in it takes george to spread the wings of ohp american bird there is no doubt in our minds that the visita of this large editorial squad to the great west will be productive of a vast amount of good to our country at large in disseminating through tile the medium med lu m of the journ journals als they ie present a correct knowledge of the resources a and d wants of the extensive region of country through which they ayi will M pass pase a region but little known or appreciated by the outside world we sincerely rely hope that some portion of the cresis gang will make it con lenient to extend their trip now that they are so near to us its to the C city ity of the saints where we can asure them of a cordial welcome from saint and si sofiner finer and an opportunity of beholding the ibe won wonders aers of zion and tho the dauab daughters thereof what say you mews or of the pren |