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tEVENING* AUGUST ’21). XOOO:S- *■ * + { 4 nyGt-irtJ,;sP'tsti-itititxtLf?Il*ad-IridnihG-;eSy3,ies-xtnxtLGtosr10teieLGn■ i* ■ in iiTHEIR CONVENTION\President .Roosevelt Sends a Message■__ i l_ _ k_ %- ■ -. j» , . I* _to the Pencil Rushers Who Arein -Session at Denver;Denver, Aug, 28.—At the meeting ofthe International League of’ pressclubs, a telegram was received fromPresident Roosevelt, ivtio Jb anhonorary member of the Denver Press!club, sending the following .reply to;an invitation to attend the' conventlon:To the Denver Pressr clubr I amsorry it was impossible for me to attend the convention of newspapermen in Denver, but while I am not1with you in person, I am with you inspirit, and wish you ^11 the joys ofsuch a gathering. Sincerely yours,(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT.'It was nearly i o'clock when theafternoon session was called to orderr- Aftqr a spirited discussion, Binningham was selected as the meeting placeof the league next year*The following resolution was referred to the committee on credentials.^Whereas, There are stage productions in which the newspaper reporter is portrayed as a silly, assinine personage, without brains, andr- as this presentation has a decideda ] tendency to cheapen the craft in theeyes of the general public; be itLeague of Press clubs, in conventionassembled, agrees as an associationand as Individual members to dmcourage all stage productions in whichthe newspaper writer is caricatured;and, be ifc furtherResolved, That the 'InternationalLeague of Press clubs, in conventionassembled, requests writers ot- magazine stories and ahthors in generalJto portray newspaper /reporters asintellectual, prosperous women andmen of xcal life, rather than thepernicious outcasts of past Action,whose only, aim in life has been madeto appear to be the dodigng of creditors, or the procurement-of one meala day.The business will be completed tomorrow and the elections will takeplace on the crest of the pontlnentto on the Moffat road*11 President Keenan is seeking rer- election and Edward Keating, president of the Denver Press club, ishis most active competitor.Tonight a literary and musicalsymposium was given to the delegatesand their friends at the Broadwajtheatre. /Late tonight the Denver1 Press club] entertained the visitors with a stagparty in the rooms of local10 club*e- Simon GuggMheim, of the Ameriig can Smelting and Refining company,)t tonight sent a letter to Edward Keal){ ing, president of the xtenvpr Pressn!Scontribution would stand whateverlocality was selected. This-matterwill come up bqfore the conventionof the league before flnaL adjournmept ig taken,i-hj-tdWife—“I want a hundred doildrsfora new dress.Uusb£nd—And I .want fifty for au J _ hnew[ suit ot clothesi — Itfs-up to us tocompromise and wea^wbat wejvesot.” ,.•■A.UdW RATES TO- BOISE.1MResolved, That -the International 0iIlc . club, in which he made an offer to ttjt contribute $2,600 to a funlt;h to estab- ,mlish a home for aged worn-out rcnewspaper men, Mr, Guggenheim said p]he would prefer to see the home es-1 bitablished“\la Colbradoy ^bpt that this tiRinJtlPi$A
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Ogden City Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Wed, Aug 29, 1906
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