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PRINTI':RS, DUNDAS STREET- To the junior and of course more po- etic and susoepcible mwmbers of the Canadian Pn-ss AaBocintion is always left, and quite properly, the task of adequate- ly deBoribiiig the HUiiual holiday of Cana- dian jouriialists. To the represt Illative of the Sentinbl-Review this is a grati- fying circumstance, for time and epace seem to have combined to prevent any- thing but the merest mention of the many places, people aiiU things of interest, pleasure and protit that contributed to make the excursion of 1885 the most pic turesque, enjoyable, «ud it is to be hoped also most profitable that has occurred within the meaiory of the oldest member of the time-honored association. The Canadian PresB Association was organised in the year 1869, so that it can now boast of having passed its first quar ter of a century, and a good quarter too. With its origin and early history are associated nearly all of the journalists, Iivin(r and dead, who have become most distinguished in their profession and not a few of whom have also adorned the Parliamentary halls and great councils of the country by their presence and ser- vices. Few if any theater names are in- ■cribed upon the honor roll of Canadian achievement than will be fnuud in the list of journalista who, turning aside from a professional path, or rather following along a double path, have given their services tc the State c to the nation. Apart frf)m this, the Canadian Press Association has just cause for pride in the fact that largely through iis instru- mentality, important reforms in the laws affecting newspaper postage, iibel and other matters of mutual concern have been secured from successive Governments and Parliaments. Nor is the least important part of the Association's work the pleasure and pro- fit derived by members from its annual excursion. Upon this point there ib Bometiraes evinced a disposition, eym among those well disposed, to depreciate if not t ) condemn, this annual outing, as being ,.R merely aituless and profitless junketing tour, at little or no expense. This IS, and to all worthy memiiers of the Association ouyht to be, an entire misap- prehensiop. Only thoughtlessness, igno the mountains, the woods or the seaside for a week's rest? And why shonld he be expected to devote that week t business, the elevation of the profession, or of He benighted human race, while other people, forgetting dull care, are whiling and frolicking away their time, just as every unhappy child of Adam should do tor at least one week out of fifty-two annually ? But, as a matter of fact, the Press excursionists really do accomplish useful results duriiifi these excursion tours, aside frcin the profit of a pleasurable holiday and the comming- ling with men and things, to them bright, new and intert sting. All who have par- ticipated in these trips know that most interesting discussions are had en route anent topics that concern the journalistic fraternity, and from these discussions there invariably comes good to the indi vidual member and to the Association at large . But this by the way. We began with the purpose of saying something about the excursion of 1885. And it well de- serveB to have somethii.-; and something good Bald of it. The route was delight- ful, — sliort, vwried, picturesque, attrac- tive. Multum in purvo best describes it, and perhaps this feature was the only one to which objection could be oflFered, There was really too much to be seen. One grew tired Jit tempting to taV it all in, and of course dissatisfied be ise it was impossible. But not only was the route attractive and picturesque ; the party was pleasant and a-reeable. The muster roll as in- scribed by Secretary Climie was as fol- lows : G. R. PattuUo, president, and da«ghtHr,ISENTiNEL Review, Woodstock ; J. A. Davidson, Ist vice president, Mer- cury, Guelph ; Mrs. Snider, Berlin; Wm. Watt. Jr., 2(id vice-president, and wife, Expositor, Brantford ; W. R. Climie, secretary-treasurer, and wife, Sun, Bow- manvillo ; J. M. Eastwood and Miss Eastwood, Times, Hamilton ; C. Murton, Times, Hamilton ; J E. Davis and daughter. Advocate, Mitchell ; J. C. Dent and •vift'. Globe. Toronto : C 0. James, Kosmos, Cobourg : Miss Balmer, Oakyilie ; W. Weld and wife. Farmer's h 8 Advocate, London ; H. Hary to make the ascent possible. Otherwise the Cdr would of course slip. The engine pushes instead of draws up the car, for only one car goes up with an engine. The railway, which in its windings is about three miles and a half long from the base to the summit, of the mountain, is known as Jacob's ladder, The regular fare up and down is ^6. We greatly enjovedthe journey both ways, although some of the more timid of the party were glad enough when the ascent wj-b over. Vegetation on the mountain is an interesting study. It urows less and less vigorous as you aticend , the trees and shrubs being almost bare on the side next to the mountain (just like a tree that grows next to a building) until it ceases entirely and one sees noihing save stone and rock. The atmosphere grows cold also as you ap- proach and pass up among and through the clouds, so tliat when owe reaohes the Snoiiiiir HouHe the biazinj^ tire and sraokiny supper seem moat welcome. After tea a business meeting, followed by d'ticingand rauaic, the latter being made brilliant and doli«htful hy the cho. rfully rendered vocal sfTvices of an Americiu guest, Mrs. M. L*. Marching- ton, of Boston, and imprcmptu addresses in E'lxliHh and French, a, recitation and a reuditioi) of the Lord's prayer in the deaf and dumb language by Principal Mathi son iif Belleville. The evening was a most delightful one and augured favor- ably for the future of the trip. At 4 o'clock next morning members of the party wore awakened to get up and witness an exceptionally bright and beau- tiful sunrise. It seemed, indeed, as if the sun rose to order, for tourists have fre- quently to wait for days before they can geo a sunrise that ia clear and satisfac- tory. To paint the scene that met the eye that morning, as our party, in varied costume and shivering forms, looked from the tower, needs a poet's pen. The clouds, in every conceivable form, lay hundreds of feet below like a vast and billowy sea ; some hun^' upon the moun- tain sides ; others circled and enveloped the peaks ; others permitted the peaks to peep through ; others again floated away m fugitive and diminutive forms until lost to view. Every color and tint of the rainbow, of the earth, air sea and sky was there, from the dull leaden gray, through the white silver lining, to the bright saffron and gold that flashed and sparkled and shone like a sea of rubies right up to the orb of the sun itself. No wonder that artists are often thought to be demented about the sights and scenery of the White Mountains, They are, in deed, grand, wonderful, sublime. 'The panorama is one never to be forgotten. Among the curiosities of Mount Wash- ington, and which interested the Press party was a newspaper, " Among the Clouds, which is published daily. Steam press and all the modern improvements. Pr.ce 10 cents per copy, without wrap- pers, which are two cents additional. The daily circulation during the mountain season is said to be 900. It is unneces- sary to say that "Among the Clouds" is a high-toned as well as high-priced journal Brother Hough, long of the World but ^'^^- °* ^''?I ^,"^ please not prosecute for jnirinpejxicut of patent i Down the Mountain to Fabyan's, thence by the famous Mann Boudoir cars to the Profile House, the centre of the Moun- tain region and the finest, richest and most elegant aummer hotel on the con- tinent, passed a pleasant forenoon. The hostelry derives its name. Profile, from the "Old Man of the Mountain," form- ed by a succession of rocka, one in rear of the other, which form a profile of strik- ing 4-esemblance to a somewhat robust human face. The scenery here is the moat wonderfully grand, rugged and awe-in- spiring t(. be seen on the route. A coach drive of ten miles, four-in-hand, double- deck, over a winding road, under ««pread- ing branches of beautiful and varied trees, bright pellucid streams dashing down the mountain side over rocks, and cascades, brinys us to North VVoodstock. Thence through many beautiful towns and popular watering places to Boston, where were spent two days most enjoy- ably. It is a great city, the literary cen- tre of the continent and the second city of the Union in point of wealth. Its chief attractions, and which were fully availed or by the members of the Press party, are the Public Buildings, State and Cify ; Music Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge Memor- ial Hall, the residence of Longfellow and other poets and literateurs who have given to our American cousins a literature of their own, Bunker Hill Monument, the old elm tree under which George Washington first took command of the Revolntionary Army, Boston Common, Boston Park, the Hotel \endome (one of the finest in the world), Commonwealth Avenue, the two latter built upon what is called the Back Bay District. This ia now by far the most beautiful part of Boston. It is all made land, that is, the Bay has beeo tilled up with refuse from the city, and earth, gravel,stone and every kind of mat- erial i what is still more strange, the city has netted a handsome profit oy the tran- saction, already nearly two million dol- lars, besides endowing, from the pro- ceeds of sales, several colleges and chari- ties. After visiting a cyclor ma, the "Battle of Gettysburg," which is an ex traf)!rdinrrily realistic panorama of that decisive conflict, a sy jrt sail down the Bay to Nantaaket closed the visit to Boston. Thence up the Sound on Saturday nig'iit, in the palace steamer Pilgrim, past Naragansfctt pier, where Messrs. R. G. Punn and Erastus Wiman gave a passing B ?/^ VII ev X St m f welcome in the form of a oyrotechnic display, and other pleasure resorts to New York, early Sunday morning. Here a programme for three days of uninter- rupted enjoyment had been prepared for the party by direction of Erastus Wiman, himself once a Canadian typo and ama- teur journalist. And it was carried out to the letter. No part of the great met- ropolis, of Brooklyn, or of their suburbs, and surroundings was permitted to be un- visited. Members of the party went everywhere, so long as strength he'd out. The sit^ht-aeeing, including a visit to the Stock Exchange and the Press Club, cul- minated on Monday afternoon, when the party assembled for luncheon on the top of the Field building, an eleven-story structure adjacent the Castle Garden, and from which the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and all their sur- roundings may be seen at a glance. Thence by ferry to Coney Island, Manhattan Beach and Brighton, as the guests of Mr. Wiman and family. An afternoon con- cert by the famous Gilmore Band (which complimented the Canadian party by playing God Save the Queen), a "dip in old ocean" and a banquet in the evening brought the New York visit to a brilliant close. The banquet, which was prince- ly as to menu, was conducted upon truly journalistic principles. No formal toasts, nc sat speeches. Merely informal, hearty, bright and brilliant addresses of welcome by Mr. Wiman and Amos Cum- mings. President of the New York Press Club, and a brief reply by the President of the Canadian Press Association, fittingly followed by "Auld Lang Syne" and "God Save the Queen." Tuesday morning good-bye was said to New York, and a delightful sail up the Hudson with an interesting meeting of the Association on board the beautiful steamer Albany, brought the party to the Capital of the State. lis State buil- ding is its chief attraction, al»,hough the Park and some of the streets are pretty. From Albany to Niagara Falls is a night's ride, and once again on Canadian soil, the party is met and welcomed by Col. C. S. Gzowski, A. D. 0., chairman, and his fellow commissioners, under whose auspices and those of the Hon T. V. Welch, Superintendent of the New York State Reservation, members of the Press party enjoyed a thyb onnorturiit" to ?.?•" for themselves what a unique and won- derful attraction Nature has provided in the Falls of Niagara, and of learning from the Commissioners what their plans and purposes are in endeavoring to re- store, as far as possible, so interesting a shrine to ita pristine condition, and give free access for its enjoyment to all man- kind. At Hamilton the party separated, de- lighted with having participated in a hol- iday so enjoyble, and t^rateful for their safe return to home anti f^ountry, for as- suredly, be it ever so humble there's no place like home. CURSORY COMMENTS. Boston journalists through their Press Club tendered fraternal hospitalities to their Canadian brethren and, as did also their New York confreres, upbraided them mildly for not permitting themselyes to become guests of the Club. The Boston Press is hardly leso pro- t^ressive, interesting and enterprising than that of New York. Several of the pa- pers there, we were glad to learn, have proved financially successful to a high degree. Canadian journalists can hardly fail to profit by their visit, brief though it was, to these great metropolitan centres of business and newspaper activity. What a splendid school these cities are, with their bright bustling business men, and quick, pushing, brilliant jdurnalists, alike for the practical, slow going, every- day working man and for the student, statesman, or philosopher. Compared with the American Press, outside of New York city, the Canadian Press is fairly creditable, always bearing in mind the larger field which the former supplies. London and New York tarnish the bost newspapers in the world. The members of the Canadian pai'ty were gratified to make the acquaintance and receive the courtesies of Mr. A. M. Stewart, of that excellent journal the Scottish American, which has always en- joyed a wide circulation among Canadian Scotchmen. Mr. Stewart is a fine type of the educated pushing Scotchmen, who have done so much for the States, for Canada and for themselves on this con- tinent — indeed, both at home and abroad. The Canadian Club opened its hospit- able doors to the Press party, paany of whom recognized among its members old trjenos who have settlcu in xTew York, The prospects of the Club under Mr. Wiman 's presidency are moat promising, •nd its location h both convenient and attractive. The Hon. L. S. Huntington, eiPost- maater-General of Canada, was warmly Kreeted by the party, who recognized in him a former fellow journaJist of distinc tion. Having recuperated his health, he will probably ,oon r turn to Canada and tu journalism. Canadiana in New York, indeed all over the States, seem to push their way to good and frequently prominent posi tions. '^ The brethren all regretted that they did not have an opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of VVhitelpw Reid, Chas. A. Dana, .J. G Bennet. bro ther Pulitzer, Jones and others of New Yorks most distinguished journalists. Ihey would have been pleased to jive those belated but aspiring and ambitious brethren some "pointers" about runninc/ a newspaper. ^ At the meeting of the Association held going lip the Hudsoj , the President an- nounced his intention to offer a Gold Medal for the best equipped office and best managed Provincial weekly news paper in Ontario, the same to be awarded by a board of regents or judges, after an examination similar to that made by the Provincial judges of Model Farms The Press party will not soon forget the servjces of Mr. Barrett, Mr. Wiman's priVHte secretary, who so efficiently chaperoned the party while in New York • We apprehend, however, that he esteemed himself amply repaid by the agreeable company that ic was his privilege to en- joy John L. Sulliyan, Boston's famous bruiser, nreiident, John A. David- son Guelph Mercury ; First Vice-Presi- dent, VVm. WHtt«, Brantford Expositor; t.?.'"fv r- M ^ Smallpiece ; Secre- tary, w. R Climie, Bowmanville Sun • Treasurer, J. B. Trayes. P.rt Hope Uuide ; Executive Committee, Geo. Tve Brampton Times ; C. D. Harr, Lindsay' T p 'rn ^*- ^""jerville, Dundaa Banner ; J. B. Trayes C. Blackett Robinson and ^. a. Pattullo. The following sketches of the President and Secretary of the Association for the year 1884-5 appeared in the Toronto Even- ing Tele^ram of the 4th Aug.: — fh«^p' ^'TT ?• P'^'^tullo, of Woodstock, the President of the Association for 1884-5 18 a native Canadian, having been born at Burnside township of Caledon, county of Peel, in the year 1845. His parents were Scotch, his father b.^ing a native of Aber- deen, and his mother of Eckford, Rox- boroughshire. Her only surviving brother RoDson, of Lauder, has been for over fifty years a widely known Scottish ciergyma. His family removed to the township of Blenheim, county of Oxford about thirty years ago, where shortly afterwards his mother was left a widow, to manage the FnUr w^ Tr ^ ^"™."y '^^ *«» 'Children. Polio wing the example of Scottish people generally such means as could be spared were devoted to the education of the chTd- ren and at the age of sixteen, with the purpose of giving him a profession, George began his studies at the Woodstock «ram mar ...aool, so long under the successful LaterTh"* '^ ^'^ ^««^^« Strauchon. Later on he spent a year in Toronto Gram- kte Dr tI ' ""'^^' ]t ^^^"^'''•ship of the In 1^-n' .T ^nu ^^^ ^^^ Dr., Wickson. ilJe. ' Ir f' f *'"''™"' examination, he Kr S ^^ *?'^^' ''"y- ^^'"- Alfred Baker, the present Dean of University, » being the mathematical boy of the same year. He subaefjiiently attended for a time University College, but circumatan- cea prevented his completing, aa he deair- Md,a full university course. While spend- ing vacaticm at home his servicea were subsequently secured aa teacher of tha neighbouring school and he continued in this for three years, when he was offered and acrjopted the editorial control of the Paris Transcript. This was bia tirst form- al introduction to journalism, although he had preTiously bnen a frequent contribut- or to the press, lu the autumn of 1870 he purchased the Woodstock Sentinkl which, some years later, was amalgamated with the Review, and with which, having had associated with him his youngest bro- ther Andrew, he has since been identifi- ed. Under their management the Senti- nel-Review has long ranked amongst the first weekly journala of the Province. Mr. Pattullo evinced, a political bent from hia earliest years.and having frequen- tly taken an active part in local political contests, he was in 1876 asked to become the general political agent of the Liberal party as secretary of the Provincial Re- form Association. This position he tilled during the Dominion campaign of 1878, and the Provincial campaign of 1879, the forme, of which resulted in a decisive de- feat, and the latter an equally decisive victory for the Liberal party. He retired from the secretaryship of the party shortly thereafter and returned to journalism, which, indeed, he had never abandoned. In November, 1879, upon the death of the late T. Oliver, M. P., he became a candi- late for the House of Commons in North Oxford, but was unsuccesafui, the solid Conservative vote of the county being thrown against him at the instance of the Conservative leader who perferred his less known and perhaps less pronounced op- ponent, who also ran as a Reformer. When in 1883 the Mowat Goverment re- solved to press the long diaputed bourdary queation to an issue, Mr. Patttnllo was sent to the disputed territory as a special commissioner and member of an advisory council in the interest of this province. He remained there until a basis of agreement was finally arrived at between Attorney- Generals Mowat and Miller, and on hia return suffered a severe and prolonged ill- ness, the result of malarial fever contract- ed in the country, At the close or the late session of the legislature he was selected by Premier Mowat as secretary ot the On- tario Niagara Park Commiaaion, of which Col. C. 8. Gzowaki, A. D.O., is chairman, and which is now engaged in investigating and reporting upon the proposed Canadi- an Free Park at Niagara Falls. Mr. Pattullo wai for fifteen years a member and an ofiicer of the volunteer force. Having joined the Univeraity com- pany in 1806, he served in the Queen'a Own during that winter. He was also a cadet of the military school the same year, his certificate of examination bear- ing date the memorable lat of June 66 ; and he waa subsequently placed in charge as chief instructor of the Chicago Can- adian volunteera, who under Captain Forbes, Lieut. Kingsmill and Ensign Freed, at the crossing of the Feniana, rushed over to the defence of their native land. He subsequently paaaed the sev- eral ranks in the Dufferin Riflea, 38th Battalion Brant, from the command of which he retired as major in the year 1880, the Government of the day at Ot- t;awa, contrary to the unanimous wish of the officera of the Battalion and the re- commendation of the deputy-Adjutant- General, refusing to promote him to the ■ lonelcy, giving the flimsy excuae that he waa not a reaident within the military diat ict. ' tically Mr. Pattullo ia an advanced Liberal and favours a progressive and aggressive policy upon the part of hie pol- itical leaders. He believes, with prudent and a truly patriotic effort, that a Can- adian nationality may eventually be built .up upon this continent ; and he thinks that in this contingency Canada might safely be "leftout alone overnight." Mr. Pattullo is now a widower, haying in the spring of 1884 sufl'ered the losa of his wife, a most estimable woman, wife and mother, who left surviving a large young family. He has been for fifteen years a member of the Canadian Press aaaooiation, and haa held all the positiena in the gift of his fellowworkera. Still in the very prime of life, a career of uaeful- neaa and of auccesa seems yet in store for him. W. R Climie, the secretary-treasurer of the association, was born in the town- ship of Innistil, Co, of Simcoe, forty-six years ago, and is consequently just in the prime of life When fi_ve years of age his family removed to Bowmanville, his father, Rev. John Climie, well-known throughout Ontario, having been called to the pastorate of the Oongregatiotia ehurch from that place. In 1853 the Rev. Mr. Climie and hia oldest son, John, es tablished the Canadian Statesman, which he owned at the time of his death, wh«n the subject of the present sketch became sole proprietor. For eighteen years he managed the Statesman successfully, but desiring a rest, he disposed of the bus- iness in 1878, and retired from jour- nalism for five years. His professioi) had however, become second nature to him, and in 1888 he established the Bowman- ville Sun, which he now publishes with success. Mr. Climie joined the Canadian Press Association in 1867, and for the past nine years has filled the oflice of Secret-irv-Treasurer with universal satis- faction. He has always been a conscien- tious Liberal, and for twenty-three years has been Secretary of the West Durham Reform Association. Mr. Climie enjoys the personal friendship and esteem of all the prominent newspaper men in the Pro- vince, whom he generally conducts on their annual excursion. He is a warm advocate of total abstinence, and hria many friends among his co workers. The following is the address of the retiring President : To the Members of the Canadian Presx A ssociation : Gentlemen, — The recurrence of an- other annual meeting imposes upon your President the duty of presenting for your consideration the customary Annual Ad- dress. For myself I would have willingly omitted what mayhap prove to bo an in- fliction ; but the time-honored custom of over a quarter of a century can not be lightly disregarded ; and the unwritten law of precedent, the very basis of all British institutions, must not now be vio- lated. An address from the President's chair of the Canadian Press Association has come to be anticipated and regarded by the members thereof in much the same light as do legislators regard that essential pre requisite of all Parliamentary legielatioH, the Speech from the Throne. But in justice to my esteemed predeces- sors in this chair, I shall not seek to suggest any additional similarity between their annual raessages and those other more pretentious productions above ra- lerred to. The official year about to close has been to thia Asiooiation one of singular quiet- ude. No pressing questions have forced themselves for settlemont upon the mem- l)«r8 of your Executive, whose duties have been consecjuently light. Only one meet- ing of the Executive has been held during the year, and that chintly for the purposes of this annual meeting and excursion. But the membership of the Association, it i»ivrts me pleasure to state, continues to steadily increase, and there are not want- ing evidences of healthy and permanent vitality that have not always boen visible. The daily as well as the weekly Press is becoming more fully represented in the membership, and there is now no longer ary evidence of a would-be Press aristoc- racy in Canada that in times gone by seemed to prefer to staid aloof from the brethren who conctitute the Canadian Press Association. This circumstance may fairly be cited as a proof that this Association has discharged its duties and in a measure at least accomplished thf purposes of its founders. Like all other organizations it has been obliged to run the gauntlet of adverse criticism ; some- times this may have been merited ; but at others it has been prompted by ignorance, thoughtlessness or prejudice. But it has outlived these attacks and the fact that its membership is now, more than ever tiefore, represBntatiye of the Press of Canada, both daily and weekly, is a just cause fur congratulation to all concerned, but especially to those tried and true members of the organization, of both political parties, who, through good and evil report, have stuck manfully to the ship and brought her safely to port. I hav« dwelt at some length on this point because of the circumstance that in the paal +he chief daily papers of the country have not always been represented in our councils, nor at the annual meetings. That this has been by them discovered to be a mistake is only what every reflecting member of the Press must have antici- pated ; for in the Press, as through 3Ut the whole domain of human activities, the truth of the homely old adage is applica- ble! "Everybody knows more than any- body ;" and the brightest of daily jour- nalists may learn at least something from his brethren in association assembled. It gives me peculiar pleasure also to in- form you that the kindly expressions of interest received from former members in this '"ear's annual meeting, as also in the future prosperity of the Association, have been unusually numerous. I had hoped ions have forced ; upon the naein- hoBi) duties have (July one meet- hoen heldduriiiK for the purposes and excursion, the Association, ate, continues to jre are not want- ' and permanent ^ays been visible. weekly Press is presented in the s now no longer -be Press aristoc- I times gone by •i aloof from the e the Canadian lis circumstance i proof that this ed its duties and accomplished thf Like all other in obliged to run criticism ; some- a merited ; but at )ted by ignorance, idice. But it has and the fact that more than ever of the Press of weekly, is a just to all concerned, ) tried and true nization, of both hroutih good and manfully to the lafely to port. I gth on this point tancu that in the ers of the country epresented in our annual meetings, hem discovered to at every reflecting must have antici- as through 3Ut the laa activities, the i adage is applica- ws more than any- est of daily jour- kst something from iation assembled, ileasure also to in- dly expressions of "ormer members in king, as also in the i Association, have ouB. I had hoped that many of theso members would man- age to be with ua during the excursion and that we and they wot i have wit- neMed and enjoyed a genu, re-union of of the old veterans, whose names were prominently identified with the Press «,f Canada in its earliest infuncy. To some ex* nt this hope wiJl be realized, but not a ler "f them, as will be learned from the communications to be Inid before you, have been prevented by previous engage- ments or the pressure of husinesa, private or public, from going with ua. While the ranks of the Association have been during the year steadily increasing and its general position and influence en- tirely satisfactory. Death, alas ' has laid its hand upon us, and to-day we mourn the absence of one who in former years was wont to meet with and accompany us. The late Wm. Johnston, M. A., was not erclusively a journalist, but the bent and extraord)n»ry activity of his mind made him for many years a regular contributor to the Press and to Literature. As a journalist, had he enrolled himself per- manently in its ranks, all feel that success was assured to him, and had that all too brief life been spared, his career prom- iaed to shed lustre upon his chosen pro- fession and would have been a reason for congratulation and of pride to this Asso oiation, by the members of which, not less by bis high character than by his extraor- dinary energy and solid ability, he was held in high regard. I shall not trespass upon your time by any lengthened commenrs upon the Press in genera' ir the Oanaoian Press in par- ticular, upon its present position, its power or its ethics. These have been ably and fully dealt with by many of my pre- decessors, and in essays, addresses and papers that have been presented to the Association. But perhaps I may be per- mitted to make brief reference to a few kindred topics, rather by way of endors ing and emphasizing what may have often before been well said to you. It can ba no longer questioned that during recent years the Canadian Press has made rapid and creditable adTuioe ' ment Steam, gas, the telegraph and telephone, and the highest mechanical in- genuity have combined to revolutionize the Press, and to make it the marvel of development that It is now uniTern done care- fully and conscientiously ; and, in not a few instances, their letters were spirited 12 G •nd oreditable Gpedmeni of war oorres- pond«iioe. Nor in thi80onDe<'^ion, max I olo«e with- out » brief, tho' iuAdeqnate, tribute to tli« OanMlian Volante^n who have bo ipaedily and soooeMfnlly brouf(ht to a doM the unfortunate rebellion in the Northwest. By their patient endurance, extraordinary marches, genuine heroism and ready submission to discipline, they haye demonstrated that Canadian boys are the stuff from which true British sol- diers may be made, and they have earned the undying gratitude of both Queen and oonntry. Let us hope that their sao- rifiaBS and services have not been made in vain ; but that the result of the unhappy emeute may be to knit more closely to- gether the several members of Confedera- tion and to develope a truly broad, frater- nal andnationalspirit among all Canadians. Grateful for the high honor which my brethren have conferred upon me by their jinaminaioua election to this chair, and an- ticipating for them and f