. Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . HAPTER VI A WIDER CIRCLE AS a newspaper man John Johnson enteredinto a larger circle of friends, acquaintancesand interests. Heretofore St. Peter had been notonly the center but also the whole circle of his it was to continue to be the center, butit was the center from which a circle of everlengthening radius was described. Editorship ofthe Herald carried with it admission to the Minne-sota Editors and Publishers Association, an organ-ization of much vitality, which closely knit togetherall the better and more
. Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . HAPTER VI A WIDER CIRCLE AS a newspaper man John Johnson enteredinto a larger circle of friends, acquaintancesand interests. Heretofore St. Peter had been notonly the center but also the whole circle of his it was to continue to be the center, butit was the center from which a circle of everlengthening radius was described. Editorship ofthe Herald carried with it admission to the Minne-sota Editors and Publishers Association, an organ-ization of much vitality, which closely knit togetherall the better and more enterprising country pub-lishers of the state. It is and was an organizationwhich has created and fostered for years manystrong friendships. It has always been notable forits large number of good fellows of wit, humor andbroad humanity. It was just the sort of a circleto welcome John Johnson, full of life, enthusiasmand ideas and highly delighted with his new callingand, moreover, no bookworm, for all his burningof midnight oil, but one capable of being one of 94. A WIDER CIRCLE the boys whenever good fellows get John Johnson now had another opportunity to make good, and again he succeeded in that easyway of his — that way of attaining ends withoutseeming effort. Four years after becoming aneditor he was elected secretary of the Association,and was already prominent in Association years later — in 1893, he was elected presidentof the Association. It was the year of the Worlds Fair at Chicago,and the Association had decided to make its excur-sion for that year a weeks visit to the Fair. TheMinnesota Building was to be dedicated on Mayi8th, and the editors had timed their excursion tobe present, in response to an invitation from L. , the ]\Iinnesota representative at the some reason, not fully understood, Governor(now U. S. Senator) Knute Nelson postponed thededication until June ist — and this announcementwas made the day before the e
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