Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-08-03
MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.
SATURDAY, AUGUST, 3. 1889.

ton of editors came off at Columbus on the
9Th ultimo, as had been set down for it.
The attendance was far from numerous,
twenty seven papers only being represent
ed. An organization was effected by the
appointment of VIM. B. Thrall Esq. of the
Circleyille Herald as President, assisted by
six Vice Presidents. and three Secretaries.
The business proposed fer the convention
was divided among several committees the
doings of which, as they are reported are
too long for insertion in our paper.
MIR. Miller of the Columbus "Confcde-
rate made report upon the /" suicidal pol
icy ofopposing editors disgracing their COL
umns with personal lnvcctive, abuse and
scandal of each other" which reads very
prettlly and comments very sensibly upon
the subject. We append the resolutions at
tuched to the report, though we are disposed
to doubt their efficacy and fear they will not
soon be put in practice.
]. esolved, That, in the opinion ofthis
Convention, there is one plain standard of
editorial propriety from which no man ought
to depart, e. that nothing should be es-
teemed justliable in editorial intercourse
which would be clearly condemned in the
intercourse ofprivate gLntlemen-andthere
fore,
Q. RESOLVED, That, in the opinion of this
Convention, in all editorial discussions con-
corning politics and other subjects Of public
disputation, all opprobious epthets often
sive personal illusions and harsh attacks on
private reputation, ought to be carefully
avoided.
Mr.. Langdon, from the committee on the
Apprenticeship system, reported the follow
ing resolution which was agreed to.
RESOLVED, That the practice of taking
boys to learn the printing business for less
term than five years be abolished, and that
no apprentice shall be employed, unless hi7
previous employer be dead or has sold out
his establishment, so that he cannot COM
plete his term of service in such cnse, il
good testimonials of character be given. he
may be taken as an apprentice only to fin
ish his trade.
Mr.. Bradbury, from the committe to which
was referred the prices of newspapers, ad-
vertising &c., made the following report
which was agreed too:
Resolped, Thata State Central Commit
tee be appointed, to whom shall be made re-
ports of the different committees already
raised, which shall not report to the Conven-
ton, and that that Committee be instruc,
ted.
1st. To take into consideration the re.
ports of the several committees, and carry
into execution the suggestions made us fal
as may be deemed safe and advisable.
cd. To adopt scale of prices for adver.
tIsipg, job printing, and subscriptions to dai-
ly, tri-weekly and weekly papers, and OBJ
tain thereto the signatures of the different
publishers throughout the state.
Sd. To attend to such publications as
may seem necessary in order to carry out, tc
the fullest extent the object of this Conven.
ton.
In pursuance of the foregoing resolution
the following gentlemen were appointed q
State Central COMMITTEES: Saml. Medary
John G. Miller, Gen. James Allen, VIM.
B, Thrall, John A. Bryan, Smithson f.
Wright.
A resolution was submitted by Mr.. Ker.
shaw, ,instructing the State Central Com
mittee to fix tariff of prices from and after
January l, 1910, to be submitted to the
publishers throughout the State.
A report was submitted by Mr.. Wharton
upon the subject of an abuse which has long
existed and which has long called for some
thing to be done. We speak of the prac-
tice Of calling upon printers and publishers
of newspapers to publrsh notices Of various
kinds, under the plea of charity, the public
good, or under the impression that they be-
ing the organs particular parties should
labor for those parties without fee or re-
ward. A resolution appended to the report
provides that all notices of the following de-
scriptions shall be charged for at the custom
ary rates, matter which we most heartily
concur in having already resolved upon the
same thing In a private convention of our
own. The list is as follows s;-Notices for
military meetings and parades; of engine
meetings and firemens parades; oSliterary
meetings, lectures and school exhibitions:
for worship, of whatsoever sect or denomi-
nation; of political meetings; for the nomi-
nation of oil political candidates; for the in
: sertion of notices of deaths, to which are
attached invitations to attend the funeral
or communicated obituary notices; meetings
of charitable institutions and associations,
and for all other communications intended
for the emolument or advantage of any IN
dvidual or body of men, but in which tlle
public is not felt like ourselves TO be gene
rally interested.
We have several times, adverted to the
practice of putting the steam edited, steaT
printed, steam publishedy steam circulated
and steam pufed mammoth prints of the
eastern cities, and are happy to find oul
, views concurred in by the convention, in the
passage of the following resolution in rela
tion to such prints.
Il Rosolned That from and after the ptIbl