St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-10-13
Iowa Editorial Association.

The second annual meeting of the
Iowa Editorial Association, was held
at Oskaloosa, on the Goth Of Septcm
ber In the evening previous, the ed
itors held a meeting at the Necdham
House to make arrangements for the
next evening and to appoint a com
mttee to prepare business for the Con
vention. The committee consisted of
Clement Of the Dubuque Times, (Chair.
man j Wickersham, of the Washing
ton Press Tomlinson, of the Iowa
State journal Thompson, of the Iowa
State Gazette, and Davenport Of the
Cedar Valley Times.
At o'clock in the afternoon of the
29th, the editors met to hear the re-
port Of the Committee appointed at
Cedar Falls last year, to draft Con.
stltution, and the report of the Com
mitice whose names are mentioned
above. Mr.. Teesdalc, of the Des
Moines Citizen, chairman of the first
named Committee, reported the follow
lowing
CONSTITUTION
PREAMBLE.-The object of this socie-
ty shall be the promotion of good feel
ing and unity of action among the cd
itors and publishers of the State, in
all matters pertaining to their inter
course with each ather and the rules
that regulate their business
ART. |. The name of the Society
shall be the Iowa EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
ART 2 The Association shall meet
at least once year at such time and
place as may be designated at the AM
nual Meeting.
ART. 3. Its officers shall be Prcsi-
dent, two Vice Presidents, Secretary
and Treasurer. The five shall consti-
tute an Executive Committee, with
power to call special meetings, and
make all necessary arrangements
therefor.
ART. 4. The Association shall be
open to all the Editors and Publishers
of the State, who may become mcm-
bcrs by signing the Constitution.
ART 5. The duty of the officers
shall be those that usually pertain to
their respective offices.
ART. 6. The rules established by
this Association shall be binding upon
all its members, and violation Of the
same shall be punished by fines, cen
sure, or expulsion, as may be agreed
upon 10y the Association.
ART. I. Exhibitors, Ex-Puhlishcrs
of newspapers, and proprictors ofprint-
| ing Offices in the State, may become
members Of the Association, by COM
plying with article 5th, but Editors,
Publishers and proprietors of Offices
only can vote in its deliberations.
ARR s. The rules of Jcfferson's
Manual shall govern the deliberations
. of the Association.
ART. 9. This Constitution may be
amended at any regular meeting by a
majority OF voters present.
The Constitution was adopted
BUSINESS COMMITTEES REPORT.
The Business Committee, through
Mr.. Clement, reported list of officers
for the Association, place and time
for holding the next meeting, with
speakers for the same, and also some
resolutions The report was adopt
ed as follows
G. II. Jerome, of the Iowa City Re-
publican, President Col. w. Thomp-
son of the Burlington Gazette, and
DR.. Z. Bcards'ey of the Oskaloosa
Herald, Vice Presidents J. G. Daven-
port of the Cedar Valley Times, Sec.
rctary, and J. TeeSdalc of the Iowa
Citizen, Treasurer The place for
holding. the next meeting of the Asso-
citation is Des Moines the time the
18th of January, 1860. The orator
appointed is A. ?. Richardson of the
North Iowa Times the poet, Addison
Sanders Of the Davenport Gazette.
RESOLUTIONS.
l. That after completion of all Con-
tracts now in force, we recommend
that publishers take no patent medi-
cine advertisements for less than our
full regular prices.
/
! =. That hereafter we insert no ad-
vertisements for any advertising agent
for less than 25 per cent. discount
from our usual rates.
g. That where there are two or
more printing Offices in town OF
county, we recommend that uniformi
ty of prices for all classes of work be
established.
4. That the dignity of the editoria
profession requires that we maintain
toward each other courteous and gen
tlemanIy bearing.
ANNUAL ADDRESS AND POEM.
! At I o'clock in the evening the an
nual address and poem were read il
the Second Presbyterian Church Mr.
Jerome gave the former, his subjec
being "Uncoined Gold" Charity
the tear-drop of pity, sympathy ant
love, and faith-were designated as
belonging to this class Of gold. The
opening part of the address was brim
full Of humor the middle was a
tlower-bed of beautiful sentiments
clothed in the choicest language, and
, frequently towering into the sublime
and the close manly and eloquen,
! appeal to the craft Mr. j had the