The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-01-18
HE Convention ef EA:ters
and Publishers.
MORNING SESSION.

pursuant to call published IN the pa
pers of the State of Ohio. large number
of Editors aad Publishers met in Cen
veniion at Columbus. on Wednesday,
January 4th, 1865. at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
and were called to order by W. T. Bas-
com, of The Dit. Vernon Republican,
upon whose melton, L. L. RICE, of the
Lsrain County Nesos, was elected Prssi-
dent; LEWIS A. ALLEN, of the Green.
field Union, was appointed Secretary.
BUSINESS COMMITTEE.
The following named gentlemen were
appointed committee to report Business
and the Order thereof:
Messrs W. T. Coggeshall, W. T. Bas-
com, W. HI. P. Denny, Amos Layman,
l.. Harper, w. D. Biekham and Joshua
Saxten.
Sundry resolutions we're presented, and
then immsdiatsly referred to the Business
Committee.
The Convention then tssk recess un :
til % o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention met at half-past two
o o'elock-Presiden Rice in the Chair.
J REPORT FROM THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Mr.. Csggeshall from the Business Com
mittee, reported the following Topics fol-
the consideration of the Conventiou-each
Topic to be referred to Committee el
three to be appointed by the President
ToPGcs-Subscriptiens; Advertising
Legal and General Advertising Agen-
cies; Paper Menopoly-ineluding a Me.
moral to the Legislature, and Meme
rial to the Ohio Senators and Represen-
tatives ia Congress; Job Printing; Or
ganization eff Press Association; Circu-
lar to Editors, asking cooperation with
this ,,Csnventien; Gratuitous Advertising
and Notices, including Deaths and Mar
riages.
The Report was adopted, whereupsr
the President appointed the following
Committees:
J, On Subscriptions = Messrs. Denny
Harper, Psrmenter.
Advertising - Legal and General :
Messrs. Biekham, Saxton, Bascom.
Advertising Agencies-Messrs. How
ellis, Slime. Palm.
Paper Aonopoly-Messrs. Coggeshall
Holder, Layman.
Joe Printing-Msssrs. Harris, Miller
, Hawes.
Circular to Editors Messrs. Sniffn
Glessner, Wilson.
Gratuitous Advertising-Messrs. Howe
Kaga, Thrall.
,, Organization Of Press Association
aIessrs. Thompson, Edwards, Y. n. AL
len.
At three o'clock, the Convention tool
? recess until four clock, in order to al
low lime for tho Committees to prepar
their reports.
FoUR O'CLOCK. p M.-Ths Cenveu
: tion re- assembled, when the Committe
On Subscriptions, through Mr.. Harper
made the following report, which wa
: adopted:
;. PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Il Rcsoloed, That We, the Publishers Q
c the Weekly Papers Of Ohio, agree t
adopt Two Dollars and Fifty Cents in ad
a vance, as the subscription price per annul
}. fer each copy oi our said Papers, fro;
and after the date of the adoption Of thi
= , resolution.
ADV DvERTIsINa-LEGAL AND GENERAL.
e The Committee on Legal and Gener;
y Advertising, through sir. Bickham, sui
e mitted report, fixing the rates for a
kinds Of advertising. which was adopte'
The report is a. follows:
For legal advertising, no paper sha
charge less than ono dailar per square fe
: the first insertion, and 6fty cents p'
= square for each subsequent insertion.
:. The committee adds this recommend;
tisn: That in all cases where revenu
taxes are demanded, the amount be adde
b to the bills rendered.
1t Ia general advertising, there seems
: be no regular system-each paper chars
" ing according TO the notions of exigeI
\ cies entertained by each particular Pul
r Usher in his own peculiar locality. I'll
IS committee agreed upon the follswin
minimum rates for basis OF charges:
ii Not less than $50 per column for or
: year; not less than $50 per column fer
- months; not less than S35 per column ft
3 months; amt less than $50 per colum
for nenths; not less than S2e per co
Il unn fer ! moAth; not less than SO p,
!, single square for l year; not. less tha
n 81 per single spare fer 6 months; net les
. than $5 per single square for month
q not less than 81 per single square for
months; not less than So per single squal
i for month; net less than $50 per on,
e half column fer year; not less than S.
b per one-half column 6 months; net lei
than $50 per one ourth column for
year.
g All advertisements in special place
twenty per cent. additional.
!. All marriage and death notices shall
charged fifty cents.
The committee recommends charge
d fifty cents per square for notices Of B'
!. nevolent societies, Religious Seeietie
&C., &c.
Ali political notices to be charge
p transient ra,ss.
The Committee also bsgs leave to rec
omnend the prepristy Of fixing the meas
ure of square at space Of not MOI
than ten lines Nonpareil type:
The Convention teok recess unit
half-past seven eleek in the evening.