, 1866-12-12

NEsT1:lkN AssocIAIgn PnEss

A'"> - N1NN'N -ANSo@AA"$o a%o9$ |oAoASAAues
OF journals published in Chicago, Cincinnati,
II. Louis. AlWaukee, Detroit. Toledo, Clerc-
Land, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Louisville, In
d:ataI"lis and Springfield, hold d special
n.tetinE III this city to-day. The recent ac-
1ion of the Association Ia Declaring Its inde-
lcndence Of the Sew York monopoly, aud
1akin:- control Of its own affairs, has rem
dered meeting ut ,has Time necessary. A
number Of members have already arrived,
together with representatives. from cities
which have not yet Joined The Association.
The question ot chief interest to be decided
III The meeting Is whether the Journals Of the
smaller cities Will allow those Of The larger
CITIES I" Pay three'fourths OF their bills for
telegraph news, as heretofore, or whether
they, tLc smaller ones. will scccde, und pay
the Whole oi their own expenses themselves,
leaving TIE larger ones to expend their own
money itf their cwn benefit. SO far rs we
are eo;velhed VIC do not care button
whether Dayton adhcses to Cincinuati, OF
Indianapolis to st. Louis, or Toledo to Chi
caEo, or heelinE to Pittsburgh. Wishing to
avoid the very appearance OF evil. VIC would
extend to the journals OF these smaller cities
tie sant E61'Nines that they have always
received from US, but il they are not satisfied
with tLis-if they think they sec treason,
sIssta@vu and spoils ID an act Of perfect iass-
nsss and good :a'th-'tey can go thelF way.
~ :'Au Wy" sresu tueM - We atc auslsso' ,Ie
1ou'"a'n =! - tnc eA"n.c1 .o~a .e1soa IL tas
"1e ~ see no.t.11's ua.an ~ tais acioa
o' -hess1s' 11als'caa ana h"e, out as taey
lsp'eseh. lous'la1a =! Ins !srses' eaass'
There must be something hidden, some
thing undrrh"nded, something peEnic'ous
and runous IL us. Ihc interests Ut Large
and wealthy Journals are opposed TO those
OF Tic snaIer ones' We cannot put cur
- hnEer on anything Wrong IN the arrange
ncat, nat II must De thefe somewhere.
AL u al We nave 10 fas y, laat We cannot
s1ano forever pratans aeoat purity OF motives
and reetltuuc ol intentions. Aessrs. aalsscna
snd White went 10 New 1ofs against their
own lncinalaona. lhe5 put lhcfnsetses 10
inconvenience. and gave Their time and
money, III IN effort I" discharge hduciaEy
trust hoaoFaply TO themselves aud sat'sfac-
torilg TO their constituents. Tic work which
they had TO do was hcdgco about With dlf-
tlcultics, growing out Of the fact that
both small and large papers were represent
cd in the Association. The large papers
could not get what they wunted, becausc the
Interests o1 the small ones were TO be looked
after as we'll Alter examining the subject
in every Pos:lolc llght--a1tcr conicEftng with
slero11u iu,a r. ailH .:FebR9hs Sk3e
they concluded to adopt existing arrun"e
1ents, D. to the transmission or rcports
viz = m attcrnuon report for crcaIue
papers, Of the samo prvporlionate length
as heretofore, regular night re.
port of :oO words for ali morning
papers, large and small, aud special o,
midnight report Of ! .soJ u 1000 words ia,
all newspapers that choose to take ft-the
esl~n-s o1 The reg mar report 10 be nppor.
Toned, not according to the cost of trans
mission, but according to tie ability of the
paper tu pay, and the expense OF The mid
night rclsurt to be apnurtfoned nccordfnr tr