, 1866-12-07

of the Association ~, ,Iht rac4,ve !. aua. d.
patch over anv r1vol #. .,e,aaranh +hat "a .
or may be created <na nav t,e T1,,o, Fl
line at regular cnne-r,ai rate. for the y
deapatch tabcu over / r,ya, limo and fail. '
Ing to do that should refused tb. news Of I
the Associated Peess.
Now, Mr.. Crafg hsst least sofar A.. 4he
Western lines nre concnrd. eoual tactljties
with the New York AsocIatcd Press. The
most experienced AMI el1c,sut of Tho old
telegraph news men frn I1yerpool to Nav
Orleans, arc With hin. If he il the rrrat
rascal members of the ;.w York Assnc;otton
say he is, It would do1s~s d,scredit IN thcIr
sagacity fthey had fond him ont brf,rr bc
had been for eighteen yeays their confidential
qqa, executive atrent.
efficient machinery in land for tha co,lac, !
t1ou and diffusion Of thenews Of The w,-,a
while his ouiet. yioilatt. mctbod,c,1 tvars
of doing business eave IA a measure os nnn
ldeuce in his competencr much ,,reater+ho,
wc coutd entertain for h comnctitor whn.a
.r,Ita,r,a,,+ 49,. .a,,ra - rt..' ""uso
excitement WAS pa!uiu 10 "Iness. We
found Mr.. Cralg seeking what Te suppose
may be termed his revuse on the As5oc;a-
ted Press, and Offering tie only opportunity
~ h.-. ara- Nod an5 M on1v arc I;,,a,.,.
he presented ua of cstalji.biu9 courrr11,oS
IN rews-patherinp in New York,
he offers. and I have n nv nossces,on h;s
written agreement. to surrender all tho "a.
cIlitIes Of his office ana Organization. Of
erery sort. to the press of the countrv. the
moment fl ia orranIzcd. Il emnlov them ia
eomnete with the New York Association.
He nronosed To turn them ayer at once md
net as aecnt Of the Westeru.as he had for the
New York Associated Press. Init We could
not accept this offer without assuming re-
sponsibllities greater than had been antici-
pated when our Board of Directors mrt in
Cincinnati,
After Our mild proposal 10 take the re.
ports of the Associated Press, rcserring the
right to obtain additional news In other
quarters, had been so sharply rejected, VIC
asked twenty -four hours for further consider
n1fon. During this time despotcb from Nr.
Clamp, of Buffalo, the President Of the New
York State Press Association. was received.
saying:
IA majority Of our Executive Committee re-
1nest Inn! .,, our an1 Us seao OUT
Nlr. simonton rep1ied .
..our E1ecut5ve commtt.ee acc,da II c.,,, he
done; that would yield The Whole point al issnc.
1QG WnOlE EDluL al lSSlG Is QGTE utSttnctlS
assumed to be whether tie New York Asso.
cIatcd Press should obtain the control of the
news of the contipent aud We saw Il Was
n clear case that If Crair Eere crnshc;] out
t,,e old despotism. Of whose heavy hand tbe
press of the county has had unpleasant cx-
ne5iences. would be Axel mon ma nor.
mancnt1v.
At our annoinfed meet;no v,,,, tbo Roar
| Of tile Associatcd Prss. on Wcdnesd,r Aha
| .S,l, of November. Ib.d thc satysf,ct;on n,
| ,elliur those eeut1enen TINT ba vino modo
! the most thorough e,am1nation of the s,tn.
| alton TINT We could make. We had decided
! thnt II Eon,f hest srye thc ,ntcrests of tbo
| Western Press VIC rnrcsented to MD In The
establishment Of anonnosition in thc ncws
business in New Y&rL and tl,at W. were
ready to sunn,y ours,]yez will, newa u,thout
| any further nss;stano. from thcm.
Having stated the Ease In this form. ne re-
tired from the Assofinted Press rooms. and
tbp gentlemen of tbr Assoc,atiou nroconi,e,
| to indulge in a 1cnrthy and animated Dr.
hate. Into t,ot mfmcuf tbev hal mt ac
rctcd To t1,snutc ourouthority to act f,r m,
Western Associated PROSE AMI ,ro had =,
peated1v asser,ci1 on- rcnrcscntotivc charac
to- Thor tbov ., M ~ +t,a conc1re5,,, =,
attcmnt to nnn,sh M 40 ,nd,r,1no1s m,
ahsurd1v passed a reso1ut;on IN fenv The ns
OF the Assoc,otcu Press news iwnlcf We lut
Just told them the whole Western Press dit
| MT roo,iro on1. 1nrror, " tl,a C;r,,o,ot
f,oa,,pere;o1 and rh;cogo Tr1nrxr
And in sendinp oycr the wires Tho sorr,
ah,fcation that Te hat, psen t1fsm1ssed I'm,
oddcd IN Il thc arront f,ls;h.ation thot >r.
Ind etr,rcn To make arrangements with then
to thc 6pecial adyantaee Of the three mos
considerable Western clties-st. Lou,s. Chi
caco and Cinc,nnot,- The cvncnsc oe N
smaller Western towns. This part Of the;
proclamation was redeemed from the stoli,
imbccilfty Of the story t1,as nc Ind been dis
missed from the New York Association. h
tbc malicious Dcrycrsion Of a fact jp;a man
ucr somewhat ingenious.
The prctcnsion that tho New York pupcr
intcricrcd to prevent the oppression Of til
| papers ofthc malIetNcstern towns ia not opl
totally destitute Of truth. but Of reason also
The Associated Press WAS willing to sell u
news In quantities TO suit Us. We had n
quarrel about that. They were as ready /
sell twenty thousand words per dag as fou
thousand. And that was al they would hay
had to do with II. One trouble with thcl
Is, they lave not been quite convinced tha
they are rot masters Of the telcgraph-tha
they have not the exclusive righ: to the us
OF Electricity In sending Information abou
the world.
We did talk unrcscrvcdtF Of the commo
interests and advantages Of the great Wes
ern Triangle OF clties. anu saio TO the Ne
tofk ASSOCIATES tna1' II &c hao nothiue
90 put 10 deal 1os taosc c1ues, our task Wou'
De comparatively an easy one, Tor we con!'
81 very modeAte rates. provide Tor te'
sFarhing 10 tAen al 1nc news matter y
"anteo 10 that way, ana conlo entlrel
a'o'o oulilcat'ons anu tne "ea1lness o1 c.
tfemeiS late noufs' lAe most cmoafraSsit
: circumstance N our intcr''e" with the q o,
: lhoF'lles III matters OF tcleGfaphing, was II
, necessity IN Inc west OF obtaining TWO =
!, ports, anu Arranging that INC papers OF ftt
: burSh' " heeling, cleveland, Detroit, Ioled
. indianapolis LonasVllie and MILWAUKEE,,
: well as ST. Louis, Chicago and Ctncinna
report, II they were able to pay for it. Y
stated Win perfect dsstinetncss, that, as
were representing the Western Associate
: fress as booy, we would endeavor to do
! IN good iaith. and for that reason, and !
othes, we Would not attempt to initiate
Eotntlons 1or tue exclusive benefit OF Il
: three cities. This could be proven clear
and fully hy individual members Of t
: Board, fit were thought worth while to a
: peal to them.
The telegraph wires concentrate at CT
5 cinnati, st. Louis and Chicago, and there q
t ! so many OF them that some can be employ,
I in the transmission Of news Mt uny tor
The papers Of those cities can take rcpo
, as full as the New York papers have,
: hare ever bad, ofauy important intcll;renc
| md nuhi;s1, II e},,n,+,,ao,n1r ,-:th IL .