Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-14
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| For long time the association overlook
ed this conduct, and continued to employ
| Craig as their agent; but. having at last
| occasion to Believe that Improper Use was
made OF thelrnews for trading and specu-i
lative purposes they dismissed him from
their service. After a brief period, think
ing his removal might have taught him
| prudence, the association restored him TO
lOffice. acknowledgements unfortunate
lily, misplaced. The business was, cpnduct-
| ed more satisfactorily, for a time, but it was
soon found that Craig was at his old tricks.
1 He had enleavored to impress the country
press and agents with thesjdea that he was
the autocrat of the association, and, pos
sessed of all authority and power, Instead
| of being only a business agent hired by
,thelassociati0h for certain specified duties.
! 1t again became evident that he had abused
| his position in several ways. and that the
| business Of the association was being very
badly managed Whenthe Atlantic Cable
was laid, no arrangements were made for
obtaining the foreign npewsH For. some
weeks the papers were without, any cable
reports, and would probably be without
them to-day, had not tile Herald obtained
| special dispatches at an enormous outlay,
and thus compelled the association to act
| in the matter. ..,,, .-.. O.. -,,i.,-i.., 10
| There were other reasons for complaint
| against the agent, and the newspaper read
ers, as well as the proprietOrs, had good
cause to demand q change. The assocja-
| tion, therefore, held meeting the day be-
fore yesterday, and removed Craig, and ap-
| pointeda new agent. No other changes
have been made, and alb the persons en-
| ployed as local agents in other places Will
| continue to discharge their duties, and VIII
send their reports to the present agent,
Mr.. SimontOn. We hope that, under the
new arrangement, the business will be done
better, and that there will be no further
cause OF, complaint on the part of the asso-
| citation, or Of those who get the news
through that organization. For some time
past it has been impossible to trust to the
reports of the Associated Press, and ii a
paper has desired correct reports, ithas been
compelled TO send special reporters every
where, thus usduplicatingits expenses. Now
that Craig has been removed we trust that
all this will be thoroughly reformed, ...
| .[From the N. Y. Times. Nov. IL ..
| THE ASSOCIATED PREss.-The Associated
| Press, at meeting held on Monday after
noon, removed Mr.. ID. III. Craig. who has
been for the last fifteen years their General
| Agent in this city, and appointed James
| w. 'SimontOn in his place. Notices of this
action, duly certified by the President aud
Secretary, were immediately sent by. tele-
graph to all the correspondents and agents
of the association in different parts of the
country.
1t is not necessary at present to speak of
/ the causes which havealed to this action on
the part of the association, The fact that
Mr. Craig Immediately telegraphed per-
emptory contradiction of this announce
ment, and claimed to be still the agent of
the association, while acknowledging that
he had beenfOr several weeks engaged in
an attempt to convert the agencies and IA
cilities of the association to his own per-
sonal use and profit saves us the Necessity
l. of any further explanations at tue present
moment, We sball undPubtedly have. &C.
cason hereafter to entef INTO more full and
explicit details on the Subject. ".".'''
MeanWhile, it should be understood
throughout the country. by agents 1of the
association and by all newspapers who are
connected with it, that Mr.. Craig has no
longer any right or authority to act on its
behalf, noriaiy means of using it's faCili-
ties for the collection of news, foreign or
domestic, Mr.. James w. Simonton being
the only authorized agent Of the associa-
ton. H4 9.J 10. ah '''Ha@l 10 N''"' W.