Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-09
shS"aIIss VOL. 25, NO. II.
EDITORIAL CONVENTIoN-REs
LUTIONS-EXCURSION.


AT SPARTA.
The attractive character Of the prt
grammo provided by The foresiri
and industrious energy Of Presidei
Seymour, for the edifcation and er
teriainment OF tho members Of II
Wisconsin Press, Induced large an
influential attendance at the l1th an
nual session at Sparta. Arriving q
TINS hourishing and handsomely ar
ranged town on Monday evenin.
the 18th Of June, we met, on Tues
day morning, number OF the frater
nifty, and went into convention wit
them ut the Court House, where
among other detail business, the fol
lowing important resolutions wer
adopted
Re5oiced, That the Recording See
rotary be directed to obtain and pub
lsh, with the proceedings Of this con
yention, list containing the name
post office address and county of eacl
paper published in this state. togeth
er with the names Of the editors on {
| publishers, respectively.
Resoired, That as change is not al
ways progress or Improvement, W,
recommend that no effort be made &c
obtain any change in existing laws
relative 10 the rates allowed for ad,
vertising
Rcso'red, That the officers of this
association be directed to ask the Lc.g.
islatnro foran act ofincorporation for
this body
ReSolrei, That the Executive Com
mittec repeat the recommendation of
former years: that each publisher in
the slate forward regularly copy OF
hi, paper to tlc State Historical SO,
ciety.
The eommittc, regarding a full and
accurate history OF he press OF Wis
consln us a matter Of interest and i'm
Portance, not only for the purposes of
reference, but also Us a record ofiour.
nallsm IN our state, rs u permanent
memorial, recommend that every ed.
ltor and publisher belonging to the as
sociation take it upon himself to
draw up brief narrative ofhis con,
nectlon with The fraternity, embody-
ing full history Of the newspaper
wiCh which he may be connected, The
same to be published among The pros
ccedlngs from time to time. In this
way our volumes will be made more
valuable and useful, and form body
Of facts that may be preserved ia Il
lasting form.
THE LAW or Libel.
WHEREAS, 1t is desirable that the
law Of libel should keep pace with the
spirit Of the age, and with the prog
ress Of opinion in other representa-
tive governments, therefore,
Resolrcd, That a committee ofthroo
be appointed to mcmoriallze The leo
stature to secure the passage afa law
which shall embrace the following
|. The publishers Of papers shall
be held bIamcless printing the pro
cecdlngs Of public meetings; and that
the responsibility for libcIs, if any,
in aach proceedings, shall
rest exclusively with tho person or
persons altering the same.
2. That in all actions for libel The
plaintiff shall be required to give
bonds for tie taxable costs in the case
and a reasonable attorneys fee; and
that in all cases where the plaintiff
shall not secure Judgment Of dams
ages equal to the taxable costs, and
reasonable attorneys fees, to be
awarded to the defendant
B. That in all actions for libel, if
the jury shall believe that the defend.
ant was moved by consideration for
Tho nnhlin Good. - -
md that he had reasonable ground to
believe that the matter complained OF
was true, they shall find for the de-
fendant, provided that it shall be laws
full for the Court, in its discretion, to
require the defendant to publish q
statement Of the facts rs ascertained
upon the taial, which statement may
be prepared by the Judge, and shall
be published by the defendant under
penalty Of contempt.
THE PRINTING PAPER DUTY.
Resoired, That il is the sense Of
this Association that the duty levied
BY The government upon printing pa
per should be abolished, since it is app
parent that in no other way can the
combination evidently existingamong
the paper makers OF this country be
broken down, and that the Senators
and members Of Congress from this
state be urged by this Association TO
use their endcavors to have the same
carried into effect; and that the Sec
rotary be instructed to furnish each
Of them a copy Of this resolution.
Letters of apology for not being
present were read from Lt.>Gover-
nor Spooncr, J. A. Noonan, the pio-
ncer publisher of Wisconsin, Cover, OF
the Grant County Hcrdii, and G. Jo-
mas. editor Of the Racine .Sidric.
A little before u o'clock The OIL :
GERS and members Of the Association
assembled in front Of the court house
and Banks, the photographs, OF James
vile. who accompanied the cNcur-
sion, got two very fine negatives oi
the scene.
The business proceedings OF the con
vention were harmonious and peril
nent, and their financial rcsnt 50 sub
stantial as to pay III every cent owet
/ by the Association and leave a hand
some surplus in the treasury. Th,
number OF pamphlets Of proceeding
to be issued at the next Convention
was increased from 250 to 400, anc
several of the members promised his
tories Of the press of their rcpectiv'
counties to appear therein, among
/ them Mr.. Ballou Of the Waterfowl
/ Democrat, who will supply 4 history
OF the press Of Jefferson county.
Daring Tuesday afternoon, the Wis
/ tiers inspected J. l.. Mather's wrap
ping and tea paper mill, which is rri
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