The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-02
FRDAY'S D0iSGS.

, McGregor, of Canton. Poet for the
= next meeting.
The Nominating committee sub
mltted their report, which was ac-
Ncepted and adopted as follows:
President.-W. T. Bascom, Mt. Yer
non
Tice PTeSidentS.- Joshua Saxton,
Urbana, S. d. Harris, Ravenna.
Iyeasurer.-P. Cuneo, Upper San
dusky.
Secretd1y.-S. L. Everett, Akron.
L. Harper moved that the Off
GERS of the Society be constituted an
Executive Committee 10 arrange the
time and place of the next meeting.
A substitute for this, offered by Judge
j. A. Estell, providing for q commit
tee of five for that purpose, prevailed
in the Convention and the original
motion was Withdrawn.
/ E. Il. Hays, of Circleville, offered
the following, which was adopted
unanimously
t Resolced, That the thanks of the
/ convention be rendered to the editors
and proprietors of the Akron Daily
Beacon, for copies of that paper fur
nished the members of this conyen-
ton.
j. X. Bukenbrod, of Salem, offered
the following, also carried:
Resolred, That committee of three
be appointed to mature and present to
our next annual meeting, resolutions
OF propositions of practical and ap-
propriate nature, relating to the adj
vancement and elevation of ofjournalism
to be discussed by the convention.
The Chairman announced the time
and place committee:
j. A. Estill, j. X. Rukenbrod, VIM.
III. Sloan, j. f. Mack, S. A. Lane.
A resolution offered by Judge Sloan
was non-concurred in:
ResozUed, That the Legislature of
the State of Ohio be requested to so
amend the present laws that all statis-
tical tables, times of holding Court
and county Office reports which are
now required by law to be printed be
published in two political papers
where such exist of opposite politics
IN each county.
L. Harper. of Mt. Vernon, submit
ted the following, which was amended
so as to add the Secretary to the COM
mittee and passed.
ResoIUed, That c. M. Nichols, of
the Springfield Repu6lic and S. A.
Lane of the Akron Beacon, constitute
committee to prepare the proceed
ings of the conventions of 1859 and
1871, and have them published in
proper form. a5.r
The committee referred to by Mr..
Rukenbrod's resolution was an
nounced: j. *. Rukenbrod, Salem
E. d. Eshelman, Wooster; Wm. Rite
gel, Warren.
j. Frost, of Massillon, offered res
olution which was adopted, and him
self appointed to carry out the pro.
visions;
Resolced, That committee of one
be appointed to collect and present to
the next convention of the association
all the available facts in regard to the
early history of the Ohio press. Il
c. M. Nichols vacated the chair to
offer the following:
ResolUed, That we deem it uppro-
fessional upon the part of the con-
| ductors of newspapers to indulge in
personal denunciation and defamation
in connection with the discussion of
general and local topics, and that we
consider it to be the duty of editors
to discuss questions ofpublic interests
hoi
sonal manner.
This was followed by lengthy and |
sharp debate. Z. 3. Eshelman, after
some energetic remarks offered sub
stitute.
Resozced, That inasmuch as we
have abstalned and prospered as edit
ors and publishers from personalities
in our editorial contests with each
other, we respectfully recommend to
those editors who are not here present
that they practice the same abstinence
from personalities.
The substitute was non-concurred
in and the original resolution carried.
The Committee on time and plan,
reported in favor of holding the next
meeting at Cleveland on the 11th of
July, 1871, and appointing w. W.
Armstrong, PG1in Dealer, A. w. Fair
banks, Herald, E. Cowles, Leader,
A. Cent?, Ge1mani0, and A. Theme,
WdchteT am Erie, as the local COM
mittee of arrangements. The report
was accepted and adopted.
d. c. Balentine, in making the re-
port of the committee on resolutions,
said that for one he thought the fra
ternity had found the hospitality of
the citizens of Akron unbounded, and |
as elastic as the articles manufactured |
in the Rubber Factory. He submit
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted by rising vote
Resolred, That the convention re-
turn its most sincere, heartfelt thanks |
to the City Council, the press and cit
lzens of Akron, for their generous en-
tertainment OF its members: to the !
Bands of Akron and Millersburgh for
their excellent music; to the Akron
Fire Department for their parade; to |
the proprietors of the Akron City |
Rink and managers of the Akron |
Band Ball, for their courtesies; and
most especially to the ladies of Akron
for the very kind manner in which
they have made US feel at home dur
ing our sojourn, and
Reso'ced. That the convention ten
der its thanks to Mr.. J. A. Sumner,
for the use of his Opera House for
the occasion.
A resolution of thanks to the Off
GERS of the Convention for impartiali-
ty and ability shown while i'll Office,
was passed and the Convention ad-
journed.
After dinner the editors were taken
in carriages to the immense manufac-