Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-06-11
THE PRESS.
The Ohio State Editorial AS
sOciatiOn.

The Ohio State Editorial As
sOciatiOn.
Banquet at the American Hotel
The Ohio State Editorial Association
met at Ambos Hall in Columbus last
Friday at 101s a. m. The meeting wa:
called to order by the President, Joshua
Saxton, of the Urbana Citizen.
The Secretary, Mr.. Campbell of the
Bellefontaine Republican, read the min.
utes of the previous meeting. Adopted
. A letter from the Columbus Press
was read inviting the Association to a
ride abou. the city and banquet in the
evening; also letter from Col. Innis
asking them to visit the Penitentiary.
On motion of Mr.. Holder, the edi.
tors present were requested 10 enroll
their names. They were as follows:
Newcomer, Marion Mirror; Kirk.
patrick, Cambridge Jeffersonian; Gau-
mer, St. Ciairsyille Gazette; Edmiston
Lima Gazette; Defrees, Miami Union
Taylor, Guernsey Times Bascom, Can.
ton Republican aud Repository Hunt
Belmont Chronicle; Williston, Marion
Mirror; DeCamp, Gallon Review
Estell, Holmes County Farmer; Schnei.
der, Zanesyille Post (; Harper, Mt. Yer.
non Banner; Mathews, New PhilAdel.
phia Democrat; Holder, Butler Demo.
crat Fisher, Lima Democrat; Doren
Dayton Herald and Empire; White
Clyde Independent; Jennings, 4 thens
Messenger; McMuiien, Marietta Times
Cupningham, Millersburg Republican
Comfy, State journal; Dickie. Colum-
bus Gazette Millikan, Herald, Wash
ington Court House; Cuneo, Upper
Sandusky Union; Campbell, Bellefon.
taine Republican; Hopley, Bucyrus
journal: Webb, Columbus Dispatch
Irvine, GAINESVILLE Signal; Saxton, Ur.
bana Gazette; Newman, GAINESVILLE
Courier; Bond, Chillicothe Gazette
McIlvaine, New Philadelphia Advo-
cate; Townsend, Fredericktown Inde-
pendent; Nichols, Springfield Repub-
lie Giiswold, Lancaster Gazette Coo
ley, Caldwell Republican, and Thomp-
son, Delaware Gazette.
Messrs. Newcomer, Harper and Jen-
nings were appointed a Committee on
Business; Hopley, Holder and Cuneo
on Permanent Organization Irvine.
Estell and Nichols on Resolutions, and
Mcmillan, White and Cunningham on
Newspaper Postage.
The Treasurer of the Association,
Mr.. G. n. Allen of the SteubenVille
Gazette, was absent, but transmitted his
report stating that S44 had been collect
ed during the past year, and $40 paid
out for printing and incidental expen-
Ses. -...
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Association met in the Board of
Trade room in the afternoon. Pursuant
to adjourninen and heard the follow
ing report from the committee on
Order of Business, which was adopted !:
l. Report ufcommittee on Permanent
On iganization.
.. Report of committee 90 Resolu-
tions.
3. Report of special committee on
Postage.
4. Miscellaneous business.
General Comfy, on behalf of the Coz
lumbus press, then made an address Of
welcome.
Mr.. Baseom, in behalf of the Associa-
ton, made reply. His remarks were
brief and to the point. He compliment
ed Columbus, as the Capital City, on
ts healthy progress and general good
appearance. He considered it an honor
10 belong to the press OF Ohio. 1t is
,ar duty, he said, TO cultivate id:aternal
feelings and respect for each other than
be continually sparring at one another.
de said that personal squab5les were
,nIy Injurious to reputation, and never
ire beneficial to any one.
Mr.. j. II. Putnam, on behalf of the
ohio Valley Association, invited the
members of this Association 10 meet
With them on June 10 and IL, at Chill
icothe. He stated that every possible
was being made Tor highly
DjoyabIe occasion.
The committee on Permanent Orgaa-
zation recommended the election of
Ulcers as follows, and their recon-
was adopted:
President. M. Comfy.
Vice Presidents-James A. Estill and
J. n. .DeLacourt.
Secretaries-David S. Fisher and Z.
= M. Jennings.
Treasnrer-L. Harper.
Executive Committee-A. j. Mack,
}. Nicheis and Mr.. Bascom.
The Csmsaittee on Newspaper Post
ge presented Is series on resolutions
avOrine ens cate of postage on news
apers eireuss1ed within the county
there published, another rate within
ne State, anei;aaoth rate beyond the
mits of the State also, opposing the
mploy ment of persons for the free de-
Very of mail matters in the large cities
the expense of the whole people;
$50, in favor of providing by law that
ewspapers, like letters, shall not be
otherwise than by mail; ,
$50, favoring the payment of newspa-
er postage as at present, quarterly III
1vance by the subscriber
Debate ensued on these resolutions,
evelopiDg great opposition to them.
Ir. HOpley of the Bucyrus Journal
,oke at considerable length in favor
the resolutions. Mr.. Irvine of the
anesville Signal replied and offered
le following as substit ute tor the
port of the committee:
Resotced, That this Ass, ociation ap-
FoVes oI tne postal regu taIlons io,
ewspapers now pending in the United
.ates Senate, which has j. ast passed
e House of Representative ?, provid-
g free exchanges and free elivery OF
'wspapers within the county wherein
lblished.
A lengthy discussion folio WED, but
e substitute was finally adopted
most unanimously.
Messrs. McIlvaine, Guneo md Bas-
m were appointed conn nittee TO
oose an orator for the next meeting,
ID also fix the time and plac of the
Getting, whereupon the convention
jonrned and took carriages I'd ws,re
iven to the Fair grounds and back, to
e city via the Blind and d eaf and
lmb asylums, thence to the Heniten.
ry, were where they shown through
3 institution by Colonel I'M lis.
A fter this they drove to the Lunatic 4