Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-06-15
Thirteenth Annual Session of the
Northern Indiana Editorial Association.

large number OF the eulUOfS OF UDe
Northern part of the State were pres
ent. The meeting was harmonious
throughout. The following officers
were elected for the present year:
President, J. B. Stoll, Of the LiSonier
Banner; Vice Presidents, Quineey A.
Hossler, of the Fort Wayne Gazette,
and John Millikan. of the Plymouth
Republican; Treasurer, w. A. Beane,
of the Goshen Democrat; Secretary,
II. S. Fassett, of the South Bend Reg
ister
\ banquet was given at the Miller
House. Great credit is due to the
offices in Columbia City and to the
business men of the place. The next
annual meeting will be held at Auburn
on the I'd Tuesday in June, 1877.
THE FULL PROCEEDINGS.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the Editorial Association of Northern
Indiana, met at Columbia City on
Thursday, the sth day of June, 1876.
The President and Vice Presidents
of the Association being absent, on
motion of Mr.. Platt Mcdonald, Mr..
John Millikan, of the Plymouth Re-
publican, was called to the chair pro
tenn.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following named persons were
admitted members of the Association,
on the payment of initiation fee and
signing the constitution:
r. H. Weamer, Auburn Republican.
L. McAlpine, Milford News.
G. p. Hodge, Warsaw Indianian.
j. L. Miller, Angola Republican.
W. l.. Mathews. Manchester Journal.
J. NJ. Arnaut, Kentland Gazette.
J. A. Miller. Peru Sentinel.
III f. Baker. Columbia City Com.
Rudolph Worch, Fort Wayne Tag
blatt and Volksfreund.
The following named members were
present
J. Millikan, Plymouth Republican.
FL Zimmerman, Warsaw Union.
Q. A. Hosler, Fort Wayne Gazette.
c. X. Baxter, Waterloo Press.
II. FL. Weamer, Auburn Republican.
W. A. Beane, Goshen Democrat.
+. W. Brown, Columbia City Post.
j. w. Baker, Columbia City Com
mercial.
Platt Mcdonald, Plymouth Demo-
crat.
II. S. Fassett, South Bend Register.
The Treasurer, Mr. Mcdonald, pre-
sented the report that no money had
been received and none paid out.
The following report was presented
by II. S. Fsssett. appointed at a pre-
ceding meeting, to make settlement
with the retiring Treasurer, Mr.. A.
Beal:
Total amount received. ......... $500
Total amount paid out............... 32.30
Balance on hand. d.......... s23.7O
The amount of S23.7O was received
from Mr. Beal. The report was re-
ceived and ordered spread upon the
minutes.
On motion of Mr.. j. w. Baker, the
rules were suspended. and the annual
assessment of one dollar per member
was dispensed with.
The following committee was APP
pointed to select nominees for offices
for the ensuing year: Messrs. Baker,
Brown, Hodge. Baxter, Mcdonald.
The committee retired, and after
deliberating, presented the following
names rs candidates:
For President-John Il. Stoll.
For Vice Presidents @. A. Hossler
and John Millikan.
For Treasurer-W A. Beane.
For Secretary-H. 5. Fassett.
On motion of Mr.. McAlpine the Off
GERS named were declared elected.
On motion Of II. S. Fassett, the old
members of the Association were al
lowed to sign the constitution with
out re-paying initiation fee.
Mr. j. w. Baker moved that Col l.
b. Mcdonald and Mr.. O. II. Wood
worth be elected honorary members,
and invited to participate in the de-
alterations of the meeting.
The Secretary was allowed 81 for
postal cards and printing.
On motion of Mr. Platt Mcdonald,
the secretary was allowed $15 for his
services.
Mr. Hossler moved that the men,
bers of the association participate in
a trip to Philadelphia, and that the
President and Secretary make all
necessary arrangements; also, that
the arrangements be as soon as posi-
BILE. Carried.
Col. L. Il. Mcdonald, on behalf of
the citizens of the city invited the
members to participate in IA banquet
at the Miller House, at o'clock.
Mr.. Mcdonald offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted.
Resolred, That the members of
this Association deprecate the prac-
of taking advertising payable in the
article advertised when the publisher
pays an amount i'm cash equal to the
bill Of advertising, and that we rec
ommend to publishers to put all ad-
vertising on "a strictly cash basis.
Resolued, That we recommend to
all members of this Association that
they accept of advertisements from
persons of known responsibility only,
except in cases where payment is
made i'm advance.
ResOiUed, That copy OF these
resolutions be forwarded to the Amer
lean Newspaper Reporter for publica-
tion
Mr.. Mathews moved that the mex [
meeting OF the Association be held at
Warsaw
Mr.. Weamer moved that the mo-
ton be amended to read Auburn in
tead of Warsaw.
On motion, ballot was had, and
Auburn was decided to be the next
place of meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Matthews, the
editors of DeKalb county were re-