Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-14
FUN AT THE TABLE.
Newspaper Men at a Banquet
of Good Things.
DANA COMPLIMENTS A cHICAGoAN

Because the Latter Is Not Afraid of the
pevii-Account of the Rise and Fall of
the Attemp. to Organize Mould
ers'" Union-Depew Given Difficult
and Rather Embarrassing Problem to
Solve.
NEW YORK, Feb. l4.-At yesterdays ses-
sion of the American Newspaper association
the following officers for the ensuing year
were elected: President, ]. w. Scott, of The
Chicago Herald; secretary, R II. Campo, of
The Pittsburg Chronicle; treasurer, William
Latin, of The New York Sun.
Editorial Talent at Dinner.
The banquet given by the association at
the Brunswick last night was a fitting ter
mination to the meeting. There were brill
liant speeches, witty sayings, and droll
stories. At the guests table, which was
presided over by President Scott, sat Charles
A. Dana, of The Sun: S. H. Kaufman, of
The Washington Star. Charles w. Knapp
OF The st. Louis Republic; Walter 7. Phil
lips of The United Press; Victor Lawson, of
The Chicago Daily News; George w. Tur-
ner of The New York World, and j. ID.
Holiday, of The indianapolis Journal. Gov
ers were laid for 800 Presiding at the vari-
Gus tables were Col Morgan, New Haven
Register; j. ii. Farrell, Albany Press
and Knickerbocker; William Cullen Bry-
ant, Brooklyn Times; F. K Misch, San
Francisco Call and w. J. Richards, Indian.
appolis Journal
Beginning of the Speechmaking.
Speeches were made by Hon. c. NJ Depew,
c. a. Dana, a. Minor Griswold, Lyman ID.
| Marsh. W H. Stevenson, and others Pres.
| ident Scott introduced Charles A. Lee. presi
dent OF the National Editorial association
who considered it an honor, he said, to be
with such all assembly of learned men. Pub
fishers and editors, be thought, should worl
| together for the common good of all. Hi
paid compliment to Mr.. Dana, TO whom he
| alluded as the "Nestor of journalism.
Moulders of Public Opinion.
Allan Forman, editor of The Journalist
spoke briefly He remembered of trying e
| organize a labor union of reporters. awe
met about four times, be said. "Atone of tn,
| meetings some one. got up and spoke about
| reporters being the moulders of public opin
ion, and a member arose and proposed that
| we call 1t Moulders' union No. l."
| Amid great applause Mr.. Dana was then
| introduced, and Maj. Barrett, of The Scran
ton Truth, proposed three cheers, which wer,
| given with great fervor.
| The "Nestor" Gives Them Godspeed.
at is a most conspicuous fact" said Mr.
Dana, that tonight are gathered together
the newspaper representatives of the entir,
country. 1t is an excellent enterprise in
which you are engaged; an enterprise tha
has no rival. You will find all the publish
ers of New York ready TO stand by every
measure you have agreed upon at YOU
meeting to-day. Any plan that will bring
about the hearty co operation of the pub
| Usher and editor will meet with the approval
of New York. The popular idea of news
paper to-day is very different from that o.
years ago. The papers to-day are larger
and have more in them TO admire.
But Scott Comes from Chicago.
"Now, here is my friend, Scott, one of tn,
ablest editors of to-day, and you may let nlt
add that it is not his ability l admire. l ad
mime him because he is not afraid of tn,
devil Some men, you know, are very mucl
afraid of him." Mr.. Dana referred to Hor
ace Greeley as a man to admire, not as
news collector, but as philsnthropist snC
philosopher The greatest news gatherer
the most competent editor in his time, wa
the elder James Gordon Bennett.
, Question for Depew.
President Scott arose and said he seldom
had the opportunity of asking question O
a railroad president, and would like to ash
Mr.. Depew why it was that a trip pass is al
ways given journalist, when a member o
the legislature invariably receives an annua
pass.
Mr.. Depew made a humorous reply an
spoke at some length. His remarks evoke
much merriment