St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-08
PRESS CLUB ANNUAL.
The Newspaper Men Hold an In
tereSting MeetinU


The Newspaper Men Hold an In
teresting Meeting.
Tile annual meeting of the st. Paul
Press club was held yesterday afternoon
+ at Lifts hall. There were seventy-four
men present, and the great
est interest was manifested I'm the pro-
ceedings. II. p. Hall presided. Reports
were first presented by the officers.
| president Hall reviewed the work of
the club since its reorganization twelve
| months ago. There are now ninety
eight active newspaper men OH the list of
members, twenty nonresident and two
honorary members. The finances of
the club are Ill most satisfactory con-
dition. There is over $500 in the treas
ury, and the expenses footed up to
81, COO. This included the cost OF fur
lJshing the club rooms and the enter
l7tainmeDt provided for the dele
gates to the national editorial con-
vention. Secretary G. w. Dodds,
for the board Of directors, reported
on the years work, and laid before
| sthe club scheme for the erection of a
clubhouse, the present quarters fast be-
coming inadequate to meet the demands
of members. Financial Secretary f. A.
johnson reported upon the. dues col
lected from members. showing that
every, member was in good standing, and
Treasurer L. j. Price furnished an adj
mirable and lucid report of the clubs
finances. All the reports were accepted
and referred. The election of officers
followed. Mr.. Hall vacated the chair,
and Carry l.. Steele, first vice president,
was called upon to preside.
Great interest was manifested in the
election of a president. There were
four regularly nominated candidates.
III. P. Hall, Daily News; A. E. Chant
Ter, Dispatch; G. FL. Sargent, Pioneer
Press; Carl Neuhausen. Volkszeitung.
The first ballot stood: Hall. %; Chant
Ter, 26; Sargent, II; Smalley. 4; Neu-
to elect. MIR. Sargent retired from
the race at this point, and the fight lay
between Hall and Chantler. The sec
,ond ballot they had thirty-two each; the
third ballot thirty-four each. In the
fourth ballot Hall was elected, he re-
ceiving thirty-siX votes to ChaEtler's
thirty-four. Col. Chantler promptly
moved to make the election unanimous.
and it was so agreed.
Before the president was called upon
toreply7 FL. L. Black interrupted, and,
in ,welEchOsen words, congratulated
Mr.. Hail upon his reelection, at the
same time. On behalf of the club, pre-
sented HIM with large and magnificent
Photographic group of the members.
The group was supplied by thinner
man, and for artistic finish and design
could not be eXcelled. Every photo
graph is a perfect picture, and more
lIfe-like group could not be desired.
MIR. Hall gracefully acknowledged
the present, which, he said, he should
value more than anything he ever pos
Sessed. He at the same time appropri-
ately thanked the members for his re-
election.
The voting for the other officers was
resumed, with the following result:
First Vice Presideut-C. Neuhausen, Volks
Zeitung. sEH
y Second Vice President Ruth Kimball
GLOBE.
Recording secretary-George W. Dodds,
GLOBE.
Treasurer-T. j. Price, kellogg Newspaper
Union.
Financial Secretary-F. A. Johnson, Dis
patch.
lDirectors-O E. Barrett Pioneer Press: A.
A. Lotto, GLOBE; c. =. Bartram, Tribune; A.
T.; Chantler, Dispatch; Fl. G.. Dunn, News;
Rev. j. Conway, Northwestern Chronicle;
M. j. Costello, unattached.
C. III. Lienau, of the VolkS Zeitung,
and j. A. Schmahl, of the Daily News.
will represent the club at the conyen-
ton of the international league of press
clubs, which meets in San Francisco on
the 14th inst. They were authorized by
the club to invite the league to hold its
next convention at st. Paul