The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-16

ANT managed to secure their signatures to a
document. as follows:
CHICAGO June TO- 1892
r. pc,,d oi Director, oi the Western h.~pcip,i Pres:
Tn,under.lsned the members of the Western Asso-
,,.,.a Press in and for the city OF Chicago hereby
.,..nt and agree to the delivery by you to Victor
I.v,on and Melville f. Stone. proprietors OF the Chi
,,ro niy N,r. OF the night reports Of the said
,s.,op for publca alton by the said Lawson and Stone
In Morning edition. Provided. that the said Lawson
and Stone shall pay in addition to tho weekly assess
m.nt nc paid by for the day report. such fur
,h,r sums as may be assessed upon them under the
rules tho association for the use Of the night report
S J. MEpiLl-
For the Chicago Ttistne
W.T.. sroRkr.
For tho Timea
WV. PrSS NIXON.
For the Inter 0oeun
sHuxAS 4 WILSON.
For tho Jo,rnI
ILLINOIS, SIAArszrrrUSG ConrAyr.
BY Washington HesnR.
It'll understood by the said Lawson and stone that
ess night reports shall be only used for tho publica
Ton O, morning paper in the English language.
VICTOR Y. LAWSON
MELVILLE Z. sfoSE.
D. VA Henry Smith. Gen.a' Aqsn. Hts,rn Associated
P,s,:
BY tn. within paper. all the members OF the sssocia-
uon at CnicAro having given their consent hereby
authorize you deliver the night to the Horniny
J.4. subject to the approval OF the Board In full
wv PESs NIXON.
Member Of the soard and Executive Committee.
Considered and apprU we'd BY the Board OF Directora
It was year later that the Hoa. William
Penn Nixon. the editor OF the Inter- Ocean,
learned 10y the merest accident OF the valua-
ton placed uron the franchise by Dir.
Meti, and NJ the fact that the share offered
to Mr lledi.l FOR the 7i'ihaRr had been
paid to him Then It so happened that
oil tine other signatories learned how they
had been duped. They recalled how Lawson
and stone hal told them OF Mr.. Medill's great
good feeling i0r the FO.y4i,.3 .NPtrS. and OF tho
warmth Of his desire that it should have the
Associtei rress report aud how these sentl-
Ments had los. him 10 sign his name lust as 1t
appears in the To- :uinl: transcript Of tho
original document. and the more they re-
called these things the angrier they wers-all
except Wilbur +. Storey of the Times. q man Of
Few Illusions and great rrecipitancy OF action.
ills not known exactly what he did. but his OBJ
lectlons we're shortly after not so strenuous as
Those OF his associates. and Stone and Lawson
were not so flush OF ready cash.
tve3 effort was made by the others to hnye
the service discontinued. hut without avail.
me manager. william Henry Smith. received
'hc following protest In 1875. and It was read
hthe meeting of the Associated Press Board
In cincinnati on Aug. 4 Of that year:
H". W'"" Hr"V 'mth, G.n.di Aycn, Heaern Aooeia.ed
Pr>.r
Dk.R SIR: We. the undersigned. members Of the
""'sfn Associated Press in and for tho city OF Chi
sVo for good and sufficient reasons hereby withdraw
var assent to the delivery by - Victor f. Lawson
Au@eNl"e l. stone. pr0prIetors of .he Chicago Duiv
'n' OF the night reports OF the said association for
laoica'ion by the sal Lawson ana stone In II morn
ms shtioa, and We respectfully reques, and notify
hw,on an stone
W. r. Sullivan.
Secretary Chicago Erenina Journal
ILLINOIS sTAAr"XyrUSs COMPANY
ny Warrington iIesing. Y.P.
r1s iNrEROC.,S
ny VILLAIN Fem Nixon. General Manager
he replied that he could do nothing but re-
UT u 10 the Board. which he did, and the
.'ara SAID 1t was purely local matter and
uspapers hore should settle 1t among them
sNea But they never did settle It, pt as
ume interviewed and we live fast here and for
Get easily
lhese astute gentlemen. whose notions OF
numerical honor are SO illuminated in the
yVSohg' are now believed to be in New
,,.,. "hnfe, IL Is said. they are proposing to
a',ouS Eastern papers to form with them and
80 '"e management Of Stone. save tho
.. national association OF Journals
W. inc carrying on OF the news busi-
~" Inc Lastern newspapers are doubt
.es' ahle to take care of thsmsslvss.
W. they will do well to receive ali
.s emanating from Lawson and his
Trte with great caution and reserve.
. IVY nave not reformed. No impartial &C.
'ant can examine tho books of the Asso-
/. eu ifess and fail to declare 1t bankrupt. It
,.,. Ang BY tho most desperate m cans to
me financial aid OF Eastern newspa-
,.,u tne guarantee fund OF $4,000 sub
,s"y mere ten days ago uGs eJpiicitiy de-
rim ~ w Nr'c'Ue i. Stone for its moral effect
sun..I ,s newspapers. Ererv member pas
n, ~ ma' nor one dollar icouM epe, be called
h.., u''s thsre 10 no concealment out here,
nna, IL openly admitted: and indeed 1t Is
via, ~ Tact that. even were 1t other
sbo e'o are only too many OF the signers
nor. U'a'V IN these hard times. could no
rhse the money than they could ly.
oistono 10 par:and parcel OF tho methods
d,, AS the Tribune pointed out the other
,Ar,,," scheme is dependent upon misrepre-
thai ,.,' ana 'alsrhood. and it Is poor cause
wines on such weapons.
AsdII -. H'oh' and lawson demanded Of Mr.. |
tact mat no sign the Associated Press con-
1roNo,, m1 'oId them it was a dishonorable
to it II. and thar no would mover DO a party
him th,. neY mad the tomsrlty to propose to
Of tna my '"e' would secretly abate In favor
ptoyIsot ,o"ne certain OF its more onerous
MedIII oh and that was more than Mr..
,pi,ot. ' y, stand. besides. he recalled the
cheat tb"ai ia9- when they used his absence to
that no ,v, ",her chicago papers. and he thought
cred NJ, "ou'a DO moro comfortable II he sew
pscp,ia" relations with a concern of that
"a, hAaharrm DAY" n, III. wa,.,,,
cheap txar.,S wa ~ ny "t'"s fn'"'