St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-15
mnsic rendered by the Tomasse man
dolin orchestra.
THE FEAST OF REASON.

When the bountiful feast had been
fully disposed of, President Nixon
raped for order and announced that
the intellectual end of the banquet had
arrived.
Frederick Driscoll, of the Pioneer
Press. st. Paul, presented resolution.
which was UNANIMOUSLY adopted. He
said: NEARLY one year ago. after the
Associated Press held its annual meet
ing on the 1st of March, during the
dark days when we did not know what
the future was to develop. the board of
directors of this ASSOCIATION elected a
general manager, and among the first
instructions he received was to take a
trip to Europe. Tne executive commit
tee. not long before that, had been
to New York and felt the cut Of the
lash when we were ordered to pay over
81 1000, 1000 miles from our treasurers.
within an hour and a half, or have the
dispatches cut off from all of the papers
Of the West and South. We then made
high resolve, that as soon as it was i'll
our power we would never allow the
papers of the West and South, or any
part OF the country, to be under the
power of one man IN that regard. APP
plauSe and cries of Hear, hear The
vice president, then of the United Press,
Immediately went to Europe, after
serving us with this treatment that |
have, recorded, but, like great many
other astute men, he did not proceed
directly to do the business which he in
tended to do when he went over there.
He took
PLEASURE TRIP TO NICE.
1--WE sent our manager direct to Lon
don. He went and he made contract.
or an agreement, with Herbert B.
Reuter-, on behalf of the English COM
pany, the French News company and
the German News company. Herbert
b. Reuter- kept his word and executed
the contract with our general manager.
and established the keystone of our In
dependent news service before Mr..
Laflln got to London. [Applause.] !
therefore move that greetings be sent
that the president be directed to send
the greetings of 100 members of the
Associated Press. in banquet hall as
don. with our compliments" Zap
plause.
After Mr.. Driscoll had concluded his
remarks, Gen. Felix Angus, of the Bal
timore American, arose and said:
"Mr. Chairman. it seems to me that
the number Is too small-one hundred.
/ am satisfied we have at least thouS-
and members of the Associated Press,
and l second the motion if somebody
will second my amendment" Laugh
ter
The motion was put by the president,
and unanimously carried. The Imperial
quartette then entertained the company
with "Never Take the Horseshoe From
the Door, and Alabama" which were
received with great applause.
PAIR OF CABLE MESSAGES.
The following cable messages were
sent tonight from the banquet hall:
Chicago. Feb. Ito Herbert de
Reuter-, London, Eng: One hundred
and one members of the Associated
Press, from the banquet table, send
greeting to Herbert de Reuter-, their
faithful ally and friend.
WILLIAM PENN NIXON, President.
Chicago. Feb. 14.-ro Joseph Pulitzer,
Beaulieu Alps, Memmo: One hundred
/ and one members of the Associated
Press, from the banquet table, send you
greeting.
: WILLIAM PENN NIXON. President
Following the feast came speeches by
Col. Frederick Driscoll, st. Paul Pioneer
Press; Felix Agnus, Baltimore Amer
lean; s. S. Carvalho. New York World,
who responded to general toast, In
cluding the whole Associated Press:
Horace White, New York Even
ing Post; Frank Richardson, Balti-
more Sun, whose contribution of
$4,000 TO the guarantee fund was
now announced for the first time.
amid great applause; Victor F.Lawson,
Chicago Record and News; Henry Wat
terson. Louisville Courier journal; /;
Clayton McMicbael. Philadelphia North
American; st. Clair McKelway, Brook
lyn Eagle; II. w. Scott, Portland Ore
gonian; L. Markbreit. Cincinnati Volks-
blatt; Ii. p. Hall, st. Paul GLOBE: Ar
thur jenkins, Syracuse Herald, and M.
+. Stone, general manager of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Then the company rose and Joined in
singing 'Auld Lang Syne," and the
first banquet of the new Associated
Press came to close. It was a half
hour after midnight, ana with the COM
ing of the new day the company filed
out of the banquet hall with brotherly
congratulations upon the success of the
movement celebrated by the banquet.