St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-15

The Associated Press Cele-
brates It's Triumph.
EAHY EDITORS MAKE MERRY
Over the Greatest OF Modern
Victories.
SPLENDID CHICAGO GATHERING.
The Newspapers That We're
Represented.
EANY EDITORS MAKE MERRY
SPLENDID CHICAGO GATHERING.
A BANQUET IN THE EVENING.

a BAHGUEI NV IHE EVE RIH0-
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.--The annual meet
Ing of the Associated Press was held at
the Auditorium recital hall in this city
today. The occasion was notable in
this, that 1t served 10 call together for
history the representatives of nearly
every leading newspaper i'll the United
States in the national assembly. At the
preceding meeting of the Associated
Press in October, 1898, the decision was
reached to make the organization ma
tional in its scope, ,obliterating sectional
lines. AS a consequence Of the occasion
the leading papers of the East, which
had formerly been allied with the New
York Associated Press or the United
Press, and which had severed their re-
lationS with those organizations to join
the Associated Press, the session today
became entirely national in its scope.
WHAT PAPERS ARE IN 1T.
The following newspapers were rep
resented:
San Fraucisco-Chronicle.
Denver-Republican Times, News.
Washington-Star.
Chicago-News, journal, Stats zeitung,
Freie Presse, Record. Tribune Herald,
Inter Ocean, Post.
Evansville-Journal.
Indiana polis-Journal. News, Sentinel.
Terra Haute-GaZette FXDresS
Topeka-Captol, State Journal.
Louisville-PosL Commercial, Courier-Jour-
nal
Baltimore-American, News, Sun.
Boston-Traveller.
STANDARDIZATION.
Detroit-News, Free Press Tribune.
polis-Journal, Tribune.
st. Paul-Dispatch, GLOBE. Pioneer Press.
Kansas City-Journal, Times.
ST. Louis-Amerika, Anzeiger Des Westens
Westliche Post, Globe Democrat, Post
Dispatch.
Omaha-Bee.
Concord-Monitor..
Brooklyn-Daily Eagle.
Buffalo Commercial News, Express.
New York-Worid, Post, Stats Zeitung,
Commercial Advertiser.
Rochester-Post Express.
Syracuse-Herald
Observation-Disclosures, Plaindealer.
-Volksblatt, Commercial Gazette,
Times-Star, Enquirer.
Columbus-State journal, Dispatch.
Dayton. O.-Journal.
Sandusky-Register.
Toledo-Blade, Commercial.
Portland-Oregonian.
Oil City-Derrick.
Philadelphia - North American. Bulletin,
German Democrat Inquirer, Press.
Pittsburg - Chronicle Telegraph. CONNER
cial Gazette. Dispatch. Post
Memphis-Appeal-Av
Nashville-American.
DalJas-NeWs
Galveston-NeWs.
San Acknowledgements.
Seattle observation-disclosures.
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel. Herold.
Observation-Disclosures, Register.
THE BUSINESS SESSION.
President William Penn Nixon called
the meeting to order, and in a short ad-
dress congratulated the members upon
the great progress which has been made
in carrying out the purpose to make the
association strong, to widen its scope,
and 1t was today the greatest news or
ganiZatlon i'll the world Victor F.
Lawson, chairman of the executive
committee, submitted report detailing
at length the negotiations which had
proceeded with the United Press look
ing TO protection of the interests of
the newspapers of the country by a
peaceful adjustment of the contract
between the two organizations;
the rejection of all fair pro-
nnca1c EI,t ha
precipitation of the struggle that has
been going on for the past five months
and which was practically brought to
close at this time, as was fully evil
denced by the presence here of almost
all of the daily papers of the country.
A series of amendments to the bylaws
were submitted, and, after discussion.
adopted. These provided for an in
crease in the number of the board of
directors. A committee, with Mr..
Charles p. Taft, of Cincinnati, as char.
man, was appointed and submitted list
Of five directors to be voted upon to fill
vacancies and expired terms.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The gentlemen recommended were
elected unanimously. The board now
consists of Victor F. Lawson, Chicago
Record and Daily News;S. S. Carvalho.
New York World; NJ. Ii. De Young,
San Francisco Chronicle: Clayton M.
McMichael, Philadelphia North Ameri-
can; Col. Frederick Driscoll, st. Paul
Pioneer Press; F. B. Noyes, Washington
Star; Charles w. Knapp, st. Louis
Republic; Z. ID. Perdue, Cleveland
Leader; A. ]. Barr, Plttsburg Post:
James f. Scripps, Detroit Tribune and
News: E. ii. Butler Buffalo News.
Melville E. Stone submitted a salts
factory statement of the finances of the
organization. Although it was deemed
unnecessary for the purposes of the con-
test, number of gentlemen who were
not present at the former meeting when
SS20.000 was subscribed to guarantee
fund to carry OH the fight asked to be
included in the list, and the following
subscriptions were made, bringing the
guarantee fund up to a-totaI of S515, 600:
Washington Star. $40, 600
Philadelphia Inquirer ..... 10000
Philadelphia North American. -. 5000
Ihlladelphia Press. eSS............... 10000
Glhcihnau Enquirer. 10000
DalCillore american, ............. 10000
Thcilillatl commercial Gazette 10000
Louisville Courier journal 10000
1Iicago lTioune. ............. 10000
PAU 61aitilnore News. ............. 80. 10000
80, D." Oh uih Evening Fost.. 10000
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