The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-15
Nearly All the Leading Papers of the
United States, Including the Jour-
nal, in the League.
ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY
Largest Attendance i'm the His
tory Of the Organization.
Reports of the Most Favorable Charac-
ter-COntributiOns to the War Fund
Banquet Last Night.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14-The annual meeting
of the Associated Press was held at the
Auditorium Recital Hall, in this city. to-
day. The occasion was notable in this,
that il served TO call together for the first
time in American newspaper history, the
representatives of nearly every leading
newspaper I'm the United States in the ma
uonal assembly. At the preceding meet
ing of the Associated Press in October. 1890.
the decision was reached TO make the or
ganization national in its scope, obliterat-
ing sectional lines. AS & consequence of the
accession Of the leading newspapers OF the
East, which had been formerly allied with
the New York Associated Press or with
the United Press, and which had severed
their relations with those organizations TO
join the Associated Press, the session to-
day became entirely national in its scope.
The following newspapers were repre-
sented:
San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Repub-
iican, Denver Times, Denver Rocky Noun
tain News, Washington Evening Star, Chi
cago Daily News. Chicago Evening Journal.
Presse, Chicago Record, Chicago Daily
Tribune, Chicago Herald. Chicago Inter
Ocean, Chicago Evening Post, Evansville
Daily Journal, indianapolis Journal, In
dianapolis News, Indianapolis Sentinel,
Terre Haute Gazette Terre Haute Express,
isvilie- Evening Post, Louisville CONNER
cial, Louisvilla Courier-Journal Baltimore
American Baltimore Evening News Balti-
Union. Detroit Evening News. Detroit Free
Press, Detroit Tribune Minneapolis
fSahna Pau Dispateh MnheapO!s st 5i1qne Pa9I cose
st. Paul Pioneer Press, Kansas
City Journal. Kansas City Times. ST. Louis
America st. Louis Anzeiger des Westens,
st. Louis Westiche Post, st. Louis Globe
Democrat, St Louis Dispatch. Omaha Bee.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Buffalo Conn
Express, New York World, New York
Evening Post New York Stats Zeitung,
New York Commercial Advertiser, Roches-
ter Post-Express, Syracuse Herald. Cleve-
land Leader, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gin
cinnau Volksblatt, Cincinnati Commercial
Enquirer, Columbus Co.) State Journal, Co
lumbus (O) Evening Dispatch, Dayton (O)
Journal. Sandusky Register. Toledo Blade.
Toledo Commercial. Portland Oregonian, Oil
City Derrick, Philadelphia North Amer
lean, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia
German Demol1rat, Philadelphia Inquirer.
Philadelphia Press. Pittsburg Chronicle-Tel-
egraph, Pittsburg Commercial = Gazette,
Pittsburg Dispatch. Pittsburg Post, Mem
pins Appeal Memphis Ayaianche, Nash
Daily News san Antonio Express, Seattle
Post Intelligencer,. Milwaukee Evening
Herold. Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling Register.
President William Penn Nixon called the
meeting to order and, in a. short address.
congratulated the members upon the great
progress which had been made in carrying
out the purpose to widen the scope of the
association. 1t was to-day, he said, the
greatest news organization in the world.
Mr. Victor f. Lawson, chairman OF the
executive committee, submitted a report de-
failing at length the negotiations which had
proceeded with the United Press looking to
a protection of the interests OF the news
papers Of the country by peaceful adj
justment of the contest between the two
organizations, the rejection OF all fair pro-
poSalS by the United Press and the precip-
itation of the struggle that had been going
on Tor the past five months, and which was
practically brought to a close aS this time
as was fully evidenced from the fact OF the
presence here of almost all the daily papers
of the country.
A series of amendments to the by-Iaws
were sub omitted and after discussion adopt-
ed. These provided for an increase in num-
Der OF the board of directors.
A committee, with Charles Il. Taft OF
CINCINNATI as chairman, appointed,
and submitted a list OF five directors to
be voted upon to fill vacancies ard unex.
pred terms. The gentlemen recommended
were elected unanimously. The beard now
Record and Daily News; s. s. Caryalho.
New York World; II. NJ De Young, san
Francisco Chronicle; Clayton McMichael,
Philadelphia North American; Col Fred
erick DriscOll, St Paul Pioneer-Press; F.
Il. Noyes. Washington Star; Charles w.
Knapp, St Louis Republic; +. H. Perdue
Cleveland Leader; ~ J. Barr Pittsburg
Post; James u. Scripps, Detroit Tribune
and News; l.. II. Butler Buffalo News.
Mr.. Melville +. Stone submitted a salts
factory statement of the finances of the or
ganZatioa- Although il was deemed un-
necessary for the purposes of the contest
number of gentlemen who were not
present at the former meeting when $500 600
was subscribed 10 a guarantee fund 10 car
ry on the fight, asked to be included in the
list, and the following subscriptions were
made, bringing the guarantee fund up 20 a
total of $4,000: Washington Star, $50 900;
Philadelphia Inquirer, $1,000; Philadelphia
North American, 5000; Philadelphia Press,
$4,000; Cincinnati Enquirer. $4,000; Balti-
more American, $1,000; Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette. $1,000; Louisville Courier
Journal $4,000; Chicago Tribune, $4,000;
Baltimore News. $1,000; New York Even
ing Post, $1,000; Brooklyn Eagle. $4,000;
Buffalo News, $500; Topeka Journal, sl0-
600; Syracuse Herald, $500; Omaha Bee,
$4,000; Baltimore Sun, $1,000