The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-15
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Notable Meeting of the MouIders
of Public Opinion.

Notable Meeting of the MouIders
of Public Opinion.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE annual meet
ling of the Associated Press was held
lat the Auditorium recital hall today.
The occasion was notable in this, that
lit served to call together, for the first
time in American newspaper history,
representatives of nearly every leading
newspaper in the United States in
national assembly. At the preceding
October, 1893, a decision was reached
| to make the organization national in
scope, obliterating sectional lines. As
a consequence of the accession of the
leading newspapers of the east, which
had formerly been allied with New
York Associated Press or with the
| United Press, and which had severed
relations with those organizations to
join the Associated Press, the session
today became entirely national in
scope.
President William Penn Nixon called
the meeting to order, and in short
address congratulated the members up
on the great progress that had been
made in carrying out the purpose to
make the association national and to
widen it's scope, and it was today the
greatest news organization in the
world.
Victor F.. Lawson, chairman of the
executive committee, submitted re-
port detailing at length the negOtia-
tons which had preceded with the
limited Press, looking to the protection
Iof the interest of the newspapers of the
country by a peaceful adjustment of
the contest between the two organiza-
tions, the rejection of all fair proposals
by the United Press and the precipita-
ton of struggle that has been going
on for the past five months, and which
was practically brought to close at
this time, as was fully evidenced from
the fact of the presence here Of repre-
lsentatives of almost all the daily
papers.
/ A series of amendments to the by
laws was submitted and after discus
( sion adopted. These provided for an
increase in the number of the board of
directors. A committee, with Charles
lP. Taft, of Cincinnati, as chairman,
was appointed and submitted list of
, five directors to be voted upon to fill
vacancies and expired terms. The
gentlemen recommends were elected
unanimously The board now consists
Iof Victor F. Lawson, Chicago Record
. land Daily News; S. S. Carvalho, New
York World; NJ. H. De Young. san
Francisco Chronicle; Clayton M Nc
Michael. Philadelphia North American;
Frederick Drisccll, st. Paul Pioneer
Press; F. B. Noyes, Washington star;
Charles w. Knapp st Louis Rep1uo-
lie: e. B. Perdue, Cleveland Leader
A. ]. Barr, Pittsburg Post; James II
iScripps. Detroit Tribune and News
, p. II Butler, Buffalo News
Melville E. Stone submitted salts
f factory statement of the finances o.
: the organization. Although 1t was
= deemed unnecessary for the purpose OF
:. the contest. a number of gentlemen
not present at the former meeting
: when S32O.OOO was subscribed to guar
antee a fund to carry on the hight
= asked to be included in the list, anC
the following subscriptions were MADE
bringing the guarantee fund up TO a 10
: tai of s515,000.
!, nhia ENQUIRER. 100000; Philadelphia
l North American, $4,000; Philadelphi;
! Press. $4,000; Cincinnati Enquirer
[ $40 900: Baltimore American, $4,000
2 Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, $4,000
Louisville Courier Journal, 10000; Chi
cago Tribune, $4,000; Baltimore News
$4,000; New York Evening Post SlO.
, 600; Brooklyn Eagle, 100000; But
: falo News, $4,000; Topeka Journal
e $40 900: Syracuse Herald, $500; Oma
y ha Bee $4,000; Baltimore Sun, SIS,
It Following the meeting of the day
: the gentlemen were rendered pan
|. uuet tonight at the Grand Pacific no
= tel.
: Those present at the banquet includ
u ed upwards of 100 of the editors an
:. publishers of leading daily newspaper
i of the United States from New Yor
II to San Francisco and from New Oh
leans to St. Paul.
e The tables were arranged in tn
IS form of square, open at one end, wit
a. = y r
5 Idle Opposite the eastern terminus {
"a this center piece was the head of tn
7 table, and at this point was ensconce
j. William Penn Nixon, of the Chicag
se lInter-Ocean, presiding officer of the Ell
II tertainment. After the loving cup ha
le been passed around, General Manage
Stone proposed the health of JAIME
Flverson, jr., of the Philadelphia Ell
Iouirer, who lay i'll at the Auditorium
al hotel, unable to. be present. The toa
S. was drank standing with much el
r thusiaSm.
Following the feast came speeches /
= Fred Driscoll, of the st. Paul Piope
Press; Felix Agnus, of the Baltimo
American; S. S. Carvalho, of the Ne
= York World. who responded to ge
= eral toast including the whole Ass
t. ciated Press; Horace White, of Il
ST New York Evening Post; Frank Ric
i ardson, of the Baltimore Sun, who
IL contribution of $4,000 to the guarant
lg fund was now announced for the fir
Ut time, amid great applause; Victor
Lawson, of the Chicago Record al
News: Henry Watterson, of the Loui
vile, Courier Journal; Clayton M
TT Michael, of the Philadelphia Nor
ST American; st. Clair MeKelway, of t
- Brooklyn Eagle; H w. Scott of t
10 Portland Oregonian; L. Marl1breit,
ne the Cincinnati Volksblatt; H. P. Ha
ne lof the st. Paul Globe; Arthur Jenlxil
en- lof the Syracuse Herald; and M.
gs IStone. general manager of the Asso
nc lated Press.
at Cable messages Of greeting were Sc
ne from the banquet hall to Herbert
III IReuter. London, and Joseph Pulitzer,
~ France.
sr- The company rose and Joined in sir
'or ling an old familiar song, and with t
music of a hundred harmonious vOic
1.-THE first banquet of the New Asso
lated aress came to a close.
se 1t was half an hour after midnig
ed land with the coming of new day
IT. company filed out of the banquet
he with brotherIy congratulations UP
nd 1.-THE success of the movement celebrat
nd Iby the banquet