Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
The Press in Earnest
Resolutions Adopted By the Mis-
sIssippi Press Association.
Determined to Have Faic Play From
Officers of the State.
They Demand Simple Justice and Are
Entitled to 1t.
Outside Concerns That Pay No Taxes
MustNot BE Putin Competition With
Home people That Do.

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The following self-expl&natory reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted by
the Mississippi Press Association in
convention al Greenwood, May II, 1891:
Whereas, Sections 4219 and 1920 of
the Annotated Code require that boards
OF supervisors OF the several counties
let, to the lowest bidder, contracts for
supplying county Offices all stationery.
blanks, plank books, etc, declaring
thatcher things being equal, prefer
ence be given to home offices; there
fore be it
Resolved, That it is the duty of
boards of supervisors to carry out the
provisions of the sections above cited.
unintlnenced by officials who may pre-
fer to ignore the law, and send the
work to concerns outside the State,
which contribute nothing in the way OF
taxes towards the support of the home
government.
Resolved further, That when con-
tracts are let to home offices, that it is
the duty of State, county and city off,
Gals to RICHLY observe same by hay
ing all work coming under said con-
tracts done at home, it having been
the practice of some officials to send
their orders abroad, even after home
offices had been awarded contracts to
execute them.
Resolved further, That the members
OF the Mississippi Press Association
will hereafter monthly publish, in item
lied detail, all allowances made by
boards of supervisors and city officials,
of their respective counties and cities,
to concerns outside the State, bills for
most extravagant prices having been
| frequently heretofore presented and
| allowed, the public being entitled to
| this information.
Resolved further, That In the inter.
est OF all concerned, (the debtor as
well as the creditor) that trustees
sales, commissioner sales, sheriff's
sales and other legal notices of what
ever character, where the amount in
| wolves fifty dollars or more, should be
published in newspaper at least three
weeks instead of being posted, leaving
the creditor largely at the mercy of
the speculator who profits by his mis-
| fortune, because general publicity is
not given the sale, whore he is unable
to repay the money for which his prop
erty was hypothecated.
Resolved further, That this associa-
ton confesses, with feelings of morti-
hcation and regret, that the Legisla-
ture for number of years has not
treated the newspapers of the State
with justice, and every member of this
Association is hereby called upon to
speak out boldly and unequivocaIly in
/ their respective papers on this subject,
and in the future to personally see that
candidates for whatever Office do not
belong to that class inimicable to the
press. but men who will do justice to
it along the line and spirit contained
in these resolutions as a whole
Resolved further, That it is the sense
OF this association, that public institu-
lions of this State, looking to the peo-
pie of Mississippi for support. and ex-
pecting favorable mention from the
state press, should have their printing
done by home Offices.
Resolved further, That if any State,
district. county, beat or municipal or
other officer shall disregard the prin-
ciples and intent of these resolutions,
he shall be regarded as hostile to the
newspapers of the State, and treated.
accordingly.
Resolved further, That we insist upon
being treated in a more businesslike
manner by candidates for all offices,
State, county, municipal or Federal,
and that henceforth all matter in the
interest of party nominees, furnished
by State, Congressional, district, county
or municipal executive committees, or
other similar notices, shall be paid for
as other advertisements, the same as
is done il other States in the Union.
Resolved further. That the president
of this Association appoint a committee
of nine, two from the State-at-large
and one from each Congressional ID s.
trict, whose duty it shall be to repre-
sent the press in all matters looking to
its welfare, which committee shall be
present whenever the Legislature is in |
session, to urge the above and other |
needed legislation in the interest of |
the people, and in fairness to the Mis- |
sissippi newspapers.
Resolved further, That these resolu- |
lions shall be printed conspicuously in
every newspaper belonging to this as
ISOLATION, and that we hereby pledge !
to re-enforce said publication !
with editorial endorsements from time |
to time until the just grievances OF |
which we complain shall have been
righted.
Resolved further. That in its patri-
otism and love OF Mississippi the press I
yields to no man. but it cannot longer
be made hewers Of wood and drawers
Of water for favored individuals.
Resolved further, That the Picayune
and Times-Democrat, of New Orleans.
and the Appeal Avail anche and Com