New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-27
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
,ue, MEMBERS IN ANNUAL MEETING AT
LAKE GEORGE.
WELCOMED BY STATE TREASURER coh'iN-
,,,,...r srrrcUERs ADDRESS

W
pprs,prXT sLEICHERS ADDfhsS'
- to,e George. ~ V June %-The
Lon ,he state Press Association arrived mere
80 ,ho afternoon train. There are %" III ' i'.
,n.,,,dirp members 81 the association inv, ,m
and daughters Tonight there was p'e,'. .ua'sc
hus,,oss meeting In the COUNTY 49, c,o,o
an address Of welcome was delivered oy 81,
VIZ "' a colyin Secretary Bunneli nahde'
= .,o-, and the usual committees WIZ "i
,a,o, Tho grounds OF the hotel are ha''so''
',,,a,cd with electric lights. The programme "
cIuass a visit 10y the State oihcials r''"S' .s
4, .,o annual convention the chlei ad'''Ss
-. =, ,,e ,-csiicnt OF the association JON" -
Sleicher. a.. ht.,or,. of the
-. vi, p,ess Association from It's earliest 'o'
a. "a. .Vestern Sow York Typosrapi'''' 49,.
,,on founded In ls5s % It's present oe tel
.o.c,,d IN is74 He then spoke OF 'he 80 .,.n
nrohems confronting society the so'u''o" ana the
rests with the poltical p"'"'''
press He said further ,,,os
TN. nress alone stands free and ,asi n The
,,I n II deserves public conni,htS' = r"n,n urog-
s, poten,al factor IN the mar,h o' Eliminate
ncd Of work Il must not as. ,tn,,, ~ hearing
.r.ak f. li-.ns. TO condemn "it"o", a. So have
S'rAh ,.'n,v ears the editors OF TINS $50 49,. Tiihi
assacd The existing haf7n n,ii rxccpt inconse.
i,xs but have secured n''hlhs - ,-.lves
l'"s. - COMMITMENTS The newspapers , ~.
are par - han- i ,o ~, of,en mean, an unpar-
Ion,n'c license IN dealing wan ,n' nom rent
in puzzle and pf'S,,, r,rc.ntiv that he would be
r,,.I "a have "A place on The bench. II 10. 49, th.l
room ihS ,,r ~ IN he ii6cles Or me daily press
you ana know inat our committees N'r, r.,.n
.sp',,.,isye ~ our cause. hopefully pieaiins for
libel reform las" ony TO me-, ~ ,hc ic,ders in The
.gisl,,ure have not hestaici 10 say ,h'r t,,y
would not consent /, re psss ais AMI specially OF
%.w-York Ciiy cetssi 10 .rsAll %t,n ~ ,heir
charges legislators who acted 1cc"'pns o,,,,ands
nen Convictions ana refused 20 obey th' commands
II IS untrue that %" prc.. Of ms S,,ssu. a." a..
~,le deliberately and w!t4!y Hpc.s in~enpr Ian,
such 40 accusation w'ili ~, g,o,s,i.s has been
aore 10 public officers ~ the c'nsofs Al ''"'''''
' INC, ssoll not he lost sigh, q that me news
,,r.r i. ,,ublishci IN a hurr,. The news comes ~
a. all hours Of ne day ana n's1, an ,nh,ir Mi not
v,r ,s Il al 10 d., days az Jefferson ior Wr'nS
nui mis- io,s no. justify m" hns'y pnp ' ~, ,,b
,.a.r,r.rs ~ Charge against mon either IN '""
i.c or private NJ "ihon, sfns ',y H. eay. seen 81
| i, ia ,he ,'iy ~ Nrw-York Instances In whch
81. nfl ,.horing diligently % ovcrcow" wei,
nigh insuperaho obstacle. mas p''n ''in,l
| soiev by ptrtlsln personal consierat,on'. am,
therefore. not inclined to present ooan ,~, mere
| nu.afors Involved even 10 ADMIT Vl"i N'l'
| rouu ho more than one side. and mat yer oNn
venture to cite this matter AZ iur,her pi's =.
| arc soucwhai 20 bame for the failure 10 secure d
libel reform Jaw. So long a. they W." no, ns
OF mon In public NE. long VIII pubic mon man
tain that the NOR" rigorous the llbci n" inc s'''
| Tho public from the assault OF the lheirr. ,,.
| Practical duties dcvolve upon inns assoc" ''o.
| W. INNS, continue the warfare for Hh"l IA" re-
fo~n, until We secure what "" d'slr" ana deserve;
| II is well FOR us To consider also the proprrty OF
| requesting the Congressmcn from THIS STATE 7"
| rrn,erf n. Interests OF our members IN coHnec-
To-. with tho recent stringent restrictions III Gas
slfylnc mail matter. The question o. proie'un,S
our association from ill.hcral and unfair demands
! OF advertising agents deserves CONSIDERATION a.
! docs tho proposition FOR "A closer ana moro pr"'
| teal union OF editors throughout tnr Stat"
II seems scarcely possible that this great gam
.r,np tho greatest convention OF EDITORS ever h'l
| IN The state 81 New York meets only 10 years
o,ior the frsi daily paper In this state the New
| York Daily Advertiser" made It's appearance. hu,
| IN no other state In the Union has journalism mad
| such A wondrous growth. one-t"nth or all th'
daily and weekly publications In the land are print
| cd within our borders The greatest IN" most pros
| porous the most powerful newspapers IN the couh
| frv are numbered among our own. The editors o'
| these publications may not all be included IN our
| IN. m bershp hut II cannot be denied thar the so
| called country press" have supplied the greatest
| dailies with their most powerful editors. Horace
| Greeley began his career In a little Vermont VII
lage printing office. and his able successor AT the
| head OF The Tribune Whitelaw Reid. was the pub
Usher Of an Ohio weekly.