Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-23
ELECTION AND BANQUET.
Final Sessions of the Newspaper Pub
fishers.


The American Newspaper Publishers
Association held the final session of it's
| annual meeting at the Brunswick Hotel,
New York, yesterday afternoon, elected
officers and concluded last night with a
| banquet in the ball room of the hotel, at
which go persons were present.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the election of officers. The officers chosen
were: President, C. w. Knapp of the st.
Louis Republic, to succeed James w. Scott
of the Chicago HERALD vice president. j.
w. Butler Of the Buffalo News, to succeed
Edward H. Woods; secretary, w. c. Rry-
ant, reelected; treasurer, H. F. Gunnison
of the Brooklyn Eagle, reelected.
Executive committee-F. E. Whitney, S.
H. Kaufman, Washington Star; w. w.
| Self, Pittsburg Times; Frederick Drscoll,
| st. Paul Pioneer Press; Milton A. McRae,
The last two hold over and Mr.. Whitney
| and Mr.. Self succeed Mr.. Knapp and Mr..
Butler, who We're elected president and
vice president, respectively.
Milton A. McRae offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the members of the
American Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton, in convention assembled. join in eX-
tending a kindly greeting and congratula-
lions TO }. w. Scott. president of the aSSo-
CATION, on the successful outcome Of ne
gotiation which gives to him the control Of
| the Chicago Herald, Post and Times.
"Resolved, That this association takes
the occasion of the retirement of Mr.. Scott
from the presidency OF this association to
record its full appreciation of the great
energy and zeal wnlch he has always man.
ifeSted in promoting the welfare of this
organization during the past six years, in
which he has rendered such eminent
service.
Resolved, That a copy Of these resolu-
tions be transmitted to Mr.. Scott with the
heartfelt thanks
ber.''
Mr.. S. H. Kaufman, who, in the absence
OF the retiring president, Mr.. Scott, has
been presiding at the sessions of the asso-
citation, made a speech of regret at Mr..
SCottS retirement, did other members.
In the evening the members Of the asso-
citation and their guests sat down to
prettily decorated array of banquet tables
In the ball room of the Brunswick for the
eighth banquet of the association. There
We're six long tables arranged across the
rooms SO as to give view of the long guests
table at the head, at which presided the
new president. c. w. Knapp, with ex-
President James w. Scott of the Chicago
Herald on one hand and Chauncey NJ. De-
pew on the other
Others at the guests table were Gen
Nelson A. Miles. Speaker of the New York
State Assembly Hamilton Fish, Mayor
elect Warwick of Philadelphia, Melville E.
Stone, general manager of the Associated
Press; Gen. Eckert, president of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company; Murat Hal
stead. s. H. Kaufman. Washington Star:
F. Driscoll. st. Paul Pioneer Press; H.
kchisaat. Chicago; A. F. Hatch, Chicago.
Duties of Publishers.
President Knapp raped for order at 10
o'clock and delivered a forcible address en-
the duties of publishers, proposed the toast
'The Health of That Gallant Soldier, Gen.
| Nelson A. Miles,
1t was drunk standing and amid applause.
o.,
q son." he said. who says that if he does
| not go into the navy he will go into the
| army. If he followed his fathers wishes
he would go into the profession of jour
nalism. The journalists of the country
| have it's future III their hands. BY the ed
uca.ion of the people must the republic
stand or fall
was the next speaker and was greeted with
| three cheers and tiger before he could
| begin to talk He declared that he was
more proud OF the good will of the mem-
berS of the association than he was Of
| the recent business success. But there
vas something else that Mr.. Scott was
| proud of. He was proud of his success as u
| bicyclist-he weighs 22O pounds, he said
| and those around him sang: "A Bicycle
| Built for Two.
| Murat Haistead was then introduced and
gravely declared that he considered 1t
bal thing to compromise libel suits. He
| had had eleven on his hands at one time
| and knew whereof he spoke. Out of them
there were only three verdicts found
against him, one for s., one for 81 and one
for one cent.
Azel F. Hatch of Chicago next responded
to request to talk on the abuse of the
libel law and said that he was in favor of
a new libel law to protect the publishers
in free speech and publication of any
truth that may benefit the public, no mat
ter whom 1t may hurt.
Melville E. Stone of the Associated Press
said that in twelve years as an editor he
had had but one libel suit that went before
a Jury. That had resulted In acquittal and
| the prosecution of the plaintiff for perjury
and a sentence to prison. But an editor
is under great responsibility and the rep
utation of any man Is a sacred thing which
he should carefully guard
He had believed for years that the privi-
lege now accorded of suing an editor for
punitive damages should be abolished. The
measure Of responsibility laid upon the
editors of the country Is greater, he de-
clared, than that in any other country on
earth A distinguished Frenchman has
said that u free government cannot be
maintained except through free press
and in America it can scarcely be main
tanned because Of that free press. That
represents both sides OF the question and
we should consider it seriously.
Georgia lefnemen Win.
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