Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-04
UTAH JOURNALISTS
10 The Clptal ChimpIoniHg The Lib
trty Of the Press.
MEETING AT the ENUrsroRD.


The Utah Pfoss association held q
well attended session OF The Kuulstird
hotel today, beginning at 1880.
Among those present were tho follow.
ing!
+. A. Li,lIcneld, o. A. Barber, the
EucHmg Pseir, Osicr; John Meteeb
ItioA1ci. advocate; .cl Shoemaker
Maui Messenger; q. G. His.
gins, Mofcur Mercury Fred Nelson,
TlutlO Miner H.. q. R1tnon, rfysou
bilbC; 70. j. Stewart, 3. q, pataJcg,
Ftuu b. Smith, Spanish Fork Htrud,
NJ, l.. Scott, American kOrk Item,
a. n, RtcuDaum, Logan Nation; l..
NJ. Juhupln, HpungviliU independent,
A. b. IomsDn, Box Elder Voice, J. v.
L1ngt luluIu If0HtCulG D.. %. scott,
Payson GO5g; !, n. Waite, Murray
dUsr,Cuu anu number Of utuurI who
subsequently signed tue mt mHunuip
tul'B and were tikgu into the nas1CiA-
ton. Among those were Richard W.
i0uug, manager OF tue salt Lake Her.
aid uuu T.. IA. Lannau, manager g: the
Tribune.
pieddout R5gnon occupied the chair
nud after the utual preliminary bu6i-
ness had been disposed VI, several Cum-
mitttU reports were received aud nlgu.
Mr.. paradico offered resolution 10
the elect that tue assembly endorse
aud usk f0r the appointment Of Nit.
RIsoubnum 40 assistant secretary VI the
Constitutional Convention. Adopted.
Then came tie most Important mat
ter ir the members OF the assembly 90
consider. IL was In the shape OF = r..
port from thc committee on lUgmlatiou
propOHHl the following urIlclus iof iu-
corporation be- tue State Constitution:
Tue liberty OF tho press hall forever
remain iuviUlatc, and all pef-Jus may
freely speak, write and publish their
tcuiimcu,s on all tu1Iucts, being T,-
| spuusiu.oior tho abuse Oi such ught.
Write OF auhmruta shall not be-
/ ull1Wcd la AuIOuB tor libel OF alAudor
No sale OF real properly by virtue Ui
any execution lhil DO yui,u unirBs "a
cory Ui tuid execution shall be pub.
lishcd iu o. newspaper OF general cii-
uulatl0n published nearest thu property
10 be- cold, OF least ten days before said
sale.
This constitution mhy be Published
in oil ntWHUaIou published, nul hay.
.
"A week Tor period OF 80 DAYS previous
10 Nov. Utl, 1895, ana thoy suall re-
| cuiyD a. u compensation Tor said publ.
cations tho sum Oi - % he paid
out ~ tho fund i1r tho UApoutaB Of tuis
Constitutional Convention.
La an acllous Tor libel the proof Of
the trulhiuluoss OF the article CONE
plainud OF as being llbrl0us, shall DO a
good defense ami tho Jury shall DO the
sole Judge VI 10th Tie law anu the
facts IA the case.
Before any civil suit shall be brought
Tor the publication Of liuul IN any
newspaper IN thIs State this aggTiuyed
party, nc least HuyOu unyB before nliuE
the complaint Ia tuCh Huit, shall serve
u written notice on the publisher, or
publisher, " SAID Newspaper, specify
ing tie statements ia tnu sai1 article
which hc or they allUge % be- false and
Ieinmhtgty IL " shall appear on the
trial OF snii action that tue said article
was published iu GOOD faith, that IT.
fatality was duo 10 mistake and mis-
apprehension therein alleged 10 be
libolOus was published within seven
days thereafter In regular edition VI
enid newspaper IN "a conspicuous place
aud tyIU ~ was the 90 tIvlu complained
Jh then the rlnlnuii suali recover only
actual dAuagus.
The report, not unexpectedly, was
tue cause OF a good uell ut discussion.
Those who nuiaggnizod u did 60 malt
~ uu the grounds that the dialiuctiuu
between constitutional and legislative
work uid nos seem 10 be clearly under.
stood.
shortly before noon thv meeting was
adjourned 10 allow the members 10
attend ihe opening Of tho Constitu.
tiOuul Convention. Tie proposed nr,
iiclra which had been under discussion
during the eesaiun were referred back
10 tho committee with the apparent
expectation OF having hll recommends
iiUuH ~ tAn Convention alter gno hfAt
paragraph stIiGkou out.
AZ $3.50 tho association was again
called 10 order anu thefurther consider
alton OF business proceeded with,