The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-05

a meeting Of the Utah Press aSS0cia-
yesterday at which considerable bust
ness Of Importance was transacted,
and in the evening the members Of the
association were entertained at a re-
ception and supper by the Salt Lake
Herald, President r. G. Chambers and
Manager r. w. Young acting as hosts.
The meeting at the Knutsford was
called to order at 1890 a. N. by the
president Of the association. Mr.. b. G..
Rognon, who occupied the chair. After
the usual preIiminaries a cordial invt-
tation Was extended the gentlemen Of
the profession to join the association,
Which Was responded to by the names
OF a dozen new members being added
TO the roll among which we're r. W.
Young, manager of the Salt Lake tder-
aid. and p H Lannan, manager of the
Salt Lake Tribune.
S. I. Paradice, of the Spanish Tori,
Herald, offered resolution endorsing
A. n. Rosenbaum, of the Logan Ma
ton, for the position Of assistant clerk
OF the constitutional convention and
providing that the resolution be pre-
sented to the convention. Adopted
unanimously.
come before the meeting was the re-
port of the committee on legislation,
Which was presented by President RoG-
non. The report embodied the follow
ing articles which it was Proposed to
submit TO the constitutional conven.
ton with a request that they be en-
bodied in the new constitution
Proposed Articles for the Constitu-
ton.
The liberty of the press shall foreve,
remain inviolate. and ali persons may
freely speak, write and publish Their
sentiments on all subjects, being re-
sponsible for the abuse Of such right.
WritS of attachments shall not be
allowed in actions for libel or SANDER.
No sale of real property by virtue OF
any execution shall be valid unless a
copy Of said execution shall be pub
ished in a newspaper of general cir
culation published nearest the property
to be sold, at least ten days before said
sale
This constitution may be published
in all newspapers published and hayins
general circula ton in Utah once q week
for a period Of thirty days previous to
November g. 1895, and they shall receive
as a compensation for said publications
the sum Of s. to be paid out of tbs
tutional convention.
In all actions for libel the proof Of the
truthfulness of the article complained
of as being hbelous, shall be a good de-
tense and the jury shall be the sole
judge Of both the law and the facts in
the case.
Before any civil suit shall be brought
for the publication of a libel in any
newspaper in this state, the aggrieved
party. at least seven days before filing
the complaint in such suit, shall serve
a written notice on the publisher, OF
publishers, Of said newspaper, specify
ing the statements in the said article
which he Or they allege to be false and
dafamatory. If it shall appear on tht
trial Of said action that the said article
was published in good faith, that its
falsity was due to mistake and mis-
apprehension Of the facts, and that q
full and fair retraction of any state
ment therein alleged to be libelous Nas
published within seven days thereafter
in q regular edition Of said newspaper
in as conspicuous a place and type az
was the article complained OF, then tht
plaintiff shall recover only actua
damages.
P. Il. Lannan was specially called
upon to address the meeting on the
subject of libel The gist of the re
marks Of that gentlemen in response
to the invitation was that it would bt
difficult to have libel law of any kinc
incorporated in the constitution an6
that while the association should en-.
dedVOr to have legislation made more
favorable to the newspapers, yet il
would be more proper to let the mat
ter lie over until the first meeting OF the
Legislature of the state.
The whole matter of the resolutions
was referred back to the committee
for further consideration, and it being
after Il O'Clock a recess was takef
until 9 p. m. to enable the members
to attend the opening of the conven
ton in the city and county building.