Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-12

g. Toner Sun, Kaukauna; Andrew Ryan
REGISTER: shsll Lake; j: ?. Jones. TINES
Lodi; John Maggie, Pilot, Manitowoc; o.
Roessler, Banner. Jefferson: w. f. Gard
ner and wifi, wife, Gazette Green Bay; G. II.
BISSell Express, MOntello. &. A. pettbone
Juneau; II. NJ; Knowlton and wife, Journal.
onntan Cty a H NJ HHwmnnS and VIII
icle. La Crosse; Col. j. A. Watrous. re e.
graph. Milwaukee: Frank Hill and wife
Efes r15s keHaS9qrS ! a. H4xn n
nal, Madison; Edward Decker and wife
Adv8catc, Green Bay; eX-G0y. George W
Peck, an honorary member; Tom Reid, Post
President Nagle. and while not sta
tistic;l resume of what has been &c
compiSiled by he association. marked
She distance which the organization has
come on the higher ground of ideals
Ethical Improvement, he said is as insist
Ssit as Improvement iii ncwsgathering
since the paper is the product of forces
within the man who creates it. Iic 70
viewed The three reciprocal and cor
violated Objects of the association:
to promote the interests of the press;
enlarge its influence and cultivate
fraternal regard, this trinity of OBJ
jects merging in the ccrtral idea of
enlarging the influence of the organiZa-
ton; and this iniiuencc-the source of
noring self. Individual responsibility
wsis 1wclt upon and we'll expressed
He emphasized at length the Importance
of amending the libel laws so that the
plight Of the editor to speak the truth
yslu,N be maintained.
The entertaining address of President
Maggie was most enthusiastically re-
<cived, and was regarded by those fortu-
nate TO be present this morning as one
of the strongest addresses ever delivered
by a presiding officer of the Wisconsin
Press association.
zette bad for his theme office Work of
the Editorial' Mir. Gardner said that
the newspaper was the familiar COM
panion of the people and the editor who
Nould hit the mark must be the peoples
comradc.
Che association "A Bit of Newspaper
Philosophy She said that a reaction in
the direction of materialism character
9Zed the end of the century. She pro-
eneded then to view, from the stand
point OF a tin-de-siecle philosopher our
most proSaic and materialistic profess
sicD." 1t could not be pretended, she
said that newspaper influence was all
that il ought to be. 1t not only partakes
of. but is doubtless responsible tor, the
widespread political corruption OF the
age. Mrs Youmans declared. The news
and very often those who control its po--
Utirai course are themselves afflicted
with ambition to possess offices, either
for their own benefit or that or their
friends.
SJrs Ginty of Chippewa Falls, widow
~ Gen. George c. Ginty, is present at
the annual meeting and Is as greatly m
tercsted in the affairs OF the ASSOCIATION
as eyer. Her daughter accompanies 'er,
Arons the later arrivals OF members
pere William Hume Times, Chiffon; Elk
Coy. w. d. Hoard, Dairyman, TT. At
EinS0n.
Col. Il. A. Calkins of the Chicago
thronicle arrived shortly before noon
and is the guest of the association. He
will deliver an address before the asso-
s.Estion this evening, and will be followed
aw cN-Gov Hoard and others.
All the afternoon session of the assoc
c;,t;on Ed Wheelock of Wausau opened
the ball by the reading of an interesting
naper UNION THE Development of d Daily
srom a Weekly" in which the questions.
s>o-ea.iums." ''canvasSing, and general
discussion followed in which an active
,art was taken by Col. j. y. Watrous,
Louis Lange. Ed Ma Hne. J. G. Mona
han, w. II. Hume and others in 1--WE
minute talks.
Is. I. Wheelock of Wausau had for
mis- subject 1.-THE Development of 2
Daily from Weekly. IN al towns OF
from 5000 Inhabitants upwards. Ny.
Wheelock said. the people mstlneIye!y
adopt the metropolitan papers as their
standard daiiieS Whan the publisher. of
a Vocal weekly announces his intention
OF issuing 4 Daily edition people do not
hesitate to predict disaster and he be-
comes an object Of commisoration on
the part of other weekly publishers
At O'clock recess was taken during
which the association visited tho otf,ce
OF the Journal On returning from therc
the programme was carried ont as an