Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-09

9. Toner, Sun, Kaukauna; Andrew Ryan.
Register. Shell Lake; J. E. Jones Times,
Washburn Peter Richards Valley News.
Lodi; John Maggie, Pilot Manitowoc; 9. :.
Roesser, Banner, jefferson; w e. Gard
ner and wife, Gazette, Green Bay; G. H.
Bissell, Express, Monticello; C. A. Pettibone.
Juneau; H. NJ. Knowlton and wife Journal,
Waterloo; =. Hans pemuth. Republican,
Freeman, Waukesha; Ellis Usher Chron-
icic, La Crosse; Col. j. A. Watrous, Tee
graph Milwaukee,; Frank Hill and Wife
Free Press, Reedsburg; ]. A. Hoxin, En-
terprise Deerfeld: H A. Taylor State Jour
nal, Madison; Edward Decker and wife
Advocate Green Bay; eX-Gov George w
Peck. an honorary member; Tom Reid Post
Appleton.
The annual address was delivered by
President Nagle, and while not a sta
tistical resume, of what has been ac-
complished by 4 e association, marked
the distance which the organization has
come on the higher ground of ideals.
Ethical improvement, he said, is as insist
e2t as Improvement in newsgathering
SINCE the paper is the product OF forces
within the man who creates it. He re,
viewed the three reciprocal aud cor
rotated 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 central idea Of
eniarging the influence Of the organiza-
ton; and this infuence-the source Of
Drosperity-can be best extended by TO-
noring self. Individual responsibility
was dwelt upon and well expressed
He emphasized at length the Importance
of amending the libel laws so that the
right of the editor to speak the truth
shall be maintained.
The entertaining address of President
Maggie was most enthusiastically re-
celFeG, and was regarded by those fortu-
nate to be present this morning rs one
of the strongest addresses ever delivered
by a presiding officer of the WISCONSIN
Press association.
w. E. Gardner of the Green Bay Ga.
zette had for his theme "Office Work of
the Editorial" Mr. Gardner said that
the newspaper was the familiar COM
paniOn of the people and the editor who
would hit the mark must be the peoples
comrade.
Mrs Theodore Winton Ioumans gave
the association "a Bit of Newspaper
Philosophy She said that reaction in
the direction of materialiSm character
ized the end of the century. She pro-
.ceeded then to view, from the stand
point of fn-de-siecle philosopher, ''our
most proSaic and materialiStic profess
sion" 1t could not be pretended, she
said, that newspaper influence was all
that it ought to be. 1t not only partakes
OF. but is doubtless responsible for, the
widespread political corruption of the
age. Mrs. Youmans declared. The news
paper is frequently a mere party organ,
and very often those who control It's p0-
litical course are themselves afflicted
with ambition to possess Offices, either
for their own benefit or that OF their
friends
Mrs. Ginty of Chippewa Falls, widow
of Gen. George G. Ginty, is present at
the annual meeting and is as greatly IN
terested ia the affairs of the ASSOCIATION
rs ever. Her daughter accompanies hef'
Among the later arrivals OF members
warn William Hume, Times, Chiffon; eX-
Gov. w. D. Hoard, Dairyman, Ft. At
Al Col e. A. Calkins of the Chicago
Tyhronicle arrived shortly before noon
and is the guest of the association. He
Will deliver an address before the asso-
citation this evening, and will be followed
nv ex-Goy. Hoard and others.
At the afternoon session OF the asso-
ciation Ed Wheelock of Wausau opened
fbe hall by the reading of an interesting
19aner upon 1.-THE Development of q Daily
from a Weekly in which the questions
GLOW to increase the subscription list, :
premiums, "canvassing, and general
discussion followed in which an active
part was taken by Col. j. A. Watrous,
Louis Lange, Ed Maine, }. u. Mona
nan. w. III. Hume and others in f1Ve-
minute talks.
E. T. Wheelock of Wausau had for
his subject '"Fhe Development OF q
Daily from a Weekly" III all towns OF
from 5000 inhabitants upwards, Mr.
Wheelock said. the people instinctjye!:y
adopt the metropolitan papers, as tnelr
standard dailies. When the, publisher :. OF
a local weekly announces his Intention
of issuing a daily edition people 90 not not
hesitate to predict disaster and ne pc
comes an object Of commiseration Oh
She part of other weekly publishers.
At 3 o'clock a recess was taken during
which the association visited the office
Of the Journal GA returning from there
The programme was carried out as an