The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-19
OLD SORES NOW HEALED
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
FIGHT FOR OLD GLORY.
Patriotic Speech By Henry Watterson
at the Associated Press Banquet
Proceedings.
(Special TO The HeraldN

] chicago, May 1S.-At the Associated
Press banquet this evening, Henry
Watterson made the speech of the
/ evening. He said that for more than
80 years he had hoped and prayed for
permanent and everlasting re-
cementing of the Union, and that he
feared he would never live to see it,
but today, when FitZhugh Lee and Joe
! Wheeler were major generals in The
army of the United States, under the
glorious old flag of the Union, he re-
allied that his prayer had been an
swered. He said they could not have
done much better had they remained
as West Pointers in the army of the
| United States; and another thing, he
said, was glorious thing for him per-
sonally, and that was when his own
boy marched to the front the other day
under the command of a man who, 80
years ago, he had helped TO carry from
the field of battle and nurse back to
life.
The old veteran spoke with tears
streaming from his eyes, and his ad-
dress created the most profound i'm
preston. What had been a hilarious
gathering of jubilant newspaper men
was suddenly transformed into q seri-
Gus meeting of patriotic citizens, who
realized, as did Mr. Watterson, that
the permanent obliteration of all traces
of the war of the rebellion was now an
accomplished fact
ELECTION. OF OFFICERS.
Chicago, May 1S.-The annual meet
ing of the Associated Press was held
today in recital hall, Auditorium build
ing, lis of the 129 stockholders being
present Vice President Horace White
of the New York Evening Post pre-
sided. The annual report of the gem
eral manager showed that the receipts
last year We're S1,6O5,S66 and the ex-
penditures $1.52O.545. The present
membership is 700, and about $500
daily and weekly papers are served
through minor organizations.
The following directors were elected:
Al thur jenkins, Syracuse Herald; NJ. H.
De Young. San Francisco Chronicle;
Daily News: Charles w. Knapp, St.
Louis Republic.
The following advisory boards were
chosen: Eastern division: General
Felix Agnus, Baltimore American;
James Elverson, jr.. Philadelphia En-
quirer; Ambrose Butler, Buffalo News;
Charles H. Taylor. jr. Boston Globe;
P. C. Boyle, Oil City Derrick.
Central division: George Thompson,
st. Paul Dispatch; D. NJ Housar, ST
Louis Globe Democrat; A. Howard
Hinkle, Cincinnati Commercial-Tri-
bune; II. S. New, Indianapolis Journal;
E. Rosewater, Omaha Bee.
South Division: H. II. Cabanass. At
lanta Journel; A. B. Pickett, Memphis
Scimiter; A. S. Ochs, Chattanooga
Times; G. H. Baskette, Nashville Ban
ner; Thomas G. Rapier, New Orleans
Picayune.
western division: Hugh Hume, San
Francisco Evening Post; P. II. Lam
nan, Salt Lake Tribune; w. H. Mills,
Record Union, Sacramento; e. B. 3.
Piper, Post Intelligencer, Seattle; Har-
vey w. Scott, Portland, Oregonian.
The annual banquet was held at the
Grand Pacific hotel in the evening, 100
members being seated. Aside from the
tastsfuliy arranged tables, a pretty
feature was a large and complete
printing press of flowers. Colonel c. o. !
y. Cowardin, OF the Richmond (Va.)
Dispatch, was POSTMASTER. The loving
cup was passed by General Manager
Stone.
After the coffee and cigars. all arose
and drank to the memory Of Moses p. |
Handy, Colonel William Singerly and |
Hesing.
The first regular toast, The New |
Worlds Fair" was responded to by |
Mr.. Edward Rosewater, of the Omaha /
Bee. who spoke of the Trans Mississippi |
exposition.
The question of the second toast, rs |
he Associated Press = Trust?" was an !
swered by Mr.. z. ". Lehman of ST
Louis. He said the right of the Asso-
dated Press TO the reports il gathered |
vas as high as the right of each one of !
is reporters 10 the fruit of his own
abor- 1t was as high as the right OF
very author to the production of his
)wn mind and of his own pen, and the
speaker did rot believe the courts
would ever reach the conclusion that
he Associated Press could be made to
erve those it did not choose to serve.
that Injunction could be laid on the
MEMBERS in a body, it could be laid
Upon every one of them as individuals
The other toasts and responses were:
The Earth" Mr.. Henry Watterson, of
he Louisville Courier Journal ITO
Voman Warriors In Time of Peace, and
Messengers In Time of
Var" Mr.. Stephen O'Meara, of the Bos
on Journal. Our People: They Know
10 North. No South, No West, No
last. But One Country" Mr.. Clarke
lowell. of the Atlanta Constitution.
The Country of My Adoption-Like
n Acquired Taste, My Love Grows Foo
Ter With Time" General Felix Agnus,
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