Mesa free press., 1900-02-23
ARIZONA PRESS ASSOCIATION

Inc kArlZOud L EcSS ASSoSlF 1lOA - :,
in annual session last Tuesday morn
ing at the Commercial House, Phoenix,
President Allen L. Bird, of Nogales,
presiding. There was good atten-
dance.
| Consi lerable business was transact
ed. Attention was particularly called
to the fact that weekly newspapers
Low stands on an equal footing with
the daily, as the last legislature re-
moved all discriminating legislation in
favor of the daily, and any and all
legal notices can now be published In
/ either class.
A committee consisting of A. z.
Shewman, Sam +. Webb ard John
w. Dorrington was appointed to in
terview Secretary of the Territory
Akers in regard co printing of articles
of incorporation, as considerable COM
plant had been made against him.
The cemmittee reported that the in
terview with the Secretary was I'm
satisfactory and the following resolu-
ton was then unanimously passed and
copy ordered TO be sent to Mr..
Akers at once:
! Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Arizona Press association that the
secretary of Arizona should refrain
from setting the price for the publ
cation of articles of Incorporation, and
that as an official of the Territory,
and as agent for companies that de-
sire to incorporate he should refrain
from all negotiations between said
companies and the various publishers
of newspapers in Arizona; that he
should refrain from diverting the same
into any particular channel for pub
llcation.
The association then adjourned un-
til Wednesday.
On Wednesday after the transac-
tion OF routine business, the subject Of
legal advertising was again taken up
and the following resolution WIS
adopted:
':rhat the press Of the various couu-
ties of the territory be authorized and
requested to organize into districts sor
the purpose of securing legal rates for
legal advertising, and especially for
articles of incorporation.
Hon. N. A. Morford was elected an
honorary member and communicated
by telephone his regrets at not being
able to attend
The following resolution was then
unanimously passed. All aspiring
politicians should read it and paste it
in their hats for future refrenee:
"This association now desires to cx-
press its feeling of Indignation con-
cernirg the treatment given the press
and printers of Arizona in the Tw. n
tieth legislative session. 1t is there
fore resolved, by this association that
its members support for Office no n
didate, whatever his politics, who will
not 6rst pledge himself to deal fairly
by the press, and who is not in hearty
sympathy with the papers OF Arizona
in their efforts toward the upbuilding
of the territory"
A motion carried that the press of
the territory be requested to publish
all the resolutions passed by the as
sociat;on.
In the afternoon the banquet COM
mittee reported, after which the fol-
loving officers for the ensuing year
we're duly elected:
President, j. Q. Dunbar; FIRST vice.
president, H. J. Lee; second vice pres
ident. A. s Mills; secretary apd treas
urer, A. P. Shewman. The presi-
dent and second vice president were
made the executive committee. The
following named were elected dele
gates 10 the National Press association;
Messrs. j. H. McCllntock, J. W. Dor
rington. O, d. Reppy, Geo. Il. Kelly,
E. A Rogers, l.. O. Hughes, o, M,
Funston. Alternates: J. H. Ham:ll,
A. f. Bamta, Anson Fl. Smith, 4. L.
Shultz, Q. o. Anderson, w. G. Scott
and E, S. Miller.
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