The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-28
PRESS ASSOCIA HUN.

Ol routine puSIHeSS the SuUJeCC Ol legal advertising was again brought up for discussion and ended in the adoption of the following resoIu- tiOn:
 That the press of the various counties of the territory be author ized and requested to organize into districts for the purpose of securing legal rates for legal advertising, subsequently, for articles of incor- poration."
 N. A. Morford was elected an honorary member and communicat- ed by telephone his regrets at not being able to attend.
 Then came the unanimous ap- proval of a resolution which aspir- ing statesmen should ponder over in order to known what they will be up against after the conventions d. 1helr work next fall. It reads:
 This association now desires to express it's feeling of indignation concerning the treatment given the press and printers of Arizona in the Twentieth legislative session. It is therefore resolved, by this association that 1t smembers sup port for office no candidate, what ever his politics, who will not first pledge himself to deal fairly by the press, and who is not in hearty sympathy with the papers of Ari- zona in their efforts toward the up- building of the territory"
 Motion carried that the press of the territory berequested to publish ali the resolutions passed by the association.
 In the afternoon the banquet com. mittee reported after which the following officers for the ensuing year were elected by exclamation:
 President, J. o. Dunbar; first v;ce-president, H. J. Lee; second e-president, A. s. Mills; sec retary and treasurer, A. P. Shew- man. The president and second vice president were made the ex ecutive committee. The following named were elected delegates to the National Press association: Messrs J. H. McClintock, J. w. Darlington, c. D. Reppy, Geo. H, Kelly, E. A. Rogers, l.. c Hughes, c. NJ. Funs ton. Alternates: J. H. Hamill, A. F. Banta, Anson H. Smith, T. l.. Shultz, C.. O. Anderson, w. G Scott a nd E. $. Miller.
 The thanks ofthe association were voted to the retiring off :ers and to MT. G. H. N. Luhrs fir coutersies extended and the next meeting was fixed for Phoenix, the third Mon day in January, 1901.
 At7;30the association met around the banquet table at the New Place together with Colonel Poston, Judge Webster Street, Judge A. c. Baker, 1 General c. NJ Frazier, Mr w. E Amin, visiting journalist, Sec retary Akers and Mir. Frank Cox, guest of the evening. A mosl sumptuous banquet was served il reing one Of the occasions when the newspaper men were assured o plenty to eat and of the best. The courses were punctuated by frequent toasts and a steady cross fire oI repartee. Matters that are of the gravest importance to those inter ested were for the time belng mad the butt of ridicule and good natur- ed jest.
 Mfr Allen T. Bird, of Nogales graced the head of the ta bic anc was eminently qualified to perform the duties of toast naster. Colonel Poston, the AIcalde of Tubac, the father Arizona and to great ex- tent-of journalism in Arizona was first called upon and responded in a modest little speech. Chief Justice Webster Street was introduced and made a good humored talk of some length, embracing both the ridicul- ous and the sublime. While, ac- cording to the maxim, "comparis- ons are odious," he managed tc build up line of argument which clear.y St forth the harmony of interest, both in labor and pleasure that should exist between jurist and journalist.
 Judge A. c. Baker followed large ly in the same vein, but introduc- ing some testimony about two hundred years old that had been overlooked by modern lawyers and