The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-20
ASSOCIATED PRESS MEETING
Appropriate Resolutions In Memory
of the Late President-DireetOr
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New York, Sept. 19.-At the annual
meeting of the members of the Asso-
ciated Press, which was convened in
this city under the bylaws, the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted by a rising vote:
s"Whereas, the late President of the
United States, william Mckinley, be-
loved and honored by the people of the
whole country. has been murdered by
the ruthless hand of an anarchist as
sassin, and
Whereas, his noble qualities and
his conspicuous example as a brave,
generous, sympathetic and loyGble
man--his virtues as citizen and Of
ficer of the republic, his deeds as pa
triot who inspired love and sympathy
between the sections and the people
of our common country, had endeared
him to the whole Union, therefore be it
Resolved, by the Associated Press:
First. That in common with the
whole country it deplores his tragic
death as a national calamity.
Second. That the sympathy of this
body be expressed to his bereaved wife,
who, deprived of his loving care and
comfort and of his affectionate solicit
tude, should become, so long as she
lives, the ward of the nation in all
that can be properly done to give ex-
preston to the country's appreciation
of her lamented husbands virtues and
to the unspeakable sorrow with which
it views his martyrdom.
Third. That we call upon the
states and the nation to take prompt
and emphatic legislative steps to deal
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damnable doctrine which teaches that
law and order must be overthrow.
and which, the world over, openly
adopts assassination as the instrument
of its operation. The an
archist has no place in this
country and he should be made to I'M
derstand that he will be dealt with in
the same manner as any other plague
or pestilence which threatens the pub
lie security.
Fourth. That we felicitate the
country in having met so firmly the
trying ordeal of the past week in
which the enduring strength and Sc
curity of its institutions have been
again so strongly manifested.
That in this, as in all other national
adversely. the patriotism, the loyalty
and the fervor of its law-abiding citi-
zens should hold in such even balance
the vast commercial and other interests
which rests upon popular confidence In
safe and secure government, is a tri-
butte we'll worthy of our great people,
to the government which their devotion
has made the greatest of the govern
ments of the earth"
The meeting subsequently elected the
following board of directors: Stephen
O'Meara, Boston Journal; Whitelaw
Reid, New York Tribune; w. L. Nc
Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin; Albert J.
Barr, Pittsburg Post: George Thomp-
son, st. Paul Dispatch; Victor +. Law
son, Chicago Daily News; Charles w
Knapp, st. Louis Republic; Charles p.
Taft Cincinnati Times-Star Harvey
W. Scott, Portland Oregonian; Frank
B. Noyes. Washington Star: Thomas
G.. Rapier. New Orleans Picayune;
Herman Ridder, New York Stats Eel
Chronicle; Charles II. Crasty, Baltl-
more News; Clark Howell. Atlanta
Constitution.
The board of directors met subse-
quently and elected the following Off
GERS: Frank B. Noyes, president: Hor-
ace White of the New York Evening
Post, first vice president; William r
Nelson of the Kansas City Star, second
vice president Melville e. Stone, secre.
tary; Charles S. Diehl, assistant secre-
tary: Valentine p. Synder. treasurer.
The following gentlemen were elected
as an Executive Committee: Stephen
O'Meara, Victor +. Lawson, Charles
w. Knapp. whtelaw Reid and Frank
B. Noyes.