The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20
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1870 |

The fourth meeting assembled at tho
capitol at the Historical Society rooms,
Jan. Is, 1870 and was a decidedly slim
affair, owing to a terrific snow storm and
blockade on the railroads. Only eleven
papers were represented. and on account
of the small number in attendance the
meeting was adjourned until June. 1t re-
manned together long enough, however, to
adopt a constitution. which was for many
years the governing law Of the organtza-
ton.
The June Meeting.
In the June me citing, which convened
on the 7th, matters were much more en-
couraging, and ,hirty-three responded to
the roll call at The outset. and as usual
some others dropped in later
The secretary made his report relative
to the changes in proprietorsh1p and new
papers. 1t contained brief mention OF
sixty-five papers which had either come IN
new or been in some manner changed
since the previous meeting. A list of all
the papers was reported by the secretary,
who stated that there were ei8hty-four IN
the state at that time.
The treasurer's report showed that the
deficit Of the previous year had been made
up, and after paying all of the expenses
$16.17 still remained in his hands. The
following officers Tor the ensuing year
were chosen:
President-W B. Mitchell, St Cloud Jour
nal.
First Vice PRESIDENT. H McKenng, Chat
field Democrat.
Second Vice President-J. X. Moore, st. Pc
ter Tribune.
Third Vice Presdent-J. @. DeveTeau1.
Northwestern Chronicle.
Treas,rer-Fred Driscoll, st. Paul Press.
Recording Secretary-W. Jay Whippls. Wi
mona Herald
Corresponding secretary-J. Fletcher Will
iams.
Executive Committee-R. c. Mitchell, Du-
luth Tribune; H. P. Hall, St. Paul Dispatch;
H. w. Greene, Minneapolis Tribune
There was the usual two days session.
and one of the features was the annual
address by Lutte A. Taylor of the La
Crosse Leader. The annual poem was read
by Henry Woodruff Of the st. Paul Press.
One of the incidents OF the meeting was
thus recorded in the st. Paul Dispatch:
A barrel of beer was presented the assooia-
ton by John Holland, Esq. Of this city. and
a standing vote Of thanks was returned to
the donor, some of the members being SO en-
Unused that they remained standing and
bowling to his portrait on the wall whsn our
reporter left
One interesting feature Of this meeting
was the beginning of the History OF the
Press" The plan was to have this done
county by county, and the late ]. Fletcher
"1lllamS SuDIulLLeN dL IulS uSSsAuB q ~
port from Ramsey, Freeborn, Olmsted,
Stearns, Waseca and Wright counties.
The work was never completed, and that
feature seems to have been dropped In
later meetings Of the association. but 1t
would have been better for all concerned
If it had been written, and had thus Sc
cured, in the lifetime Of the men who
participated, permanent and valuable
history.
On the evening Of June z, after the de-
livery of the address and poem. a ban
quet was given at Park Place Hotel.
There was no formal list OF toasts. but
speeches were made by Mayor William
Lee, Judge G. 3. Flandrau. Congressman
\ M. H. Dunnell, Colonel ]. H. Davidson.
Major T. M. Newson, N. r. Prendergast
Of the LIE Sueur Sentinel, H A. Castle of
the Anoka Union. r. G. Mitchell Of the
Duluth Tribune, and William Kinds Of
the Skakopee Argus. One Of the Incl
dents of the evening was the presenta-
ton by retiring President Leonard. on
behalf of the association, OF q gold-headed
cane to President-eleoa Mitchell.