The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-25
Robert A. Brown VIII Present. the
Matter to Them at Their Meet
ing Here on Feb. o.
ADDRESSES AND RESOLUTIONS
c. w. sTIvERs, OF LIBERTY, on
ANARCHY IN NEwsPAPERs.'
VIII III. Craig, of NobIesvilIe, Delivers
'McKfnIey Memorial"- Rou-
tine Business.

The annual meeting OF the Indiana Re-
publican Editorial Association. which took
place yesterday at the Denison Hotel. was
one OF the most successful sessions the
organization ever held. At the adjourn
ment the feeling seemed TO be unanimous
that the meeting had been a beneficial one.
One feature OF the gathering which espe-
cially pleased the members of the associa-
ton was the social success OF the ban
quet given on Thursday night. Everybody
had a good time and pleasant acquaint-
ances were made.
The editors put in a pretty busy day
yesterday getting the accumulation of busi-
ness disposed of. One of the events Of
the business session was the annual address,
Of President Pershing, who now retires
from active membership in the association.
Mr.. Pershing has gone out OF the news
paper business and is postmaster at Tip
ton. The presidents talk was brief, and
considerable part of IL was devoted TO a
history of the association.
A number of matters of Importance were
disposed of during the day. The discus
sion under the head OF 1.-THE good OF the
order" brought out suggestion from II.
A. Strohm that the manner Of selecting Of
fcers should be changed. ii was suggested
that instead of appointing nominating
committee to name the officers they should
be voted for in the regular way. The talk
along this line resulted in the psSsag. -nt =
resolution instructing the president o. ap-
point a committee of three whose business
il will be to revise the bylaws II they
deem it necessary and make a report at
the next annual meeting of the association.
1t was argued that a new way OF selecting
officers would bring out a larger attend
ance as there would be more interest in
the matter.
Among the important items OF business
disposed Of was a resolution by Mr.. Per-
shing on the Loud bill 1t was adopted as
the sense of the association. The resolu-
ton indorses the action OF the third as
sistant postmaster general I'm his decision
and persistency in excluding from the mails
at newspaper postage rates publications
that are issued purely for advertising pur-
poses and are not in any sense newspapers.
These publications are admitted to the
mails at a cost of cent a pound. and ii
is said il costs cents TO carry them, and
they almost swamp the mails. A discus
sion about getting up a history OF the Re-
publican newspapers OF the State was
started by r. A. Brown. clerk OF the Su-
Of the association. A committee, consist
ing OF NJ w. Pershing. Of Upton; A c.
Beeson, OF Winchester, and NJ. c. CARRIER. 4
of Madison. has been working for two or
three years on this matter. At the meet
ing yesterday Mr. Brown was appointed to
confer with the Democratic editors. who
are to meet here Feb g. with a view TO in
teresting them in the proposition of pre-
pairing a history of the press of the State.
At yesterdays meeting delegates should
have been selected TO attend the National
Editorial Association, which meets at Hot
Springs April Is and IS inclusive. How
ever ]. A. Kemp, w. b. Maddox and w.
H. Craig were the only members who in
dcated a desire 10 attend the meeting.
Any others who wish TO attend may ad-
dress the secretary.
The association selected the following Of
s1cers, in accordance with the report of the
nominating committee:
President-F. 7. Singleton. MartinsviIle
Reporter.
First Vice President-C. ]. Robb. Michi-
gan City News.
Second Vice President-M o. Waters.
New Castle Courier.
Secretary-W S. Montgomery. Greenfield
Republican.
Treasurer-o. Fl. Swain, Bluffton Chroni-
Gle.
The president and secretary. with the fol-
lowing members. will compose the execu-
tive committee: r. 5. Truitt. NobIesville
Ledger; ]. d. Hogate, Danulle Republican:
II. NJ Smith. Greencastle Banner. The
following district committee was chosen:
First District-John Chewing. of Rock
port.
Second District-w. B. Maddox. OF
Bloomfield.
Third District-J. A. Kemp. OF Salem
Fourth District-E. A. Remy OF Seymour.
Fifth District-A. A. Hargrave, OF Rock
Vile
Sixth District-C- w. stivers. OF Liberty.
Seventh District-H. j. Martin. OF Frank
lin.
Eighth District-F L. Braden. OF Port
land
Ninth District-A. A Mccain, OF craw-
fordsville.
Tenth District-H. A strohm. of Kent
land.
Eleventh District-A w. Tracy. os Hart
ford City.
Twelfth District-E. O. Rose. OF Angola.
Thirteenth Dlstrict-Fred A. Miller, OF
South Bend.
Addresses and resolutions considered by
the editors follow:
THE POLITICAL NEWSPAPER.
One Of the most entertaining papers OF
the session was by H. a. Strohm. editor OF
the Kentland Enterprise. who discussed
''-rhe Good of the Order" In the course OF
his talk Mr.. Strohm brought up the point
of the relation OF political party 10 its pa
per. lie thought In many instances the