Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Il I 1.NU1S Nl \\ SPAP] R DlKI ( TORY AND HlSTORYThe following resolution was presented by E. B. Buck and adopted without debate:"Resolved, That any member of this Association allowing other persons to usehis certificate of membership for the purpose of transportation shall be subject toexpulsion."A resolution for the appointment of a committee to examine and report uponthe expediency of organizing a life insurance company for the benefit of the membersof the Association, was laid upon the table for one year."A movement looking to the formation of local organizations was undertaken, andthe editors and publishers of each congressional district were invited to organize andconfer together upon subjects of mutual interest.The annual address was by the venerable M. Brayman, of Danforth. Wisconsin.The annual poem, entitled "Woman's Logic," was read by Mrs. Emily HuntingtonMiller, of the "Little Corporal."A memorial address on the life and character of the Lite W. V. Sellars was deliveredby the Hon. George H. Harlow.Sundry "resolutions of principle" were adopted at this session after considerablespicy discussion. Among other good things the Association modestlv declared that "thepress is the first estate in the Nation, and, therefore, to it must look for protection theChurch and the State: that said 'first estate' in convention assembled, solemnly pledgesitself first, to elevate its tone; second, to purify its expression; third, to abjure all personalquarrels, and, so far as in us be, make the profession as 'chaste as an icicle and as pureas the snow.' " And the last of this lengthy series of resolutions very significantly closedwith a request to the General Assembly to pass a law defining and limiting the powersof the Courts of the State to punish for contempt of court!At its tenth "annual" meeting the membership of the Association touched highwater mark, 154 names being recorded, an increase oi sixty over the previous year.This convention was held in Chicago, May 26 and 27, 1874, E. B. Buck, presiding.The officers elected at this meeting were: President, George Scroggs, Champaign;Vice Presidents, D. L. Phillips, Springfield; Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Chicago; andT. E. Woods, Mattoon; Secretary, Cadet Taylor; Assistant Secretary. C . V \\ hitney,Princeton; Treasurer, J. W. Clinton, Polo; Executive Committee, John \V. Bailey,Princeton, J. B. Bradwell, Chicago, and H. 1. Clay, Carrollton.It was found that the yearly dues were too small to meet the necessary expensesand they were increased to $2.00 per year. A discussion of other features of the Constitutionand By-Laws resulted in the appointment of a committee to revise themand report at the next annual meeting.The death of two prominent members of the Association, J. 1). Mowdy, ot Richview,and James Shoaff, of Paris, was announced. The former was a member of theExecutive Committee at the time of his death, and the latter was one of the originalmembers of the Association and several times a member of the Executive Committee.The literary exercises at this meeting consisted of the annual address byJ. W. Sheahan, of Chicago, and a "Press Panegyric" by that eminent Granger, RodnevWelch, of the Prairie Farmer.The seventh excursion was to Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore, over theMobile and Ohio Railroad. None who took part in it soon forgot the courtesies of therailroad and Pullman Palace Car companies, nor the attention received at Cincinnatiand Washington.