Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Direi ioky and HistoryThe Honorable John II. Oberly, f the Cairo Bulletin, read a paper entitled, "TheNewspaper and Popular Opinion."The following report submitted by E. A. Snively, of the Committee on Legislationfor the benefit of the Press, was received and the committee discharged."Your committee upon legislation for the benefit of the press, have examined thematter, and beg leave to report: There is now in the House of Representatives a bill,(H.B. No. 66) providing for the publication of a semi-annual statement from each andevery officer who receives and disburses public money. Your committee have everyconfidence that by the unanimous work of the members of the Association, this billcan be enacted into a law, and that thereby thousands of dollars can be saved to thepeople. Your committee recommend that earnest effort be made to have this bill passed,and suggest that members of the association personally urge upon the members of theSenate and House, from their respective districts, the necessity of such a law. Also,that they use their influence with prominent men at home, to write to senators andrepresentatives in favor of the passage of this law."Recurring to the regular topic for discussion, "Job Printing," an essay was readby E. B. Buck, of the Charleston Courier. L. V. Taft, of the Salem Advocate, statedthat he had found it impossible to fix standard prices for job work, and advanced theopinion that the matter is best left to the rule of supply and demand.Attention was called to the fact that the resolution of the executive committee,providing for an exchange of job specimens, also contemplated an exchange of newspapers,and the following special committee was appointed to receive and distributesamples of newspapers at the next meeting: S. C. Bruce, Washburn News; L. . Watson,1Watseka Republican; and W. R. Jewell, Danville News.The chair appointed the following committee on Legal Advertising: E. A. Snively,Carlinville Enquirer; George Scroggs, Champaign Gazette; Charles Bent, MorrisonSentinel; M. F. Leland, Bloomington Leader; Charles Holt, Kankakee Gazette; N. E.Stevens, Paxton Record; William Cullen, Ottawa Republican; M. H. Peters, WatsekaTimes; W. L. Glessner, Clinton Register; L. V. Taft, Salem Advocate; C. H. \\ hittaker,Macomb Eagle; J. R. Marshall, Yorkville Record; and H. L. Clay, Jacksonville Courier.R. Lespinasse, of the Chicago Agricultural Gazette, offered the following resolution,which was adopted:"Resolved, That the Illinois Press Association appoint a committee to confer withthe press associations and publishers of the Northwest, with a view to the organizationof a 'Mutual Protective Association' of the printers and publishers of the Northwest,with headquarters at Chicago."Pursuant to this resolution, the following committee was appointed: R. Lespinasse.Chicago Agricultural Gazette; Spencer Ellsworth, Lacon Home Journal; Joe P. Robarts,Murphysboro Era; H. E. Partridge, Waukegan Gazette; and D. Hapeman, Ottawa freeTrader.The Committee on Job Specimens reported that they had received 39 sets of specimensfrom 3 5 different offices that complied with the specifications, and that they hadreceived five lots that did not come within specifications and which they were holdingsubject to the order of the parties furnishing them. They suggested that the secretaryrenew the request for specimens as even the limited response had, in their opinion, demonstratedthe practicability of the plan proposed. The report was received and the samecommittee, consisting of J. W. Clinton, of the Ogle County Press; S. W. Grubb, of theGalesburg Republican-Register; and G. M. Tatham, of the Greenville Advocate, wascontinued.The obituary of John W. Merritt, first president of the Association, was read.