| Show WM AT PHOTO of opinion at orl NEEDED libel law must be revised personalities are de pieced the meeting of the utah ireae elation at provo was a areat fr aterna and the me tiep were characterized by hard work an the were an did the honora of the occasion and all bainn d t enjoy themselves abe quill pushers did not arrive kunii tho afternoon monday and the boilow in were at the arat mealing P H lannan tribunal major E A prees george M john U graham han john E booth james clove KR johb L bartow john rollo die patch E G bognon paydon globe J sl Sn messenger A B WH hams pyramid M F murray enter ariae D K felt E A bregory independent M L scott harry bunkley Pun kley item fred nelson gintic tintic miner J M white murray americal Ame A B tomain A N haum I 1 E diebl sandy pon ent J 1 brownies eastern utah aavo catel I 1 intermountain newspaper union aud the lady visitors tore were mrs felt mrs gregory and littlefield the association met in the parlor of ane hotel moderta RoD erta with Pres idiot kos non in the chair the on order of business reported and then a revised was adopted the lol loping new members subscribed to tue john 0 graham john E booth A B Willia caa john L beutow D P felt E A gregory J H brownlee Brownl ce and george M hanaan tha total membership of the association is now fitly three and only three or conr journals jour nala are not FOR an excellent paper on legislation for newspapers was read by joel ahoe maer it is i s a lettla tco lengthy for us tu handle ia lull it first mea tiona the importance ot newspapers to tiou and complains of a lack cl iligo of the presa in utah on libel legislation iteana under exi atin laws every old wo aan ia the country can bring a libel bait a newBa pei that informs the aho has a wart on her nose al aba in utah have baen troubled by the carbuncled carbuncles carb uncles of humanity seeking publicity through the coneta in libel suits the laws must b to protect honest men from the lal assaults of unscrupulous job hunt iu 4 attorneys should have at least A law the defendant publisher all coats and in case be is not convicted and to ninety nine years in straight jackets the man who filea for character to be corn pait pa it d to prove that he ever had euca BB or ane costs in abel brought in utah for the past tea jears the investigation baa shown that the newspapers published the truth there should bo a penalty attached to the carcaba of tha man who accuses a newspaper writer of not tell tob the trum every man who baa any trilok to do with a newspaper knawa that the erenest fault A reporter ever baa ie his failure to tell the wools truth fur fear of offending or cusine a fluit for the auntry practice of potting public coop co op tores court houses poet office d and fences was deprecated the janra lanra be revised in that particular politicians ought to be made to pay it raa for their boofing booi ing politicians tic ians business men women and all that attempt to dictate the policy of ft newspaper should ba kiven to understand cm dictate in proportion to the aiza of their books the newspapers were urged 10 stand to gather for an elevation of the pro and the financial betterment of the prea of utah the committee un reported camber of for changes in the libel law in particular and legal esea against newspapers some relating to publio wera alzo suggested the report received very general dis cna sion a them celab on what laws were most needed and bow candidates aronld be approach ed for the needed reforms mr lannan of aba tribune thought the association ednot ne exercise itself ery much s far aa candidates were nce raed nothing ought to be asked except it be fair and then it should hi petitioned for in a regular way he thoi it the newspapers would have enough to get what legislation they heaired without lobbying for it eteaua ank occasion to hold ap tha independence ot aba and charac bome of mr bug in the paper read as jokes the moment a newspaper accept donations from that moment it yacomes subject to them and he thought a newspaper should stand for tha people defended the idea that p support be given news daoara and uie that carlies should pay rates abb legislative mutter on motion of mr murray was finally referred to a special committe consisting of coinon Ro inon shoemaker and booth to anre pare a bill bodying nn the sentiments of the an invitation waa accepted to dancu t with ans and by the way cooling drinks were ansted the editors while in aes as the of hia paper john homer of the palace saloon prepare rl the drioli and it was cedar fit for the godi TUB the banquet was ia abe spacious dining of the hotel roberta nd was in mra holbrooks mot artistic acyle ala were decorated with flow erg and abe meal ot light refreshments major littlefield of the aedan presa acted as wera made by the toast master P II 11 rognon A B williams J EL brownlea Brow olea I 1 B lannan E G diehl who all in fraternal terms A B townson then read the following excellent paper IN la the j on the ariee in tar apparent or un discern abla readous are our newspapers improving are they better edited ihan in the past do they es a bugl nesa investment nay more to abe makers of them are they more hiehle appreciated havo they greater in fluence BOW than in the past do they more perte cily answer abe purpose of their croatian crea tian than formally are natural questions to arise in the mind of a progressive for years the newspapers in this territory anve been against canalling an alling odds and difficulties and today we are still working aba tide journalism in utah means very bard work braell pay and little glory asa rule the newspaper man whether bo is running a country weekly or work ing on ene of the city dai lirie is a poor man he on from day to day year after year if in the country oring to keen hie paper in ex and make a levinz for himself and far rily if he baa one yon all know aba and hardships ot country work it is or me to deec riba them yon all know the country editor ia eone rally an im slave who unenviable place in the public eye and pub lie estimation I 1 am aware that are those who will regard this as a gloomy 6 harsh view ant is it not true let me cite vou to the fact that the man least paid the man beldom honored with that preferment and cordiality usually bestowed on minded the raan who works and gen the advancement of the public interest who is usually aba friend of all that benedita bene fita the community on which be depends for a measly living and is more abused than all etherd combined is the journal according to bi means and abe run alue expense of his busi neBa abe country newspaper editor geta far smaller returns from abe capital invested the intelligence required and the labor expended than any other business in existence why is this it is because journalism ia not held in that respect which its place ag ft public necessity should demand that is exactly abe leaion aba doctor who perhaps kilb aa baay people as be cures the lawyer who is the means of disturbing abe equilibrium of the socias order quite aa much as he creates respect for the law abe pedagogue choin abe ecung idea how to shoot after following a course which proves in actual life impracticably to abe student in particular and society in general the minister mi whose opportunities and duties enable him to follow iho moat ideal of all careers not infrequently is found doing as much to damn aa to aade yot all of these an I 1 do not mention any of them doctor lawyer teacher minister with diere apece to them or their prof are n as a class better men more iotch 1 gent citizens citi zent more filled with za than is the they do work bardar nor do mora for the le of society not even the min aier than the editor of a weekly news ainer if he is half a man yet aa A la hey are all better liva in finer cousee wear more fashionable ap eat moie palatable food and stand higher in the social and civil scales on none of them doea the lie seek to impose as on the rewe paper man doctors patients lawyers cli ants and patrons of and church all pay mora and that too less grudgingly tor services rendered than do and advertisers there is for this what ie the cauaan ia the reason that ia not held in hiaber public esteem because there is nut among the men that unselfish prida professional loyalty and deep for which abound be entertained by tha workers in the ranke of atie of the fine art the j benc etin dard outside of the profession ia looked on with aach indifference because the ideas within circles are far to low often degraded and it ia that the editor as a citizen in altai ament and culture will bear m along side other mon and in an aggregate estimate of the intelligence and of the community m which be lives will not in compa baon ala is looked on aa a fairly good citizen but aa a newspaper man he is not recanted as deserving that respect and bonfi benca to which his calling antilles an titles 1 im ii my bumble opinion one of the chiet causes of this attitude toward newspaper men ariada tom the evident lack of fraterno fra terni and al respect amongst newspaper men themselves aa shown in the abundant personal abase that is heaped one on the othe by nearly every newspaper writer the lynea are beet on fire with vituperation and billi negate as witness ed in the flood of terms such an d is ciara tramps dead beats bribe takers defamers def amers hb elera lawbreaker a black bla kites ean idiots and abilo papers are characterized as dirty raga petty smut mills indecent things for the perusal aad the patronage of respectable people no wonder people fail to respect journalism and look on papers and editors as honorable and high toned no wonder that is do little confidence and patronage patro naze given when capera themselves do so much to tear down the reputations of editors and papers it is but natural while finch a condition pre baila that the public looks with no on the average what donld we think of doctors preachers lawyers or teachers if they were forever engaged in dueh methods of personal abisa of their professional associates the act afi that ane professional ethics amongal tha jait mentioned strictly what for reason has fattened into aa a leit imata part of editorial aad report onal privilege and banca we find that doctors lawyers aa last to and castigate tiny dembar of thair respective if abay did tha people would to lorato their unmanly and unmannerly conduct they would joae both prestige and patronage by following such a course ag the newspaper men adhere to As long a editors either of the weekly or daily papers indulge in unwholesome and wholesale personal on each other and hold up to acorn and bation other papers than their ova eo BO long will there exist a well founded suspicion of and disrespect for papers A newspaper n the measure of a man or the of several men it is as much a of the integrity energy and of the who write for it aa that it ia the current of the world wa aliye in whatever of im formation pro greEB moral power humor pathos and purpose a paper contains bouat in a sense come from abo brain and heart of the people who make it if its nawa and editorial adit orial columns are chrete and highs toned free the blemishes ot mistaken mista kea and ains which mar mens lites and mock their peace of mind it will be because the cb annela through which clowd ita constanta con tanta are not ao constructed as to allow ot abo cleans ing of the stream As well expect a marsh to yield as pure water as a foun tun as that newspapers shall be ideal while its producers are either ignorant or immoral fellow editors let ua henceforth cesae our bick erines and scandalizing each other let us show to our constituency that we reaped ourselves respect each other and our WB are about to enter en another political fight in utah the campaign will ba fiery but let na fight if fight w must conr political opponents bat sot one another may we strive for higher ideals in our individual lives and in our may we feal beating in conr stronger purpose deeper wider culture and richer motives may wa feal of that intensity which holds the wand of civilization pointing toward the stars then shall we find individually and as an association the people are with us that we hava touched the popular chord and get beat the great pulse of the in our favor and thereby ceball our labors receive that baat thy thy deserve and be crowned not only with tha approval of conr own conscience but the approbation and friendship of all right minded people 1 l liea littlefield the surprise oatha eva iida tha ladies ly reciting tho whistling tb lady ia an of rare ability y peaches were conti naad br MF murray and joel shoemaker who epie of sanpete D P felt and E A Gregory who the spring W J radd spoke for the R G W jame greeted the visiting editors john 0 graham urged that work for the people and stand between them and tb politicians john rollo declared big intentions of becoming a mamber of the association aad than the closed with another recitation by bifia THE was eivor hearty vote of on motion of A B tomson for its hospitality and after cigars were served the editors retired the meeting of the press association was resumed at 8 thia g in the hotel roberta parlor about 25 members were pleasnt preas nt with president boenan in the chair the special committee appointed baat evening to draft provisions proTis ions for bills in reference to libel and legal advertising advertis inz reported progress it was decided that the committee report the result of their labors later to the newspapers the territory considerable discussion was held on a variety ot important subjects re latina to legislation the newspaper fraternity and press relations to political parties candidates etc the committee waa instructed ted to arrange for an excursion at 8 to be participated in not only by the utah association ant also tha associations of the surrounding states and remt oriss the association adjourned at noon today subject to call by the executive committee |
