H ISTORY 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO 
 
 AX ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANIZATION AND PERFORMANCES 
 FROM JANUARY, 1880, TO SEPTEMBER, 1888, 
 
 LIST OR 
 
 AND 
 
 SYNOPSIS OF" IXIF-ORTANT PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF THE CLUB, 
 
 1888. 
 
 COMPILED BY F. O. BENNETT. 
 
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 PRESS CLtiB 0F CHIGAG0. 
 
 The Press Club of Chicago, with proper motives 
 underlying its foundation, aided by dignified and able 
 management, has, in the few years since its organization, 
 achieved a prominence and influence for good never 
 excelled by any similar organization in this country. 
 
 It was on November 15, 1879, t^ at tne idea of 
 forming the present Press Club first took root in fruitful 
 ground. On that date, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), 
 who was a guest of the Reception Committee on the oc- 
 casion of the reception and banquet in honor of General 
 U. S. Grant, was entertained by a number of journalists, 
 and while festivity and flow of soul held joyous sway, he 
 turned to Franc B. Wilkie, of The Times, and Mr. Melville 
 E. Stone, of The News, and asked : 
 
 "Why is it the journalists of Chicago do not have an 
 organization similar to the New York Press Club? " 
 
 Mr. Wilkie responded that it was a difficult matter to 
 get 'the journalists together, and that no organized effort 
 in the direction of forming a club had been made of late 
 years. He had, however, given the subject some thought, 
 and in accordance with the honored guest's suggestion 
 
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 1 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 would endeavor to interest other journalists in the project. 
 Mr. Clemens urged Mr. Wilkie to do so, and said he would 
 be glad of an opportunity to serve such an organization. 
 
 Both Mr. Wilkie and Mr. Stone agreed to use their 
 best efforts in the direction of organizing a press club. 
 
 There had been a press club in Chicago, in which 
 W. K. Sullivan, of The Journal, had been a leading spirit. 
 This club was extinguished at a small meeting of the 
 members held at the Briggs House, December 23, 1872. 
 Mr. Stone and Mr. Wilkie consulted together and secured 
 the cooperation of Mr. W. K. Sullivan, these three inter- 
 ested others, and the result was that on the afternoon of 
 Sunday, January n, 1880, sixteen journalists gathered in 
 the club room of the Tremont House for the purpose of dis- 
 cussing the formation of a club. The meeting was organized 
 by making Mr. Wilkie chairman and Mr. Stone secretary. 
 The sixteen present signed their names to a roll, as a 
 guarantee of membership, and the unanimous sentiment 
 expressed was that a press club should be formed, those 
 present taking the initiative and guaranteeing that it 
 should not be a failure. Mr. Stone submitted the draft of 
 a constitution and by-laws which was adopted for the 
 purpose of operating under temporarily. A special com- 
 mittee was appointed to secure a hall in which to hold 
 meetings. 
 
 The first annual meeting was called for Thursday, Jan- 
 uary 15, 1880, at 4 o'clock P.M., at the Tremont House, 
 for the purpose of perfecting a formal organization, and
 
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 the election of officers. This meeting was duly held, 
 there being twenty -four working journalists present. 
 Messrs. Wilkie and Stone acted as Chairman and Secre- 
 tary respectively. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Theo. Gestefeld the meeting pro- 
 ceeded to ballot for officers for the ensuing year with the 
 following result : 
 
 FOR PRESIDENT. 
 
 FRANC B. WILKIE, The Times 17 votes. 
 
 MELVILLE E. STONE, The Daily News 7 " 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
 
 First GUY MAGEE, The Tribune 23 votes. 
 
 Second W. T. COLLINS, The Telegraph 13 " 
 
 Third JOHN F. BALLANTYNE, The Inter Ocean 13 " 
 
 GEORGE B. ARMSTRONG 10 " 
 
 THEO. GESTEFELD, Staats Zeitung 6 " 
 
 J. R. DUNLOP, The Times 3 " 
 
 W. K. SULLIVAN, The Journal 2 " 
 
 T. C. MACMILLAN, The Inter Ocean 2 " 
 
 THOMAS BURNSIDE, The Telegraph i " 
 
 SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 
 
 MELVILLE E. STONE 22 votes. 
 
 THOMAS BURNSIDE i " 
 
 W. K. SULLIVAN i " 
 
 The members of the Executive Committee were voted 
 upon singly, the result being : 
 
 THEO. GESTEFELD, Staats Zeitung 9 votes, balance scattering. 
 
 W. K. SULLIVAN, The Journal -. . . 20 " " " 
 
 JAMES MAITLAND, The Tribune 13 " " " 
 
 JOSEPH R. DUNLOP, The Times 23 " " " 
 
 T. C. MACMILLAN, The Inter 'Ocean . . . 18 " " "
 
 6 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Mr. Dunlop, of the Special Committee on Hall, re- 
 ported, asking further time, which was granted. 
 
 A Special Committee, composed of Messrs. Thomas 
 Burnside, John J. Flinn and Henry F. Donovan, was 
 appointed to secure publications and form the nucleus of 
 a library. 
 
 A Visiting Committee was also appointed, consisting of 
 Messrs. H. F. Donovan, W. B. Sullivan and Platt Lewis. 
 
 The Secretary was instructed to have slips of the Con- 
 stitution printed; the Treasurer reported $84.00 as the 
 receipts of the meeting. Adjourned to meet at the Tre- 
 mont House, Sunday, January 25, 1880, at 5 P.M. 
 
 At the next meeting, held pursuant to adjournment, 
 Messrs. Burnside and Hardy, who had not yet signed the 
 Constitution, affixed their signatures, and Mr. John E. 
 Wilkie, whose dues were paid, but who had not been 
 present at the former meeting, was accepted as an original 
 member, the list of charter members then being composed 
 of the following named persons : Melville E. Stone, 
 Franc B. Wilkie, Rodney Welch, W. K. Sullivan, T. C. 
 Macmillan, Joseph R. Dunlop, Henry F. Donovan, W. B. 
 Sullivan, F. O. Bennett, Theo. Gestefeld, William T. Hall, 
 John J. Flinn, J. F. Ballantyne, Elwyn A. Barren, W. T. 
 Collins, James Maitland, Platt Lewis, Thos. E. Burnside, 
 C. A. Snowden, Lawrence Hardy, W. P. Hanscom, Guy 
 Magee, W. H. Hicks, John E. Wilkie and Sam V. Steele. 
 
 The Executive Committee reported having, in conjunc- 
 tion with the Special Committee, examined rooms at
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 7 
 
 Xo. 133 Clark street, in a central location, and having 
 excellent moral surroundings. Two rooms could be pro- 
 cured for a rental of $25.00 per month. The committee 
 was authorized to secure the rooms. 
 
 THE CLUB FINDS A HOME. 
 
 The first meeting in the new rooms was held February 
 22, 1880. The Executive Committee reported that in 
 passing upon applications for membership they had judged 
 it to be their duty simply to ascertain if the applicant 
 was constitutionally eligible, and deemed it to be outside 
 their province to inquire whether any personal objections 
 were held to the nominee by individual members. The 
 committee reported favorably upon forty-three names, and 
 all of the persons except four were duly elected to mem- 
 bership. 
 
 Messrs. Dunlop, Hicks and Donovan were appointed 
 as a Committee on House Rules, and they reported a 
 temporary code of rules which was adopted. 
 
 March 28, a regular monthly meeting was held, at 
 which eleven new members were elected and three appli- 
 cants rejected. 
 
 The Constitution which had been adopted January 22, 
 and had been amended from time to time in minor par- 
 ticulars, was formally adopted at this meeting, and on 
 motion of Mr. Stone it was decided to have it printed in
 
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 the form of a small pamphlet for the use of members. 
 The preamble of this instrument was as follows : 
 
 For the purpose of bringing the members of the newspaper pro- 
 fession together in closer personal relations, to elevate the profession, 
 to further good fellowship, and to extend a helping hand to all mem- 
 bers of the organization who may deserve it, the undersigned hereby 
 form themselves into a society. 
 
 At this meeting Mr. Magee moved, and it was carried, 
 that no gambling, or game of chance, in which there 
 might be a pecuniary interest, should be allowed in the 
 Club rooms. 
 
 Messrs. Rodney Welch, S. J. Medill, J. B. Bradwell, 
 Sam V. Steele, Franc B. Wilkie and M. E. Stone were 
 appointed a Committee on Entertainment. 
 
 It will thus be seen that at this early stage the reputa- 
 ble journalists of Chicago, to the number of seventy-five, 
 had been united in an organization of a stable character, 
 having more definite and commendable aims than any 
 that had theretofore been attempted. Once fairly estab- 
 lished in its new rooms, the membership of the Club 
 increased rapidly. The young organization was beset 
 with trials of personal and tribulations of financial char- 
 acter not necessary to enumerate in a record which is of 
 necessity but a plain, uncolored statement of advancement 
 from a small beginning to a great and permanent success. 
 There was the question of furnishing and fitting up the 
 new rooms ; the difficulty in prescribing rules for games 
 and amusements to suit all tastes ; and, more important
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 9 
 
 still, the prompt payment of all obligations and keeping 
 out of debt. 
 
 THE FIRST SPREAD. 
 
 From time to time the thoughts of the management 
 turned toward the matter of devising suitable and popular 
 social diversion for the members. Saturday evening, 
 January 24, 1880, ten days after the election of officers, 
 President Wilkie and Treasurer Stone entertained the 
 original members with a spread in the ladies' ordinary of 
 the Tremont House. It was the first time in many years 
 that working journalists to the number of thirty had met 
 together socially, and distinctively as journalists, at their 
 own board. 
 
 The spread was in testimonial of the gratification felt 
 by the officers over the successful organization of the Press 
 Club and in return of the compliment of their election as 
 its first President and Treasurer. 
 
 A telegram of regret at his inability to be present, and 
 offering congratulations, was received from Mark Twain, 
 at Hartford, and read by Mr. Wilkie. 
 
 At the meeting of the Club held April 25, 1880, Mr. 
 Canman gave notice of an amendment to the Constitution 
 providing for the election of officers by ballot at the Jan- 
 uary meeting each year ; four new members were elected 
 and three applicants rejected. Mr. Stone, owing to the 
 demands of other business, resigned the office of Secretary,
 
 10 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 but consented to serve as Treasurer. Mr. Thomas O. 
 Thompson was elected temporary Financial Secretary. 
 
 June 13, 1880, Mr. Canman's amendment as to 
 officers was unanimously adopted, providing for the same 
 number and election in the same manner as at the present 
 writing. 
 
 Mr. T. Z. Cowles was elected a member of the Execu- 
 tive Committee, vice Mr. Maitland, resigned; Thomas O. 
 Thompson was elected Financial Secretary, and Elwyn A. 
 Barren Recording Secretary. 
 
 The name of Blanche Roosevelt Tucker was proposed 
 by Mr. Wilkie for honorary membership, and, this being a 
 precedent, action was postponed. 
 
 Mr. Bennett proposed to amend the Constitution by 
 making it require five instead of three black-balls, as 
 formerly, to reject an applicant for membership. This 
 was adopted June 27, 1880. 
 
 Mr. Dunlop announced on behalf of the Entertainment 
 Committee that arrangements had been completed for a 
 musical and literary entertainment at Central Music Hall 
 July 14. This was subsequently postponed until Septem- 
 ber 30, 1880. 
 
 July 26, the hospitalities of the Club were extended to 
 journalists visiting the city during the Triennial Con- 
 clave of the Knights Templars, and a Committee on 
 Reception was appointed. 
 
 August 29, 1880, the clause in the Constitution regard- 
 ing honorary membership was adopted.
 
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 THE FIRST ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 September 30, the first annual entertainment was given 
 at Central Music Hall. The event was a pronounced suc- 
 cess, and at once established the annually recurring 
 entertainments of the Press Club in popular favor. The 
 press on the following morning related that never before 
 had such a brilliant and critical audience assembled 
 to do honor to any public entertainment in Chicago. 
 Every seat and box was filled ; standing room was at a 
 premium, and ladies with opera cloaks and diamonds 
 were as plentiful in the upper gallery as in the parquette. 
 The programme was as follows :
 
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 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. QUARTET Theme and Variations in D Minor, .... Schubert. 
 
 LEISEGANG-HEIMENDAHL STRING QUARTET. 
 
 2. SONG My Angel, ...-. Esser. 
 
 MR. JOHN McWADE. 
 
 3 RECITATION Tom's Little Star, ..... Harper's Monthly. 
 MRS. LAURA DAINTY. 
 
 4. ARIA Robert toi qui J'aime, - - Meyerbeer. 
 
 MRS. IDA MAE PRYCE. 
 
 5. VOCAL QUARTET Spring Night, - Fischer. 
 
 THE CHICAGO CHICKERING QUARTET. 
 Chas. A. Knorr, Charles H. Clark, John E. McWade, Charles F. Noble. 
 
 6. VIOLIN SOLO Spanish Dance, ------- Sarasate. 
 
 MR. E. HEIMENDAHL. 
 
 7. ARIA Chegioja, --------- Mattel. 
 
 MISS EMMA ABBOTT. 
 
 8. READING Sketch from " The Queen of Bohemia," ... Hatton. 
 
 MR. JOSEPH HATTON. 
 His first appearance in America. 
 
 9. BALLAD The Kerry Dance, -------- Malloy. 
 
 MRS. JESSIE BARTLETT-DAVIS. 
 
 10. PIANO SOLO Grand Polka de Concert, ----- Bandeir. 
 MR. EMIL LIEBLING. 
 
 n. BALLAD Way Down upon the Swanee River, ... Negro Melody. 
 MISS EMMA ABBOTT. 
 
 12. RECITATION " Marc Antony's Oration," from " Julius Caesar," Shakespeare. 
 
 MR. THOMAS W. KEENE. 
 
 13. QUARTET Serenade (new, first time in public), - - - S. G. Pratt. 
 
 LEISEGANG-HEIMENDAHL STRING QUARTET. 
 
 14. SONG Charity, - - Faure. 
 
 MR. CHARLES KNORR. 
 
 15. LECTURE Advice to Boys and Girls, - - Robson. 
 
 MR. STUART ROBSON. 
 
 16. BUFFO SONG The Stew-Pan Song, ------ Offenbach. 
 
 MR. WM. H. CRANE. 
 
 17. VOCAL QUARTET He's the Man, ... ^ ... Zollner 
 
 THE CHICAGO CHICKERING QUARTET.
 
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 October 3, a meeting of the Club was held, at which 
 Treasurer Stone reported that the estimated net proceeds 
 of the first annual entertainment were $2,100, of which 
 Si, 944 were already in hand. 
 
 The thariks of the Club were extended formally by vote 
 to George B. Carpenter, the National Printing Company, 
 Rand, McNally & Co., Knight & Leonard, Kingsley & 
 Burgoffer, Leroy Payne and Mr. Beardsley for assisting 
 in making the entertainment such a success. Similar 
 votes of thanks were tendered S. M. Moore, Esq., for a 
 paid-up policy of insurance on the Club fixtures and 
 to J. H. McVicker, Esq., for a number of handsome 
 engravings, contributed to beautify and adorn the Club 
 rooms. 
 
 A permanent Reception Committee and a permanent 
 Committee on Entertainment were appointed ; the latter 
 to provide a social entertainment in the Club rooms on 
 the fourth Saturday night in each month, to be known as 
 "Ladies' Night." 
 
 October 24, 1880, the Treasurer was instructed by vote 
 to invest $1,500 of Club funds in interest-bearing bonds. 
 
 Blanche Roosevelt Tucker and Joseph Hatton, of 
 London, England, were elected honorary members. 
 
 November 7, 1880, Judge Brad well announced that the 
 Secretary of State had informed him that a so-called Chi- 
 cago Press Club had secured the corporate right to the 
 name, and Judge Bradwell suggested that the Club adopt
 
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 the name " Press Club of Chicago." The matter was 
 left to the Executive Committee to determine. 
 
 Treasurer Stone made a statement showing expendi- 
 tures since October 24 of $369.65; balance on hand to 
 date, $1,625.85. 
 
 Mr. Stone called attention to the approaching anni- 
 versary of the organization of the Club, January 15, 1881, 
 and moved the appointment of a committee of three to 
 consider the advisability of having a banquet on that date. 
 The motion prevailed, and Messrs. Wilkie, Stone and 
 Cowles were appointed as the committee. 
 
 ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER. 
 
 December 12, 1880, Judge Bradwell reported the re- 
 ceipt of the charter for the Press Club of Chicago, and 
 the instrument was referred to the Executive Committee 
 for examination, and was adopted by the Club at a subse- 
 quent meeting. 
 
 The Executive Committee was authorized to lease an 
 additional room. 
 
 The Committee on Banquet reported in favor of a 
 reception and banquet, to be held Saturday, January 15, 
 at 5 o'clock P.M. The place of holding the banquet was 
 left to the committee to determine. 
 
 January 2, 1881, Messrs. Barren, Colebrook, and Brad- 
 well were appointed to revise and codify the Constitution. 
 One hundred dollars was appropriated to the use of the 
 Library Committee.
 
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 On motion of Mr. Stone, the annual meeting and 
 election was called for January 20, at 4 o'clock P.M., the 
 polls to be open from 4 to 9 o'clock. It was decided by 
 vote that the use of proxies would not be allowed in 
 voting at the election, and this has ever since served as a 
 precedent. 
 
 A list of ninety-three distinguished guests to be invited 
 to attend the banquet was approved. 
 
 FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET. 
 
 The first annual reception and banquet took place pur- 
 suant to date at the Palmer House. At 5 o'clock the hotel 
 parlors were thronged by many votaries of society, and dis- 
 tinguished guests from abroad. 
 
 The banquet was essentially a press affair, the first 
 of its kind in the history of Chicago, given by an organ- 
 ization of journalists, and of the two hundred guests 
 present fully four-fifths were directly connected with the 
 profession of journalism. The reception lasted from 5 to 
 7 o'clock P.M., when the guests adjourned to the hand- 
 somely decorated main dining hall, and proceeded to do 
 justice to the feast prepared by the hotel chef. 
 
 After congratulating the Club and guests upon its 
 material progress and the pleasant features of the anni- 
 versary, President Wilkie said : 
 
 " While I congratulate you on your marvelous growth, 
 let me be permitted to assert the belief that there is 
 nothing in it akin to that of those gigantic fungi which
 
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 grow up in a night, and before sunset have disappeared 
 from existence. I know that such is not your destiny ; 
 that there is no sinister augury in the rapidity of your 
 development. In the Mosaic cosmogony we are told that 
 the great planetary system grew to its vast dimensions in a 
 single day. Nearly fifty centuries have rolled away since 
 then, and the myriad members of that system yet 'revolve 
 and shine, with no diminution in their speed; no fading 
 in their lustrous glances. Let us take hope from the fact 
 that what is soonest ripe is not always soonest rotten, and 
 there may be for us some of the perpetuity of this Mosaic 
 transaction." 
 
 General Frank W. Palmer responded to the sentiment 
 of "The Press and the President." The speaker ably 
 delineated the efforts of the press in behalf of justice, 
 liberty, and a government by the people that made a 
 President possible, saying that so long^as the presidency 
 of the United States should be justly administered, and the 
 press conscientiously conducted, the growth of govern- 
 mental liberty in the western hemisphere would be as 
 limitless as the hopes and aspirations of men. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Medill responded to "The P.ess of 
 Chicago." The speaker said the press of Chicago spoke 
 for itself, and needed no one to sound its praise or defend 
 its reputation. Some of the characteristics of the Chicago 
 press were, notably, its fearless exposure of humbugs and 
 charlatans; its enterprise; its liberality in incurring 
 expense in the gathering of news; its help to Chicago 
 in the vast growth of the city; and, as to the personnel of
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 17 
 
 the press, it employed and drew to this city the best jour- 
 nalistic talent of the country. 
 
 Mayor Carter H. Harrison responded to the toast of 
 " The Press and the City of Chicago." 
 
 Mr. John Ritchie responded to the toast, " Stenog- 
 raphy, the Lightning of the Press." 
 
 James W. Sheahan, to " The Veterans of the Press." 
 
 The Hon. Emery Storrs, to " The Press and the Bar." 
 In the course of his remarks, Mr. Storrs said : 
 
 "When we speak of the freedom of the press we usually 
 think of it as something we have always enjoyed a privi- 
 lege which has never really been denied to us. We do not 
 remember, and perhaps some of us never knew, that it is 
 the youngest-born of all our great privileges. * 
 That freedom has been achieved by the joint action of the 
 press itself, the bar and juries, and in the great majority 
 of instances, against government and the representatives 
 of government upon the bench. * * * * * 
 There is nothing in this world so good that is not a little 
 better by being watched. No statesman is so pure and 
 lofty that he is not likely to become still purer and still 
 loftier so long as he feels that keen eyes are upon him to 
 observe every move that he makes. Dishonest legislators 
 fear this freedom of the press, for the exercise of that 
 freedom is the only method by which their dishonest 
 schemes may be exposed. * * * * 
 
 So many members of the press are here tonight that I 
 venture to suggest in their presence and to them some 
 needed legislation on the law of libel. * * * 
 The law as it now stands is injurious, both to the injured
 
 18 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 person and to the press. There may not be one word of 
 truth in the article published, nor a single scintilla of 
 malice in the publisher. The jury may reach the con- 
 clusion that no damages have been suffered and return 
 their verdict for six cents, the result of which is the prac- 
 tical destruction of the complaining party. But under 
 such statute as I have named, a verdict of six cents would 
 be as complete and perfect a vindication as a verdict for 
 thousands of dollars. Libel suits would not be then insti- 
 tuted for speculative purposes, and the newspaper could 
 afford to deal, as it always ought to, fairly, justly and 
 generously with the injured individual. Some such enact- 
 ments are necessary, as the law now stands in this country. 
 The growing necessity for the fullest and largest discussion 
 of public measures, and the demand of the people to know 
 about public men all that they ought to know to wisely 
 and intelligently judge concerning them, renders any 
 return to the bad old times utterly impossible. * * * 
 Freedom of the press is as essential as the right of trial by 
 jury, and without it suffrage will be a failure, for it would 
 not be possible for suffrage to be intelligent." 
 
 The speaker was loudly applauded upon the close of 
 his remarks. 
 
 Gov. Eli Murray, of Utah, took the place in the list 
 of speakers accredited to Col. Charles A. Taylor, of the 
 Boston Globe, who was detained in the East. The Gov- 
 ernor desired the press of Chicago to leave nothing 
 undone until Utah should be free from polygamy and 
 admitted into the Union, that there might be an un- 
 broken chain of states from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 
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 The Hon. C. C. Bonney, of Chicago, responded to 
 the sentiment, "The Press and the Government" ; the 
 Hon. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, 
 to "The Press of Dixie" ; Herman Raster, Esq., of the 
 Illinois Stoats Zeitung, to " The German Press"; C. G. 
 Siebenech, of the Pittsburgh Chronicle, to " The Press of 
 Pittsburgh, the Gate City of the Continent " ; the Hon. 
 F. A. Eastman, to " The Bucolic Press"; George W. 
 Peck, of Milwaukee, to "The Press and the Ladies"; 
 the Rev. Dr. H. W. Thomas, to "The Press and the 
 Pulpit, Cooperating for the Betterment of the People." 
 
 A number of journalists and invited guests abroad, 
 who were unable to attend the banquet, sent messages of 
 regret, among the number Oswald Ottendorfer, of the 
 New York Staats Zeitung ; Samuel Bowles, of the Spring- 
 field, Mass., Republican; Edwin L. Godkin, of the New 
 York Nation; Whitelaw Reid, John W. Forney, George 
 William Curtis, Charles Dudley Warner ; R. M. Pulsifer, 
 of the Boston Herald ; Dr. George L. Miller, of the 
 Omaha Herald; Thomas W. Knox, of New York ; Fred 
 Hassaurek, of Cincinnati; J. R. McLean, of the Cincin- 
 nati Enquirer ; Horace White, of New York; Robert J. 
 Burdette, C. M. Goodsell ; Thomas B. Connery, of the 
 New York Herald ; Charles M. Walker, of the Indian- 
 apolis Journal ; Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Carl Schurz, 
 D. N. Lament, George Alfred Townsend ; Joseph B. Mc- 
 Cullagh, of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and John C. 
 Hennessy, of New York. Archibald Forbes, who was
 
 20 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 tarrying at Hamilton, Ont., on his lecture tour through 
 America, also expressed his regrets at being unable to 
 attend, as did the Hon. Wilbur F. Storey, who was indis- 
 posed. 
 
 HARTFORD, December 29. 
 
 I have been away for a fortnight, and I find on my return your 
 pleasing invitation to be one of the Press Club's guests, January 15. 
 I should vastly like to be there, but, even if other circumstances did 
 not bar me from going, I should be barred anyway by the formidable 
 size of the trip in this mid-winter weather. 
 
 I was glad to be remembered by the gentlemen of the Club, but if 
 I had been overlooked, I wouldn't have taken it as a cold wave, but 
 only as an oversight, for there has been a long interval since we fore- 
 gathered there. (To give one the " cool shake" is vulgar and slangy; 
 I use the other phrase in the interest of refinement and in deference to 
 the weather.) I was glad to be remembered, because I had not 
 slacked up in my remembering the boys, and one likes such things to 
 be mutual, and I was also glad because the circumstances of my visit 
 out there a year ago were such that I arrogate to myself as near a kin- 
 ship to the Club as anyone may who is not an actual member of the 
 family. 
 
 With the heartiest congratulations upon the success achieved by 
 your organization thus far, and with best wishes for its continued pros- 
 perity, I am truly yours, 
 
 MARK TWAIN. 
 
 OFFICE OF THE BOSTON "GLOBE," January 12. 
 Many thanks for your kind invitation to the first annual banquet of 
 the Press Club of Chicago. I regret that I cannot be present. We 
 recently issued the Boston Daily Globe dated one hundred years 
 ahead, or in January, 1980. The paper was crowded then when we 
 " made up," as papers are now, and I respectfully" submit for your 
 consideration some pieces of news which were crowded out, and which
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 21 
 
 we presume would have interested Chicago people. They are submitted 
 with my best wishes for all present. 
 
 Sincerely yours, CHARLES H. TAYLOR. 
 
 IN A HUNDRED YEARS. 
 
 After items about the movements of Bishop Ingersoll, of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago District, who lectured in the 
 Southern Circuit, Washington, on " The Mistakes of My Ancestors," 
 the statement that upon the receipt of the census of Chicago's 1,647 
 wards, showing a population of 15,665,714, thousands of the older 
 citizens of St. Louis committed suicide ; an estimate based on sworn 
 statements of the circulation of the older Chicago dailies in which they 
 ranged from 863,994 to 863,999 each, and the comment that the new 
 law which obliged proprietors to divide fifty per cent of their profits 
 with editors and reporters was working smoothly, and had made a per- 
 ceptible increase in the number of good trotting horses in the city, there 
 came, as follows, an account of the 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB. 
 
 Chicago, Jan. 15, 1981. The one hundred and first annual banquet 
 of the Press Club of Chicago has proved an overwhelming success. 
 The new dining room of the Palmer House, which will seat nine 
 thousand people, was completely filled, more than four thousand ladies 
 being in attendance. The company represented more wealth than any 
 assembly of similar size ever gathered in any dining room or hall in 
 this country. There were nine hundred and seventeen hundred editors 
 present, who were worth from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 each, and it 
 was estimated that the diamonds worn by the ladies were worth 
 $2,000,000. Representatives of the press from Paris, London, Japan, 
 and other distant points came in during the evening, arriving by the 
 different asrial lines. The literary programme was, as usual, equal to 
 about twenty issues of Harper's, Scribner's and the Atlantic Monthly 
 combined, and gave unbounded satisfaction. The ladies claimed half 
 the offices and were awarded two-thirds of them, with the usual gal- 
 lantry which has always characterized the Chicago man. 
 
 The Club has about J&2,ooo,oco in the treasury, and it was voted to
 
 22 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 make the next, or one hundred and second, re-union an occasion when 
 the presidents, kings, queens and rulers of every sort and the leading 
 men of all nations might be brought together. A committee of gentle- 
 men of the Club, who have a personal or bowing acquaintance with 
 the various rulers of the world, was selected to extend the invitations. 
 To insure the most rigid honesty in the Club, the surplus in the treas- 
 ury was divided among the members previous to adjournment. 
 
 CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS. 
 
 Shortly before the annual banquet the following passed 
 in behalf of the Press Club of Chicago to the New York 
 Press Club, on the occasion of the eighth annual dinner of 
 that organization : 
 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB, 
 H. Clay Lukens, Esq.: CHICAGO, January 2, 1881. 
 
 MY DEAR SIR, --This organization gladly acknowledges the New 
 York Press Club as its prototype, and takes a fraternal interest in the 
 pronounced success of the parent. The formal greetings of this Club 
 will be sent you by telegraph on Thursday afternoon, F. B. Wilkie, 
 our President, having agreed with me to send a dispatch. 
 Very sincerely, ELWYN A. BARRON, 
 
 Secretary Chicago Press Club. 
 
 TELEGRAM FROM CHICAGO PRESS CLUB. 
 
 CHICAGO, January 5, 1881. 
 Secretary Press Club, St. Nicholas Hotel, New "York : 
 
 The Press Club of Chicago sends fraternal greeting. Clubs are 
 trumps, and with one bower held in Chicago and the other in New 
 York, America will play a lone hand against the rest of the universe 
 and make it, sure. CHICAGO PRESS CLUB. 
 
 At the meeting of January 20, 1881, it was resolved to 
 require the Treasurer to give a bond of 10,000 with two 
 sureties, and the committee having in hand the revision of
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 23 
 
 the Constitution were instructed to make this a constitu- 
 tional requirement. It was subsequently decided to 
 require a bond of the Financial Secretary in the sum of 
 $2,000, with two sureties. 
 
 SECOND ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 The second annual election of officers took place 
 January 20, 1881, and the result on president was a tie 
 vote between Franc B. Wilkie and W. K. Sullivan, each 
 receiving 48 votes. The balance of the Sullivan ticket 
 was elected as follows : 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 
 RODNEY WELCH, The Times. GUY MAGEE, The Tribune. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 JOHN J. FLINN, The Daily News. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 J. B. BRADWELL. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY: FINANCIAL SECRETARY: 
 
 ELVVYN A. BARRON. JOHN M. DANDY. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : 
 J. R. DUNLOP, T. C. MACMILLAN, 
 
 The Times. The Inter Ocean. 
 
 H. F. DONOVAN, W. H. FRENCH, 
 
 The Journal. Western Associated Press. 
 
 R. A. PATTERSON, 
 The Tribune.
 
 24 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 A special election for president was held January 26, at 
 which 69 votes were cast, W. K Sullivan receiving 55 ; 
 balance scattering. 
 
 Prior to the special election Mr. Wilkie gave up the 
 contest and had a friendly understanding with Mr. Sulli- 
 van, he having learned that he was to go abroad and 
 represent The Times in London. In April following, 
 when Mrs. Wilkie departed to join her husband, the Club 
 tendered her a farewell reception and accompanied her 
 departure with regrets and good wishes, in return for the 
 deep interest she had ever evinced in the welfare of the 
 Club, and her willing and valuable assistance rendered on 
 every social occasion. 
 
 January 30, President Sullivan appointed standing 
 committees for the year as follows : 
 
 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Theo. Gestefeld, E. H. Talbot, John J. 
 Flinn, Jere Mahoney, Collins Shackelford, James Sullivan. 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. M. E. Stone, T. Z. Cowles, E. A. 
 Barren, S. V. Steele, Wm. Colebrook. 
 
 RECEPTION COMMITTEE. W. T. Hall, F. O. Bennett, Washington 
 Hesing, J. W. Scott, Elliott Durand. 
 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. W. H. Hicks, C. E. Nixon, J. E. Wilkie. 
 
 Messrs. Stone, Magee and Cunningham were appointed 
 a special committee to procure an oil portrait of the 
 retiring president, and since this time the custom has pre- 
 vailed annually, fine oil portraits of all the ex-presidents 
 now adorning the walls of the Club rooms.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 25 
 
 February 13, the Club extended by vote thanks to Mrs. 
 Wilbur F. Storey for a portrait of her distinguished hus- 
 band, executed by herself. Thanks were also extended to 
 Messrs. Liebling and Newell for a contribution of engrav- 
 ings. 
 
 At this meeting the initiation fee was increased to $10. 
 
 Resolutions of respect to the memory of Ernst Buhlert, 
 a promising German journalist, lately deceased, were 
 adopted and spread upon the records. 
 
 May i, a new lease was effected of the rooms where 
 the Club has made its home from the start. 
 
 William T. Hall was made Librarian of the Club. 
 
 By the adoption of the new charter the officers became 
 ex-officio members of the Board of Directors. 
 
 SECOND ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 The second annual entertainment of the Club took 
 place at Central Music Hall, Tuesday evening, October 
 n, 1 88 1, and was no less a pronounced success than its 
 forerunner of a year before.
 
 26 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. ORGAN Grand Offertoire de Ste. Cecile, ------ Batiste. 
 
 MR. H. CLARENCE EDDY. 
 
 2. PART SONG, -----' Selected. 
 
 APOLLO CLUB. 
 
 3. CORNET SOLO Fantasie, -------- Hartman. 
 
 SIGNOR LIBERATI. 
 
 4. ARIA O Mio Fernando, -------- Donizetti. 
 
 MISS HARRIET C. McLAIN. 
 
 5. VIOLIN SOLO Hungarian Airs, -------- Ernst. 
 
 MR. ADOLPH ROSENBECKER. 
 
 6. RECITATION Aux Italiens, Meredith 
 
 MR. SAMUEL KAYSER. 
 
 7. VOCAL QUARTET The Star of Love, ------- Buck. 
 
 ST. CECILIA QUARTET. 
 
 Miss Ettie Butler, Mrs. Clifford Williams, Mrs. Frank Hall, 
 Mrs. Jenny T. Kempton. 
 
 8. PIANO- \ a Last Hope, - 
 < b Le Tourbillon, 
 
 Gottschalk. 
 
 Goldbeck. 
 
 MR. EMIL LIEBL1NG. 
 
 9. TENOR SOLO Dost Thou Remember ? ------ Liebling. 
 
 MR. CHARLES A. KNORR. 
 
 10. STACCATO POLKA, - - Mulder. 
 
 MLLE. MARIE LITTA. 
 
 INTERMISSION.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 27 
 
 1 . ORGAN Overture William Tell, ------- Rossini. 
 
 MR. H. CLARENCE EDDY. 
 
 2. BARITONE SOLO How Fair Art Thou, - - - - White. 
 
 MR. JOHN E. McWADE. 
 
 3. AVE MARIA With Violin, Piano and Organ, - Gounod. 
 
 MISS EMMA HECKLE. 
 
 4. READING, Selected. 
 
 MISS ANNA MORGAN. 
 
 5. QUARTET The Fisher Boy, -------- Braun. 
 
 CHICKERING QUARTET. 
 Chas. A. Knorr, Charles H. Clark, John E. Me Wade, Chas. T. Noble. 
 
 6. ARIA Lucia di Lammermoor, ------- Donizetti. 
 
 MLLE. MARIE LITTA. 
 With Flute Obligate, MR. OSCAR OESTERLE. 
 
 7. RECITATION Sheridan's Ride, Buchanan Reid. 
 
 MR. CHARLES R. THORNE, JR. 
 
 8. BALLAD Forever and Forever, -------- Tosti. 
 
 MISS HARRIET C. McLAIN. 
 
 9. THE VAGABONDS, - - Trowbridge. 
 
 MR. JOHN McCULLOUGH. 
 
 10. BARITONE SOLO The Yeoman's Wedding Song, - Poniatowsky. 
 
 MR. GEORGE H. BRODERICK. 
 
 11. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, - - Key. 
 
 MR. THOMAS W. KEENE.
 
 28 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 SECOND BANQUET. 
 
 The second annual banquet occurred at the Palmer 
 House, Saturday, January 14, 1882, on which occasion 
 the following was the programme of exercises : 
 
 SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB 
 
 AT THB 
 
 PALMER HOUSE, SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 1882. 
 
 PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS, W. K. SULLIVAN. 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ... W. E. CURTIS. 
 
 CITY OF CHICAGO, - - J. B. HINMAN. 
 
 VETERANS OF THE PRESS, - - - ANDREW SHUMAN. 
 
 NEWSPAPER REPORTER, J. W. SHEAHAN. 
 
 AMERICAN PRESS IN EUROPE. - - - FRANC B. WILKIE. 
 
 PROGRESS OF THE PRESS, ... - M. E. STONE. 
 
 Reading of acknowledgments and regrets from invited guests. 
 THE NEWS-GATHERER, - JOHN RITCHIE. 
 
 GERMAN PRESS, THEODORE GESTEFELD. 
 
 RELIGIOUS PRESS, .... - LEANDER STONE. 
 
 THE PRESS AND THE STAGE, - - W. D. EATON. 
 
 THE PRESS AND THE BAR, - - H. W. THOMSON. 
 
 SUBURBAN PRESS, - GEO. W. PECK. 
 
 THE LADIES, JOHN M. DANDY.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 29 
 
 THIRD ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 The officers elected January 19, 1882, were : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 SAMUEL J. MEDILL, The Tribune. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT : SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 
 J. B. HINMAN, The Times. W. D. EATON, The Herald. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 W. E. CURTIS, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 SECRETARY : FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 
 ELWYN A. BARRON, EDGAR L. WAKEMAN, 
 
 The Inter Ocean. Carres. The Louisville Courier-Journal. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 J. B. BRADWELL, The Legal News. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS : 
 
 J. H. BALLARD, The Inter Ocean, F. S. DAVIDSON, The Times, 
 
 N. A. REED, Jr., The Daily News, O. H. PERRY, The Journal, 
 
 R. W. RANSOM, The Tribune. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE: 
 
 H. B, HUMPHREY, The Times, W. T. HALL, The Tribune, 
 
 L. W. BUSBY, The Inter Ocean.
 
 30 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 THE THIRD ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 The Club this year determined to change its style of 
 entertainment and give a lecture by a prominent speaker. 
 The Hon. Emory A. Storrs was about to return from a 
 trip to Europe, and it was deemed advisable to have 
 him give a lecture on his experiences while abroad. He 
 was cabled about the matter and replied favorably. When 
 he returned he lectured for the Press Club in Central 
 Music Hall, October 23, and the house was completely 
 filled. The stage was occupied by the leading citizens, 
 and Mr. Storrs was introduced by the Hon. Joseph 
 Medill. His lecture was entitled " Ninety Days in 
 Europe," and was replete with wit and humor. The 
 programme was as follows : 
 
 THIRD ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 
 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB 
 
 AT 
 
 CENTRAL MUSIC HALL, 
 MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1882. 
 
 THE HON. EMORY A. STORRS 
 
 WILL LECTURE ON 
 
 NINETY DAYS IN EUROPE. 
 
 ORGAN PRELUDE by H. CLARENCE EDDY.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 31 
 
 This lecture was a great success, and netted over 
 $1,600 to the treasury of the Club. Mr. Storrs made 
 no charge for his services. 
 
 FOURTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 There was practically no opposition to the ticket 
 elected January 4, 1883, W. E. Curtis, of The Inter 
 Ocean, being elected President, receiving forty -nine votes, 
 and but a few scattering votes being cast in opposition to 
 the balance of the ticket. The ticket as elected was as 
 follows : 
 
 PRESIDENT: 
 W. E. CURTIS, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT : SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 
 JOHN F. BALLANTYNE, N. A. REED, JR., 
 
 The Herald. The Daily News. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 MARTIN J. RUSSELL, The Times. 
 
 SECRETARY : FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 
 ROBERT B. PEATTIE, EDGAR L. WAKEMAN, 
 
 The Herald. Carres. The Louisville Courier- Journal. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS : 
 
 SAMUEL V. STEELE, The Times, J. H. BALLARD, The Inter Ocean, 
 W. A. TAYLOR, The Tribune, O. H. PERRY, The Journal, 
 JOHN RITCHIE, The Associated Press. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE : 
 
 E. FITZGERALD, The Tribune, W. L. SEVERING, The Inter Ocean, 
 W. M. KNOX, The Herald.
 
 32 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The new officers were installed January 28, 1883, with 
 the exception of Mr. Wakeman, who sent in a communica- 
 tion stating that owing to enforced absence from the city 
 he could not serve. Mr. Wakeman's resignation was ac- 
 cepted, and the following resolutions passed : 
 
 WHEREAS, Mr. Edgar L. Wakeman, reflected Financial Secre- 
 tary of the Press Club of Chicago at the last general election, finds it 
 necessary, for business reasons, to resign his position ; therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That in the loss of Mr. Wakeman, in his official 
 capacity, the Club is deprived of one of its most energetic and valued 
 officers, many of the fruits of whose unselfish striving for the welfare of 
 the Club we are today enjoying. Be it further 
 
 Resolved, That in parting with Mr. Wakeman as our Financial 
 Secretary we express our deepest regret for the necessity making his 
 retirement imperative. 
 
 President Curtis appointed the following standing 
 committees : 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. F. B. Wilkie, W. T. Hall, Slason 
 Thompson, John M. Dandy, Frank E. Johnson. 
 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. A. F. Shuman, W. T. C. Hyde, W. H. 
 Freeman. 
 
 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. E. H. Talbot, C. M. Pepper, James Mait- 
 land, John B. Adams, C. M. Faye. 
 
 Messrs. J. H Ballard, J. B. Hinman, F. B. Wilkie 
 and C. M. Faye were appointed a Special Committee to 
 secure a sitting of Samuel J. Medill, late President of the 
 Club, for an oil portrait of himself. 
 
 Mr. R. B. Peattie was elected Acting Secretary. 
 
 February 4, a special meeting was held for the election 
 of a Financial Secretary, and on motion the Secretary was
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 33 
 
 instructed to cast the ballot of the Club for Mr. George 
 E. Wright, for the position, which was done. 
 
 March 4, the question of joining the International 
 League of Press Clubs came up, on a resolution offered 
 by N. A. Reed, Jr. After several desultory motions the 
 matter was referred to a Special Committee, composed of 
 Messrs. Reed, Thompson, Perry, Wakeman and Ballard, 
 for future report. This committee reported March 25, 
 citing numerous objections to the League, and no advan- 
 tages to the Press Club of Chicago in joining it. The 
 Secretary was instructed to communicate with the New 
 York Press Club, declining, on behalf of the Press Club 
 of Chicago, to enter the League, and to inform the New 
 York Press Club, at the same time, that if the original 
 intention of holding the first League Convention in Chi- 
 cago was adhered to, this Club would appoint a Com- 
 mittee on Reception and Arrangements and render all 
 assistance possible, and extend the privileges of the Club 
 rooms to visitors. 
 
 March 25, on motion of Mr. Wilkie, resolutions were 
 adopted concerning the death of Mr. Frank Hatton, son 
 of Joseph Hatton, an honorary member of the Club, who 
 died in Borneo. 
 
 October 28, Charles D. Wright was elected Acting 
 Secretary, vice Peattie, resigned, and November 4 Mr. 
 Wright was formally elected Secretary. 
 
 Messrs. Wilkie, Reed and O'Neill were appointed a 
 Special Committee to visit sick members.
 
 34 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 November 4, a letter from Joseph Medill was received 
 and read, expressing satisfaction with the portrait of the 
 late President, Samuel J. Medill, which portrait was then 
 on exhibition at the Leland Hotel. 
 
 Thanks were extended to the Boston Ideal Opera 
 Company and Miss Ober for their proposal to sing in 
 concert for the Club, Friday afternoon, November 16, and 
 to Mr. John A. Hamlin for the tender of the use of the 
 Grand Opera House, on that occasion. Messrs. Dandy, 
 Hall, Bradwell, Sullivan and Cowles were appointed a 
 Committee on Programme and Entertainment. 
 
 November 1 1 , a special memorial meeting was held to 
 take suitable action in reference to the death of Samuel J. 
 Medill, late the honored President of the Club, the 
 account of which is memorialized near the close of this 
 volume.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 35 
 
 THE FOURTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB 
 
 AT THB 
 
 GRAND OPERA HOUSE, 
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16, 1883. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 OVERTURE Raymond, ---------- -Thomas. 
 
 QUARTETTE Song of the Lark, ....-.- Mendelssohn. 
 
 MISS ULMAR, MISS BURTON, MR. MORSELL and MR. BARNABEE. 
 ROMANZA Perche mi Volga, ----...-- Rizzo. 
 
 MR. KARL. 
 SONG Tompkin's Silver Wedding, -- - - - - - H. M. DOTIJ. 
 
 MR. BARNABEE. 
 COMEDIETTA Come Here, --------- 
 
 MME. JANAUSCHEK. 
 
 First time in four years. 
 SONG Let All Obey, ---------- Leach. 
 
 MR. MCDONALD. 
 
 DUET From " Lakme," .-..-.... Delibes. 
 MISS STONE and MISS ULMAR. 
 
 _ ( La Fileuse, ---------- Raff 
 
 PIANO SOLO \ 
 
 ( Scherzo, Op. 31,-----.-- Chopin. 
 
 MR. LIEBLING. 
 SONG The Two Grenadiers, -------- Schumann. 
 
 MR. WHITNEY. 
 
 SKETCH Original. 
 
 MR. FREDERICK McCABE. 
 
 PART SONG, Selected. 
 
 MALE VOICES FROM " IDEAL OPERA." 
 
 PRAYER From the " Prophet," -------- Meyerbeer. 
 
 MISS PHILLIPS. 
 ROMANZA Domain, .......... Palloni. 
 
 MR. MORSELL. 
 GRAND CHORUS Hail, Poetry ! - ...... Sullivan. 
 
 BOSTON IDEAL COMPANY. 
 MUSICAL DIRECTOR, - - MR. S. L. STUDLEY.
 
 36 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 November 25, the Executive Committee .reported the 
 net proceeds of the entertainment to date, as $711.65. 
 This was subsequently increased to about $1,000. 
 
 Thanks were formally extended by vote to John A. 
 Hamlin, the Boston Ideal Company, Madame Janau- 
 schek, Fred Maccabe, the Weber Piano Company, John 
 B. Jeffery, W. D. Allen, J. C. Craig, Charles Kreuger and 
 Charles Reisig. 
 
 Saturday evening, November 31, a reception was 
 tendered to the Boston Ideals, Miss Ober and Madame 
 Janauschek, in the Club rooms. The attendance was 
 large and the affair a complete social success. 
 
 November 25, Mr. George Mills, editor of the Ameri- 
 can Journalist, addressed the Club in the interest of that 
 publication. It was indorsed, and its encouragement 
 recommended to journalists. 
 
 December 23, Mr. W. K. Sullivan presented to the 
 Club a portrait of the Hon. George Schneider, founder 
 of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, and a life member of the 
 Club. Speeches eulogistic of Mr. Schneider's pioneer 
 efforts in journalism and his success were made, and a 
 vote of thanks tendered him for his portrait. 
 
 December 23, it was decided to hold the annual ban- 
 quet on January 5, at 5 o'clock P.M., and Messrs. Wilkie, 
 Harper, Bates, Frazer and Ballantyne were appointed a 
 Committee on Arrangements.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 37 
 
 FIFTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 The annual election of officers was held January 3, 
 1884, from 4 till 9 o'clock. On this occasion there were 
 two caucus tickets in the field. Mr. Frank S. Davidson, 
 of the Western Associated Press, who was named for 
 President on one ticket, refused to stand as a candidate 
 after the polls had been open some time. Mr. Davidson 
 received 39 votes. 
 
 The following were the officers elected : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 JAMES B. BRADWELL, The Legal News. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT : SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 
 VICTOR F. LAWSON, GUY MAGEE, 
 
 The Daily News. The Times. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 T. C. MACMILLAN, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY : 
 C. D. WRIGHT, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 JOHN M'GOVERN, The Tribune. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 JAMES W. SCOTT, The Herald. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS : 
 
 LEO CANMAN, The Tribune, W. S. WALKER, The Times, 
 
 THOMAS O'NEILL, The Herald, E. R. DILLINGHAM, The Times, 
 W. M. KNOX, The Daily News. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE : 
 
 J. W. BINGHAM, 7^he Daily News, E. J. McPHELiM, The Tribune, 
 F. B. WILKIE, The Times.
 
 38 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 January 27, the Banquet Committee reported that the 
 festivities at the Grand Pacific Hotel had been attended 
 by but seventy-one members of the Club, and the banquet 
 had not been as brilliant and successful as its predecessors 
 of former years. 
 
 Mr. Knox resigned from the new Board of Directors, 
 and at the next meeting Mr. J. Harry Ballard of The Inter 
 Ocean was elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
 March 23, a vote of thanks was tendered the Hon. 
 John Wentworth for a striking and excellent portrait of 
 himself, which he had presented to the Club in com- 
 pliance with request. 
 
 Treasurer Scott, who had in hand the furnishing of a 
 new library and reading room, reported that an anony- 
 mous friend had presented a carpet, and the remainder of 
 the fittings would be put in free of charge. A vote of 
 thanks was extended Mr. Scott for his efforts in behalf of 
 the Club. 
 
 April 27, a vote of thanks was extended to the Hon. 
 Joseph Medill for his portrait ; to Mrs. J. B. Jeffery, for 
 gifts to beautify the Club rooms, and to Samuel L. 
 Clemens, Esq., for a complete set of his works. 
 
 September 28, Mr. R. J. Murphy was made acting 
 Secretary, vice Mr. Wright, resigned, and at the next 
 meeting Mr. Murphy was duly elected Secretary.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 39 
 
 THE FIFTH ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 Mr. Canman, of the Entertainment Committee, re- 
 ported that "Josh Billings" had offered to lecture for 
 the benefit of the Club at Central Music Hall, Thanks- 
 giving evening, November 26. Owing to illness this 
 entertaining lecturer could not keep his engagement, and 
 Mr. James Whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosier poet," lectured 
 instead. Prof. Falk presided at the organ. The enter- 
 tainment was in every way successful. The programme 
 was as follows :
 
 40 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 FIFTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CHICAGO PRESS CLUB, 
 
 AT 
 
 CENTRAL MUSIC HALL, 
 WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 26, 1884. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 1. ORGAN OVERTURE "Oberon," - - Weber. 
 
 PROF. LOUIS FALK. 
 
 2. HUMOROUS LECTURE, - 
 
 MR. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, 
 
 Of the Indianapolis Journal . 
 
 ((a) " Ecossaises," - ... - Chopin. 
 
 ( (6) Variations on " La ci Darem la Mano," - Seeboeck. 
 
 MR. W. C. E. SEEBOECK. 
 
 4. CAVATINA Bel Raggio, " Semiramide," Rossini. 
 
 MISS JENNIE DUTTON. 
 
 5. ARIA " O Possente Magia ! " .... Dinorah Meyerbeer. 
 
 MR. GEORGE SWEET. 
 
 6. PIANO. " Raphsodie No. 14." Liszt. 
 
 MR. W. C. E. SEEBOECK. 
 
 7. SELECTION 
 
 THATCHER, PRIMROSE & WEST'S MINSTREL QUARTETTE. 
 
 8. SONG "The Village Blacksmith's Bride," - - Holzel. 
 
 MISS JENNIE DUTTON. 
 
 9. BALLAD - Selected. 
 
 MR. GEORGE SWEET. 
 
 10. RECITATION " Shamus O'Brien," 
 
 MR. LAWRENCE BARRETT. 
 
 11. SELECTION 
 
 THATCHER, PRIMROSE & WEST'S QUARTETTE.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 41 
 
 SIXTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 December 28, on motion of Mr. Knox, the Club 
 resolved to go into caucus at the next meeting for the 
 purpose of nominating a list of officers for the next year, 
 to be voted for at the annual election. The caucus was 
 duly held, and a ticket nominated, which was defeated in 
 the ensuing election, January 8, 1885. 
 
 The following was the result : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 
 JOSEPH R. DUNLOP, The Inter Ocean. 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT : SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 
 JOHN M. DANDY, W. M. KNOX, 
 
 The Saturday Evening Herald. The Daily News. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 RODNEY WELCH, The Times. 
 
 FINANCIAL SECRETARY: 
 CHARLES H. DENNIS, The Daily News. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY : 
 W. T. HALL, R. J. MURPHY, 
 
 The Tribune. The Journal, 
 
 TREASURER: 
 J. B. BRADWELL, The Legal News. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 
 EDGAR L. WAKEMAN, W. H. HARPER, 
 
 The Current. The Inter Ocean. 
 
 LEO CANMAN, ARNOLD PIERCE, 
 
 The Tribune. The Times. 
 
 F. O. BENNETT, At large. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE: 
 
 E. R. DILLINGHAM, The Mail. D. E. SASSEEN, The Times. 
 
 WALTER NEEF, The Associated Press.
 
 42 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The annual entertainment of 1884, like its predecessors, 
 was a grand success in point of attractions, attendance, 
 and management. Many noted artists volunteered their 
 services; and January 25, 1885, the Club passed formal 
 votes of thanks to the following : Mr. George B. Carpen- 
 ter, Miss Jennie Button, Mrs. Sasseen, Lawrence Barrett, 
 George Sweet, J. M. W. Jones Co., Prof. Louis Falk, 
 Prof. Seeboeck, Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels, 
 National Printing Company, and Broadway & Treyser. 
 
 At the same meeting President Dunlop submitted lists 
 of standing committees for the year, as follows : 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE. E. R. Dillingham, Walter Neef, D. E. 
 Sasseen. 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. J. W. Scott, John M. Dandy, 
 F. E. Johnson, Washington Hesing, Chas. E. Nixon. 
 
 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. M. E. Stone, W. K. Sullivan, J. B. 
 Bradwell, Charles M. Pepper, Leander Stone. 
 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. Charles S. Diehl, Nate A. Reed, Jr., 
 W. T. C. Hyde. 
 
 The Secretary, under date of January 25, 1885, sub- 
 mitted a report showing that there was a membership of 
 152 at the close of the year, twenty- four members having 
 retired and been dropped from the rolls for various causes. 
 Of the members at that date, 138 were resident and active; 
 ii non-resident, i life member and 2 honorary members. 
 Twenty-six new members were admitted during the year, 
 and there were three deaths of members.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 43 
 
 Treasurer Scott's report, upon retiring from office 
 January 25, 1885, made the following showing: 
 
 Receipts for the year, $3,916.50; expenditures, 
 $3.581.53; surplus balance, $334.97; bonds, $1,200; 
 total balance, $1,534.97. 
 
 February 22 it was resolved to issue cards of admission 
 to the Club rooms, good for two weeks, to resident news- 
 paper men not members of the Club. 
 
 In April of this year the Chicago Board of Trade 
 moved to its new home, and in arranging for the opening 
 ceremonies the President of the Press Club was chosen to 
 respond for the press at the grand banquet held at the 
 Grand Pacific Hotel. 
 
 May 24, Charles H. Dennis, Financial Secretary, and 
 W. T. Hall, Recording Secretary, impelled by stress of 
 other duties, resigned the positions to which they had 
 been elected. Mr. F. E. Johnson was elected acting 
 Financial Secretary. July 6, at a special election, Mr. 
 Johnson was duly elected Financial Secretary and R. J. 
 Murphy Recording Secretary. 
 
 In June, the Mexican journalists visited the United 
 States, and while in Chicago they were the guests of the 
 Press Club. The Board of Trade entered into active 
 cooperation with the Club and raised a comfortable sum 
 to defray the expenses of the entertainment of the dis- 
 tinguished visitors. A banquet was given them at the 
 Palmer House, and their three days' stay in Chicago was 
 made exceedingly pleasant. When they returned to
 
 44 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Mexico, a volume was published in Spanish, giving the 
 history of the tour, and in this the Press Club of Chicago 
 is given the first place. 
 
 August 23, a vote of thanks was tendered C. D. 
 Mosher for framed photographs of the distinguished 
 Mexican editors who were guests of the Club. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF EMERY A. STORRS. 
 
 Messrs. Leo Canman, T. Z. Cowles and Henry 
 Wendell Thomson were appointed a committee to draft 
 suitable resolutions relative to the death of the Hon. 
 Emery A. Storrs. The committee reported the following, 
 which were unanimously adopted and ordered spread upon 
 the records, and the Secretary was instructed to transmit 
 a suitably prepared copy to Mrs. Storrs : 
 
 Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Emery A. Storrs the press 
 of Chicago will miss a stanch and devoted friend, whose conception of 
 the true relations of the press and of public men toward each other 
 might well serve as a model and a standard. He had a hearty con- 
 tempt for the fallacy that to say nothing is to establish a reputation for 
 superior wisdom ; and in recognition of the binding force of the 
 unwritten law that whatever the public wants the public is entitled to 
 have, he was at all times ready and willing to impart information that 
 was a proper subject for publication. He was the friend of the inter- 
 viewer, and did much toward popularizing and rendering valuable that 
 feature of journalism. In Mr. Storrs the Press Club of Chicago recog- 
 nized a generous friend and a helper, whose voice and splendid abili- 
 ties were at all times at the Club's service. Although ineligible to 
 membership, he stood in the relation of one of us, in the sense of his 
 hearty sympathy with all the ends and aims of our organization. 
 
 Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this 
 Club, and that a copy of the same be transmitted by the Secretary to 
 the family cf the deceased.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 45 
 
 November i, 1885, tne Club adopted an amendment 
 to the Constitution changing the date of meeting of the 
 Club from the fourth to the second Sunday of each month. 
 
 THE SIXTH ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 When the time approached for the sixth annual enter- 
 tainment, the committee, consisting of J. W. Scott, chair- 
 man, J. M. Dandy, F. E. Johnson, Washington Hesing, 
 and Charles E. Nixon, determined to outdo all previous 
 attempts, and the result proved their efforts were successful. 
 They prepared an excellent programme, and the hall was 
 crowded with the best people in the city. Everything 
 moved with clock-like precision, and the committee 
 merited the thanks of the Club, which were voted at the 
 subsequent meeting. The programme was as follows:
 
 46 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 SIXTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO, 
 
 CENTRAL MUSIC HALL, 
 THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1885. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 ORGAN " Offertoire de Ste. Cecile," - - - ... Batiste' 
 
 HARRISON M. WILD. 
 
 LECTURE " Advice to Young Men," ..-..-- 
 
 ROBERT J. BURDETTE. 
 
 BOLERO, - Arditi. 
 
 MISS JENNIE DUTTON. 
 
 RECITATION " Lasca," ----. Despraize. 
 
 SAMUEL KAYZER. 
 
 MONOLOGUE " Artistic Africa," - - - - - - - - 
 
 WILLIS P. SWEATNAM, 
 Courtesy of Haverly's Home Minstrels. 
 
 ARIA From " Le Postilion de Lonjumeau," Adam. 
 
 FERDINAND WACHTEL. 
 Courtesy of Gustav Amberg. 
 
 RECITATION " Antony and Cleopatra," - - - - - - Lytle. 
 
 W. S. HARKINS. 
 Courtesy of Louis Aldrich.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 47 
 
 SWEDISH LOVE SONG, --- Kjernelf. 
 
 JOHN E. McWADE. 
 
 Courtesy of J. H. HAVERLY. 
 
 HUMOROUS MONOLOGUE ....--.-. 
 
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 MUSICALE, ----- . - 
 
 THE WONDERFUL MAGNANI TROUPE. 
 Courtesy of Kiralfy Bros. 
 
 JAPANESE POT-POURRI, ---------- 
 
 THE MADRIGAL BOYS. 
 . Courtesy of J. H. Haverly. 
 
 " TIT WILLOW " SONG, - ... - The Mikado. 
 
 LOUIS DE LANGE. 
 Courtesy of C. H. Goodwin. 
 
 ARIA Prayer from " Der Freischeutz," 
 
 MME. FRANCESKA RABERG. 
 Courtesy of Gustav Amberg. 
 
 " OHE MAMMA," - Tosti. 
 
 MISS MARIE JANSEN. 
 Courtesy of John A. McCaull. 
 
 TOPICAL TRIO " Read the Answer in the Stars," ... - Cottrelly. 
 MATHILDE COTTRELLY, GEORGE C. BONIFACE, JR., AND 
 
 DE WOLF HOPPER. 
 Courtesy of John A. McCaull. 
 
 Full Orchestra Accompaniment, under direction of HERR DIETRICH. 
 
 Courtesy of J. M. Hill. 
 FRANK T. BAIRD, - - - Accompanist. 
 
 The CHICAGO PRESS CLUB desires to make acknowledgment for the continued 
 
 courtesies of Mrs. Geo. B. Carpenter, lessee, and Mr. Milward Adams, 
 
 manager of Central Music Hall ; also to all the artists 
 
 participating in the programme. 
 
 The Weber Piano is used in this entertainment.
 
 48 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Mr. Boynton offered the following resolutions, which, 
 after extended discussion of the subject matter, were unani- 
 mously adopted : 
 
 WHEREAS, The Press Club of Chicago has been called upon 
 during its existence of six years to mourn the loss of a number of its 
 members by death, and has in some instances been the means of pro- 
 curing suitable interment of a deceased member ; therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That this Club appoint a committee of five to examine 
 and report to the Board of Directors upon the question of procuring a 
 deed of a suitable lot in a local cemetery to be known as " The Chicago 
 Press Club Lot," in which all deceased members who have no family 
 burial place, or whose friends may so desire, may be interred ; and, 
 further, be it 
 
 Resolved, That this committee take proper steps to procure infor- 
 mation regarding the erection of an appropriate shaft or monument to 
 mark the spot where the deceased members may rest. 
 
 Messrs. H. F. Boynton, T. Z. Cowles, Leo Canman, 
 W. M. Knox and J. B. Bradwell were appointed as the 
 committee to carry out the intent of the resolutions. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, held January 3, 1886, an 
 event occurred worthy of record as a precedent in the 
 annals of the Club. Upon the taking of a ballot and the 
 election of a new member, six members arose and ques- 
 tioned the accuracy of the ballot on account of a defect 
 in the ballot-box. Discussion was shut off, and a motion 
 to reconsider the announcement by which the member 
 declared elected was laid upon the table by a vote of 1 1 
 to 7. This summary action gave rise to agitation which 
 resulted at a subsequent meeting in a reconsideration of 
 the vote by which the matter was tabled ; the setting 
 aside of the ballot by which the member was declared
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 49 
 
 elected, and the adoption of an amendment (to the clause 
 of the Constitution concerning the balloting for members) 
 by a unanimous vote of twenty-six. The member whose 
 election had been questioned was then again formally 
 voted upon and admitted. 
 
 SEVENTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 The annual meeting for the election of new officers 
 was held January 7, 1886. Mr. McGovern withdrew a 
 ticket headed by James W. Scott, of The Herald, by 
 authority of the latter. Mr. M. E. Stone announced his 
 inability to serve as Vice-President if elected on another 
 ticket, and Mr. Knox did not wish his name used for 
 Secretary. The polls were open from 4 to 9 o'clock P.M., 
 and 1 06 ballots were cast, the largest number since the 
 organization of the Club. The result was as follows : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 JOHN F. BALLANTYNE, The Daily News. 
 
 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: 
 T. Z. COWLES, The Mirror of American Sports. 
 
 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 
 W. A. TAYLOR, The Herald. WASHINGTON HESING, 
 
 Staats Zeitung. 
 
 FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 JOHN J. FULLER, Tht National Car Builder. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY : TREASURER : 
 
 W. H. HARPER, The Inter Ocean. LEO CANMAN, The Tribune.
 
 50 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 DIRECTORS : 
 
 JOHN M. DANDY, Saturday Evening Herald. 
 R. W. RANSOM, The Tribune. W. M. KNOX, The News. 
 C. A. SNOWDEN, The Mail. F. B. WILKIE, The Times. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE : 
 
 WALTER NEEF, Western Associated Press. 
 FRED B. STEVENSON, The Sun. C. F. BLAKELY, Blakely Printing Co. 
 
 After the tellers had announced the result, on motion 
 of Mr. Dandy, the election of the successful ticket was 
 declared unanimous. 
 
 The new officers, with the exception of President 
 Ballantyne, who was absent in New Orleans at the time 
 of his election, were installed at a special meeting, Janu- 
 ary 17. The outgoing Treasurer made a supplemental 
 report, and the Financial Secretary gave an account of his 
 able and excellent stewardship. The Treasurer's report 
 showed receipts of $5,174.22 for the year; expenditures, 
 $4,744.13; balance on hand, $430.09; permanent fund, 
 $2,000 ; total balance, $2,430.09. 
 
 Mr. Frank E. Johnson was added to the Art Com- 
 mittee Messrs. Magee, McGovern and Cowles to pro- 
 cure a portrait of the retiring President. 
 
 February 14, 1886, President Ballantyne was duly 
 installed in office. The Executive Committee reported 
 having organized, with John M. Dandy as Chairman and 
 W. M. Knox as Secretary. The committee recommended 
 the resumption of Saturday evening receptions, which had 
 been allowed to lapse for a time. It was reported that a
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 51 
 
 recent lecture by Col. Charles Chaille Long, under the 
 auspices of the Club, was a pronounced success. 
 
 March 14, President Ballantyne appointed the follow- 
 ing standing committees: 
 
 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. H. F. Boynton, J. F. Henderson, R. J. 
 Murphy. 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Franc B. Wilkie, H. M. Hunt, 
 E. J. McPhelim, Charles E. Nixon, Harry W. Snyder. 
 
 RECEPTION COMMITTEE. John McGovern, H. F. Boynton, J. M. 
 Dandy, H. W. Thomson, J. W. Scott. 
 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. F. O. Bennett, J. C. Bundy, G. A. 
 Babbitt. 
 
 April n, the Club decided, by resolution, that it was 
 the intent and meaning of the Constitution, in defining 
 eligibility, that in the class of "regular contributors" to 
 the press should be included all artists who illustrate 
 thoughts in pictorial form for the publications of Chicago. 
 
 The Library Committee submitted reports acknowl- 
 edging the receipt of twenty-two volumes from A. C. 
 McClurg, eleven from Belford, Clarke & Co., and a large 
 number of valuable books from Harper & Brothers, and 
 recommending that suitable notices be published. The 
 committee also set forth that the growth of the library and 
 the acquisition of valuable books had progressed so favor- 
 ably that it would be wise to have cases with glass doors 
 and locks constructed, and recommended their purchase. 
 
 The Club extended a vote of thanks to the publishers, 
 and also to the Chicago Safe and Lock Co., for a beautiful
 
 52 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 and valuable safe; to W. W. Kimball for a Hallett & 
 Davis piano ; to The Daily News, The Legal News, The 
 Chicago Herald and The Saturday Evening Herald for 
 advertising favors, and to John J. Fuller, the Financial 
 Secretary, for his unceasing efforts in the interests of the 
 Club, and all of these formal acknowledgments were 
 spread upon the records. 
 
 May 9, 1886, Vice-President Cowles presided, and 
 Treasurer Canman reported receipts for the year, to date, 
 $1,841.81. Mr. Boynton, of the Library Committee, 
 reported the receipt of twenty-four volumes from Har- 
 per & Brothers. The Club was free from debt, and had 
 $360 collectable assets. 
 
 A special meeting of the Club was held on Septem- 
 ber 3, for the election of two directors and a treasurer, 
 to fill vacancies caused by resignation. The result of 
 the election was as follows : Treasurer, James W. Scott ; 
 Directors, Henry F. Boynton, The Inter Ocean, Hugh 
 Hume, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 At the meeting of September 12, Mr. Boynton ten- 
 dered his resignation as a director, because he did not 
 approve of two directors being elected from the same 
 paper.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 53 
 
 SEVENTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 OF THB 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO 
 
 AT 
 
 CENTRAL MUSIC HALL, 
 MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER i, 1886. 
 
 ( a, Mennetto, in G, 
 
 PIANO SOLCK i, Nocturne (Op. 37, No. 2), 
 (c, Neapolitaine, 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1 . ORGAN SOLO Variations in A, .... - Hesse. 
 
 LOUIS FALK. 
 
 2. REMARKS The Use and Abuse of Pugilism, .... Original. 
 
 BILL NYE. 
 
 Moszkmusky. 
 Chopin. 
 Lizst. 
 MLLE. CONSTANCE MOZARRA. 
 
 4. CHILD SKETCH "Orphan,! Annie," --.... Original. 
 
 JAMES WH1TCOMB RILEY. 
 
 5. SONG, -----------. Schubert. 
 
 HERR OTTO RATHJENS. 
 Courtesy of Amberg Thalia Opera Company. 
 
 ( i. Fantasia on Russian Airs, - Wieniawski '. 
 
 6. VIOLIN SOLO< (a, Nocturne, ----- Chopin-Sarasate . 
 
 ( 2- \ t, Dervish Dance, - Stoeving. 
 
 HERR PAUL STOEVING. 
 Piano Accompaniment by MLLE. MOZARRA. 
 
 7. READING The Little Wharf Rat, Derrick Dodd. 
 
 MISS EMMA BOBBITT. 
 
 8. MONOLOGUE Musical Memories, ------ Original. 
 
 MR. FRANK LINCOLN. 
 
 9. AIR Thema und Variazionen, ----- Heinrich Proch. 
 
 MISS LILY RUNALS. 
 
 10. EPISODE Reprimanding a Boy, ------- Original. 
 
 BILL NYE. 
 
 1 1 . SONG The Desert, ---------- Pinsuti. 
 
 IMPERIAL QUARTETTE. 
 
 12. HOOSIEK DIALECT " Nothin' to Say," ----- Original. 
 
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 13. INSTRUMENTAL El Guria (Waltz), ----- Z). Gradado. 
 
 FLORENTINE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA. 
 
 14. SONG A Dream, ---------- Robin. 
 
 MISS CARRIE GODFREY. 
 Courtesy of Thompson Opera Company.
 
 54 HISTORV OF THE 
 
 The annual entertainment proved a success financially, 
 the net profit being $1,054.89. The year 1886 closed 
 without anything of particular note in the affairs of the 
 Club. 
 
 THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 The annual election for 1887 was held on Thursday, 
 January 6, from 4 to 9 o'clock, and there being only one 
 ticket in the field the result was as follows : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 JAMES W. SCOTT, The Herald. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 WM. PENN NIXON, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT : 
 W. K. SULLIVAN, The Evening Journal. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 JOHN M. DANDY, Saturday Evening Herald. 
 
 FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 HENRY M. HUNT, Hunfs News Bureau. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY : 
 DAVID E. SASSEEN, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 GEORGE SCHNEIDER. 
 
 DIRECTORS : 
 R. W. RANSOM, The Tribune. T. Z. COWLES, The Times. 
 
 CHARLES M. FAYE, The Daily News. 
 E. H. TALBOT, The Railway Age. J. J. WEST, The Evening Mail. 
 
 HOUSE COMMITTEE : 
 
 PAUL C. HULL, The Daily News. JOHN PRATT, The Tribune. 
 A. C. THOMAS, Associated Press.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 55 
 
 President Scott appointed the following committees for 
 1887: 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT. C. A. Snowden, H. B. Smith, Walton Perkins, 
 J. J. Fuller, Sam. V. Steele. 
 
 LIBRARY. E. A. Cdlkins, H. F. Boynton, E. P. Vining. 
 
 RECEPTION. Jno. F. Ballantyne, Col. J. C. Bundy, T. Z. Cowles, 
 J. B. Jeffery, John E. Wilkie. 
 
 VISITING. John McGovern, W. A. Taylor, J. Harry Ballard. 
 
 At the regular meeting held January 9, 1887, the newly 
 elected officers were duly installed. The reports of the 
 secretary and treasurer showed receipts $5,806.19, and 
 expenditures $5,205 06, leaving a balance of $601.13 in 
 the Club treasury. Mr. Boynton, of the Library Com- 
 mittee, reported the receipt of one hundred and forty 
 volumes during the year, and, on motion of Mr. McGovern, 
 was tendered a vote of thanks by the Club for his efforts 
 in behalf of the library. Mr. Hunt, of the Entertainment 
 Committee, reported that the receipts were $1,508.50, and 
 the expenses $477.36; net profit $1,031.14. Mr. J. J. 
 West was credited with having sold the largest number of 
 tickets, 250, and was given a vote of thanks. There were 
 forty-seven new members elected during the year, but forty 
 of the old members had either resigned or been dropped 
 from the rolls. Messrs. T. Z. Cowles and R. W. Ransom 
 tendered their resignations as directors, and they were 
 accepted. 
 
 At the meeting held Jan. 23, Mr. George Schneider, a 
 life member of the Club, presented a five-dollar greenback,
 
 56 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Series A, No. i, to the Club as a curiosity. It has been 
 framed, and now hangs on the wall of the library. In 
 February of this year, Mr. Paul C. Russell, a member of 
 the Club, was killed by being thrown under the cars of 
 the Illinois Central Railroad. At the meeting February 
 21, Messrs. H. W. Snyder, John E. Wilkie and John J. 
 Fuller were named as a committee on resolutions of 
 respect to the memory of Mr. Russell. Suitable floral 
 tributes were sent to the residence, and H. M. Hunt, Hill 
 C. Smith and D. E. Sasseen were appointed a committee 
 to procure the tribute. The pall-bearers named were 
 Messrs. J. J. Fuller, Harry Manning, W. T. C. Hyde, 
 F. B. Wilkie, W. M. Knox and Fred B. Stevenson. 
 Notice was received by the Club from E. S. Clark, secre- 
 tary of the Press Club of Albuquerque, New Mexico, that 
 C. M. Ostrander, a member of the Press Club of Chicago, 
 was sick in that city and in distress. On motion of Mr. 
 Cowles, the Club voted to send Mr. Ostrander a draft for 
 $50, which was done. At the regular meeting of the Club 
 held April 9, 1887, notice was received from Phcenix, 
 Arizona, that C. M. Ostrander had died a few days before. 
 Suitable resolutions were passed by the Club to the 
 memory of Mr. Ostrander. The death of Mr. William 
 Colebrook, an old member of the Club, was announced, 
 and resolutions of respect were passed. Messrs. F. B. 
 Wilkie, T. Z. Cowles, J. J. Fuller, H. M. Hunt, H. J. 
 Bohn and J. F. Ballantyne were appointed a committee to 
 represent the Club at Mr. Colebrook' s funeral.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 57 
 
 At the regular meeting held May 8, 1887, a report was 
 made by the Monument Committee to the effect that the 
 Chicago Architectural Sketch Club had submitted several 
 designs for a Press Club monument. At this meeting, 
 John R. Walsh, Esq., was elected a life member of the 
 Club. Notice of the death of Mr. James F. Small, a mem- 
 ber of the Club, was given, and Mr. McGovern presented 
 resolutions of respect, which were unanimously adopted. 
 
 At the meeting of the Club held June 12, 1887, the 
 subject of a series of lectures under the auspices of the 
 Club was discussed. The resignation of C. M. Faye from 
 the Board of Directors was received and accepted. 
 
 At the meeting held September n, Mr. J. K. Allen, of 
 The Sanitary News, was unanimously elected a director to 
 fill vacancy. 
 
 At the meeting held November 13, 1887, it was voted 
 to give the annual entertainment on the evening of Mon- 
 day, December 5, and President Scott reported that he 
 had procured the consent of Messrs. Bill Nye and James 
 Whitcomb Riley to appear for the Press Club's entertain- 
 ment. It was found impossible to make the date suitable 
 for these gentlemen, and their offer was deferred to another 
 occasion. The programme for the entertainment was as 
 follows :
 
 58 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 EIGHTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO, 
 
 CENTRAL MUSIC HALL, 
 MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1887. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. ORGAN FANTASIK " Old Folks at Home," ----- Flagler. 
 
 MR. LOUIS FALK. 
 
 2. "A WARRIOR BOLD," J. A. West. 
 
 LOTUS QUARTETTE. 
 
 3. " TOMPKINS' SILVER WEDDING," ........ 
 
 MR. H. C. BARNABEE. 
 
 . f(a) BOURREE, Bach- Hy llested. 
 
 \(b) POLONAISE, -... Chopin. 
 
 MR. AUGUST HYLLESTED. 
 
 5. CHE FARO SENZA EURIDICE, -------- Cluck. 
 
 JESSIE BARTLETT DAVIS. 
 
 6. FAUST FANTASIB, --------- Wieniaivski. 
 
 MR. CARL HILD. 
 Accompanied by Mrs. Hild. 
 
 7. IMITATIONS, Original. 
 
 MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
 
 INTERMISSION. 
 
 8. VITTORIO Mio CORE, Carrissimnii. 
 
 MR. L. GASTON GOTTSCHALK. 
 
 9. BARDIC FANTASIA ON IRISH AIRS, - ... F. Chatterton. 
 
 Introducing enharmonic effects possible only to the harp. 
 MME. JOSEPHINE CHATTERTON. 
 
 10. AVE MARIA, ----- Ch. Gounod. 
 
 MRS. ANNA DONEY. 
 
 Violin and Piano Accompaniment, Mr. and Mrs. Hild. 
 n. SONG, ----------- Selected. 
 
 MR. W. H. MAcDONALD. 
 
 12. OH ! LUCE DI QUEST ANIMA. ------ Donizetti. 
 
 MISS JULIET CORDEN. 
 
 13. MONOLOGUE, ---------- Original. 
 
 MR. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
 
 14. By courtesy of the Messrs. John, James and George Gorman, proprietors, and 
 
 Fred E. Wright, manager, GORMAN'S SPECTACULAR MINSTRELS in the new 
 erratic Extravaganza, entitled 
 
 "THE GOLDEN BALL."
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 59 
 
 The annual entertainment was a success, and the net 
 profit, as reported by the Treasurer at the meeting Decem- 
 ber 7, was $1,200. 
 
 THE NINTH ANNUAL ELECTION. 
 
 The annual election was held in January, 1888, and 
 the following ticket was unanimously elected, there being 
 no opposition ; it was the first time in the history of the 
 Club that a President had been reflected : 
 
 PRESIDENT : 
 JAMES W. SCOTT, The Herald. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS : 
 
 FRANK S. BLAIN, The Inter Ocean. 
 
 CLINTON B. SNOWDEN, The Times. 
 
 JOHN K. ALLEN, The American Advertiser. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 GEORGE SCHNEIDER, Banker. 
 
 FINANCIAL SECRETARY : 
 JOHN B. WALDO, Commercial Bulletin. 
 
 SECRETARY : 
 HOMER J. CARR, The Tribune. 
 
 DIRECTORS : 
 HENRY F. BOYNTON, OPIE P. READ, 
 
 The Inter Ocean. The Arkansaw Traveler. 
 
 EDWARD L. STEWART, ERVIN B. HAWKINS, 
 
 Real Estate. The Tribune. 
 
 FRED A. MALLERY, The News. 
 
 President Scott announced the appointment of the fol- 
 lowing standing committees : 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Henry M. Hunt, Chairman ; John 
 M. Dandy, Charles E. Nixon, Wm. P. Meredith, Paul Hull.
 
 60 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 RECEPTION COMMITTEE John McGovern, Chairman; Col. J. C. 
 Bundy, Seymour Kisch, M. B. Gibbs, T. Z. Cowles. 
 
 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. W. H. Freeman, Chairman ; John Willy, 
 Wm. H. Strong. 
 
 At the meeting of the Club held January 8, Messrs. 
 W. M. Knox, John McGovern and W. H. Freeman were 
 appointed a committee to revise the constitution. At the 
 meeting held February 9, the committee on constitution 
 reported, and a lengthy discussion of the report followed, 
 resulting in the matter being deferred to the next monthly 
 meeting. 
 
 AN EXTRA ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 It was deemed advisable that the Club give an extra 
 entertainment, especially as Messrs. Nye and Riley had so 
 cordially tendered their services. The directors carried 
 out the wishes of the Club, and on Wednesday evening, 
 February 15, 1888, at Central Music Hall, a very mem- 
 orable entertainment of the Club was given, with the. 
 
 following 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. ORGAN March Fantastic (Bargiel), LOUIS FALK. 
 
 2. DIALECT STUDY, - ' - JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 3. MONOLOGUE, - - - BILL NYE. 
 
 4. " HARK ! THE TRUMPET " (Dudley Buck), - - LOTUS QUARTETTE. 
 
 5. CHARACTER POEM, - - - - JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 6. "As IT WERE," - - - BILL NYE. 
 
 7. "OLD KENTUCKY HOME," LOTUS QUARTETTE. 
 
 8. IMPERSONATIONS, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 9. IN CONCLUSION, - - BILL NYE. 
 
 At the meeting of the Club held March u, 1888, the 
 financial secretary reported the receipts for February,
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 61 
 
 including the Nye and Riley entertainment, were $1,702, 
 and the expenditures $670.80, leaving a balance of 
 $1,031.22 in bank, with all bills paid. The Club now 
 entered upon a season of prosperity that was unparalleled 
 in its history. President Scott reported that the directors 
 had decided to improve the Club rooms. The committee 
 on constitution reported the revised document, and it was 
 adopted after some revision by the Club. On motion of 
 Mr. Boynton, the Club voted to publish the constitution 
 and the history of the Club, and President Scott appointed 
 Mr. Henry F. Boynton a committee on publication. The 
 Club rooms were filled with members, and President Scott 
 announced that the next meeting of the Club would be 
 held at the Sherman House, as the rooms were to be dis- 
 mantled at once. Mr. Paul Blouett, " Max O'Rell," was 
 the guest of the Club on this closing Sunday in the old 
 rooms, and a social session was enjoyed as a farewell to the 
 old home. 
 
 April 8, 1888, the Club met at the Sherman House. 
 President Scott announced that Mr. David Henderson, of 
 the Chicago Opera House, had tendered the use of his 
 theater for Sunday evening during April for the benefit of 
 the Club. The offer was accepted for Sunday evening, 
 April 22, but subsequently the date was changed, as it was 
 deemed improper for the Club to give an entertainment on 
 Sunday evening. The Club voted to give the first recep- 
 tion in the new rooms to the newspaper fraternity, another
 
 62 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 formal reception to be given the same week as a house- 
 warming. 
 
 The death of Leander Stone, Esq., was reported to the 
 Club, and Mr. F. B. Wilkie was appointed a committee to 
 draft suitable resolutions. 
 
 A SPECIAL MATINEE. 
 
 The special entertainment was given at the Chicago 
 Opera House, and was a grand success. The programme 
 was a most excellent one, and was composed as follows :
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 63 
 
 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE. 
 
 DRAMATIC MATINEE 
 
 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO, 
 
 THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1888. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. OVERTURE Rienzi (the Last of the Tribunes), - ... Wagner. 
 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA (conducted by MR. RICHARD MADDBRN). 
 
 2. MR. AND MRS. GEORGE S. KNIGHT, 
 
 (By kind permission of Manager HARRY HAM LIN) in the second act of their 
 great play, 
 
 "BARON RUDOLPH," 
 
 WITH THE FOLLOWING CAST : 
 
 Rudolph Wiegand, Baron von Hollenstein, ... Mr. Geo. S. Knight. 
 Whitworth Lawrence, a Man of Iron and Gold, - ... Mr. John Burk. 
 Gen. Benj. Metcalf, a Man of Law and Love, - - - Mr. Bernard Dillyn. 
 Judge Merrybone, a Man of Justice and Fun, - - Mr. Will C. Sampson. 
 Geoffrey Brown, a Man of Tender Years, - . - - Mr. B. F. Grinnell. 
 
 Allen, - - - - 1 T> i f- - Mr. Samuel Ryan. 
 
 [ Professional Men,] DO/- ' 
 
 Owen, - - - - J l . . Mr. B. B. Cromby. 
 
 The County Sheriff, the Right Man in the Right Place, Mr. Bartley McCullum. 
 John Henry Thomas, a Footman, - Mr. Charles L. Webster. 
 
 Bill Overdeck, a Man who has a Memory, - Mr. John B.^Dillon. 
 
 John Wilson, a Workman, ------- Mr. Richard Reab. 
 
 Herr Louis Van Zelner, - ) Foreign Gentlemen, Agents f Mr. John H. Jackson. 
 Herr Otto Breau, - J of the Hollenstein Estates,! - Mr. William Jeffries. 
 Rhoda, who Loves and Suffers, ------ Miss Florida Abell. 
 
 Ernestine, a Baby, a Girl, and a Woman, - - - - Miss Rosita Worrell. 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Dashwood, a Young Widow, - - - . - Mrs. Geo. S. Knight. 
 Iron Founders, Police Officers, etc. SCENE Lawrence Mansion, Lawrenceburg. 
 
 3. VIOLIN SOLO Fantasie Brilliante (Othello), - Rossini-Ernst. 
 
 MR. THEODORE MARTIN. 
 
 4. SONG Open Thy Lattice, ------- 
 
 MISS ANNIE MYERS. 
 
 5. THE COOPER'S SONG, from " Boccaccio," VonSuppe. 
 
 MR. DIGBY BELL. 
 
 6. RECITATION The Little Hero, ------ Mattheson. 
 
 MR. R. A. ROBERTS. 
 
 By kind permission of Manager DANIEL SHELBY. 
 e fa, Two Grenadiers, ) 
 
 MR. DEWOLF HOPPER.
 
 64 HISTORY OF THE 
 8. RECITATION, 
 
 MISS MABEL BERT. 
 
 9. SONG Dein Gedenk Up Margarithe, - - Myer-Helnntnd. 
 
 MR. HUBERT WILKIE. 
 
 10. MR. EDDIE FOY, in his Famous Specialties. 
 
 11. SONG Love is But a Faded Flower, Von Suppe. 
 
 MISS MARION MANOLA. 
 
 12. MLLE. BRAMBILLA, Premiere Danseuse. 
 
 13. CORNET SOLO The Volunteers, - - - - - - - Rogers. 
 
 (Descriptive of the yacht race between the Volunteer and Thistle.) 
 MR. JAMES LLEWELLYN. 
 
 14. MISS KATE CLAXTON and MR. CHAS. A. STEVENSON, 
 
 in the fourth act of their great play, 
 
 "THE WORLD AGAINST HER," 
 
 (By kind permission of Managers MORTON and PERLEY), 
 
 WITH THE FOLLOWING CAST: 
 
 Jennie Clegg, - May Contee. 
 
 Lucy Danvers, ... Leslie Tillson. 
 
 Sallie Millet, - - - Alice Leigh. 
 
 Liz Markland, - Maude Horsford. 
 
 Mary, Loie Collier. 
 
 Annie, Madge's Child, - - Daisy Luby. 
 
 Madge Carlton, ... Kate Claxton. 
 
 Gilbert Blair, an Ironfounder, - - - Arthur Forrest. 
 
 Mr. Danvers, a Speculator, - T. Edward Hall. 
 
 Harold Vernon, his Nephew, Payson Mackaye. 
 
 Simon Clegg, - - Palmer Collins. 
 
 Bob Millett, a Showman, - - - E. A. Eagleton. 
 
 Dick Markland, a Coiner, -------- R. N. Hickman. 
 
 Hesslop, a Detective, --------- Edgar Drew. 
 
 Ned Markland, - - Master Frank Dean. 
 
 (Twelve-year-old son of Liz and Dick, adopted by Sally.) 
 Tawaits, - - - - Edward Short. 
 
 James Carlton (Foreman of Blair's Iron Works), Charles A. Stevenson. 
 
 The artists of the McCaull Opera Company, by kind permission of Colonel JNO. A. 
 MCCAULL, and DAVID HENDERSON, Director Chicago Opera House. 
 
 Musical Directors ADOLF NOWAK, RICHARD MADDERN. 
 Stage Manager HERBERT A. CRIPPS. 
 
 The Press Club of Chicago wishes to express to Mr. David Henderson, Director 
 of the Chicago Opera House, its appreciation of his courtesy in tendering his theater 
 for this entertainment.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 65 
 
 At the regular meeting held May 13, the Financial 
 Secretary reported a net profit of $569.51 on the Opera 
 House matinee. This made the cash balance in the 
 bank $2,276.20. The Directors, under the leadership of 
 President Scott, had completely changed the Club rooms, 
 refurnishing, refitting and redecorating the entire floor, 
 from front to rear. The entire expenditure did not exceed 
 $2,000. It was decided to give a "stag" reception, to 
 journalists only, before the formal house-warmirig, and on 
 Wednesday evening, May 2, the rooms were filled with 
 gentlemen of the newspaper profession. They were 
 delighted, and the result of the reception was the posting 
 of nearly twenty applications for membership. On the 
 following Saturday evening, May 5, the formal house- 
 warming reception was given, and about five hundred of 
 the leaders of the social and professional world were 
 entertained. It was an era in the history of the Club 
 long to be remembered. 
 
 The Club tendered Mr. Seymour Kisch a vote of 
 thanks for a handsome gift of the Encyclopedia Britannica. 
 At the meeting held May 13 the resignations of F. A. 
 Mallery and E. B. Hawkins were received, as Mr. Mallery 
 had left the city, and Mr. Hawkins could not give the 
 time to the duties of director. The President announced 
 that at the next monthly meeting the vacancies would be 
 filled by the election of two directors. Messrs. Scott and 
 Wilkie were named a committee to prepare an amendment 
 regarding the admission of associate members.
 
 66 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 On June 7, at the regular meeting, the constitution as 
 amended was finally adopted. Several new members were 
 elected. Resolutions of respect to the memory of Leander 
 J. Stone were adopted. Montgomery B. Gibbs of The 
 News and John S. Richardson of The Times were elected 
 directors to fill vacancies. 
 
 President Scott reported that the restaurant attachment 
 which had been put in had proved a great success. It was 
 voted to tender the use of the Club rooms to the Press 
 Committee of the National Republican Convention. Also, 
 to give a reception to visiting journalists on Tuesday 
 evening, June 19. In pursuance with this action, the 
 National Press Committee occupied the rooms and the 
 tickets to the National Convention of 1888 were issued 
 from the Press Club. A reception was given the visiting 
 journalists, when an evening was spent that will prove 
 memorable in history. It was the first gathering of its 
 kind ever held in this country at a National Convention. 
 There were gathered in the rooms representatives from all 
 the leading journals in America, and the speeches and 
 other entertainment will long be remembered by those for- 
 tunate enough to be present. 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT OF GUESTS. 
 
 Original in conception and gratifying to the popular 
 taste, these entertainments have year by year proven to be 
 a permanent and great success. By these entertainments 
 the Press Club has assisted many of the now prominent
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 67 
 
 men and women connected with the lyric and dramatic 
 stage of this country, and the most famous artists vie 
 to lend their talents to make each recurring entertain- 
 ment more successful than its predecessor. The annual 
 banquets and reunions of the Club have been occasions of 
 rare social enjoyment and of pronounced intellectual 
 superiority. Among the many people not unknown to 
 fame who have been the guests of and received entertain- 
 ment at the hands of the Press Club, and whose generosity 
 and courtesy have assisted the Club to prosper, may 'be 
 named Henry Irving, Helen Terry, Mme. Marie Roze 
 Mapleson, Emma Abbott, Annie Louise Gary, Minnie 
 Hauk, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Marie Stone, Blanche 
 Roosevelt Marchetti, Samuel L. Clemens, John McCul- 
 lough, Thomas W. Keene, Lawrence Barrett, Joseph 
 Hatton (of London, England), Baron Wartegg, Whitelaw 
 Reid, Emery A. Storrs, Vice-President Thomas A. 
 Hendricks, Senator John A. Logan, Senator and Gov. 
 Richard J. Oglesby ; Edouard Remenyi, the renowned 
 violinist; Don Juan Marcia and Don Carlos E. Leonardo, 
 of Mexico ; Parker Bodfish and Frank H. Taylor, artists, 
 of New York; George Augustus Sala, Ben: Perley Poore, 
 George Alfred Townsend ; J. B. Mantrop, of Edinburgh, 
 Scotland ; Sol Smith Russell, Bartley Campbell, Maurice 
 Barrymore ; James Whitcomb Riley, the " Hoosier Poet" ; 
 Rev. Sam Small, "Old Si," of Georgia; Roland Reed, 
 Thomas Whiffen, Robert Burdette, the Williams College 
 Glee Club, and a long list of others equally noted in
 
 68 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 drama, art, literature and public life. Formal receptions 
 were tendered Marie Roze, December 16, 1880; Keene 
 and McCullough, February 19, 1881 ; a supper to Con- 
 gressman John F. Finerty, in December, 1882; a reception 
 and banquet to the Mexican editors, June 28, 1885. In 
 the entertainment of these distinguished guests, repre- 
 senting all of the leading journals of Mexico, and others 
 representing the commercial and material interests of the 
 Southern Republic, the Press Club cooperated with a 
 committee of merchants and one from the Board of Trade, 
 and the festivities extended over several days. The dis- 
 tinguished party were taken by Mr. E. H. Talbot, a 
 member of the Club, in his private car over the lines 
 of the principal American railroads, that they might enjoy 
 themselves to the utmost and carry away a lasting impres- 
 sion of our greatness and unbounded commercial resources. 
 The rule as to membership that only reputable jour- 
 nalists having a direct connection with some recognized 
 newspaper or a standing in literary pursuits, were eligible 
 has at all times been enforced; nor has the Club found 
 it necessary to drop from the rolls for unprofessional 
 conduct more than two or three out of over four hundred 
 members who have been admitted since the Club was 
 formed. The death of a member has always been observed 
 with suitable ceremonies, and those sick or disabled, if in 
 need, have profited by the beneficiary features of the 
 Club. The Club has never lent its influence to a ques- 
 tionable enterprise or indorsed a private interest, and has
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 69 
 
 put the mark of its favor on but one publication, and that 
 the American Journalist, a periodical devoted to the 
 interests of journalists and journalism. In 1882 the Club 
 put its seal of condemnation, unofficially, but none the 
 less effectually, on the "penny-a-line" system, which 
 its promoters thought to make a successful innovation 
 in Chicago. In March, 1883, a proposition to join a 
 "National Journalists' League" was voted down by a 
 large majority. The spirit of the Club has been shown 
 on many occasions to desire faithful services on the part of 
 members to their employers, and only fair treatment in 
 return. The Club rooms are bright, attractive and cheer- 
 ful, being handsomely carpeted, decorated with paintings 
 and works of art, among the collection oil portraits of the 
 deceased and ex-presidents and prominent members ; pro- 
 vided with a valuable reference and reading library, the 
 periodicals of the day, billiard tables and games, day and 
 night stewards, and other necessary adjuncts of club life. 
 So far the Press Club of Chicago has an enviable 
 record, showing even progress toward the goal of perfec- 
 tion as a journalists' organization, and financial manage- 
 ment that has kept it secure from the disasters that have 
 overtaken many club organizations. Disturbing influences 
 have almost invariably been relegated to the exterior for 
 settlement, and it has been tacitly agreed many times that 
 no outside disputes shall be brought into the Club for the 
 evening-up process. From time to time journalists' clubs 
 in other cities have made inquiries as to the Chicago Press
 
 70 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 Club's management and the secret of its success, with the 
 view of profiting by the information they may gain to 
 make their own organization more stable. Experience 
 has taught the Chicago Press Club to pay cash as it goes ; 
 to keep the credit system down to the lowest limit pos- 
 sible, and to make sharp collections. This, with enter- 
 prise and cooperation on the part of members in every 
 undertaking, has placed the Club where its promoters and 
 members have no fear of the future. The initiation fee is 
 now $15, and annual dues $12. This brief history of its 
 operations from the start is necessarily imperfect, owing to 
 the loss of many records that would have been of value. 
 That membership in the Club is enviable, and the benefits 
 many, can, however, easily be imagined from this sum- 
 mary. The Club has constantly in view new enterprises, 
 such as courses of lectures, musical and intellectual enter- 
 tainments, and the great end toward which its members 
 are now looking is a building fund and provisions for 
 securing a permanent home in a building of its own.
 
 HARRY K. IRVIN 
 
 Was a reporter for 7>fe Inter Ocean, who died at his 
 home in Waynesville, Ohio, May 24, 1882. He was born 
 October 24, 1861. In 1874 he entered the office of the 
 Miami Gazette as a compositor. He was employed in the 
 census bureau at Washington. He came to Chicago in 
 1 88 1, and joined the staff of The Inter Ocean. He con- 
 tracted a severe cold, and quick consumption set in, from 
 which he died. He was the first member of the Press 
 Club to die, and the following action was taken : 
 
 We, the members of the Press Club of Chicago, sorrow today that 
 the shadow of death has, for the first time, fallen upon one of our 
 number, and death has come to one of the kindest and gentlest among 
 us ; one whom it was good to know. In the presence of this bereave- 
 ment, we yet are not unmindful of the fact that there is a hope beyond, 
 for which our friend was well prepared. 
 
 Resolved, That in the death of Henry K. Irvin we lose a friend 
 whose like we seldom find, and whose life, though brief, was of that 
 exemplary uprightness that wins love and esteem from all. 
 
 J. Harry Ballard, of The Inter Ocean, was appointed 
 a committee to represent the club at the funeral. 
 
 SAMUEL J. MEDILL. 
 
 Sunday, November 4, 1883, a special meeting of the 
 Press Club was held to take action upon the death of 
 Samuel J. Medill, ex-President of the Club and managing
 
 72 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 editor of The Chicago Tribune. Appropriate resolutions 
 were adopted, lamenting the early demise of this gifted 
 journalist, and the following committee was appointed to 
 accompany the remains from Quincy : Martin J. Russell, 
 M. E. Stone, W. K. Sullivan, Washington Hesing, J. B. 
 Bradwell, Franc B. Wilkie, David Henderson, J. Harry 
 Ballard. November n, a special memorial meeting was 
 held, on which occasion a portrait of the deceased 
 ex-President, executed by the artist John Phillips, was 
 unveiled. Remarks were made on this sad occasion by 
 President Curtis, Congressman Finerty, T. Z. Cowles and 
 Henry Wendell Thomson, the speakers eulogizing the 
 deceased highly for his many admirable qualities, and 
 uniting in the verdict that he was at the head of his 
 profession among the young journalists of the West. 
 
 JAMES E. FITZGERALD 
 
 Died in the spring of 1884, of consumption. He 
 was nearly fifty years of age at the time of his death. 
 He was born in Ireland, and came to this country when 
 quite a young man, with his mother and sister, whom he 
 supported. He was employed on The Tribune as com- 
 positor, proofreader and reporter for a period of twenty 
 years. He made a walking tour of Ireland in 1864, and 
 wrote a series of articles on that tour. He was the base- 
 ball reporter of The Tribune , after Lewis Meacham's 
 death.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 73 
 
 WILBUR F. STOREY. 
 
 October 29, 1884, a special meeting was held to take 
 action on the death of Wilbur F. Storey. A Special Com- 
 mittee, representing the various city newspapers, was 
 appointed to attend the funeral, and remarks were made 
 by Prof. Rodney Welch, Prof. Elias Colbert, W. K. 
 Sullivan and Martin J. Russell. 
 
 A Committee on Resolutions was appointed, composed 
 of Prof. Welch, Prof. Colbert, Martin J. Russell, Dr. 
 Harry Manning, W. K. Sullivan, Washington Hesing, 
 Frank S. Davidson, W. S. Walker and E. R. Dillingham, 
 and they reported the following memorial, which was 
 unanimously adopted and ordered spread upon the records 
 of the Club: 
 
 MEMORIAL. 
 
 The Chicago Press Club and other members of the journalistic 
 profession of this city desire to place on record a testimonial to the 
 memory of Wilbur F. Storey, late editor and proprietor of The Times. 
 
 At the time of his advent here, in 1861, the city could not boast a 
 newspaper, in the present sense of the term ; and the Press Club was 
 an impossibility. Chicago contained six establishments, all near the 
 verge of bankruptcy, and ordinarily employing a total of scarcely four 
 times as many men in reporting the news of those days, and dictating 
 to their readers what they should think and how they should vote 
 about a limited number of questions. He set out with the idea of 
 making the expression of opinion subordinate to the dissemination of 
 news ; and the immense success which almost immediately rewarded 
 his efforts proved that he had struck a popular chord. His subsequent 
 course showed that he appreciated the response, and determined on 
 continuing to deserve it. To this end he increased his news-gathering 
 service as fast as the expansion of facilities would permit, and had no 
 lower aim than to make The Times the greatest newspaper in the
 
 74 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 world. With this he was frank and fearless in the expression of his 
 views, encouraged the widest range of thought on the part of those who 
 contributed to his columns, and rendered no small service to the world 
 in opening up and helping to settle some hitherto vexed questions in 
 regard to the liberty of the press. We can scarcely say how much the 
 tremendous progress in journalism within the past twenty-three years 
 and the consequent increase of workers, which has made possible the 
 Chicago Press Club of today, with its membership of nearly two 
 hundred, is due to the genius and work of Wilbur F. Storey. 
 
 Recognizing the great loss which the profession has sustained, we 
 cannot but deeply sympathize with his widow and relatives, to whom 
 his death is a personal bereavement ; in token whereof it is hereby 
 ordered that an engrossed copy of this testimonial be presented to 
 Mrs. Storey, in addition to being spread upon the records of the 
 Chicago Press Club. 
 
 JOHN FRASER. 
 
 April 10, 1886, the membership of another gifted 
 writer and author of prominence was severed with the 
 Club by death Prof. John Fraser. Notice of his demise 
 came too late to call a special meeting, and President Bal- 
 lantyne sent out notices appointing the following com- 
 mittee to attend the funeral May n, and draw up suitable 
 resolutions, to be subsequently adopted by the Club : 
 Franc B. Wilkie, C. A. Siiowden, E. A. Barron, E. J. 
 McPhelim and Oliver H. Perry. 
 
 E. T. DALZELL. 
 
 October 26, Messrs. Knox, Cowles, and McGovern, 
 were appointed a committee to draft resolutions on the 
 death of E. T. Dalzell. The committee reported the fol- 
 lowing, which were adopted, and the Secretary was
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 7& 
 
 instructed to have the resolutions handsomely engrossed, 
 and copies sent to the relatives of the deceased member : 
 
 It is with deep and sincere sorrow that we, members of the 
 Chicago Press Club, recognize the great loss we have sustained in the 
 death of our fellow-member, E. T. Dalzell, which occurred at Missis- 
 sippi City, Louisiana, October 14, 1884. During the time Mr. Dalzell 
 had been a member of the Press Club, now nearly three years, he had 
 been greatly respected by all of its members, and by those who had 
 had the pleasure of knowing him intimately had been valued as a true 
 friend, a counselor of wide experience, and a thorough gentleman. 
 His remarkable attainments, gained by naturally studious habits and by 
 travel in nearly every part of the world, rendered him a most interest- 
 ing and valued companion. Recognizing that the death of Mr. Dalzell 
 is a loss not wholly our own, we extend our sincerest condolence to 
 his relatives and his numerous friends outside of this organization. 
 
 W. M. KNOX, 
 T. Z. COWLES, 
 JOHN McGovERN, 
 Committee in behalf of the Club. 
 
 CHARLES D. WRIGHT. 
 
 December 13, the Club was called upon to take action 
 concerning the death of two bright journalists whose 
 achievements had already given promise of a splendid 
 future. The following resolutions, as signed by the 
 respective committees, were adopted : 
 
 WHEREAS, Death has suddenly taken from our midst our comrade, 
 Charles D. Wright, late Secretary of the Chicago Press Club; and 
 
 WHEREAS, These brief minutes will indicate, though but poorly 
 express, our sense of pain and loss in his removal; 
 
 Resolved, That we mourn the too early decease of one whose 
 bright mind and facile pen were ornaments of his chosen profession,
 
 76 HISTORY OF "THE 
 
 and whose ready wit in social intercourse made him always a rare com- 
 panion. 
 
 Resolved, That tender recollections are cherished of evidence that 
 our dead colleague was richly endowed of heart as well as of head. 
 
 Resolved, That we tender the bereaved widow and family our sin- 
 cere condolence, that this expression be presented them in engraved 
 form, and that it be spread upon the minutes of the Press Club. 
 
 W. H. STRONG, 
 F. O. BENNETT, 
 W. M. KNOX, 
 CHARLES V. HINE, 
 LEO CANMAN, 
 Committee of the Press Club of Chicago. 
 
 FRANK ^CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 Resolved, That this Club learns with sorrow of the death of Mr. 
 Frank Cunningham, after a long and dreary illness, during which 
 period he suffered the added pang of banishment from friends and 
 acquaintances on account of his health. As a member of this Club, 
 Mr. Cunningham had the unqualified esteem and respect of his brother 
 journalists, and in his death the Club sincerely deplores the loss of a 
 valued member. 
 
 Resolved, That in his death this organization loses one of its best 
 known members, a journalist of ability, and a man who had filled 
 various civic offices with honor to his profession and credit to himself. 
 Resolved, That the Club forward an engrossed copy of these reso- 
 lutions to the wife and children of the deceased. 
 
 T. Z. COWLES, 
 JOHN McGovERN, 
 H. F. BOYNTON, 
 FRANK S. BLAIN, 
 J. S. BLOOMINGSTON, 
 J. B. BRADWELL, 
 Committee of the Press Club of Chicago.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 77 
 
 HENRY WENDELL THOMSON. 
 
 A special meeting of the Club was held April 16, 
 1886, to take action on the death of Henry Wendell 
 Thomson, an old journalist and distinguished lawyer of 
 Chicago, and one of the earliest Club members. 
 
 A Committee on Funeral Services and Flowers was 
 appointed, composed of Messrs. T. Z. Cowles, Harry 
 Manning, F. B. Wilkie, E. J. McPhelim, C. A. Snowden, 
 W. A. Taylor, J. H. Ballard, E.-A. Barren, W. K. Sulli- 
 van and Washington Hesing, and a Committee on Reso- 
 lutions of C. A. Snowden, E. J. McPhelim and T. C. 
 MacMillan. 
 
 PAUL C. RUSSELL. 
 
 This member of the Club was killed on the night of 
 February 20, 1887. The Club, at a special meeting, 
 appointed pall-bearers, and, at the following regular meet- 
 ing, passed resolutions of respect, as follows : 
 
 We learn, with profound sorrow, of the death of Paul C. Russell, 
 an esteemed and useful member of this Club, who was killed on the 
 Illinois Central Railroad, at Twenty-second street, this city, February 
 20, 1887. We desire, in fitting words, to express our deep regret at his 
 untimely taking off, and at the same time to attest to his sterling worth 
 of character, both as a member of this Club, as an excellent man, and 
 a useful member of society. His sterling qualities of head and heart, 
 his kind and genial nature, endeared him to all with whom he came in 
 contact, while his worth and ability in the varied and arduous duties of 
 his profession, were such as to win for him a quick and hearty recog- 
 nition among newspaper men wherever he was known.
 
 78 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 CLARENCE M. OSTRANDER. 
 
 The Press Club has learned with sorrow of the death of Clarence 
 M. Ostrander, a valued member. In the early years of his life he gave 
 promise of a bright journalistic future ; but his career was cut short by 
 disease, and at last he found rest in a strange country, and amid 
 strangers, to whose kindness he was indebted for the care and attention 
 which made his end a peaceful one. For this kindness to one of its 
 members, the Press Club expresses its gratitude, and to the bereaved 
 family of the deceased it extends its earnest sympathy. 
 
 WILLIAM COLEBROOK. 
 
 The sudden death of Mr. William Colebrook strikes from the roster 
 of the Press Club one of its oldest and most valued members. Mr. 
 Colebrook had greatly endeared himself to his brethren in the Club by 
 his uniformly cheerful and genial demeanor, his gentlemanly and 
 refined characteristics, and his sincere devotion to the interests of the 
 Club. In his fine ability, high integrity, and sterling worth, he was an 
 honor to the Club and to Chicago journalism. To the bereaved wife, 
 in her deep sorrow and affliction, we extend our heartfelt sympathy; 
 and it is ordered that a copy of this expression be engrossed and trans- 
 mitted to Mrs. Colebrook. 
 
 LEANDER STONE. 
 
 It is the unanimous conclusion of the Chicago Press Club that the 
 death of Leander Stone is a relief from a malady whose lingering tor- 
 ture was beyond comprehension. 
 
 He was a man of grand purposes, whose life was devoted to the 
 performance of his duties to his family and society. He was upright, 
 persevering, and so industrious that, by his intense devotion to his 
 labors, he precipitated the disease which shortened his life. 
 
 He was genial, large-hearted, with the simple nature of a child ; 
 a warm friend, an estimable citizen, and one whose place in the pro- 
 fession of journalism it will be difficult to fill. 
 
 The Club mourns his death most sincerely, and extends its pro- 
 found sympathies to his widow and her children.
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 79 
 
 JAMES F. SMALL. 
 
 James F. Small died on the evening of Wednesday, 
 April 27, 1887. The Club passed the following resolu- 
 tions : 
 
 Resolved, By the members of the Press Club of Chicago, in 
 meeting assembled, that, through the sad and unexpected event, the 
 Club has lost one of its oldest and most esteemed members; and, 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby put on record an expression of our sor- 
 row, and that we tender to the widow and children the assurance of our 
 deep sympathy and of the esteem in which the deceased was held 
 among his comrades and acquaintances. 
 
 Resolved, That the Executive Committee be requested to forward 
 an engrossed copy of these resolutions to Mrs. James F. Small, accord- 
 ing to the established custom of the Club, and that they be spread upon 
 the minutes of the meeting.
 
 ACTIVE MEMBERS. 
 
 LIMITED TO 2OO. 
 
 ALLEN, J. K. 
 ALEXANDER, HENRY E. 
 ARNOLD, BURT. 
 
 BENHAM, P. D. 
 BABIZE, AUG. C. 
 BARRY, P. T. 
 BOYNTON, HENRY F. 
 BANKS, CHAS. E. 
 BALLANTYNE, JNO. F. 
 BARRON, ELWYN A. 
 BUSBY, L. W. 
 BUSBY, W. H. 
 BRADWELL, JAMES B. 
 BROWN, GEO. P. 
 BALLARD, J. HARRY. 
 BLOOMINGSTON, J. S. 
 BROSS, WILLIAM. 
 BUNDY, JNO. C. 
 BABBITT, GEO. A. 
 BOHN, HENRY J. 
 BOHN, JOHN J. 
 BOYD, JAMES. 
 BEMIS, H. V. 
 BLAKELY, C. F. 
 BLAIN, FRANK S. 
 BRONSON, LEONARD. 
 BROWN, SIDNEY. 
 BAMFORD, CHAS. 
 BAILEY, WARREN W. 
 
 CULBERTSON, H. W. 
 CANMAN, LEO. 
 COWLES, T. Z. 
 CARPENTER, HARRY. 
 CHAISER, A. 
 CHASE, FRANKLIN L. 
 CARR, HOMER J. 
 CAMERON, A. C. 
 CRAWFORD, JOHN W. 
 COYNE, JAMES H. 
 
 DUNLOP, JOSEPH R. 
 DANDY, JNO. M. 
 
 DlLLINGHAM, E. R. 
 
 DAVIS, J. M. 
 DRESSER, CLARENCE P. 
 DALEY, JNO. R. 
 DURAND, ELLIOTT. 
 DUNHAM, CURTIS J. 
 DICKSON, M. E. 
 DONOVAN, HENRY F. 
 DENISON, T. S. 
 DE WITTE, HENRY. 
 
 EGGLESTON, W. G. 
 
 FULLER, JNO. J. 
 Fox, O. L. 
 FINERTY, JNO. F. 
 FREIBERGER, EDWARD. 
 FAYE, CHAS. M. 
 
 81
 
 82 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 FREEMAN, WM. H. 
 FLINN, JNO. J. 
 FLEMING, I. A. 
 FLOWER, ELLIOT. 
 FLANDERS, A. R. 
 FALTUN, HARRY S. 
 
 GIBBS, MONTGOMERY B. 
 GALLAGHER, THOS. J. 
 GRAY, FRANK S. 
 GARDINER, C. S. 
 GLOVER, L. B. 
 GENTILE, CHAS. 
 GAY, HENRY LORD. 
 GESSWEIN, A. J. 
 GOODWIN, W. R., JR. 
 GLENN, W. M. 
 McGLENN, JNO. McG. 
 
 HYDE, WM. T. C. 
 HENDERSON, DAVID. 
 HESING, WASHINGTON. 
 HAWKINS, E. B. 
 HAWKINS, WILLIS B. 
 HINE, CHAS. V. 
 HARPER, WM. H. 
 HUNT, HENRY M. 
 HULL, PAUL C. 
 HEINEMANN, H. E. O. 
 HENDERSON, Jos. 
 HOLLAND, JAMES P. , 
 HATCH, AZEL F. 
 HILD, FREDERICK H. 
 HORTON, GEO. 
 
 INNSLEY, EDWARD. 
 
 JAMESON, GEO. H. 
 JOHNSON, F. E. 
 JACOBSON, R. C. 
 
 JEFFERY, JNO. B. 
 JONES, L. B. 
 JONES, EDWIN W. 
 
 KNIGHT, HERBERT M. 
 KAUDER, SIGMUND. 
 KALHEIM, O. M. 
 KNOX, W. M. 
 KISCH, SEYMOUR. 
 KENDRICK, BERT. 
 KNAPP, HOMER. 
 
 LAWSON, VICTOR F. 
 LEDERER, CHAS. 
 LARNED, FRANCIS M. 
 LECKIE, A. S. 
 LA SHELLE, W. K. 
 
 MOODY, O. E. 
 McHucH, Jos. P. 
 MURPHY, RICHARD J. 
 MCGOVERN, JOHN. 
 MALKOFF, M. 
 MEDILL, Jos. 
 MATTHIAS, CHAS. 
 MANNING, D. HARRY. 
 MEREDITH, WM. M. 
 MASTROVALERIO, A. 
 MICHAELS, C. D. 
 
 NIXON, CHAS. E. 
 NIXON, WM. PENN. 
 NICHOLAS, W. G. 
 NORTON, S. F. 
 NEWELL, ALLEN G. 
 
 O'NiEL, ARTHUR. 
 OWEN, EDGAR E. 
 O'NEILL, THOS.
 
 ACTIVE MEMBERS. 
 
 83 
 
 PERLEY, FRANK L. 
 PRATT, JNO. 
 PACKARD, A. T. 
 PRITCHARD, E. R. 
 PAYNE, FRANK. 
 PALMER, HARRY. 
 PERKINS, WALTON. 
 PATTERSON, JOHN H. 
 PARK, WM. H. 
 PERCE, CHARLES F. 
 
 RICE, WILLIS F. 
 RAY, DE WITT G. 
 RITCHIE, JNO. 
 ROLLINS, C. E. 
 RUSSELL, MARTIN J. 
 RAE, F. G. 
 READ, OPIE P. 
 ROWE, DR. N. 
 REIWITCH, HERMANN L. 
 
 SMYTH, HILL C. 
 SULLIVAN, W. B. 
 SMITH, H. R. W. 
 SPEED, H. B. 
 SANDERS, J. H. 
 SHUMAN, A. F. 
 STONE, MELVILLE E. 
 SULLIVAN, W. K. 
 SCOTT, JAMES W. 
 STEELE, SAM. V. 
 STRONG, WM. H. 
 SEYMOUR, H. W. 
 SHACKELFORD, COLLINS. 
 SCHIERBRAND, C. WOLF VON. 
 SHUMAN, ANDREW. 
 SASSEEN, D. E. 
 SULLIVAN, F. E. 
 
 SEVERING, WM. L. 
 SCOVEL, H. M. 
 STEVENSON, F. B. 
 SNOWDEN, C. A. 
 SMITH, WILLARD A. 
 SNYDER, H. W. 
 STEWART, E. L. 
 SUESMAN, A. L. 
 SHIELDS, GEO. O. 
 
 TINDALL, JNO. W. 
 TALBOT, E. H. 
 THOMAS, JAMES C. 
 TAYLOR, WM. A. 
 THOMPSON, T. O. 
 
 VISCHER, WILL L. 
 VYNNE, HAROLD. 
 
 WILKIE, FRANC B. 
 WILKIE, JNO. E. 
 WRIGHT, GEO. E. 
 WILLY, JNO. 
 WALKER, W. S. 
 WESTON, J. W. 
 WHITFORD, C. B. 
 WRIGHT, C. G. 
 WALDO, JNO. B. 
 WATERLOO, STANLEY. 
 WELLMAN, WALTER. 
 WEST, JAMES J. 
 WEDDELL, THOMAS R. 
 WALLIS, JNO. C. 
 WOOD, EUGENE. 
 WRIGHT, JNO. E. 
 WELCH, FRANK B. 
 WARDROP, WALTER. 
 
 YATE, B.
 
 84 
 
 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS. 
 
 ANDREWS, BYRON, 
 APPLEGATE, TOM S., 
 BEARD, AMBROSE, 
 CURTIS, W. E., 
 CLOVER, SAM T., 
 CASTLE, M. B., 
 CUMMINGS, GEO. W., 
 EATON, W. D., 
 FREER, PAUL C., 
 HALL, H. P., 
 HUME, HUGH, . 
 LANGLAND, JAMES, 
 LUSH, CHAS. K., 
 MALLERY, F. A., . 
 PECK, FREDERICK W., 
 PIERCE, GILBERT A., 
 PRICE, J. T., 
 PRIME, S. T. K., . 
 RICHARDSON, J. S., . 
 WAKEMAN, E. L , . 
 
 New York City. 
 Adrian, Mich. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Sioux Falls, Dak. 
 Sandwich, 111. 
 New York City. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 St. Paul, Minn. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Erie, Pa. 
 Wichita, Kan. 
 Bismarck, Dak. 
 St. Paul, Minn. 
 Dwight, 111. 
 Wichita, Kan. 
 New York City. 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 HATTON, JOSEPH, 
 
 MACHETTA, BLANCHE ROOSEVELT, 
 
 BURDETTE, ROBT. J., . 
 
 LONG, COL. CHAS. CHAILLE, . 
 
 NYE, EDGAR W., 
 
 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB, . 
 
 London, Eng. 
 London, Eng. 
 
 Egypt. 
 New York. 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 LIFE MEMBERS. 
 
 'GEO. SCHNEIDER, H. L. KOCHERSPERGER, 
 
 JOHN R. WALSH, H. O. SHEPARD, 
 
 FERD. W. PECK.
 
 (SBB, ALSO, AMENDMENTS.) 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 SECTION i. The name of this organization shall be Name. 
 THE PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 SEC. 2. Its object shall be to bring members of the Object, 
 newspaper and literary professions together in closer per- 
 sonal relations, to further good-fellowship, and to provide 
 members with comfortable Club rooms. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 SECTION i. There shall be four classes of members, 
 active, non-resident, life and honorary. 
 
 SEC. 2. The following shall be eligible to active mem- 
 bership : 
 
 (a) Persons connected with the press in Chicago or 
 elsewhere, as editors, reporters, proprietors, publishers or 
 regular paid contributors or correspondents. 
 
 85
 
 86 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 (&) Resident editors and regular paid correspond- 
 ents of journals published in other large cities. 
 
 (V) Artists regularly employed in the newspaper pro- 
 fession. 
 
 (X) Authors of books of original matter published for 
 general circulation, and persons regularly engaged in 
 literary pursuits. 
 
 (<?) Applicants for active membership must have pos- 
 sessed the above qualifications for one year, and be not 
 less than twenty years old. Active members shall not 
 number over two hundred. 
 
 Non-resi- SEC. T.. Non-resident members shall possess all the 
 
 dent. 
 
 qualifications of active members, save as to residence in 
 Chicago. 
 
 Life - SEC. 4. Persons eligible as active or non-resident 
 
 members may become life members by conforming to 
 Section 2 of Article VII. 
 
 Honorary. SEC. 5. Prominent authors or writers, or persons who 
 
 have placed the Club under deep obligation may be 
 elected honorary members. . 
 
 Privileges. SEC. 6. Non-resident and honorary members shall 
 
 enjoy all the privileges of active and life members except 
 those of voting and holding office. 
 
 NO woman. SEC. 7. No woman shall be eligible to membership in 
 this Club.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 87 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 SECTION i. The officers of the Club shall consist of a The officers. 
 President, a First, Second and Third Vice-President, a 
 Treasurer, a Financial Secretary, a Recording Secretary,* 
 and five Directors, to be chosen by ballot at the annual 
 meeting of the Club, in the month of January of each 
 year, all of whom shall constitute the Board of Directors. 
 They shall hold office for one year, or until their suc- 
 cessors shall be duly installed. 
 
 SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to preside ut ? f 
 
 President. 
 
 at all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Directors, 
 to appoint the standing and special committees, and to 
 act as the custodian of the bonds of the Treasurer and 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 SEC. v It shall be the duty of the vice-presidents, in vice- 
 
 J Presidents. 
 
 their order, to perform the duties of President in case of 
 his death, resignation or disability. 
 
 SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take Treasurer, 
 charge of the funds of the Club, make a weekly report to 
 the Board of Directors, and to pay all bills on the order 
 of the Board. 
 
 SEC. t;. It shall be the duty of the Financial Secretary Financial 
 
 J Secretary. 
 
 to take charge of the rooms of the Club, under the super- 
 vision of the Board ; and he shall make a weekly report 
 to the Board. He shall collect all moneys due the Club, 
 
 *See ninth amendment.
 
 00 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 keep an account thereof, and turn the same over to the 
 Treasurer once a week, taking his receipt therefor. 
 
 Bonds. SEC. 6. The Treasurer of this Club shall give a bond, 
 
 with two sureties, in the sum of $10,000, said bond to 
 contain the usual provisions, and be subject to the ap- 
 proval of the Board of Directors. The Financial Sec- 
 retary shall give a like bond, with two sureties, in the 
 sum of $1,000, to be approved in the same manner. 
 
 *ec C reS g SEC. 7. The Recording Secretary shall keep the books 
 
 and records of the Club and of the Directory, and attend 
 to the correspondence. 
 
 Directors. SEC. 8. The Board of Directors, under the supervision 
 
 of the Club, shall manage its affairs and render a report to 
 the Club at its regular meetings. The Board of Directors 
 shall hold weekly meetings at a faxed hour. Three mem- 
 bers shall constitute a quorum. The order of business 
 shall be as follows : 
 
 (a) Reading of minutes. 
 
 (<) Detailed report of Financial Secretary as to re- 
 ceipts, accounts and condition of the property of the 
 Club. 
 
 (ii) Report of Treasurer. 
 
 (d) Examination of bills and their payment by vouch- 
 ers to be signed by the President and Secretary of the 
 Board. 
 
 (e) Canvass of applications for membership. 
 (/) New business.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 89 
 
 Whenever any member of the Club is reported to the Sjck^ 
 Board of Directors as being sick or in need, the Board 
 shall appoint a special visiting committee to investigate 
 and report upon the case. 
 
 The Board of Directors may remit the dues of any DUK^ 
 member on account of sickness or other sufficient reason, 
 for the time during which such reason applies. 
 
 SEC. 9. When a vacancy occurs in any office save y^cies. 
 that of President, by death, resignation, absence from the 
 city, or other cause, the fact shall be announced at the 
 next regular meeting of the Club, and an election to 
 supply' such vacancy shall be held at a future meeting, 
 either special or regular, as the Club shall decide, and 
 notice of such election shall be posted on the bulletin 
 board for at least seven days prior to such election. 
 
 SEC. 10. In case of a vacancy in any other than the Directors 
 presidential office, the Board of Directors may appoint *. 
 any member of the Club to discharge the duties until the 
 Club fills the vacancy by election in the manner above 
 described. 
 
 SEC. ii. If any member of the Board of Directors Absent 
 shall absent himself four times consecutively from the 
 regular meetings of the Directors or of the Club without 
 an excuse, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by 
 the Directors or the Club respectively, his place may be 
 declared vacant, and the vacancy may be filled by the 
 Club in accordance with Section 9 of this Article.
 
 90 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 SECTION i. Applications for membership must be made 
 in writing, and posted on the bulletin board by the pro- 
 poser for a period of at least two weeks before action 
 thereon is taken by the Club. The Board of Directors 
 shall canvass the names, and report at the meeting at 
 which said names are to be voted upon.* 
 
 SEC. 2. All applications approved by the Board of 
 Directors shall be voted upon severally f in regular meeting 
 by secret ballot, and debate upon the applications shall be 
 proper before balloting ; and the President or presiding 
 officer, the Secretary or acting Secretary, and the teller 
 who receives the ballots, shall jointly examine and agree 
 upon the result before the same is announced. No mem- 
 ber shall act as teller at two consecutive meetings. 
 
 SEC. 3. No person shall be admitted to membership 
 of any description in this Club against whose admission 
 five votes shall have been cast. No person whose name 
 has been rejected shall be eligible for membership until 
 after the lapse of six months from the date of his rejec- 
 tion. All applications for membership shall be accom- 
 panied by at least one-third of the initiation fee in cash, 
 which shall be deposited with the Financial Secretary. 
 
 SEC. 4. Any member guilty of immoral or unprofes- 
 sional conduct, or of violation of any rule of the Club, 
 may be suspended or expelled by the Board of Directors. 
 
 * See first amendment. t See second amendment.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 91 
 
 Any member suspended or expelled shall have the right of 
 appeal to the Club, which may, at any regular meeting, 
 by a two-thirds vote, overrule the action of the Board of 
 Directors. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 SECTION i. Non-resident newspaper men may enjoy visitors. 
 the privileges of the Club room for two weeks, upon being 
 provided by a member with a visitor's card. 
 
 SEC. 2. Residents of Chicago eligible to membership Residents, 
 shall not be admitted more than twice a year as visitors 
 on the introduction of any member.* 
 
 SEC. 3. No non-member resident of Chicago, eligible Receptions, 
 to membership, shall be invited to the receptions held in 
 the rooms of the Club. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 SECTION i. Annual meetings shall be held on the first Annual 
 
 meetings. 
 
 Thursday after the first day of January in every year. 
 Regular meetings shall be held on the second Sunday of 
 every month, except July and August, f at four o'clock, and 
 special meetings may be called by the President, joined by 
 a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the written call 
 of any five members of the Club ; and the Secretary shall, 
 without question, give notice to members at the request 
 of those authorized to order such meetings. At every 
 
 *See third amendment. tSee fourth amendment.
 
 92 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 regular meeting of the Club the Board of Directors, the 
 financial officers and the standing committees shall make 
 reports. At the annual meeting the same officers and 
 committees shall present annual reports of the matters 
 over which they have had supervision, together with such 
 suggestions as they deem for the interests of the Club. 
 
 SEC. 2. At the annual election the Financial Secretary 
 shall be present with the books of the Club,* and no mem- 
 ber owing more than $2 on any account shall vote. 
 
 SEC. 3. Twelve members shall constitute a quorum to 
 transact all business at regular and special meetings, 
 provided that a two-thirds vote in a quorum of thirty 
 shall be necessary to the expulsion of a member. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 SECTION i. The initiation fee shall be as follows : 
 
 (a) For active members, fifteen dollars, payable in 
 three equal installments, the first upon proposal for 
 membership, and the other two at monthly intervals after 
 election to membership. 
 
 () For non-resident members, five dollars. f 
 
 (V) For life members, none. 
 
 (</) For honorary members, none. 
 , SEC. 2. The dues shall be as follows: 
 
 (a) For active members, one dollar per month, paya- 
 ble monthly in advance ; or ten dollars per year, payable 
 annually in advance. 
 
 *See fifth amendment. tSee sixth amendment.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 93 
 
 () For non-resident members, five dollars per year, 
 payable annually in advance. 
 
 (V) For life members, one hundred dollars, payable 
 upon admission as such. 
 
 (W) For honorary members, none. 
 
 SEC. 3. The dues of the Financial Secretary and Remitted 
 
 dues. 
 
 Recording Secretary shall be remitted for the months 
 during which they serve. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 SECTION i. Notifications of indebtedness for dues Names 
 
 posted. 
 
 shall be sent out on the first of each month, and shall be 
 accompanied by a copy of this Article. Upon the zoth 
 of each month the names of all members owing four dol- 
 lars for dues shall be posted on the Club bulletin board by 
 the Financial Secretary. 
 
 SEC. 2. On the loth of each month the names of all Delinquent 
 
 list. 
 
 members owing five dollars or more, together with the 
 amount of their indebtedness, shall be placed on a list by 
 the Financial Secretary and handed to the President, and 
 at the next regular meeting the President, rising, shall 
 read as follows : " By direction of the Constitution of this 
 Club, the Financial Secretary is hereby instructed to give 
 notice to the following members [here he shall read the 
 names and amounts] that they are delinquent for the 
 amounts specified, and that at the next regular meeting 
 the Club will take action upon their cases." And the
 
 94 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 name of no delinquent, who may owe five dollars or more, 
 shall be omitted from the said list.* 
 Delinquents SEC. T. At each regular meeting of the Club, the 
 
 expelled. 
 
 President, having been furnished with the list of notified 
 delinquents, shall read as follows : " Under Article VIII 
 of the Constitution the following members stand before 
 the Club in the attitude of delinquents, whose cases 
 require final action [here he shall read the names and 
 amounts due]. What is the desire of the Club ?" And the 
 name of no notified delinquent shall be omitted or sup- 
 pressed, and the delinquents may then and there, by a 
 majority vote, be dropped from membership. 
 Compulsory SEC. 4. In the event of the failure by the President or 
 
 on officers. 
 
 Financial Secretary, or of the persons filling their places, 
 to carry out rigidly the provisions of this Article, it shall 
 be the duty of each and every member to bring the matter 
 before the Club. 
 Reinstate- SEC. 5. Any person excluded from the Club under 
 
 ment. J 
 
 this Article shall be entitled to readmission to membership 
 upon the same terms and conditions as to posting of name 
 on the bulletin board, approval by the Board of Directors, 
 and election at a general meeting of the Club as a person 
 applying for membership for the first time, but subject, 
 however, to the following payments : The amount due to 
 the Club from such member at the time he ceased to 
 become a member ; a sum equal to one dollar a month for 
 the whole of the time which shall have elapsed between the 
 
 * See seventh amendment.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 95 
 
 time of his ceasing to become a member and the time of 
 his reelection ; and ten dollars for one year's dues in 
 advance. Provided, however, that in the event of the 
 aggregate sum of one dollar a month during the time he 
 was excluded from the Club exceeding fifteen dollars, the 
 sum of fifteen dollars shall be accepted in satisfaction 
 thereof. 
 
 SEC. 6. Members of the Club about to remove from Transfer 
 
 of active 
 
 the city, either temporarily or otherwise, may, upon appli- r s "d"nt. 
 cation to the Board of Directors, have their names 
 transferred to the list of non-resident members, subject to 
 dues in the sum of five dollars per year. Members 
 failing to secure such transfer shall be regarded as regular 
 active members, subject to the regular monthly assess- 
 ment.* 
 
 SEC. 7. Any member of the Club who may have hereto- 
 fore resigned, or who shall hereafter resign, in good stand- 
 ing, shall, at any time thereafter, be entitled to readmission 
 to membership upon the same terms and conditions as to 
 payment of initiation fee, posting of name on the bulletin 
 board, approval by the Board of Directors, and election 
 at a general meeting of the Club as a person applying for 
 membership for the first time. Provided, however, that 
 any member of the Club, who shall have resigned as 
 aforesaid, in viewof&fonajtde intention to leave the city, 
 and shall, in fact, leave the city, shall, upon application 
 for readmission to membership, be entitled thereto upon 
 
 *See eighth amendment.
 
 96 PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO. 
 
 payment of an initiation fee of five dollars, in place of the 
 ordinary initiation fee of fifteen dollars, subject, however, 
 to fulfillment of all the other terms and conditions apply- 
 ing to a first application for membership. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 SECTION i. The order of business at all regular meet- 
 ings of the Club shall be as follows : 
 
 1. Roll call. 
 
 2. Reading of minutes. 
 
 3. Reports of officers. 
 
 4. Reading of delinquent lists, if any. 
 
 5. Reports of standing committees. 
 
 6. Reports of special committees. 
 
 7. Election of members. 
 
 8. Unfinished business. 
 
 9. New business. 
 
 SEC. 2. The standing committees of the Club shall be 
 as follows : 
 
 1. On annual entertainment, five members. 
 
 2. On receptions, five members. 
 
 3. On library and museum, three members. 
 
 4. On art, three members. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 The library. SECTION i. No book belonging to the library shall be 
 taken out of the Club rooms.
 
 CONSTITUTION. 97 
 
 SEC. 2. The moneys of the Club shall be applied to Expendi- 
 tures. 
 
 the actual necessary current expenses, in accordance with 
 the discretion of the Board of Directors. Appropria- 
 tions for benevolent purposes may be made by the Club 
 at any general or special meeting, by a three-fourths 
 vote of the members present. 
 
 SEC. -i. Whenever any member shall compel credit Compulsion 
 
 of credit. 
 
 from an employe of the Club, such action shall be 
 reported to the Board of Directors at their next meeting 
 by the Financial Secretary, and if the member, upon 
 notification by the Directors, shall not, before the next 
 meeting of the Board, pay the indebtedness incurred, he 
 shall be expelled by the Board. 
 
 SEC. 4. On all parliamentary questions not otherwise Rules of 
 
 order. 
 
 provided for, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be authority. 
 
 SEC. 5. This Constitution may be amended at such Amend- 
 ments. 
 
 time or times as shall be deemed advisable ; all amend- 
 ments to the same to be handed in, in writing, four 
 weeks before they are put upon their passage at a regular 
 Club meeting, and to be posted in the Club rooms, where 
 they can be seen by the members, at least three weeks 
 before action thereon ; "such amendments to be adopted by 
 a two-thirds vote of the members present.
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION i. 
 
 1. Change final sentence to read: "Applications shall 
 be numbered in the order of the dates of their being 
 posted, and the Board of Directors shall canvass and pass 
 upon them in said order, and report thereon to the Club at 
 the meeting at which said names are to be voted upon." 
 
 TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2. 
 
 2. After the word "severally" in second line insert the 
 words "in their numerical order." 
 
 TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2. 
 
 3- Add "and the names of such visitors, with the dates 
 of their visits, shall be entered in the Club register by the 
 introducing members." 
 
 TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION I. 
 
 4- Strike out the words " except July and August." 
 
 TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 2. 
 
 5. After the word " Club " in the second line, change to 
 read : "and no member whose name is then posted under 
 operation of Article VIII shall vote."
 
 AMENDMENTS. 99 
 
 TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION i. (b) 
 
 Change to read : " For non-resident members, fifteen 6. 
 dollars." 
 
 TO ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 2. 
 
 Add : " All notified delinquents must pay their indebt- 7- 
 edness in full. Failing to do so, they shall be continued 
 on the list, and be subject to final action by the Club as 
 provided under Sec. 3." 
 
 TO ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 6. 
 
 Add: " Non-resident members who shall become resi- 8. 
 dents of Chicago shall, by vote of the Board of Directors, 
 be transferred to the list of active members, providing 
 there be a vacancy. In case the membership be full, such 
 non-resident member shall take precedence over new 
 applicants for membership." 
 
 TO ARTICLE III, SECTION I. 
 
 Amend by inserting after the words "Recording 9. 
 Secretary," the words, "a Librarian."
 
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