Excerpt from History of the Press Club of Chicago: An Account of Its Organization and Performances From January 1880 to September 1888 With a List of Members and Synopsis of Important Proceedings 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, that the 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 Tire News, and asked: Why is it the journalists of Chicago do not have an organization similar to the New York Press Club? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.