Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-10

very thriving community, with brief past
in the rear and long future ahead. The
trade of our city has been somewhat over
done in few particulars, but this is subsi
ding with the exception Of the newspaper
mania, which is said to be on the increase.
In the course Of few weeks . new daily
journal is to be sprung into existence under
the name Of Der Repub!ikaner, paper
which is to be devoted to Republcanism in
all its forms. and edited by Aid. Ramming.
assisted by an able corps of reporters and
and correspondents. at home and on the
continent. Let the new organ OF the Ger
man people come along, and may the sus-
tenance which it derives from the public be
equal to the warmest aspirations Of its pro-
jectors.
This new journal will swell the number
of dailies in our city to six, an increase of
five in the past three years. Who would
have thought it only three years ago There
are many strange things which have hap
pened in that time. and many more constant
ly turning up, but we think with the advent
of another daily journal the wants of the
public will be fully supplied, unless some
unforeseen faction should spring up and re-
quire still another factional organ. Print
ers ink is good thing. and the public is
spreading it on thick"
Our Gazette cotsmporsries. when they
embarked in the enterprise. did 80 with
more fearful forebodings as to the success Of
the enterprise than does Aid. Ramming.
when there are five Richmonds in the field
ahead of him. We remember we'll when we
launched out in the publication of the DEN
oCRAr. and even weeks before the fret num-
ber appeared, that the Gazette Adventures
exhibited considerable fears as to our abili-
ty to stand up against the current. and 60
on with the publication of daily paper
here where there was one daily paper alrea-
dy in operation. One daily paper-for in
stance. the 0azette-m;ght. by strsnuoms ex-
ertions. manage to ksep its head far enough
above water to breathe, and thus paddle
along until some more favorable current
should set in; but the idea of launching out
another daily, and . democratic daily at
that. was deemed by them too absurd to
think of-even if it were not illegal to thus
attempt to squat upon claim 80 early pre-
empted by them. We remember that in
adverting to our new enterprise the Gazette
expressed many doubts as to our sanity, and
in very clever manner, ofcourse, and with
marked condescension and benevolent Gber.
atty. kindly allowed the DEMocsAr an exis-
tence Of six months, at the outside, allowing
US the reserved privilege Of subsiding As
much prior to the expiration Of that time
as We might deem practicable.
But the DEMOCRAT went on until the six
months we-e spent, At which time We OBJ
tanned an extension on the original grant,
Our neighbors became confident that in
stead of injuring their business, and lessen
ing their chances Of life, the establishing Of
q second daily here was q decided advant-
age, a. it increased competition, and made
business in general better for publishers.
A few months after the DENocRAr started,
Der Demokrat came out - daily organ.
and although it had severe struggles at first.
is now permanently established. and bids
fair to have an existence for long time to
come. The third paper is now . paying In.
stitution, and fixed fact.
About nine months after the advent of the
Demokrat, the Daily Ners was established
AN enterprise which. st that time, Was
thought to be an Improbable investment,
and Of short duration; but that paper has
already entered its third volume, and it
proprietors express great confidence in ito
permanency
Four papers went along in most joyous
harmony for the space of two years. when
it was conceived to start another organ on
the daily order-and the Times made its ap-
pearancs. Both good and bad things are
prophecied Of it but we learn that the pro.
pristors' fond expectations are beng real
ICED, and that the Times has taken it, posi-
tion on rock-at least the half of one
and is sailing along before stiff breeze.
This done, nobody expected another daily
but human expectation don't amout to .
dead certainty this year, and the public om-
nibus Is throwing open its door for the ad-
mission Of . sixth paassngsr. Let 1t cone
In, the more the msFsise. Should We not
have aasshsei Whs saya aysi II thses
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