, 1864-08-21

H8E
eolldatcd with the Chicago TRIBUNE. The
history Of the consolidation VIC shall now
proceed 10 give, briefly, bringing It up to
The honr Of the prceent Issue.
| TIE CONSOLIDATION.
CHICAGO PRESS AND Tn1nusE.
at the date mentioned In the prcccdl1g
sentence, there were published In this city
four daily papers, which, although at the
time Of starting, we're controlled By varied
political sentiments, though the chaotic
snd purifying inlQelcee Of tie times, had,
| In that respect, become almost entirely iien-
teal. True, personal differences, encende,-
ed BY competition, in business point Of
view, had kept up IN apparent antagonism,
which frequently. foaId expression In bitter
| words through the columns Of each jourcal.
The financial and commercial disasters
which opened their b1lghting influence u3ou
the business world, In the autumn of 1857,
WIS not without th.Ir subdulp. Influences
upon the proud-lIppcG md etiH neck,d ionr.
! paltsts, who, In the mora prosperous d.vs
each considered hiuAelf abuudunt1y ab1e tn
| paddle his own canoe. Two OF tho n, are
uppjsh and infucetiaI cnts eto,t.d o-,o;,.,-
| II with little or no canIta1 Ind ,nnnrora1
! their condition but R]}etf,v n, IN tb,o 49,.
sayc in the fret of having ucrt1mulatcd ~,
tepeiye establishments, which had been maid
for in part, snd in part not. Those aocnfnu.
latfo1s at the time they were made seemed
necessary tQ keep Face with the great pso.
grees which had blessed Chicago. Int now
they we're drawback uron them. as It re-
qui1ed the best efforts Of ,udictous car7. In
the troublous times which then were nnon
us, Ito carry them xthrouehst TO a snccrss-
fu1 result AS we have before tuttmazed. an.
prosching the first of Ju1y. 4 trnct. waa
sounded between the pToptietors of rhe f,u,.
cAGo TRIBUNE ard the DEMOCRATIC pnr.a
which resulted In the consolidation On thu
day named. The parties to the con.o1fd ;.
ticn, and who became proprtetors Of tn,
Press AND TRIBUNE, we're CHARLES r, R,y
JOSEPH 31Ep11L and ALFRED Cov1ra. m ths
part Of the TRIBUNE, and Joas T. sca,pe<
WILLIAM BRoss and BARTON ", srEAne on
the part of the Press, and the combined t,rm
took the etyla OF the PRESS AND TRIBUNE
SoafAs1' 1ne 4amoSE was removed to Is
Glafk street tue building occupied by the
fREss. Ihe reasons, ~ set forth in the
TRIBUNE 1of INC consolidation, were
gwen at some length. from which We Gull
s.Tbera a,a I'M -,.,, p.-.,,....
=. ,1... nepuoncan papers
~ - Sneo. .aess 6ou, 1asss oalnes IN the Eng
usa '.p auo ons IN tae Ge1man
nave 1.eta'S eiottea 1he newspaper mar
hs.* =. - nos UNJUST 10 our city contempo-
faflcs 10 say tnat among these, the TRIBUNE
anu tne fHKss nave held no second rank In
Ro'ot y. s"A.4on lucy arc ABOUT equal
~ ~ ss1@1 tne. naSe oeen rivals
aau AuouSu JUL "ase uoefaAY sustained
t..s, tl 's','s go Nops' ~ three years
eaS ' ....,e s A.. .omo eop'1uc.a taat neither
49,. r 1e.s. Nv LIZ anu tuas SO long AZ
- oo,a "'.' n'4'uee ca' take tnat rank in
Nv "oslo vi !oufrausm which the Import
alce VI our c't5 anu tnc North rest, anu its
u"n me1ue, NlH Jost'ls Inc ne" paper-the
1Ahss ASn y 'HinoSE-fn assuming. To put
IN eno 10 'ne e1pehs1Se rivalry which has
neleso,ose III 'en 1ept up; to lay the tounda~
.ione oesp anu stfoDg Of public jouen1l,
"nlen VIII become ono OF the established
institutions Of Chicago; to enable uz TO com
bat more powerfully, AMI We trust. more
successfully, public ubusrs; to riyr rs n
Wider iEQuence in public affairs, in bchalt of
sound morality aud just Government ve
have BECOME parties to the arrangement an
bounced above. We trnst onr reoao., ,,-:1,
be satisfied with the ctanges
Ana in the first consolidated ism. ~ 49,