The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-08
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Remarkable Newspaper EnterprIse,


cackle yesterday morning over The fact
that It issued the message extra, the
evening before, come ten or fifteen min
utes before ours. AS an exception 10
Its accustomed slowness, this was
something of an achievement, and we
gave them credit, though. We don't zee
that 1t afforded any occasion TO say
such foolish things as this: III.
This thing OF leaving our "enterpris>
Ing" noighoor completely In the shade
In the race for public favor, Ia 40 much
matter OF course with the Register
that we would not now refer 10 1t, had
not the INTRLLI1ENCER In rather con-
seQuentiAl manner lntimAted u purpose
10 distance competition on the message
uestlon.-ReOiSter Of Yesterday.
The consequential manner" in
which we Eliminated q purpose to dis
lance competition, consisted In this
simple statement: 1--WE expect to re-
celvs q copy [of the msssaEel at the
earliest moment by telegraph, and will
issue It In the form OF an extra" Pre-
cIsely which we did; and more people
read 1t In our columns Monday evening
than read It In the Register. -
:. But the enterprise" Of our nelg hbor
being $50 much a matter Of course"
let US institute the comparison thus pro.
voked between the two papers yester-
day morning, containing the message.
To begin with, each printed the mes
sage. Then the 1NTELLIGBNCRR had
two columns and half OF the very in
teresting and Important report Of Sec
rotary Boutwell,: the Register had not q
line. The 1NTELLIaENcBR had an alb.
strsot Of the Report OF the Secretary OF
the Interior, and an abstract Of the Re-
port OF the Postmaster General; the
Register had not line Of either. The
INTELLIGENCER had its regular daily
telegraphic market report: the "people's
paper" had not quotation from any
quarter. The IETELLIGRNCER had over
II column report OF the opening
proceedings OF Congress, now the
center Ot national interest; the re-
marEable newspaper printed on Mar.
ket street had not allne Of this; and It's
readers not knowing that Congress had
assembled, must have been puzzled 10
account for the appearance Of the Presl.
dents Message. No markets and no
Congressional report! Here's CENTER
prise" 10 say nothing Of richness. The
Register had neither the news OF the
day. nor anything else In place Of It.
All lis telegraph outside of the message,
save a fingers length Of Items, was an
abstract Of the Navy report, received in
the morning and set up before the
grand effort on the message came on,
making loss than a half column :;
while our telegrAphic matter In add.
ton to the message, was five columns
and half. OF other matter, editorial,
local and miscellaneous, the INTELLI-
GENCER had over two columns more
than the Register. In all, the INTELI1.
dENoER contained between eighteen
and nineteen columns OF matter and
the Register In all little over eIeven,
Besides this our composltors set up
over a column OF new advertisements
and the Register but half column.
These are comparisons which the read.
ers Of the two papers can make for
themselves. We printed more matter
which came 10 US by telegraph than
the Register printed altogether while,
as 10 the character Of what 1t did print,
the fne journalistic discrimination Of
its conductors was shown by their CIV
Ing the preference TO prosy New York
letter, written last Friday, over the
opening proceedings of Congress or the
daily markets. The Register ought TO
to change It's name. We suggest Wheel.
ing Daily Enterprise. Wont some ad.
mIrlng friend send It a button7