Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-19
San Francisco Dailies.-The Vaiu.
able Ones.

liable, and time from San Francisco
reduced to eight days, our people are
beginning to subscribe for the daily
papers Of that city. Price, and quail
ly of news and editorial comments,
are the essential points to decide In
making a choice. The Alta has for a
long time past opened its columns toe
freely to vagabondish slanderers OF
Arizona and her best men, and there
fore is unworthy the support of any
true friend of the Territory. The Ex-
aminer has done likewise, and is
therefore as unworthy as the Alta.
The Abend Post is a German daily of
eight columns, and worthy of patron
age. Price $40 per year for the daily
and 81 for the weekly.
The Call is a 36-column daily, well
filed with dispatches from all parts
of the globe by the associated press,
the most powerful and correct news
association in the world. 1t daily
prints twenty solid columns of news,
commercial, local, and editorial mat
ter, and is only IS per year, making
it the best paper published for the
price.
The daily Alta is SIG per year, and
the Bulletin, a far superior paper in
all respects, is but S12. Prentice
Mulford, a. journalist of much merit,
and critic of rare powers of discern
ment, and independence Of expression,
gives the annexed opinion of the Bui-
letin, the correctness of which no man
at all acquainted with the manage
ment of that journal will question:
"The Bulletin I regard as the king
paper of the city. It is power in
the land 1t can at least in city poll
tics rnmake any man it turns its guns
against. I am almost tempted to say
the same as to the State. Gorham
and McCoppin can testify to this as
sertion. There are numbers of re-
spectacle, well to do people in San
Francisco, who delegate to the Bulle-
tin a large part Of their thinking. 1t
is their political watch dog. Its mis-
sion is, they con:ider, to look after the
plunderer. If the Bulletin says "spot
that man." they spot him, and give
themselves no farther trouble in the
matter. They consider the Bulletin
independent andreliable Some other
papers may be read for fun, spice and
variety, but for cold, knockdown and
the graddiest kind of grad kind fact
they depend ON the Bulletin.
The paper deserves this confidence.
It is in my estimation, independent of
all manner Of rings, cliques, combi-
nations or business Influences. There
is vast amount Of idle talk, as to the
facility to which certain journals may
be bought. l do not believe there is
enough money in San Francisco to
control the Bulletins columns. It's
hold its independence price
less, for that independence is its cor
ner stone capital. If ever a paper is
sold to any interest it parts with its
freedom. 1t goes into slavery to that
it is in its power. It is the
Sampson shorn of his locks. The
locks are public confidence. Delilah |
is the buyer. She may be unknown.
But the public soon see that a certain
strength has gone. It takes a long
time for the hair to grow again.
do not mean that this paper is in
dependent of the various political, re-
hgious and social prejudices existing
III the country. In them it finds
many limits as to expression. 1t is a
cautious navigator On this sea so
thickly studded with rocks, reefs and
shoals of varying opinion. The Bull
letin editorial room is q little Senate.
I think most of It's expressions must
pass the ordeal of editorial and pro-.
prictorial discussion ere they have
place in its columns. On important
matters, two, three and four heads are
deemed better than one in those apart
mcnts. 1t is very clever in marching
along with progressive public opinion.
1t avoids the vanguard and gets none
Of the scratching in the bralnbles and
briars through which all the pioneers