Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-30
TWO CENTS.
A First-elass Eottee

MI. T.. r.. Culver proposes TO erect an all
This machine is Ia be called newspaper. Ii is
70 be styled" TAe Federal Dsmocraf." It's mission
Ii the resuscitaticn OF what Mr. Culver considers
1.-The debauched democracy" Its prospectus ia
of course, brilliant. The public demand for d.
OF course, Ii ravenous; and the necessity il, OF
c0urse, imminent and critical. So much, aud
no less. Is to De taken for granted. But Mr..
and, As we wish 70 pay some attention 20 this, we
quote the following passages from his able and
sIo9uent address Ito the democracy Of the
We propose to establish daily paper as the or
gan a the true denocraIic party, and 20 found IL
by board of trustees the chairman Of which shaIi
Dc he had m.nsgsS Of he rsper each share Of
and upon vhicn stI Per oeniK1s assEsa shsll lie
sse 70 the stock holders ssMi asn.aiiy. AZ soon
tipus 70 De regularly Issued daily thsrestee. sun
sysnns and "a street, W..hinstOn, D. G, where
Certificates of viii be issued 70 ali snbscribers
upon pay meIt of the money, bearing interest from
We give MI. Culver's post Office address in
full. Respectable idiots are expected to res
whelming Mr.. Culver with their favors, our
less inspired readers will indulge us word or
It is impossible TO establish successful news.
paper IN Washington city, on a strictly com
mereial basis, Tor several conclusive reasons
In the first place, the national capital is a CITY
without commerce. Ii is a riffraff OF Congress
men and hucksters in winter, and 'dry rot"
IN summer. Its FLOATING population" does
business with the government, not with the
local tradespeople. Its resident population"
Is limited, poor, and unprogressive. There is
little inducement to the advertiser and conse-
quently there rs little advertising. What little
there is goes to TIE EVENING STAR, which is
issued cheaply and universally circulated, and
which, as a local vehicle, can not be suppIant-
ed. Thus the leading item OF legitimate news
paper revenue Is wanting 10 Washington city.
n Dut even TINS ~ scarcely the worst yet The
cal information, is the poorest point for local
news In the country. The local press, as
news vender, has to compete with the
All the great papers, twenty or thirty in num-
Der, have astute and active correspondents on
the spot: These flash everything over the wires
nightly in advance of the mails and OF course
In advance OF the most brilliant and enterpris-
ing journal that can exist in W sshiugton. Thus
the item of news il plucked from the cal press
OF the national capital as far as the country al
large Is concerned. The local press, thus robbed
OF the advertising and cut out OF the news fea-
ture OF the daily newspaper, is thrown back
upon It's editorials. Here II is confronted by
long established rivals in all the larger cities
and towns, in whose columns national topics
a-e discussed at least ably as they are dis
Ss az washington. There has never, indeed,
been time when the New York papers, which
reach the capital in the afternoon, did not com
mand their proportoned ascendancy In news,
Successful competition against these disad-
Vantages is a logical impess bility, and MIR. Gull
yers Joint stock suggestion is a laugha5le alb
Mr.. Culver tells US in his "address" something
about the defunct Patriot. He saws:
Owing to irregularities in the msassem.nt of the
secular Interest OF the Daily Patriot is suspension
bas been rendered Eecesssry. For the past two
years this Journal has been the only organ Of the
Il has Be. as shs eSss 81 aDs
N re s1it-risl conduct, maintaining with great
est ef the country. But in some things at timss il
Tell snort OF bling IN unison with the great demo-
cratic heart Of the Union, and thus fell short Of il.
The Patriot was a dull, respectable ponde-
rosity. IL was a second, but not a revised,
edition OF Senator Thurman, edited by the
money of Mr.. James Mcclure, Mr.. Richard
Merrick, his son-in-lsw, aud his friend Mr.
Corcoran, with such other careless and liberal
gentlemen as were willing, now and then, TO toss
it dollar OF two. 1t had never any real en-
couragement to come into the world or to re-
main in ii. 1t secured no circulation or patron
age. The one chance which eked out its feeble
which it looked 20 derive subterraneOus profit
and ill-got political subsidy. 1t died because
In the beginning, IL had no call 70 be born. L:
died because, confronted by the obstacles we
have named, it added TO them by Its intrinsic
natural and fully-deyeloped imbecility.
God forbid that we should say an uncourtly
word about TIE capital Of the United States.
We know our duty better. But it is no place
fer newspapers. The history Of journalism there
IL monotonous story of failure. The life of
each OF its newspapers, except the brisk and
lively little STAR 1--WE were a tri1e rough on
TIE STAR some time ago and owe it amends .
and Dom Piatt's ever pious and jocund Sab
batarian, which has supPlsntsd the Bible as
the Washingtonian's fabric OF Sunday con-
SUMPTION, is the life OF department clerk; il
struts its brief hour and PAGES its dreary round,
and SHUTS out, like tallow dip, never To glow
again.
We wish Mr.. Culver. sincerely, a good time.
and there is no knowing what NAV come it, for
the fools are not extinct.-LOHiscilEe Courier
Journal