The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-12-17
JOURNALISTIC.

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The San Francisco S.0ei EIchca2e ul
the ltih inst, coEtnirs the fullowin:
with rcsrec: to tie advent OF morn.
ing daily Democratic paper in that
city:
The Democrats seem to he going 10
work III earnest to establish mornin!
Democratic paper. Meetings are held
frequently and II committee OF two lead.
ing citizens nrc now at work soliciting
subscriptions to the stotk. The party
seem to te going to work the right way
to make the new venture not only u
pecuniary success. bit 10 give it iuilu-
ence Us well. No GIG person il To be
allowed to suls. ri C TO enough of the
stock to give him II predominant vuic.
i'll the control, bnt subscriptions urc to
be confined to limited amount, and
the control to be vested IN n board OF
five or seven trustees. San Francisco is
nu% III very much the same condition
that l'i:iinuelph;a WIS tao Years ago,
when Col. Mcclure and his associates
established the Philadelphia Times.
The Philadelphia press WIS notably the
weakest and most unsatisfactory Of any
city i'll tue Union. 1t was Gchind the
times by twenty wears. In some re-
spGcts the San Francisco press closely
resembles it row. The CAL is fast be.
coming Philadelphia LeIya-a mere
vehicle for small advertisements"
The Ck-cEief< is bright, but too inteLse-
ly partisan to command respect. Ii
may be likentd 10 Forney's paper
which was meIe personal organ. The
IzdD'iHsr finds its counterpart in the
Philadelphia -lye, an Gillette, iossilizcd
pafty trumpet, without circulation or
newsstand the evening paprIs here are
conducted III very much the same way
as were si:l.ilar papers in Philadelphia.
There %GS not u real live cuterprisipy
journal in the whole To-.
In the Spring Of 1871, Col. Mcclure
and few associates, subscribed $4,000
and established the phi!ndelI h:a 7imey.
Their idea was to run i; one year with
that amount, and il it did not warrant
further expenditure Mt The end # the
year to drop it. They purchased the
-iJe printing mate rial and Asst ciaicd
Press franchise and vent To work. Tie
paper was modelled after the New York
.Saa, aud WAS made Gil independent
paper with nnti-Gdnlinistgaiiou Sy,rpa-
thies. or Ccu-sc il WIS managed with
ability, but it's success wIs marvel
lous one from the very start. The har-
vest MES ripe for il i'll Philadelphia, and
1t had what q sim;la: paper would have
in this city-G clear ii III. Ii sta:tcd
without subscriber, ID in less than
three months had 10000. Al the crd
of the first y:a- j. l:a;! { It's Uiiairri
capital $l5,UDU LEFT III b nj, two spiCr-
did new Hoe presses with new material
throughout, aud paid for, suLscrip-
ton list Of $4,000, ard ADVERTISING re-
c"iptS which averaged 81 5,UUu month.
1t has now reached the end o. tic
second year of iia existence, and has
Just moved into magnificent new six-
story building bnilt prtssly ior il at
tho corner OF ChcStuu; aud Eighth
streets.
The Times could not be- bought now
for half million dollars. IL has Il rep
ntniiOn ns the rIost Inarvcl!ously suc-
ccSsful attempt at journalism ever IHuGc
i'll this country, aud the principal reason
Of its success is the fact that it had
clear field. y new paper established in
4 his city would II properly managed no
doubt meet win prOporti0nHtc sue
cess. for the same conditions exist; but
il must not be pnrty paper. Rcpubli-
cans will net support un out an ont
Democratic puper, and il has been
aLundantly shown i'll this city that the
Democrats won't either. Make ii
aud success is assured.