Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-01
FIRST EDITION.
rnE sEpuBLIcAWv FAST.

A DVeeglpsive Article upon iis Ne
verses anA A0arcessas- GraAu uaI
Creush n ssablic Fsvov-Its Pres
eut msnageoeas snd iss Wonder
Tsl Presperiay.
In the years between 1880 and lS4C
newspaper publications in Delaware
wsrs then In their infaEcy. The task
OF publishing . newspaper wss Indeed
arduous and bssst with much tribula
ton, 70 say nothing Of tho expense per.
tanning thereto. But few railroads OK,
ist-d anywhere in the country. The
wondsrs n ths present telegraph sys
te,n wers then unthought OF, and the
labor Of securing news and that attend.
ing its disseminAtiop Was such a. to
render shs publication Of papsr in.
deed prscarious.
II vas amid the uncertainties of those
early days that the REPysLIcAx was
fret started upon the sea Of journalism
"a Wild, unknswn and tsmpastnous
sea II was. Like other contemporary
v.ntures-for ventures they were-ths
RRruBLIcAs was sorely bssst. It's in
fancy was one constant struggle and at
times its editions were published BE-
meath the shadow Of the lunspal ing
hand Of litigation. Thrown into court
At last, its issue was stopped. 1t how
ever soon recovered from this Tom-n-
tary draw back and 1t came from the or
deal brighter, fresher and Infused with
a more determined spirit for advance
ment. In the spring Of lS40 under the
name OF tn. Delaware Sentinel the Re
PUBLICAN was first started in Whining
ton BY William N. Naudain. II was
printed in the second story Of an old
'uilding which stood on the south east
:rner OF Second and Market streets,
where the drug store Of Edward Mcln-
all, Jr., now stands. 1t was then pub
llshed tri.weekly.
MIR. Naudain purchased the Office Of
Augustus Schee at Dover, who used to
pat the laws passed by the Legisla.
turrl from John Mcdowell, a merchant
OF that place who married his widow.
To this office, after 1t was removed to
" huii"s t'h. hc oi'"a hc" vPo "i'
new press, as the old press brought
from Dover was what's known amongst
printers as the Ramage press, in the
running OF which balls were used in
stead Of rollers for mixing the types.
Ter" were then but two papers pub
lish"d in Wilmington, the Delaware ia
zene and the Deia~are State journal.
Tn" former was Democratic and the lat
tor Wing in politics. The editors #
tn" journal were John Is. Porter and
Henry II Nafi, who published 1t under
the names OF Porter x Nat. The editor
Of the Gazette was John Newton Har
krr. The only other paper published
in the State was the Georgetown Repub-
hcan, edited by Henry II Cannon and
printed in Georgetown, Sussex county.
This paper was Whig in politics. Soon
after the establishmert of the Sentinel,
another paper was started in George
town, called the Relormer, which was
Democratic. 1t however had but briel
existence, and expired soon after its
first appearance.
The Sentinel was stai ed in a measure
in opposition TO the Jou nal, by another
branch of the Wing pay, al whose
head wae VIM. McCaull.p, DR.. J. W.
Thompson, and Mathew n Carnahan.
1t did not pay, and after the campaign
OF 1910, for Atlme its publication ceased
Arrangements were made with ii. ii.
Cannon, ESD, and about lS4l he NOV
et the Georgetown Republican to Viii.
mIngtOn and united i, with the Sentinel
taxing thr same ONCE ana chahgeh lts
name 10 the DELAWARE REPUBLICAN. IL
was also puplished threr tlties week
Mr.. cannon 'h lo4L LOOK ihto part.
herShlp WIN nun william l. '"ahaeii
anu "iiiiall D Milss ana 'he paper
was pupiiah"d uhder the name oi
cannon 20. Mr. cannon afterwards
Sold ms share to JohnA. .Allderdice, alter
'ardS mayor OF wilmington and fro-
monetary OF Ne" Castle county, ana
'"' paper was puolishea uhder he
name "i Aliderulce' . ahu"ll MiIe''
'hry afterwards moved Their once TO
i"e south west corner OF lhird ana Mar
ketstree's, where the new building lately
erected by the late Aehas b. dlazler'
'Iir lottery broker, no" STANDS.
AlId"rdice, Jrandell Miles after
r.rryihg 1t on lew years broke up,and
The ONCE was thrown INTO chahcery ny
Tie dispute, but !. was hhally settled
among them. hrrahgemehtSw were now
ever made ana IL was htlu ny an aSso
cIhtioh ol ihdiVlduals' nut during the
tim" Tia" paper remained unpublished
Thus it remained 70 some time.
In the outside world great changes
were forming. Loyal hearts were
,rpmblin, for the safety of those prin
cipl-s sown as seed and molstened by
the earliest life blood of the nation, un