Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
Those Sherin's Sales.

TnO06 SDohlu'b o"AOs'
The "Gazette's" argument in regard
to the advertisement of the Sheriff g
sales seems to imply that the more limit
ed the circulation Of newspaper the
higher the price property advertised
therein will command. On this princi-
ple the advertisement might be omitted
altogether and the expense thereof
obviated. OF course we expected the
"Gazette'' would have considerable to
say in reply to our remarks about the
advertisements of Sherif's sales, and
we have not been disappointed in our
expectations. The Sherift's sales is a
plum with which it allows nO interfer-
ence, and it makes slaDderous attack
upon us when it intimates that VIZ are
instigated by sordid motives in expos
ing the abominable partisanship which
rules and controls the advertisement OF
Sherit's sales. We have over and over
again showed that where there was no re-
strsint or interference by officials, thepar-
ties more intimately concerned always
seek the most public channels VI iufor-
nation through which to advertise their
sales, and this being the case the RE-
PUBLICAN has been the favored paper
with large majority of the people. 1t
will require some better argument than
the Gazette" has ever yet produced to
convince the people that Sheriff's
sales are an exception to all
other kinds of property advertised
for sale, and consequently should be
published only in Democratic papers
because that party happens by fraud to
be in power. 1t is not true that the
REPUBLICAN is unhappy over the Sher-
if's sales because it don't get them,
but it does sometimes mar the pleasure
of our enjoyment when we see poor
Unfortunate creditors who have fallen
into the Sheritf's hands imposed upon
and made to pay large advertising bills
to papers that have but a nominal cir
culation of few hundred. The publ
cation of a Sheritf's sale ordinarily
costs from So to sl2 in each paper in
which it is published, the price
now being regulated by law without
regard to the circulation of paper.
Published in two papers, then the poor
creditor is compelled to pay about $40
or $2J for advertising in papers
which neither he ror the Sheriff
would hav4 chosen Tor the pub
lication OF any other notice. If
this is 10. the rank 4st injustice We do
not know what is, and what is worse
still, il the fact that the Democrats con-
spire together to oppress the oheriff's
creditors, and rob thom of their money
in order that some poor hiccuppy Wheel
ing, starving Democratic organ OF from
400 to 800 circulation may be kept on its
tottering pins awhile longer. Candidly
speaking we would as candilly ask,
whether the Legislature would no. have
as good right to order our merchants
and manufacturers TO advertise in Dem
ocratic papers only, as to pass laws
which virtually compel the Sheriff to
advertise only in such papers What
right have Democratic politicians to
club together and oppress poor creditors
by making them pay tribute to their
party simply because it is Democratic
How does this partisan, fraudulent law
work? Partisan because it virtually
compels the Sheriff to advertise only
in Democratic papers, and fraudulent
DtCau5o IL TOD5 tlic plcllh . CIchltolo VI
their hard earned money by making
them pay for advertising in worthless
papers that have only the name of a
circulation.
The papers Of this city may he said
to be divided into three classes, Repub-
lican, Democrat and Independent, there
being two Democratic papers and one
of each CT the others named, and their
circulation is about as follows:
Republican, 5000
Democratic 1000
independent $500
Motives of delicacy prevent us from
dividing the Democratic circulation in
to two parts in proportion to the
circulation of each, and so we put
down the pitiful meagre number
that they have collecti vely, and our
intelligent readers can divide the
enormous circulation of 1900 between
the two Democratic papers to snit them
selves.
Now what we mean to show js this,
that the Democrats have had the law
50 warped and shaped that the Sheriff
is compelled to give his advertising to
these two little wheezy Democratic
papers having combined circulation
of 1000, and the unfortunate creditors
are made to foot the bill. The Repub-
lican paper that has circulation of
5000 and which with its weekly edi-