The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-10
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to the public:
lowing to the inability OF the Shrir Dan.
ocrut Company to secure, at this time, the
services Of those to whom II proposed to
commit the management Of its affairs, It's
directors have concluded to suspend the
publication OF the Daily and Weekly STATE
Democrat until such time us they are able
to perfect the organization contemplated
This, we presume, means that the paper
has suspended indefinitely, or, in other
words, that the STATE Democrat has ceased
to exist.
The announcement will surprise many
persons who remember that the paper
changed hands only n few months ago,
and began u new departure under the
auspices Of a number Of influential Dem
ocrats Of the city and State who had long
been dissatisfied with tho Register. 1t
would seem Us il these parties must have
been very much in the dark as to their
prospects, or else woefully disappointed in
the outcome. They certainly could not
have expected to run such an enterprise
without adequate capital, and how comes
it that they did not 50 down in their
pockets deep enough to meet the case ?
Was It because n genuine Democrat could
not be found to edit the paper? Are not
the woods fill OF genuine Democratic ed
itors? Who ever heard Of u paper going
down for lack Of any quantity OF Demo-
cratic editors? We never did, We must
confess, aud we have seen several Demo-
cratic papcrs-organs with big O's- go
down.
We suspect that the Democratic party
in the city and State did not respond to
the new departure to the extent that was
expected. Thesend off at the tail end Of
the Legislature was not q happy one.
Those who participated did not go home
aud make the welkin ring with the Jews
that Il new organ had been born, and pro-
coed to rally the masses to its support.
On the contrary, the news fell rather dead
on the ear OF the Democratic press
throughout the State, and the rank and
file Of the party did not seem to enthuse
to any noticeable extent.
But aside from this state OF things, there
was really not room in this city for three
daily papers. Thecommunity is not large
enough for two papers protesting the
same political faith, Our situation is a
little like that Of the early settlement at
the forks OF Wheeling creek, at the time
old Simon Schultz's two strapping red
haired girls appeared at Bob MOseley's
irolic with two looking glasses, about the
size OF dollars, set in gilt tin, hung around
their necks as lockets by red ribbons.
The extravagant display stunned the as
sembled ruStics, and the frolic ceased, and
they were advised to lay their ornaments
aside, because the country was not
advanced enough in these parts for such
things, and the community was too small
10 be split up into ieuds on account Of
them"
The expenses Of II daily paper nova.
days are much greater than they once
were in Wheeling. More money is paid
for dispatches, editorial labor, correspon.
dcnce and composition. They are all cash
expenses, too,-payable every week,-and
hence the sinewS OF wal are a prime ne.
ceSSity and must be forthcoming on de-
mand. To establish a paper on a paying
basis is generally the labor OF years.
Thurlow Weed once said that with his ex-
poriGnce he would as soon undertake to
found n State as a newspaper. To force
an opening where one does not naturally
exist is indeed u labor and All expense.
The late evening paper Of this city made a
long and persistent effort to establish itself
firmly, and was aided by good editorial abil-
ity, diligent~ attention to the local news and
what was understood to be sufficient pecu-
MARY backing. The trouble was that the
field was not large enough to divide among
three daily papers, and, in addition, times
in this community grew steadily duller
and more depressed in a business
way from the date Of the evening papers
advent. 1t came into existence Just after
thepanic, and OF course the field OF patron
age narrowed as the panic wore on. 1t
has been u trying time for even establish
I'd newspapers all over the country. They
could not materially diminish their ex.
penses, for the expenses Of a newspaper
are OF an memorable character and must
he kept up in order to keep its position.
The great papers OF the country spend
more money to-day than ever before.
Some OF their establishments have cost a
mint OF money and an immense income is
required to run them. Their tendency is
to encroach on the fields OF their smaller
and weaker brethren, and these smaller
and weaker brethren have to so the full
length OF their tether in order to maintain
apaying local circulation against this en-.
crOachm ent.
As.we have said, the evening paper, as
the Standard and Democrat, made a long
and patient struggle to establish itself, but
the time was unfortunate even il the field
had been larger, and the wedge that now
aud then can be driven into very hard
wool by heavy blows rCbounded at last
and the gap closed against it.
As to the personnel Of the paper, Mr..
Dana Hubbard, the leading editor, is an
accomplished writer, and would certainly
excel in some departments of journalism,
us for instance where graceful, descriptive
and piQuant writing is in demand. No
doubt he will find a sphere where his
special faculties AS a writer can be made
available,