Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-26

were with a considerable flourish o
trumpets and sounding Of brass recopied
into the Every Evening to show its i'm
msnse popularity. The swollen ex'
change list and pagers sent to leading
Democratic politicians throughout the
country, paid for probably by the Bay
ar literary bureau, August Belmont a
free ira Ter finan(ial agent, was st its
height the fir t of May the commence
ment Of the Every Evening Is thirty -four
days of liz circulation. We have no
way of our own Of ascertaining the
numLer of papers thus sent out, nor
would we iItrude upon the privacy Of
the post office officials to ascertain this
fact, but it is fact well known that
there has been a reduction Of thous-
and or more copies sent through the
mails within very short space Of time
past. 1t would not be extravagant to
presume that at least the circulation of
the Every Evening through the means
set forth was increased probably twelve
or fifteen hundred, which now being
cut off reduces the legitimate circula-
ton of that paper back to about 5000.
We do not doubt that the Z. L as it
claims, issued 1850 papers on the first
day of May which was Saturday, also
on Wednesday the 9Th of May; 400
the LIST of June the day before the Chi
cage Convention met, and 1890 on the
Sth OF June when the same convention
was ballotting for President, but if
this was all the circulation it had at
that time, it is very easy to compute
its circulation now with its swsllen
exchange and free list which was only
a temporary circulation cut off. Place
the regular circulation of the E. E., at
$500 or 5000 now, and the figures will
not be far wrong, and We think we can
almost see the smile that passes across
the countenanoes of the publishers Of
the Every Evening when they read
this and amongst themselves acknov-
ledge our accuracy.
Now word in regard to the circuis.
ton of the REPUBLICAN which the pro-
prietors Of the Every Evening in the
referred to have tried ts dis
parags and underrate, for that purpose
using the evidence given by the editor
in the case Of W.T.. Croasdale vs.. William
Bright for libel. In that evidence it is
not denied that the editor OF the Re-
PUBLICAN did say that according to the
best of his recollection the circulation of
his paper was from 9. 500 to 5000 in
November 1878. The question in re-
gard to circulation was suddenly asked
the editor and without much thought
be gave the circulation OF the paper in
1877 instead Of November 1878, when the
circulation was as claimed, near 1000.
The evidence of TIE editer however was
u the safe and liberal side, though kis
,stiuate was about 1000 below the
cal circulation; he would have been as
'ensurable for trying to deceive the
people as the editor and publishers of !
he Every Evening are for taking
hirty.four days Of inflated circulation
IS the basis Of their article which is not
My ingenious but apparently inten-
ionally deceptive. Let the editor Of
he Every Evening only make half as
liberal an estimate for the circulation ,
f his paper as the editor of the REPCB
icAN through an error in dates made
,efore the court for his paper, and then
le will be nearer the truth.
The President and Business Manager
f the Every Evening, not conten. with =
racticipg deception and of making
laring misrepresentation in regard to
he circulation of the two papers in
uestion stepped out Of their course
nd published what was not true.
hey say that on Monday, November !,
5, 1878, "tbe declaration was made
ditorially in the REPUBLICAN, that the :,
REGULATION Of the paper was then over
,00O copies daily, and steadily grow. r
49,"
Now we maintain that We said some
ming quite different as will be- seen
ON the following quotation from the :,
rticle to which allusion is made. Here
is; notwithstanding the fact that =,
ne Every Evening says that the Re. n
UBLlcAN is edited by man not fit to
Q an editor, ard irtimates that it has
clown for reporter, its circulation |,
5000 and still increasing shows that F
is appreciated by the people" The o.
ifererce and the attempt to garble d
nd mislead public sentiment will be q,
asi!y detected at the same time by in a
elligent readers. II
Now concluding word: Ths circu- 6
alton of the REPUBLICAN in 1877 was :,
rom $500 to 1900. In 1878 and 1879 :.
was flom 4,7o0 to $500. In 1880, =
ince the Every Evening raised to r