Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-29

pOutn6rn exchange liSt nau poou 10
ducsd 1900 to i4O0, and when the mai
who made it knew in his heart that tn
circulation Of his paper was only abou
5000. We will not call this assertion
lie in the whole clcth, others MAJ
:, call it what they please.
As the swora statements Of the twt
iitors have been freely alluded to ant
made the bssis of so much deception BY
the editor Of the 4. E., in whose moutl
there is no guile, Of course not, We hav'
another word also to say about thos'
Statements.
In ths case of the Every Evening
William T. Croasdale, editor, ard A. L.
| Richardson, business manager swore
that during the whole of May and
lpart OF June, "a days in the average
circulation Of their paper was 1890
lEhoStly before the FIRST Of May was the
time when some 1900 names were
placed rponthe Southern exchange list
in the interest OF Bayard for the
Presidency, ard soon after tie "a days
expired this Southern exchange list
was dropped. THIS was just time to
make a boom for the Every Evening as
vel! as for Mr.. Bsyard. Why our cir
clla:ion is 1850 There are the fig
ures to show it. We needn't tell in
our circulation that We only had about
5000 before the first of May, and will
only have about the same number when
the Cincinnati Convention is over. The
people who advertise and whose patron
age we seek needn't know that. People
who will be deceived by our honest
clever trick, need not know that the
weight Of our mail before the 1Yst Of
May was % pounds; that from tina. time
up to the Cincinnati Convention, in
Guiding the "a days referred to, 1t was
liz pounds, and that sincs then it was
reduced back to 80 pounds again. We
will publish our circulation now when
it is at its artificial height; advertisers
WON'T know any better. The foregoing |
must Fave been few thoughts that
ran through the minds of those wonder
full swearers that do rot want to enter
into any argument with a paper like
The REPUBLICAN,.
Now for the facts in the case of Mr..
Vernon who made sworn statement
,efore the Court in the libel suit oil
;roasdale vs.. Bright. Mr.. Vernon took
be stand and urOn being asked what
be circulation Of his paper was when
he alleged libel referred to was pub
ished, not thinking but that the libsl
rent back to 1877 replied $500 or 5000.
his is true. The circulation of the
.EPrBLIcAN in that year was as he sta
i'd. There was no attempt to evsde
ne truth though an error in regard TOT
ates told against him. In 1878 when
he article which led to the suit was
ublished, the circulation was on an
verage about 5000. 1t suits the
IMPOSES Of the editor and manager
the Every Evening to taxa the same v
dvantage Of this little error on the
art of the editor Of the REPUBLICAN as 0
suited them to take advantage Ct 81
ays OF Inflated circulation of their own y
aper to make ont their Gaze and de- II
i've advertisers. 81
We hops tbs rsal9rs OF the REpUBLr- II
" the most Intelligent in Wilmington, ~
Ill read carefully the last two para
apis Of the Z. E's article. They
III see for themselves the estimation u
which they are held. Only those n
10 take the Every Evening and read VI
can lay any claim to decency, or in ' a'
ne: words, those who su pport and :"
I'd the REPuBLIC CAN care nothing fer y.
cercy. We dismiss this part for it -,
only the effervelcence Of a beer VI
uddled brain.
But the real question Is net what =.
circulation of the two papers were O
or three years ago. What are they =,
,.1 '',' N'''''--' lag 0"'n' VI th,
editor and manager of the Every .
en!ng are fresh and refer to the
sent circulation of their paper. The
position of Mr. Vernon editor nei
he REPUBLICAN, even admitting there hui
no error ia dates referred to the Rv
'ulatien two years ago. Is this a ger
comparison ? Well, it is about as
as could be expected from that
rec. What are the calculations VIC
?! We have made the assertion IL
we dare the contradiction that the W"
ny Evening since it cut of its ]
them exchange list two or three Ha
3 ago, has rot now oirculs- exr
exceeding S,20e. We now again lori
Sc the positive assertion that the =
'rEMcAS Issues an average daily cir IT
alton of I, 500, and We dare contra era
ion. We have 40 concealments to -
is. Our press room is open and any -
the Every Evening desires it can w