The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-17

The Philadelphia Times, on commencing
the seventh year of its journalistic existence,
publishes long ''retrospecp' Of its career
and tho causes that led 10 its establishment.
Referring TO these causes, the corruption in
municipal official circles in Philadelphia, The
opon, bold and shameless stealing AID prey
ing upon the people tina! was then the ord
Of the day, itsays:
The newspaper press was submissive.
Even tho courts had breathed tho atmot-
phere Of corruption about thOm on every
side, until they became 10 regard fearless
criticism Of officials Ms licentlousness, and
nearly every public jourual had its scars in,
Ilicttd by some potential jDbbor in
his libel suits Tho inca who
had usurped tho authority of tho
people by violence asd the waste of tho
peoples money! were defiant Ms Tweed
IN haunting their gains before the community
they had plundersd. Public crime gildo1 #,
deiermi'ies by s'mptuous banquets, often
SURPRISING y ASSd:s' cica ' sr,a' sigs-"
!|fSvclry, ana men of good repute and pur-
poses, and some charged with sacred public
trust, were willing snd welcome guests At the
socia splendor thut told only the story Of
defiant theft. Councils were merely the
public marts where the jobbor camo TO bid
Tor hii gains; the chief magistrate, although
not Individually corrupt was Eeld in the
thongs Of corruptionlsts and forced to bow
| TO their rotous waste, and every department
| that could have called u halt in the general
decentralization, was filled by tho chosen
dependent or confederate Of public thieves
in It's treasury. 1t is, we believe, the only
| first class daily journal ever founded in this
country that HIS paid not loss than six per
cent. annual dividends to its shareholders
from tho dry it started; that never gave n
note or other obligation for money in It's
business; that meyer borrowed dollar from
any one; that never had bill unpaid after
maturity Ut demand; that has paid its entire
real estate mortgage Of one hundred thousand
dollars out of profits that has n like sum of
ono hundred thousand dollars Of reserve
profits in It's treasury to-day, and that owns
over half u million OF prop rlY, without one
dollar of debt on m investment of two hun
dred thousand dollars Of capital. Aud this
has been achieved not only without the ia
vors Of power, but by rejecting the otlioi.i
farors OF friendly power. II Is tho uibntl
of She intelligent, independent citizen to Tho
Independent Journal. 1t proves that as inHo-
pendent voting Is most profitable 10 tho com
muniiy independent journalism is most profit
able to tho newspaper, and tho Times enter.
its seventh year moro widely read, aud ore
generously supported in every department
than ever before in its successful history.
Referring then TO its phcnominal success, i
attributes IL all 10 its Independence, and IL
this It is correct, 1t is the indopenden
journal, the newspaper, that, fr0o from the
claims of party, unbiased BY partisan feel
Ing, speaks ont tho exact Truth, regsrilo0s q
whom or whore 1t hurts, that wins tho cor ii
dcncc of tho people aud that ia worthy OF
tta, conf ence. Like tho Times, tho lleR
AID Is independent, saying what it believe
to bo true, right and proper, and like tn,
Times, IL strives alone for tho best int, rost.
of tho people and tho country, tho bohests Ct
this or that. political party or indyiius
weighing not feathers weigh. in Ia,
balances of its conception OF justice ind right
Tho Times says;
The Times has attained measure Of lnap
oial success in six years that IL entirely unpre
ccdon,ed in tho history of Americas journal
ism. After the frs, lnree months ot It's pub
lica.ion, IL never drew dollar from 1t
capital for curron. expenses, AID |
closed tho first year with l,