Connecticut western news., 1883-01-10
The Springfield Republican
 FOR 1883.
DA1LY---sUNDAY---wEEKLY.
Established in 1894 by Samuel Bowles.I

THE REPUBLICAN will continue it's minls'rations forthe benefit of mankind in general and the New England public in particular, during the coming yesr, in the same liberal spirit and with the same high purposes that have market it's course in the past. In some respects it expects to serve it's conetitaancY more acceptably than ever before.
 The political developments of he past year have abundahtly justified THE REPUBLICANS recent at- titude toward public affairs, state and national. The men whom it has denounced and the measur es that it has opposed have directly indirectly brought defcat upon the republican party and carried the democrats into power not because the country has special confidence in the latter but be- cause it is disgusted with republican rule.
 In this situation of affairs, THE REPUBLICAN finds cause for great rej oicing, mixed it is true with some regret that in Massachusetts the independent voter has not tempered his zeal with broader intel ligence and finer discrimination. Out of this re- volt there will surely grow healthier condition of the body qoli ic and 8 wiser, more honest administration of public interests. Weare nearer the achievment of reform in the civil service, in taxation and administration through the sweeping political change. Whether these reforms are to be finally and fully obtained throa gh new parties or by the awakening and purifcation of the old organ izations is not essential. That they must be real ized in some way for the salty and welfare of the republic is the vital tact In laboring to bring them about The Republican is and will be wholly independent of men, parties and factions recogniZ- ing and using instruments, but bound to none.
 Apart from it's discussions of political question which are the first interest of society, THE REPUB- L1cAN aims to perform the great drties of the mod ern newspapers with energy, discretion and faith luness. It gathers the daily news of tho world and particularly of its field, with alertness and terprlse sits it intelgenty and presents to it's readers all that is worthy in compact but interest ing form It interprets the term news in it's broad est sense as including thought and theory we'll as fact, and it seeks to inform it's readers of the world's ement in morals religion, science and literature equally with material matters. The large space re erved for reading matter in THE SUNDAY REPUBLICAN makes it possible to prt sent III that edition unusually rich collection of stories, religious selections and discussions, special articles, special departments, poetry and literary reviews of peculiar interest and value on the chosen day of rest This edition will be sent by the earliest mai to any part of the country and is distributed on the morning of publication by regu.
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