Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-06
SOMETHING NEW.
Tho Associated Press Finds Q
Victim at Last.

It Makes . ScapegOat Of she "Eu-
reka Sentinel MIR. Richardson
Gets out or Humor-He would
Cfnch This Papsr-And He Would
Annoy and nconv enience
whole Community Because she
.Sentinel- Pr0dded the AssOcf-
sted Press-The whole story.
The SENTINEL appears this morning
without its usual quantity Of dispatches,
in fact, without any dispatches at all. We
feel that we wi it - . duty to our patrons
and friends TO explain how this happens.
The SENTINEL will in this instance, %
always hitherto. be plain and honest with
the public. We might, SO to speak, pull
the wool over the eyes" Of a great many OF
our readers, and publish . lot Of old dis
patches with fresh dates, and possibly =
majority Of our readers would not notice
the difference, 30 slight is the observation
of many persons in regard to what is.
actual news and what is not. But we
prefer to occupy this space in the tele-
graphic department Of the paper this
morning, or whatever portion Of it may be
necessary. to give the reading public the
reason, SO far a. we can, why the SENTINEL
appears without its ordinary telegraphic
news, which has been q prime feature in
the paper for many years.
The SENTINEL has had the misfortune to
excite the wrath and incur the enmity of
the Associated Press, or that portion OF it
with which w have had to deal.
1t remains. to be seen whether. on this
account, We are to be permanently de-
prived OF q privilege that we are entitled to-.
Whether the community Of Eureka and
southeastern Nevada, in which region the
SENTINEL circulates, and to which it brings
the latest news, are to be "cinched" and
deprived OF what has grown to be their
expectation and their ~right-whether they
shall be made to suffer for the anger OF
the Associated Press Agent In Ssn Fran
cisco against this paper, for any great
length Of time, is yet to be determined.
In the meanwhile we ask our friends to
suspend judgment in the mattr. II it is
possible for us to do so honorn.bly We shall
make terms with that offended autocratic
monopoly. the Associated Press Of Cali
fornis, represented in ,Ae person of A.
Richardson. We wish to have it under
stood, however, that " though we are to an
extent, ~ a newspaptr, at the mercy Of Mr..
Richardson flor he seems to act altogether
on his own responsibility as though he 10
dictator in tie premises), we shall make
no concession to him or to the Associated
Press at large that is not warranted by the
circumstances We do not know that
there is any concession OF our part that
can be consistently made. 1t may be that
the breach, or what Mr.. Richardson re-
CARDS as such, cannot be repaired. and that
we may be cut off indefinitely from the
use Of the dispatches Of the Associated
Press.
If this be irrevocably SO. we shall have
to look to other sources for our tele-
graphic news. We shall have reported to
US whstever transpires Of great import
ance. regardless of the cost. This right,
at least, cannot be withheld. The tele-
graph company is Q common carrier, and
could not, if it would, decline to give US
the privilege Of its wires.
Even if the worst comes to the worst in
this matter, we will be able to publish q
newspaper. The SENTINEL has been for
some time past the only paper in this
neighborhood that has published genuine
Geographic dispatches. If other journals
may dispense with this department. Of
news, it seems we might also. But this
will not be the case il we can possibly OBJ
tain our telegraphic news as formerly,
without sacrificing too much of u per-
sonal pride and independence to do so.
We recognize the obligation. however,
that we, as a public servant. are under to
the community. and, for the sake of our
patrons, we shall have q satisfactory ar
rangement Of this difficulty, % soon as
can be, perhaps in . few days, il the ar
rangement can be decently made. At all
events. we are here to stay. We shall live
and nov and breathe Notwithstanding all
1.-THE Associated Press may do to bslk or
embarrass US, whatever purpose immedi-
ate or Interior it may have in doing so.
We would much rather get and pay for
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hard and journalism, formerly very lucra-
tive in Eureka, is now, ON account of the
business depression in the camp, almost
reduced to . "bread and butter racket"
1t ought to be understood in regard to
the Associated Press represented in San
Francisco by Mr.. Richardson, that II has
Q monopoly purchased from the telegraph