Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-20

WIN tStttHith contemporary thc
CebMne Chronicle, says:
After all tho Snccrs at the few members
copies Of some daily paper To- he paid for by
the state, the better reason is on their side
A matter OF economy IL 10 not worth
wranging over, but for any benefit II does
the legislator or his constituents the less said
the better. The report of Legislative proceed
ings IN such papers are Just enough to mys-
tlly "A constituent. especially as he re-
ccivos the paper IN broken doses and not till II
becomes stale IN these Geographic days. The
Galveston NrIoS ana Fort Worth GAZETTE
go TO all parts OF the state every morning,
and each contains n synopsis OF legislative
proceedings and are In the hands OF the read
crs fresh every morning, What do tho people
want with paper that first goes To the icgi5-
lHtOr ana then after it IL a week old sent to
the country constituent, who read MI IL con
tains seven days before? Had the legislature
done neat thing IL would have voted
reasonable sum TO some good daily and had
II to send tho paper direct Ia the i'm ,aiiunt
constituent This would have been much
more cfiicaelous way ofdong business.
1t appears that very many do not
understand the workings of the bid to
furnish members of the legislature
with the daily papers containing full
reports of the sessions at Austin The
GAZETTE can not speak for the other
papers taken by the members, but can
enlighten the Chronicle concerning the
large proportion of the patronage IL re-
ceives from the members of the legisla-
ture Each member Is authorized to
take twenty copies ut four cents per
copy. Those who preferred the GA
zErTE sent n list of the names of their
constituents, to whom they wanted
the paper mailed, to this
Office. The names were
placed upon our subscription books
and the paper is mailed to them from
this office every morning
and reaches them the day
of publication if the trains are
not delayed. Those who suppose
these papers are sent to Austin and
distributed from that point are labor
Ing under n wrong impression. Such
an arrangement would, of course, be
unsatisfactory and would not accom-
plish the object sought by the bill.
| Now with the above light
thrown OH the intricacies OF
the newspaper bin does our contem-
porary not think it beneficial one "
/ 1t disseminatps useful knowledge to
the country ut large, thereby giving
I the people an insight into the work
/ iugs of their lawmakers, and lays be-
! fore them the laws by which They are
to be governed Would the Chronicle
have the Legislative body sit IN Austin
with closed doors, which would be
about the same thing il the newspa-
\ pers did not distribute the fruits %
their labors? 1t is certainly the right
of the people 20 know what is going
on In the legislative halls OF the coun.
try, aud there Is no better channe
mel for conveying IL than through
the daily papers Does not the Chroa
iete see another great advantage in til,
publication and distribution Of th,
lahow OF the legislature? and which
I is, in the advantage given the coun
try press in mating up lis news
I Whore would the Ghropicic get is in
formation concerning the workings a
the legislature, il II were moi jis,ribu
ted by the daily papcrsG There's
poser 'or you. One othel
question Does not the Cisyoaic2;
/ thinkShis Information, IN consdera
ton Of the expense attendant upon 50
curing H. Very cheap At four cent.
per copy for che morning papers
Practical newspaper men will n
once recognize the fact that
q great deal Of cost Is attached to 4
daily paper which furnishes special
telegraphic reports OF every occur.
renee worth mentioning throughout
the state, and should be the last t.
complain at the price paid by subsenb.
ers for such information, The import.
ancc OF Distributing the work