Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-04
HYPRENATED PAPERS.

Ealstead on the Consolidation of the Gin
cinnati Papers-The Platform of the New
| Combination.
| CINCINNATI, Jan. 2.-Mr. Halstead, who
has not hitherto consented to say anything
about the merging of the Commercial and
the Gazette, will print the following in the
| Commercial tomorrow:
another step in the consolidation of the
| Cincinnati Commercial and the Cincinnati
Gazette newspapers will take place to-
morrow, and the Commercial Gazette will
| be issued from Patterns building, Fourth
and Race streets, by NJ. Halstead & Co.
and the Gazette company. We do not
hazard anything in saying that the paper
will be superior in many respects to
either the Cincinnati Commercial or Cincin-
natl Gazette, and we could not promise
more than that. It is our judgment that
we combine the men and material of the
| two papers to advantage to all concerned.
1t is our purpose and expectation to salts
fly both constituencies and to enlarge the
circulation and influence beyond that
which the two papers have possessed.
There has been something of humor, and
more of serious hostility, in suggestions
that have been made that the Commercial
and Gazette were irreconcilable. AS
rule both have been Re-
publican and each have found
occasion to revolt against party dicipline.
Com bined they will certainly lack neither
the spirit of independence or principles,
as Republicans. When the Commercial and
Gazette have differed as to men and meas
ures, it has generally happened that
though their ways varied, they have sought
the same ends. To go back as far as the war
of the rebellion they differed as to merits
of commanders and expediency as to GER
tain lines of policy, but united urged the
overthrow of the antagonists of the
law and the restoration of the Union.
Coming down as late as the temperance
question, the serious truth is that the Ga
zette was rot for prohibition and the Com
nnercidl was not for free whisky. On the
Sunday question we have differed, not as
to the fact that the day should be respect
ed, but as to the forms in which that re-
spect could and should be shown, with
malice toward none and charity for all.
That which is remarkable in the long his
tory of the papers is the Commercial, the
junior, is forty years old, and the
Gazette, the oldest newspaper in
habitant of the West, is that they
have in essentials of public policy touch
ing large affairs so constantly agreed. Our
friends may put aside all that is said
of our inability to get along in a CONSOLE
dated firm as frivolous. We of the Com
mercial and Gazette understand and
know each other, and there need
not be the slightest misgiving.
AS to our going in together, it is nom
sense to say that necessity compels this
union. We believe that neither of the
consolidated papers ever had larger in
come than during the year just closed. It
is true that expenses have increased more
rapidly than business, and so net gains
have not been as large as in the flush years
when expenses were comparatively light
and current dollars were worth less than
gold. We have had some business reasons
for this combination being made.
Each has been for many
years spending $4,000 month
in doing substantially the same
that the other was doing. In the avoid
ance of this immense duplication we can
give greater variety to the one paper and
yet save sum of money in year thatw
cut up into splendid dividends, and it has
seemed to Us that herein it was desirable
that they should be one Republican
of commanding strength and
influence. That, we believe, has heen Sc
cured, and we recommend to our fellow
citizens of Republican persuasion who
have been divided and differing, and weak
ened through over competition and harass
ed by improbable controversy, to put
aside minor matters that are so apt to be
by personal ambition, pride Of
opinion and irrelevant concerns, and like
the Commercial and Gazette unite for the
common good"