San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-24
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Including All eulllons, hHo"' oho h"'"'"
thousand copies OF the News week have
been printed, circulated aud read wliiin
the pnst twelve months This means, allow
ing only four readers 10 each copy daily or
yeelly-a very low average for such II pm
per-that the News has been read twenty
million eight hundred thousand ines during
the year. Arithmetic and statistics, how
| ever. can give but Il vague idea of the pop
ularity and influence Of The News or its in
trinsic cailns to public appreciation. First
in order stands its cl i'm Ms "A diligent enter
prisinV and faithful newspaper. In this
character, sparing no labor and no expense,
il has made itself, III it's wide and constantly
widening circle, eminently the paper alike
| for the promiscuous reader who wants the
general news, and for the business man WHO
wants special news.-for tho wideawake mer-
chant the wdeawake banker, the widoawake
lawyer. the wideawake husbandman, the
wideawake stockman, the widenwake rail
roadman, the wideawake mariner, the wide.
awake and public-spirited citizen, eager TO
be informed on public and political topics,
and withal, even the wideawnke politician,
who cannot afford to trust for true and full
intelligence to organs stamped with aservile
partisan brand and sacralnentally devoted to
the purpose of suppression, observation,
Misrepresentation and misinformation. As
regards its Success in the character of n dill
igent, enterpriBing and faithful newspaper,
the News takes no credit to itself- except
for hard work, steady and intelligent appli-
cation, and an honest desire to do its duty
to the newspaper reading public. The rest
of the credit is due to the people, upon
whose good sense and discriminating appre-
chiffon The News has confidently relied and
never in vain, for substantial response to
it's endeavorb to serve them. Continuing
these cndcavoIs in the line of this service,
The News enters, in 1884 II field unusually
rich in materials for news of q most import
ant and interesting nature, relating to sub
iects of the profoundest concern to the peo-
pie The Texas Legislature, convened
in special session, will have before it-be-
sides other urgent questions, such rs those
touching the school fund, the school lands,
the improvement Of the school system, and
the rate of taxation for the general revenue
the question of some permanent remedy
for the distempercd condition which broke
out in the fence cutting lnwlessness, if not
for the feebeleness of the state government
which has permitted fence-cutting mobs to
ravage property and trample upon law with
out check and with IMMUNITY. The doliber
atoms OF the Legislature ut this special SEES
sion, must therefore, be of far more than
ordinary interest, and full report of them
from day to day will be special feature of
The News Geographic columns during the
session. For great part of the year Con-
press will also be in session. and its proceed |
ings will hereafter be of uncommon inter
est in the way of accomplishing measures
of LEGISLATION, or in the way of shaping is
sues between parties in national contest.
Then will come state and national conven-
tons. and state and national canvasses.
The News will faithfully report nll import
ant political developments ut Washington,
the proceedings of Congress, the proceed
ings of the several conventions and all the
incidents marking the progress
of the presidential campaign, or the cam
paign for the election of state officers. And
when it comes to opinion, comment and dis
cussion, The News simply enlarges its func-
tons as newspaper which means to tell
the truth and utter conviction without fear,
favor, or affection; which means to work I'M
remittingy for all needful reform in govern
ment. and which believes that in the inter
est of such reform the present dominant
party in national affairs should be over
thrown. In this enlarged character The
News can pledge itself to the service of no
party, can consult no argury but the coun-
trys good, but can and does acknowledge |
allegiance to that true democracy which is
the sum at once of true liberalism, of true
progress, and of true conservatism of law
and order, of justice and liberty, and of the
essential rights and substantial interests of
the people.