The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-21
nEwsrArEn ETHICS AND AMENITIES.

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nEwsPAPER EruIcs AND AmEsif'ts'
The Galveston News and the Houston
Post arc waging bitter wntiaIo upon
each ether. The ost using ugly splthels,
indul ging In the hardest accusations, aud
generally not only vilIfying the Journal
is,ic methods, but sspersing the pe''o'''
representation of the proprlgi,rs - TIE
News, whom l. says "a United States sene' |
tor brands ms pack OF thieves aud l'su'"
etc. o. the other hand the New Eoi1''s
editorialy, ia a wsll,lempered eiiioT'a' In
reference 81 that character OF attack, aud
way Of reply 20 the Posts charge OF It's
$500 mortgage Indebtedness, "lhe enyY
OF success 81 d achievement IN sms'l minds
has passed into proyerb. The News oh
serves with pity that tho stability vi 40
position Is the cause Of serious annoyance
in certain quarter. Tor nearly hsli II can
fury the News has stood firmly and .sr'
lessly the shafts OF NAL 20 aud defamation
that from time to time have been hurled
against 1t. Such is SEEMINGLY part
OF the lifs of crest journal.
The end OF nearly half q century
finds the News stronger sne more than
ever i'm pervious 10 their efforts. Tho News
need say no more In answer TO recent de-
famatory and malicious aspersions. The
public at large can hays no interest With
che details of management affecting its phi
yate business. and to obtrude them upon
t,e pubic is neither necessary nsr called
To-. II there art those who have deeper
interest in It's aiiars than the mere sa,is-
faction OF morbid curiosity, tho News re-
fers al such TO any mercantile agency,
banking establishment. or prominent mer-
camille iifiu doing business in Galveston,
H. has bulls itseli up in
Galveston. has established here
= perm pent domicile second 10 none
in the United States, Is managed or bust
ness principals by business men, with
credit un,ainishti and financial record
unchalleneed, and is financially avery &C.
ceptable institution indeed. The tongue
of Islander and defamation has wsgged In
the past, is wagging now, and will doubt
less continue to wag, and the News is not
beyond its malicious venom"
Prosperins people and prospecting papers
ought t., and generally do, get along
amistly together. 1t Is only when
tho margin OF profit in q business
IL 30 small that where q division
Is required and where the contest must end
In the "survival of the flttest" that the
shoe begins TO pinch and the patience be-
comes ruflied. The combined populations
Of Galveston and Houston will not exceed,
II inieso they actually figure as much q
10000. The two morning papers that issue
in those cities are each the equal Of any
journal published anywhere In the south.
aud far exceed many in several cities o
larger size. At least $3.50 600 to $500, 900 a
year are expended by them tosustain their
status. No papers outside of Texas in cities
OF even twice our size. tender such magnif
cent, newsy sheets as do our Texas Journals.
Looking beyond us, we fihd that New York
with population of 1 .250, 600, to have only
fivs morning dailies, or one to every 25O,-
600 souls. Phil iCe!] tn population
ofover $50 600, has but three or ore to every
$50 CO.,. Baltimore with 100000 people, ha
but two, or Just little variant from toe
same proportion. Chicago with 900 Goo, ha'
but thoee morning Journals. Cincinnati
with population of 100000, has but two
leading morning issues. 81. Louis with a
population of nearly 100000, has
100000 inhabitants has but two.
DOE ans of otnsr papers have been started at
var times in the interim in Gil these
cities, as well as in others, only to be laid
away among their predecessors dead. 1t
tax years of time, thousands of dollars,
and an immensely of skil care, diligence
an patience to Guild up to paying basis
q eat morning daily. The venture is
speculative, and outgoes of large sums
must be daily made only to establish rep
utation to ultimately beget com
pensating returns. The question arises
can Galveston and Houston with
a combined population OF only 60,000 citi.
zens adequaJy support two such papers
as are now t. lir pride? In face of the data
bove given it would seem that the possible
ity would be an anomaly for certainly they
arc the equsl5 if not the superiors, of pa
pers that depend for their support on popu-
lations thrice and quadruble their SIZE.
The truth is the newspapers of Texas are
ahead OF their times and the populations.
1t 10 equally true thst the more journals
there are the more extensive the educating
Of the general mind toward newspaper read
ing, but this rebounds in larger benefit
sko.the older, wcalthier and better equip.
ped and organized institutions; and other
thipgs being equal, the new corners are the
IN iferers. But under all circumstances
whils the test is being made, let the rivalry
be conducted on principles. Of business, JUS
tice and manly fairness, and in digniied
manner, and not by personalities, traduc.
tion and malice that indicets not only in
discretion and bad judgment, but 9 COM
plete ,miscalculation of what subscribers
pay for.
Me-. SPEAKER GIBSON having announced
his positive determination not to occupy
again the speakers char in the Texas
house of representatives, and than whom
no state ever had superior If equal in all
the requisites in similar position, the
question az to who shall be his successor is |