San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-01-31
III BA ElsI
GAL. VES I ON. me WIS
FOR 1854.

Including nll editions, aiioUt olo hundred
thousand copies Of The News week have
been printed, circulated and read within
the past two!vo months This means, allow
ing only four readers to zach copy, daily or
woekly--a very low average for such IA pa
per-that the News hiss been read twenty
million eight hundred thou 'and inea curing
the year. Arithmetic and stGtistics, how
ever eau give but vague idea of the POP
ularity and influence OF The News or its 10
trinsic clai,as to public appreciation. Firt
IN order stands its CHIN az diliSent, enter
prising and faithful newspaper. III this
character, sparing no labor and no expense,
it has made itself, nj its wide and constantly
widening circle, cminently the paper alike
for the promjscuous reader who wants the
general aews, and for the business man who
wants special rews--for tho wideawal;o Ener-
chant, the wideawGke banker, tho wil.eawahe
LAWYER, the wdeawake husbanjman, tho
wideawaho stockmau, the WidoawGlto rail-
roadmap, tho widoawGao mariner, tho vide
awake ana philosophical citizen, eager to
be informed on public and political topics,
and withGl, evon tho wideawake politician,
who cannot afford to trust for true and full
intelligence to organs stamped with serylle
pnrtisan brand and sacramentally devoted to
the purpose OF suppression, cbscuration,
INSTRUMENTATION aud m.sinformation. As
regards its success IN the character of dill
igont enterprising and faithful newspaper,
the News takes no credit to itself--eXcept
for hard work. steady and intelligent april
cation, ard an honest desire to dc it's duty
to the newspaper reading public. Tho rest
of tho credit 10 due to the people, upon
whose good sense and discriminating appre-
citation The News has confidently relied, end
never in vain, Tor q substantial response to
it's endeavors to serve them. Continuing
those endeavors in the line of this service,
The News enters, in 1854, n field unusually
rich in materials tor news of most import
ant aud 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 distempered condition which broke
out in the fence-cutting lawlessness, If not
for the feebeleness of the state government
which has permitted fence-cutting mobs to
ruvage property and trample upon law with
out check und with impunity. The oelibor-
atoms of the legislature, Mt this special SEES
sion, must therefore, he OF far more than
ordinary interest, and full report Of them
from dag to day will be special feature of
The News Geographic columns during the
session. For great part Of the year Con-
gress will also be in session. and its proceed
ings will hereafter be of uncommon inter-
est in the W y Of accomplishing measures
Of legislation, or in the way Of shaping is
sues between parties In Il national contest.
Then win come state and national convon-
tons, and state and national canvasses.
The News will faithfully report all import
ant political developments at Washington,
the proceedings OF Congress, the proceed
ings OF the several conventions. and all the
significant incidents marking the progress
Of the presidential campaign, or the CAM
paign for the election OF state officers. And
when il cou'os 10 opinion, comment and DIS
cussion, The News simply enlarCes its fuDc-
tons a. newspaper which means to tel
the truth and utter conviction without fear.
favor, or affection: which means 10 work I'M
remittingly for all needful reform IN govern
ment. and which believes that in the inter
est Of such reform the present dominant
party ia national affairs should be over
thrown In this enlarged character The
News can pledge Itself 20 the service OF no
party, can consult no ar-vury but the coun-
I try's good, but can and docs acknov!eige
ale riAnoe 20 hat true democracy which is
the sum al c-ce % truc iiberaiism. OF tine
prutress. and % true co1segvutism - law
and order. q Justice and liberty, and 81 the
essential rights snd substantial Interests q
1 the peop,ie