Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-06
jealousy in Journalism.

The News charges The GAZETTE
with Jealousy Of Galveston and the
News.u The Galveston twin is not
the only one Of the Siamese metropo-
lites, born in the forties, that compla-
Gently yell Jealousy" whenever re-
ferred to in manner otherwise than
idolatrous. Webster says 1--WE are jeal-
GUS when we suspect Others of aiming
to deprive us of what is our ot0R and
what we dearly price, The GA
zETrE Is the youngest metropolitan"
excuse us) daily In the state; it can
not, therefore, be said to be jealous Of
either the News or the News North
Texas metropolitan, cosmopolitan,
cosmoplastic twin-unless, indeed, 1t
be conceded by the twins
that THE GAZETTE has attained
higher degree of metropolitan
ism than the babes of the forties. The
GAZETTE cannot be justly charged
with jealousy of either of the twins
unless THE GAZETTE be also credited
with that which one or both of the
twins aim to deprive US of. Heaven
forefend the twins should ever rob us
of our hardly earned immortality on
the free-grass "issue.n
If this charge Of jealousy be investi-
gated will 1t not be found that the
twins are jealous of the incipient
metropolites in Texas. rather than
that the embryo are jealous of the
twins? In charging jealousy to their
younger contemporaries, these old
journals make simple confession OF
their own emotions. II the outlook
for any newspaper in the state consti-
tutes a predisposition to an at
tack Of acute mulligrubs, 1t IL
the prospect which the Calves
ton News is now contemplating.
Once more recalling the past land
gomez monopoly in North and South
Texas OF the twins, in the very nature
of things is 1t not more probable that
the crippled monopolists are jealous Of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS than that the
latter are envious Of what they knew
they had to encounter?
But let not the News despair. We
know that its heart is very tired, that
its strength is low, and that it's "hands
are full Of blossoms pluckt d before -
but all is not lost. The News has ia.
sued many September editions for the
edification of others, and yet itself re-
NAMED in ignorance of the marvellous
development neither even nor
symmetricaD which 1t portrayed
to others. We like the News
despite lis folbles, and a
year ago we babe it listen to THE GA.
zETTE and profit thereby. Once more
we point the way to heart bowed
down. Pride, dear News, goeth be-
fore a fall; put away pride; humble
yourself; look at the map of Texas;
consider the comptroller's report and
the census, and be wise examine the
excellent railroad maps you have sent
out to the werld and zee the hand
writing on the wall. Never again will
any one newspaper control and monop-
Ollie the patronage and distinction in
Texas. We know it is hard, but YOU
are looking through glass darkly.
Do what the world lin spite of YOU is
doing: acknowledge that there are
other daily newspapers in Texas and
be one OF and among them, somewhat
pre'emlnent it may be, but not 80 far
from the earth that you cannot see the
pitfalls these despised-rivals-ar
digging for your lordly feet.
Put away metropolitanism for five
years at least, don the robes of local
Journalism, give up the dream of per-
petuating monopoly Of the daily
newspaper business, cultivate the
brethren, be honest, be virtuous,
and, whether at Galveston or
at some point in Texas, your days will
increase and with profit. Especially,
dear News, do not imagine vain
thing when an esteemed contempora.
ry tells you the truth.