Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-10-21
CHARACTERISTIC.


We fear our contemporary is en-
gineered by a man of very small cali
Der. We have always spoken of our
sister daily in the highest terms, and
spoke for it good support, which ii
formerly so richly deserved. We
subscribed and paid for it since its
foundation. Our contemporary now
comes out and in a very characteristic
editorial, sneers at the LEDGER's en-
terprise and the telegraph matter We
give our readers, and, We presume,
thinks it told the public something
new about it. Our telegraph matter
speaks for itself. The editor of the
hteUigencer states what is untrue,
and he ought to know it when he
says sit is associated press matter
rehashed." The matter is taken
fresh by A. n. Kellogg, and by a diff
ferent association from the above,
and is in substance just what is in
the morning papers in st. Louis, just
what and all we claimed for it. Our
contemporary is inclined to be a hog
the Lord made it an ass, and it will
so remain except as regards its char,
acteristics, which are truly peculiar,
ly hoggish. For instance, the LED
GER had been running a weekly and
the Lteligencer a daily and weekly.
During fair week the LEDGER always
issued an unpretentious morning
daily. The IateNigencer thought to
down us on even this little enterprise
and run US out of town. Its editor
for that week, thinking he was doing
a big thing, got the exclusive fran
chise from st. Louis for the very
same kind of telegraph matter the
LEDGER is now using, and at which il
sneers because it can't get it now.
We thought this a little pigglsh, but
simply said nothing. The Hteligen,
GER was then a morning paper. We
went to st. Louis and secured the
franchise for the telegraph matter.
for an evening paper. The LnteHigem
Ger then came back to an evening
paper, but could not get the telegraph
matter, as we had contracted for it.
This is the history of the matter ex
actly. This is of no interest to The
public except to show that the Intel
LigeHcer thought to wipe the poor lit
tie fair daily LEDGER off the eartt
with its telegraph plates" and when
IN the end, we got them and became
a rival for patronage, it tries to show
to the people they are nc account
The public is the best Judge; we are
never afraid to let them pass sentence
on the LEDGER. Something about
the daily LEDGER must be some &C.
count. 1t is less than three months
old and has more subscribers than
the daily InteNiyencer, which is over
six years old. The LEDGER IS daily
growing. The InteNigencer IS losing
at both ends, and just such a jealous.
hoggish policya as Jul neighbor is nov
showing is the cause of it. Oul
daily contemporary, if it was on it:
last legs, could not make a worse
stagger. The weekly LEDGER ba'
over so per cent. 0 subscriber
than our weekly contemporary. TIT
daily LEDGER, only a few weeks old
has more subscribers that our dali,
contemporary. The weekly ant
daily LEDGER have about double TIN
subscribers our of daily and week.,
contemporary, if not more. TIL
proportion would be the same if w
both issued papers every hour o
minute. We don't propose for an,
mugwump to come in here and Gu
out the pace for the LEDGER. TIL
great (?) man who claims to run GU
contemporary tried to u the Demo
cratic party to suit him. He got flat
tened out thinner than q pancake i
a short crop year. Now he propose
to wipe the LEDGER off the face of tn
earth-annihilate it, SO to speal
When he gets through we hope h
will let us know. The LEDGER is nc
run or backed by o~fice-seekers; ii
aims are higher and its roots hav
fast hold on the hearts of the homes
yeomanry.