Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-19


eral medium Of the sherifts." THxGAzETTE
was appraised Of the meeting Of the
sherins at Waco, and knew that the
Galveston News had been acting in
some sort of way as medium for
them, and that II had been furnished
to sheriffs at a special price per annumi
but THE GAZETTE sent no man TO Waco
TO make any effort TO supplant the News
THE GAZETTE did not ask any man at
Waco TO make such effort, and the
sherifs Of Texas will bear us out in the
statement that the management OF this
paper never addressed one OF them on
this subject, not even the sheriff OF Tar
rant county or the marshal OF Fort Worth.
Indeed, THE GAZETTE has since learned
that some ofithe sheriffs were disposed to
think THE GAZETTE had sighted them In
not sending representative TO solicit
their appreciation" as the News calls
1t. Having no thought even OF Gan effort
TO supplant the News THE GAZETTE
was surprised TO receive a telegram from
Waco, asking at what price it would put
bulk subscriptions to the sheriffs by
mail. To this an answer was
sent, and The GAZETTE never even though
OF the matter again until the News
came TO hand with its boast that three
year old newspaper hadn't quite gobbled
everything from one established in 1912;
no higher compliment to THE GAZETTE
was ever penned than the paragraph
quoted from the News.
But thus having It's attention attracted
to the matter by the loud-mouthed graft
tude Of the News, THE GAZETTE investl-
gated this wonderful victory" over an
ambitious contemporary, and the cir
cumstances arc anything but compli-
mentary OF fiattering to the alleged "gen-
eral medium for the sherffs." THE GA
zETTE had no representative at Waco to
work up the matter, the News did; The
GAZETTE made no effort to supplant the
News; the News did to hold its own; the
following extracts from the Waco papers
tell the story of "the effort and the re-
suit:
The newspapers placed In nomination ycster.
day were the Fort Worth GAZETTE and the Gal.
weston Dallas News. The former proposed to
publish the above notices free of cost and fur
nish copy of the daily at s. per year. The
News proposed to publish the same notices as
a matter Of ncws and furnish copy Of the
daily at S9per annum. Alters good deal of
wire pulling the vote was taken and resulted
in the selection OF the Galveston Dallas News
at 50 per annum The vote was close, being
% to 26,-LWaco Examiner.
The work OF the day may be briefly summar
tied as follows First, the selection of daily
newspaper, for which sherifs shall subscribe.
ana which Will publish notices OF animals ar
rested and held by said sherlis. The contest
Jay between the Galveston and Dallas Newses
and the Fort Worth GAZETTE. The News had
strong leverage In the fact that It publishes two
edltlohs' which enable IT to cover the state per
haps sooner than THE GAZI1rE-say five or six |
hours sooner, anyway, This was a cogent
argumentwith the sheriGs, and, by two major
lty, they selected the News, OF Dallas and Gal
Nfbton---t waco DNy.
THE GAZETTE is informed that the vote
stood Tor THE GAZETTE, 26; for the
Galveston News, %; for the Dallas News,
3; the Two Ends were counted as one.
and this gave the Galveston Dallas News
rs to the 20 for THE GAZETTE. When
the strenuous efforts Of the News Cboth
Ends and the utter lack OF effort on the
part Of Ems GAzErrE are considered, our
admiration grows for the wonderful VIC /
.ory OF paper established in 1912, over
IN ambitious contemporary established
n 1852! THE GAZETTE has heard some
other things about this alleged "effort to
'uppiant the Ncws,n which IL valves. il
5 enough to know that II REQUIRED all
hat both Ends Of the News could do ,to
iold'' an organship, for which the only
fort made in behalf of TnE GAZETTE
vas by the sherfs themselves. without
equest or hint of solicitation from us.
To demonstrate TO the sheriffs our ap.
probation of their voluntary selection Of
rHE GAZETTE as their organ IN prefer-
NICE to any other oNE newspaper In the
tate, TIm GAZETTE will receive their
inscriptions at the price wired them
when In convention, and will print all
lotices sent by them as matters of news
nd pay the telegraphlc tolls thereon
nd we take this occasion TO express our
hanks to the men who paid The GAZETTE
uch unusual compliment at Waco, and
'romise them the active cooperation of
he paper and OF all its correspondents
n their efforts to enforce the law and I
ring criminals TO justice. And to the
Jews we now give notice that at the Dal-
as meeting of Texas sherifs next year.
'nE GAZETTE will enter "sure enough
S candidate to ''supplant it as the rec
gnized general medium sof the sheriffs
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