Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-23
YESTERDAYS MEETING.
Called by the Mayor to Assemble at His
Office.
The Mayor Submits Proposition From the
st. Louis Republic to Publish 8
Paper in Dallas.
Dallas News.

ness men of the city, to attend a meet
ing in his Office of great interest to Dali
las. Prominent among those present
were Major John Henry Brown, Col.
Henry C. Stevenson, R. B. Cooley. H /.
c. Burlew, Luther Rees, G. A. Heating
Tom Field, Frank Irvine, Alderman
Hughes, A. Petri, Alex Sanger, Hugh
BlakeneY, W. II. Prather, Major w. J :.
Caven, and quite 81 large percentage of
real estate men. The meeting, in view
Of the Urgent invitation which had been
sent out, was rather remarkable for
its slim attendance, although Mayor
Conner waited until 80 D. m. before
calling it to order. He then proceeded !:
81 will state the object of my call.
About ten or fifteen days ago I received
information from st. Louis that the man
ayers and proprietors Of the st. Louis
Republic were ANXIOUS to establish a
daily morning paper in Dallas, upon re-
ceipt of which I arranged to go to ST.
Louis and have conference
with them The conference was of the
most satisfactory nature. In fact am
in receipt of a direct proposition from
them, agreeing to come to Dallas and es-
tablsh here a first class modern daily
newspaper, having the same features as
the St. Louis Republic, provided the
people of Dallas will meet them half
way, subscribing half the stock necessary
to carry the project into effect. Con-
tinuiug, the mayor said that if the peO-
pie Of Dallas would subscribe 500, 900
to the stock of the paper, the ST. Louis
Republic would take an equal amount
and would, If they could secure a tenn
porary building, commence publishing
in Dallas on January l a paper to be
called the Dallas Daily Republic.
There was, he said, some difference as
to the name of the proposed paper, the
st. Louis people preferring to call it
the Texas Republic, but he had sue
ceeded in reconciling that difference in
favor of Dallas. Mayor Connor said he
did not believe that Dallas, in its pros
submitted that would add so
much to its immediate growth
and he thought there was not property
Owner-though he might only own a
hOme-that could not afford to come foS-
ward and take share in the stock. He
found the St. Louis Republic men, he
said, to be cold blOOded business men,
whose object IN coming here was to make
money. Apart from the great benefit to
accrue to the city from the Dallas Daily
Republic, it is believed that every stock
holder in it would get the interest on his
money, as the paper would be a great
political paper aud a great commercial
paper. Mr.. Jones told the speaker that
the st. Louis Republic had a circulation
in Texas OF 5000, and that with 10, 600
circulation 1t would be on a sustaining
basis. Indeed, Mayor ConnOr would not
hesitate to say that within a radius of
fifty miles of Dallas the Dallas Daily Re-
public would have 10 900 subscribers
within thirty days after the
first paper was issued from
the press. The st. Louis Repub-
lie, the mayor informed the meeting,
had leased wires from Pittsburg, Chi
cago, New York and Washington, all of
which lines ran into it's office, and Mr..
Jones told him that they received from
leased lines l6 ZOO words, from the Asso-
ciated Press 1000 and from the American
Union 300. Mr.. Jones, if the Dallas
Daily Republic should be published,
could, Mr.. COnnOr said, lease a wire or
build an independent wire from st. Louis
to his Office in Dallas. The proposed
morning paper would, in Mayor Connor's
opinion, be worth ST 600 900 to Dallas.
In the language of the gospel, he wanted
to build up, and it looked to him there
ought to be 1000 men to give 500 each
to the proposed project. He read from
Mr.. Jones the following conditions:
l. That company be organized under
the laws of Texas with capital stock of
$500 600, the citizens of Dallas to sub
scribe 500, 600, leaving 500 900 to be
taken ''by us, and the stock to be is
sued and fully paid up.
2. They would guarantee on the sub
scTiptiOn of the stock the publication in
Dallas of a first-elass newspaper, to be
known as the Dallas Daily RepublIc-''a
newspaper that will satisfy even the re-
quiTements of Dallas.
This, in substance, is the ease, said
the mayor, and a lengthy pause ensued.
Mai. Brown broke the silence by saying
that he would like to hear from Mr.
Sanger, but Mr.. Sanger did not faver
the major with his views beyond remark
ing that he would like to hear from some
one else. Upon that suggestion the may
or-the meeting had not elected chair
man, and it failed to do so afterward-
said he would like to hear from Major
Brown, and the major said he would like
to hear from Tom Field. Mr.. Field said
that Mayor Conner had stated the case,
and it now remained for those present to
subscribe. Mayor Connor again exhort-
ed the meeting-it seemed that he was
destined to do nearly al the talking
telling it how the proposed paper would
bring factories, business and enterprise
to Dallas.
Capt. Lennon was the first to respond
to calls for speech, He believed that
the proposed enterprise would prove a
strong card for Dallas He had no re-
Election TO cast on the News. Like other
little enterprises, it had done the town a
great deal of good, and when Dallas
brought it here it made a wise move; but
in the opinion of the speaker there was
now room enough tor TWO good papers in
Dallas. The St. Louis Republic would
help to fight the battles of the people of
Dallas against the railroads and every
thing else.
Col. Stevenson informed the meeting
that Maj. Brown was connected fifty or
siXty years ago with the st. Louis Re-
public. and the major acknowledged that
he was TO the extent OF q printers devil,
which confession seemed TO inspire en-
thusiasm of ashort duration.
Mr.. Hugh Blakeney now took the
floor He said he would subscribe to
the enterprise if he thought it would
haDa6t Dallas lint no baIiavad +hot DeI