Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-04-18

and two weekly papers-The Dali
ly Times, Tribune, Herald; the
weekly Mercury, and the Bullion.
These FIVE papers together adver-
tised the late convention held in
this city to an extent that has new
er been fully appreciated. Had
the El Paso papers charged the
executive committee ordinary rates
for their space, it would have
amounted TO a sum of about $1,000.
1t has been computed that if the
newspapers of the southwest, Mex
leo of the eastern states, of Colo
RADIO, and the northwest, had been
paid regular advertising rates for
the space given to advertising the
convention, $4,000 would have
been required to liquidate the
debt. We are pleased to say that
with two exceptions every paper
requested carried the call and 9TH
erwise aided the executive commit
tee in their arduous and disinter-
ested undertaking.
This spontaneous response upon
the part of the press, we attribute
first of all to that generous senti-
ment which prevails among news
paper men when the welfare Of the
people is at stake. It is in critical
situations like this where the press
shows its power and comes to the
rescue of enterprises whose sole
intent is for the public veal.
With the view of a~scertaining
the feeling among FL Paso editors
in relation to the coming conven-
ton at Silver City, the writer Sc
cured an expression from one and
all of our newspaper offices.
Editor Ray, of the Times replied:
Mayor Fleming can count upon
the Times doing its duty in the
premises. We will advertise the
convention just as literally as we
did last year when the convention
was held in this city.
Editor J. A. Smith of the Daily
Herald, replied to the interroga-
tory of the writer as follows:
Four months previous to the
silver convention held in this city,
the columns Of the Herald were
epen to the executive committee
for the insertion of any and all
communications likely to advance
the success Of the miners meeting
and Mr.. Capel, the city editor lost
no opportunity to collect informa-
ton for publication to secure the
same end. The Herald will keep up
its record and will in every way
aid the Silver City demonstration.
Brother Ponder of the Daily
Tribune had this to say: You
may depend upon it, the Tribune
will swing into line and give its
full influence and all the space re-
quired to aid the silver miners in
their efforts to secure a recognition
of their interests, what concerns
the miners of New Mexico, Arizo-
ma and Texas and old Mexico nat
urally effects Ell Paso what would
the commerce and future of this
city be with prosperity absent from
the mining camps of the south
west. Yes, you can count upon
the Tribune for all the aid it can
give the peoples cause.
Messrs. Drebert and Reinhardt
of the Weekly Mercury were then
approached with the follow
ing result: Yes, you can an
nounce that the Mercury will
devote all the space asked
for in promoting the success of
the southwest silver convention.
The Mercury will do as it did last
year, turn itself loose to aid the
executive committee in making
the semi-annual demonstration of
the miners of the southwest the
greatest success in that line in the
annals of silver mining. Silver
City and FL Paso are equally in
terested in securing the restora-
ton of bi-metallism.
The writer is proud to announce
that without exception the news
papers of this city regardless of
their political tendencies have gem
orally offered the use of their col
umns free of charge to President
Hadley and Mayor Fleming to adj
vance the progress and success of
the southwest silver convention
that meets in Silver City upon the
4th and 5th Of July next.
DoNA ANA county is in the same
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