The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-29
EgE FAKE "HERALD."
p.eslist Evening Edition Of the
Democratic Telegraph.
- CATCH THE CITY PRINTING.
- Co Katfreiy From Telegraph TYPE
- without Compo .ttors-Ths Type
~.nshtesi Uaion Twigs the Came.

- Saturday anew paper made its APP
z .-ennce IN the evening field. II came
-. the streets unheraided by previous
sslics, although its name was Herald.
- oae appeared TO have had any intima-
- thst the publication of the paper had
- contemplated unfil the newsboys
..lIed Il on the streets. The printers, who
- close lookout on Developments
!. sbeir craft. were rs greatly
~rur;sed Is any one, for the paper was
ese;ss ont practically without employing
- labor Of typographers. 1t was neat
Z ev,o-column sheet, with an editorial an
3 noancing that il was to represent the
peopie's party. An examination Of it,
1uiumns showed that II Was made mp.
& - the exception Of two columns OF
4 eaitorisl, of matter lifted bodily from the
I lfzns Of the telegraph An evening paper
nade up wholly Of the news of morning
psper. using the same type and employing
( n very little labor, was such an anomaly
/ Ms II created general wonderment where
syss II was observed.
The new paper, although o reprint Of
~ Morning Telegraph. even to It's adver-
Suenents, announced that it was pub
lshsd by the Herald Publishing Com
pssy, D corporation which nled articles
q incorporation with the county
auditor Saturday afternoon. w. Van Wa
,srs and Joe w. Young, who have had no
epnnecticn with the Telegraph Publishing
Company, were put forward az the puta-
i've managers OF the new enterprise.
The rules of the Typographical Union,
-. I'D hoa I'D kv,t l.uT a. u
Publishing Company. do not permit the
ne OF matter set for one paper In another
PAPER unless both are under one man.
asemsnt. The apparent violation Of
this rule by the Telegraph In
allowing its matter to be used by another
paper which announced q different pro-
pgietorsbip and q different management,
caused an investigation to DO made by the
local typographical union. Then the
eat hoped out of the bag. The
Democratic Morning Telegraph admitted
that the Popuiist Esening Herald was its
svening edition. It therefore claimed the
right to transfer the matter set for and
used In its morning edition in Its evening
edition. The Herald Is therefore the Pop
siistic edition of the Democratic morning
psper.
Why the Telegraph should 90 to the
trouble Of reprinting news twelve hours
ed 10 the evening. with dash of Popu-
Istic sentiment, will doubtless be source
81 wonderment to many who do not know
the situation. There 10 IN explanation,
however.
The city charter requires that the publ
easion of city official printing shall be in
tso newspapers of different politi-
eal faiths. Tho Telegraph Is
sure to be one Of these papers
no matter how high its bid may be, for the
Democratic board is pledged to that. II is
Intended that the Herald shall be the other
oliciai paper. As It's composition will
cost il nothing it can afford to
pct In low bid. 1t will simply
In the official city notices from the
!arms of the telegraph. By this scheme
he Telegraph Publishing Company will
have monopoly Of the city print
iag. 1t will get such .
large rate for publishing the
notices in its morning edition that IL can
Afford to run them in the fake evening edi-
ton at such n rate as to shut out compete
ton from the legitimate newspapers OF
the city, although the average rate
will be greater than any other paper will
nk. The bids were filed yesterday before
5 o'clock, when the time for receiving
them expired. They will be opened by
the board OF aldermen. which has the let
ting OF the contract. next Monday night.
II Is by this transpare nat scheme that the
Telegraph Publishing Company expects TO
enjoy monopoly of the city official print
ing to the exclusion of papers that would
employ a large number OF printers, giving
the city no value by tho evening publica-
tioa and violating the spirit oi the charter