St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-16
THE SECOND ERA.
Daily Paper Journalism Ina ig,z-
rated in MINES 3ta.


Daily Paper Journalism inaig..-
rated in MINES Jta.
Coming back to the Pioneer as the
central figure in that early day, we find
that little more than SIX months after
MIR. Brown announced his proprietor
ship, the whole establishment WAS sold
to Earle S. Goodrich, OH March Is. 1851.
The motto of thu paper hal, in the
meantime. bsen changed, after Mr..
G,odhue'S death, to
"DzMocRATIC PRINCIPLES, DEMO
CRATIC MEN AND DEMOCRATIC MEAS
URES,"
and, with the incoming OF Mr.. Goodrich
to Minnesota Journalism. an ,5ii3r i'm
petuS WIS given aim ~ as great as that
provided by Mr.. G1odAue. Mr.. Goodrich
made ANNOUNCES 3nt that on the 1st of
Nay, 1851, he would issue m,ruing
daily paper. TEis was al un heard OF
stroH; Of enterprise In those early years.
and evidently struck terror to the hears
OF the other plp5rs in til; ii I'D. In
accordance with his promise, Mr.. G)5i-
rich was out with his Ill ,rniny Ponce.
Oh May |. 1t WAS sIX-colu:nu paper.
of the uiu Il width in those DAYS, fdur-
teen ems plea. aud th1 length o. the
column 1917 inches. As ons peculiar
feature OF that first Issue. it contained
a prosD actu' Issued by L. NJ. Newioay
under date of March %, stating that
about May he. and j. Il. ii. Mitchell
and Martin j. Clum. under the firm
name OF NewScn. Mitchell IL Cum,
would issue the st. Paul Daily Times.
It is really Il little singular in tracing
up this journalistic history toin )te that
tue mo nant ona paper started in new
line there were Il multitude to endeavof
to occupy the same field. When Mr..
Goodhue started the we ,ilyy Pioiieers
there were plenty of weeAlIeS TO follow
and so now. when Mr.. Goodrich started
the daily Pioneer. the dailieS ca;ns to
the front almost with the rapiiity of
the Egyptian locust. He issued his
paper the morning of the 1st of May,
| 1851, and the Weekly Democrat. which
has already been noted. put out all
| evening daily edition on the same day.
On the 18th of May, 1851. the Mime
sotian was out as morning paper, and
| on the 18th of May. Maj. Newson
doomed with his morning Times. He
| started as iive-column paper, the
| columns being fifteen ems in width
| and nineteen inches in length, contin-
uing that size for over year, when OH
the 18TH of June. 1855, he made it six
columns to the page.
| Here were four dalies in the little
city of st. Paul. which could not Iegit-
imately support one. Probably no one
more fully realized this than our old
| and greatly beloved friend. Maj. L. N.
Newson, ana lie said i'll the first issue of
his paper that if he had not conceived
the idea the preceding fall and issued
his prospectus in March he would hot
have started i'll the face of
three dailies already in the
| field. but with true American
grit, after putting his hand to the
| plow he would not turn backward. In
his Salutatory, after announcing that
his paper wonld be Wing i'll politics, he
said: 1T claims for itself, however,
the right to dissent from any views
advanced by the party when those
views come in conflict with right and
| justice, and will at all times exercise
that independence of character so neces-
sary i'll the diffusion of truth to the con-
fusion Of error. On the subjects of
| temperance, the emancipation of the
race, the dissemination of useful iEfor-
nation among the masses, it will
endeavor to exercise healthy infu-
ence, looking for its reward in the con-
seriousness Of having done its duty,
though the heavens fail. Withuu. any
comment. VIC launch cur little bark on
the waves of public approval or disap-
prevail. perfectly willing to abide the
issue. and feeling assured that if sue
ceSsful i'll butfeting the tempest of life,
it will be attributed more to stric
Industry aud persevering efforts than
to wealth or transcendant genius. If
unsuccessful, we shall cleerfully return
to the ranks from whence we camezthe
ranks of private citizen"
| ERA OF EVOLUTION
1t is interesting to trace the varying
fortunes Of these numerous daily papers
in that early time. In the Times, Mr..
Mitchell retired in just year, and
MeSsrs. Newson and Clum continued.
the firm name being L. NJ. Newsou IL
Co. On the 7th of June, 1855, the paper
VS. enlarged to SlX-coumn paper, the
columns being so large that it was equal
in size to the present seven-column
standard issue. In the fall of 1857 Mi.
Owens had sold his interest in the MIN
nesotian to DIR. Thomas Foster In 1851
The cohesive power of a desire for the
public prin ting brought the Times
and the Mnnesotian together I'M
der the firm name of Newson,
Moore, Foster Il Co. This partnership
lasted but six months, both Nawso1 and
Foster being men whose large positive
ness OF character and their ideas pre-
vented harmolizing. especially as they
did not get the printiar, and they ac-
cordingly separated into their original
elements. the Times c1ltinn.d uati
January, 1851. when exc ". Mlrshall
started the Press, AMI used that paper
as partial nucleus. All in February ;.
1861. the Minue5oiiln ajs) succInbad
to the Power OF the Press, ald both
Nswson and Foster retired p.r.,l ,lienlly
from thu publication of daily news
papers.
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