The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-29

impartial and broad spirit in public ser
vice. Whoever had vague notions mat
the PoSt-Inteiligencer was not 10 enoure.
even the most Saugusne must now admit
its assured permanent greatness ANA pros
perify. The great state OF Washington
has many things Of which TO ne proud.
aaa the Seattle Post-Intell'gsnser must
be added to the num5er.-Snohomish Tri-
bune.
TIE purchase Of the Seattle Telegraph
by the Foss-Iateiiigenesr is in the sine OF
contraction and constellation fncldens 70
the tines 1t is also an indication or the
fact that The field for q newspaper was
ably and camprehenssveiy covered oy the
Post-fnteiiigencer. which promises 10 ex-
eel all its previous efforts as progressive
Journal Herald.
II goes without saying that as news
paper the Pos,-fnseliigencer has always
been In the lead in this state. and with
the additional patronage 1t win now De
enabled to command ii viii be improved
TO an extent that w.H make IL the equal
of any paper on the coast. We congrds-
uIate the Poss-Infeiligencer on the broad
ened Held for usefulness now opened Tor
it.-centrasia News.
Last Saturday we received the last
number of the Seattle Telegraph. 1t con-
soIicated Witt the Post-Inteliigencer,
making one great morning metropolitan
paper for Seattle At present she mas
two dailies, the morning Post-lnteili-
sencer and the Evening Press-Times- The
Observation-Disclosures viii have the Teie-
graphs circulation. making the largest
circulation north OF Frisco.-Spanaway
Sentinel.
The Seattle Telegraph has been alb
sorbed by the Post-Intelligeneer. and now
Seattle is without a Democratic newspa-
per Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been expended in the effort to give
the Democrats of this state first-ciass
newspaper and the Telegraph filled the
bill. but those who should have assisted
II failed to connect 1t Will be many
year before we see another Democratic
newspaper like the Telegraph.-Wai ALA
WaIla Statesman.
The Seattle Post-Inteliigencer. one Of
the most enterprising and wice-awake
dailies of the Pacific Northwest. has pur-
chased the great Democratic organize
Seattle Telegraph. along with its good
will and patronage, and the same is now
a thing Of the past, as its publication
ceased hast Sunday morning. Seattle is
once more without champion OF DEM
ocYatic theories and principles. and now
it Will be almost impossible for such
daily to be started in that city.-La Con-
ner Mail.
w. al
for the last time on last Saturday morn
ing, the plant and good will OF the paper
being purchased by the Post-IntelliSencer
Company. The Telegraph was started
about four years ago and has never been
a paying property. the field not being
large enough for two such papers as the
Telegraph and acknowledgement. Its
suspension of publication leaves the DEM
ocracy of Washington without morning
paper. But without regard TO politics 1t
is to be regretted that the paper is no
more. for its influence for good has been
felt throughout the state-Castle Rock
Advocate.
The Seattle Telegraph, after an exis-
tence of four years at a cost OF about
sa00, OoO to it's proprietors. has ceased to
exist and Its good will and franchises
have been absorbed by the Pcst-lntelii-
gencer, which is now the only morning
paper in Seattle. having the exclusive
field to Itself. While the experiment OF
publishing Democratic daily in that city
has been an expensive one, il has also
taught aspiring politicians severe les
son, and nothing more IS necessary to
convince them that the political party to
which they pinned their faith and on
which they :avished their spare ducats.
was exceedingly ungratefui.-Ellensburg
Capital.
The Seattle post-Intelligencer has abb
sorbed <he Seattle Telegraph. The former
Is the leading Republican paper in the
state and the latter was the leading DEM
ocratie paper in the Pacific Northwest.
This stroke OF newspaper wisdom means
two things. First. Seattle. though city
with a population os more than 5000
soals, asforfs field for one first-class
morning paper. Second. RE Democratic
party has engendered lack of political
interest in the future of the party that is
scarcely worth catering to through the
medium or the press. We might. with
proprlety. reason this text out to iogi-
cal conclusion but the living example
h,n ha