The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09

agree to cooperate in the matter of Sc
curing the public printing of the State Of
North Carolina by haklng a joint fight
and an equal division of the work and
profits"
Again ON January 81, writing to Rev.
r. Wainwright, Bowman's Bluff, Mr.
Kenyon says:
'We think We will secure the State
printing, which will make our business
doubly sure. Hundreds of persons have
told us that as soon as their time was out
on News and Observer they prefer to stop
that and take the Tribune, which we, of
course, regard as wise in them"
Touching the same matter Judge
Ewart was, on January 80, importuned as
follows
Il would deem it a great favor if you
would communicate with the members
of the House and Senate in our behalf
concerning public printing, as we think
you would interest them in our behalf
had talk with III. l.. Grant last night
and he stated that twelve of the Populists
for the majority would join the minority
by Monday, including Speaker Hileman
Barnes and ourselves are working very
satisfactorily together, and it looks very
favorable. l am putting in some good
work. am going to ask Pritchard to use
all his influence in our behalf"
On the same day this letter was sent to
Prtchard:
by the way, we are making fight
for the public printing. Write to num-
Der of your friends here and urge upon
them the necessity of supporting the
Tribune in any way possible. .
If we get the printing it will put us on a
good foundation and set us on the solid
rock. You will understand.
when you were here you said you
might be able to raise some stock among
your friends in Washington, and mas
much as you are so deeply interested in
the paper l believe you could do us a
great amount of good; il you can, among
your friends, secure us $4,000 or $4,000
of stock"
February 10Th, the following appeal
was sent to Judge Ewart:
Il hope you can come on at once as
feel the need of your help in this print
ing matter Harris and O'Brien are
here. We must push this printing bill
right through as we have no time to PLAY
ON now"
To the III. L. Pelouze Paper Company,
of Richmond, Va, March 4
I'VE have not yet received the contract
for the State printing, but we are in
pretty fair way to secure it, and when
we have secured it, we will take pleas
ure in communicating with you concern
ing purchase of material. / may run up
to Richmond to see what you have to
offer, after the contract is awarded"
HELP FROM PRITCHARD.
Sena tor Pritchard seems to have been
helping the Tribune in monetary way
as it went along. but just exactly to
what extent does not appear in the fol-
lowing:
To. c. j. Harris, February 1:
THE amount that Senator Pritchard
handed you has been placed among the
receipts of business and not to the capi-
tai stock"
To Senator Pritchard, Feb. 10:
Il have not yet realized ON your draft
| sent it to the bank of Asheville and
as soon as have heard from it will take
pleasure in sending receipt to you. The
clippings you sent will be published in
the morning"
To r. s. Mccall, Asheville, Feb. %:
Judge Ewart informs me that he
handed you draft drawn in the Tribune's
favor from Senator Pritchard. Will you
please forward it here at once so that
we may properly endorse it and have the
same cashed."
In a letter dated Feb. 4, Pritchard is
asked his views as to the policy of the pa
per in condemning Butler. And on the
same day the following was sent to J.
HI. Dasher, of Southport
I'VE assure you we will give Mr.. But
Ter in every instance as nearly as posi-
BILE as much as he deserves. Some of our
Republican friends think we are little
severe on him and ask us to hold up.
We do not think so. In our Judgment he
does not deserve leniency from Republi-
cans"
An attempt was also made to fry
little fat out of some of the others be-
sides Pritchard as will be seen from this
letter to Mark Hanna, March 10:
Under separate cover we mail you
copies of the daily Tribune. BY an
examination of the same you will see
what kind of a Republican newspaper
can be printed in the Old North State.
We would esteem it great favor if you
could ind Ut In your way to send us a
subscription and read the Tribune regu-
larly."
The same letter is written to Robert
Love and G. e. Lane, of Washington,
and many other Republicans, prominent
in National politics, because of the size
Of their ''barrel."
In circulation claims the Tribune man
proved to be stall un." When the thing
went under it was found to have some
thing like 1000 daily, including the ex-
changes, and 1000 weekly subscribers.
But month previous to that time a
New York advertising agency got this
Utopian letter:
1.-THE Tribune wishes to secure a New
York representative. 1t is only 10 weeks
old, but we have a phenomenal circula-
ton for our daily in that length of time
1850 subscribers, and for our weekly
$500. This can be accounted for when
it is stated, the Tribune is Republican
daily and weekly newspaper, the only