Evening journal., 1898-02-05
EvERY EvENING,s BoUQUET.


in length, at its own sweet self. 1t
was compelled to do this for the reason
that no person in the community felt
that there was any good cause to pur-
chase flowers to throw at such a dull
and stupid paper.
There is one particular part OF that
bunch Of flowers which the Every
Evening presented TO itself, TO which
the Evening Journal begs leave TO call
the attention OF the readers Of both
papers. II is this
In It's local department Every Even
ing is particularly strong. -Four COM
petent and experienced reporters com
prise the regular staff. and extra help
is freely employed whenever occasion
demands. Recognizing the fact that
the local department Is the life OF a
first-class newspaper in community
like this, Every Evening spares no la
Dor or expense in making its local
news full and complete. The field is
closely CLEANED daily, and no event OF
Importance escapes a prompt and
proper record In the columns of this
paper. The room occupied by the re
porters is one Of the pleasantest In the
building. and the men are provided
with type-writers and every other con-
venience for enabling them TO perform
their work with east and rapidity.
We challenge a comparison Of the To-
cal columns OF the Every Evening and
the Evening Journal A day never
comes and goes that the Evening Jour
nal does not convey to it's readers all
the local news that the Every Evening
contains, but also many other items
besides
During the past two weeks the
Evening Journal has kept strict ac-
count OF the contents OF the local col
umns of the two papers On last Mon
day week, with but two men on the
street, the Evening Journal scored
thirty local beats on the Every
Evening, not counting the many items
of personal interest contained in the
social department, which would hav'
run the number OF beats up to about
sixty. Since that time there has no
been a day that the Evening Journal
scored from twenty-six to eighty beats
little and big, and all OF local charac
ter, upon It's moribund neighbor a
Fifth and Shipley streets We chal
lenge a denial and invite the appoint
ment OF a committee of responsible
men 10 compare the two papers for tn
past two weeks and make a publ
statement OF their finding.
It was not our purpose to make edi
torial or local allusion to the shown.
made by our comparison of the col
umns Of the two papers, knowing ful
we'll that the reading public woul
surely notice the shortcomings of tn
costly plaything Of Mr.. Bancroft, bu
when men connected with his toy pc
such a deliberate falsehood as that EN-
braced in the paragraph above quote,
it is time for the bouquet-thrower {
be halted and called to account.
The Every Evening has never COY
cred the local field and never will d
50 until 1t gets out of the rut in whic
It has been travelling for years.
It's editor knows better than to sui
iect the columns OF mis- paper to II
test above proposed. He and his sui
ordlnates know that what we state
true We have always given the pc
pie more news than the Every Evei
ing with all its vaunted equipment
II anyone has sufficient interest
the claims Of the Every Evening to ca
at our Office and compare the pape
for the past two weeks or the past tv
years we will cheerfully place at the
disposal the files of both papers al
abide by the result OF their finding.
In conclusion we will simply sta
that during the past two weeks t
Evening Journal has given to its rea
ers nearly FIVE hundred more items
local import than the Every Event
has given to its readers