Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-10

queStlOnS penang, tnls toHH cth suppofu
two papers. But there must be an animus
for the second sheet, the esteemed CON
temporary. Now, it would be the most
natural thing in tho world for you and |
to quarrel and separate on this pending
question, in which case you would draw
out of the partnership, make IL speech
against the movement and take the lead
In the opposition. And, again, it would
be the most natural thing in the world for
the opposition to want an organ through
which it could communicate with the peo-
Pile. I want you to start and edit that pa
per-
Dubbins gazed in mute admiration at
his partner for an instant, then exclaimed,
Dan, you're a born editorH'
"And you're a clam! OF course" con-
tinued the astute Daniel, 1--WE would each
have an equal interest in both papers, and
well, the people mustn't be consulted in
all questions of policy"
The announcement was printed in The
Banner the next day. That evening Dub
bins addressed the opposition meeting got
up for the purpose. The issue was forced.
The own divided evenly ON the question,
and the fight began.
At about 2 o'clock a. m. Dubbins rawl-
ed around by the back way to The Banner
office, and the partners consulted long and
earnestly. Next day Dubbins preached
the idea of an opposition organ to the post
master and a few more paving opponents.
AS Dan had predicted, they bit, and a
week later the paper made its appearance.
They named it the Roarersville Clarion.
Dubbins controlled it absolutely, but he
gathered around him an advisory commit
tee of antipavers to assist in managing the
sheet and to give it prestige.
Oh, the beautiful journalistic war that
followed Editorially The Banner dubbed
the editor of The Clarion a pullback, an
enemy Of progress, a moss covered, efete
ea~sterner and a clam. Editorially the ed
itor of The Clarion dubbed the editor Of
The Banner a tool of the capitalists, a
( plotter, a jobber and an enemy of true
western civilization. In the hours before
the dawn of day Dan and Dubbins met,
smoked, composed their hot broadsides and
laid plans for the future. The propavers
bought The Banner and the antipavers
bought The Clarion, and both sides bought
copies of tho opposition sheet to learn
what the enemy was doing and saying.
That fight raised the two papers to the
top notch Of success. The two editors met
on the street. Hot words passed. Dub
bins struck Dan, Dan hit back, their re-
spective followers took sides, and a free
fight followed. In the confusion the two
editors slipped out and escaped to their
offices.
"You hit me pretty hard, Dan, said
Dubbins seven hours later as they COM
muned in The Banner sanctum. "We
agreed to tap easy"
II had strong provocation, =" responded
the other. "Your first blow was a sting
err"
"What was the result?'
'Seven variously hurt, 13 arrested, the
Calculations will advance about 200 copies
and there is a warrant out for your ar
rest"
1.-THE dickensI' (Edited.)
"Don't be alarmed. I'll see you out OF
it,"
Dubbins was arrested. But Dan scorn.
fully refused to prosecute him. The whole
community now knew what kind Of a mar
the low down editor of The Clarion was,
he said. Sending him to the lookup could
not possibly do any good. 1t would rather
have a tendency to make a martyr of the
scamp among his misguided followers
Dubbins was accordingly discharged.
The propavers won. But the wal didn't
end there. Now that wouldn't have beer
journalistic. The fight wa waged more
furiously than ever. After another con
ference between the two editors, The Ban
ner proposed that Roarersville erect a new
schoolhouse. Emboldened by it's success
in defeating the will of the people once
The Banner was evidently intent on doing
it again. And the second fight was on
Criminal profligacy, said The Clarion.
Those two ably edited journals begar
to circulate all over the country. A new
census gave Roarersville a total of 5000
inhabitants, and this immense gain owe,
the previous figures was attributed direct
ly to the boom started by the two wild
awake newspapers. The Banner alteret
it's policy and published two editions
week. The Clarion went one edition bet
ter. The Banner saw the raise. The en-
thusiastio citizens bought both papers at
cents per copy.
Dan was an artist in his way, and TIL
Banner soon appeared with its page
frightened by cuts. Up went the price t.
4 cents, and the citizens gladly paid TO
their art gallery. Another secret editoria
conference. Then the next issue of TIL
Clarion also contained cuts. They looke'
suspiciously like Dams handiwork, but al
doubt was dispelled by The Clarion's an
nouncement that they were secured a
great expense from a Chicago firm, AM
consequently The Banners price woul'
have to be raised, very reluctantly, to
cents. OF course such enterprise won rec
ognition.
All the while the schoolhouse fight wa
waged, and a goodly sum rolled into tn
, common treasury. 1t was a pity, the citi
zens said, that such brilliant men as tn
two editors couldn't agree personally eve
if their views on public questions differed
) They were really a credit to their city.
The schoolhouse was erected. The
The Clarion became progressive and pre-
posed that salaries be paid the member
! Of the fire brigade and won after a bris
fight. What one paper proposed the otl
er opposed, and between them the two et
! itors built up a town of no mean impo
! lance. Everybody in the county read IT
: Banner and The Clarion, and as the tw
D editors rose to wealth and prominence the
) themselves began to think with the cit
zens of Roarersville that 1t was a pity the
> couldn't get together. Both had long bee
tired of the restraint under which thu
were placed by reason Of their peculiar p
. sition, and when 1T became apparent TIN
), the town could and would support tv
we'll established and wide awake journa
y a final conference took place.
|, "Dubby,' y said Dan, "The Banner ar
u The Clarion are now both we'll payir
y properties, thanks to our careful manag
. ment. Let's divide and make up"
, The Banner and The Clarion are no
read daily by the proud citizens of q re
u city now bearing q new napne.-Philade
phia Press.
j. An Opinion.
Ia aver. ready to ASSERT h