Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

Romero kobledo: FL Correo by Senior
Sagasta; Ell Globo by Senior Moret.
Senior Gamazo, who retired not long
since from the cabinet presided over by
Senior Sagasta, has founded recently q
daily paper called FL Espanol. OF all
these party leaders tho only one who
writes for his organ is Senior Silyela.
Senior Sagasta. who began public life as
a journalist, and who was for many years
editor of La Iberia, has written nothing
for the press since 1858, when he be-
came president of the cabinet for the
first time. lie writes nothing and he
reads as little as possible in the morn
ing the Liberal and the impartial, in
the evening the Correo. This is when
he is in the Opposition when he is in
power. his secretaries make selections
from the papers for his perusal. Senior
Canovas attached much moro i'm
portance to the opinions of tho press,
both national and foreign, than Senior
Sagasta does. and readily allowed him
self to be interviewed by the corre-
spondents Of the French, English and
German papers, to whom he gave in |
formation freely.
In Madrid the newspaper stands are |
not on the street, as in New York, but |
in the cafes. They also display for sale |
matches, writing PAPER, pencils, and |
other articles of q similar kind. But |
the largest number of papers is sold on |
the streets by boys, women and men.
The Madrid newshoys, in lung power,
or at least in the exhibition of it in
pursuit Of their vocation, far excel the
New York newsboys. Occasionally
they get themselves into trouble with
the police, in their efforts to circum-
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cry out the news. They are allowed to
call out only the name of the paper,
| but in this their liberty is unrestricted,
whatever the hour of the day or night,
and the Madrileno is often Weakened
out of his sleep at 2 O'Clock in the
morning by shrill voice shouting
under his window, eel Heraldo!' Not
being permitted to cry out the news,
and eager to sell his stock, the artful
dodger of the law adds to the name of
the newspaT er some words which, with
out violating it, excite the curiosity of
the nearer, and tend to further the sale
of the paper, as, for instance, Ell
Liberal! Today's paper is fine!"
The papers, it has been said, are sold
for cent; these cost the vendors ID
cents for each package of %, so that
they make profit of 40 per cent. The
extras are also sold for a cent: but the
extra, which in Madrid is called u sup
plement, is merely slip of paper,
about the eighth-nart in size OF the
newspaper, with the news printed on
it in large letters, without details.
These are not given until the publica-
ton of the paper at the usual time.
What most increases the sale of the
papers is murder, or other startling
| Tho Cuban srn
which cost Spain so many lives and so
much treasure, was gold mine for the
Impartial and the Heraldo during the
years 1895, 1896 and 1897.
When the police are following up the
, trace of some sensational crime, or
when some celebrated trial is going on
, in the courts, picturesque groups Of
men and women will be seen standing
, in the public markets and squares OF
Madrid. As a large proportion of the
lower classes do not know how to read
/ or write, those who cannot read will
! stop to hear the papers read by some one
. who can, especially during the morning
= hours. Servant maids on their way tc
market set down their baskets and cat
n drivers leave their carts to listen.
. The Madrid press has one attraction
a which continues during the whole o.
! the year, and with which 1t enchain:
/ the attention of its readers. This /!
\ the serial story. Thousands of people
q of the lower classes in Spain buy tn,
4 daily paper solely to read the serial
They might buy the story in bool
4 form and read it straight through; Blu
X then the pleasure would last only
4 short time. They want to prolong it
- to have each day tho desire to know
Z what happened next;'' to wait i'm
n patiently each day for the appearance
AZ of the morning or evening paper. TIL
= novels which they like best are thos
,r of the French romantic school, no
psychological, or mystical or ma
n terialistic novels. Forty years ag
70 their favorite author was Alexande
N Dumas: 80 years ago, Ponson du Ter
m rail; today Xavier do Montepin. Wha
"a they want is action, great deal c
~ action, and lively dialogue. Some c
~ the papers have tried to introduce [
~ their public the works Of Dickens, Ba
!. FAC, Daudet, or Tourgenioff, but j
l vain. The readers of the serial stor
40 have declared them to be insufferabl
4 dull, and will be satisfied only wit
y. the novels of Boisgohey and Montepir
- or the more important organs of I'll
II Spanish press, one of the most abb
&c conducted, as well as one of the olde
+ the oldest is the Gaceta de Madrit
n founded in 166l-is the Diario de Ba
at celona, edited by Senior Name
in Flaquer. The DIario counts amor
nv the members of its staff distinguisht
~ public men, as, for instance, Sen,
ne Balaguer and Senior Fable, former Cab
IN net Ministers; and its opinion hi
no great weight among Spanish jou
bSS nalists. In Spain, however, it is n
its an uncommon thing to see public mi
nm and men of high rank connected vii
ia the press, both as writer's and
va owners of papers The proprietor
~ FL Heraldo, for example, is Sen
al Canaleias: the proprietor Of La Epoc
,ot the Marquis de Valdeiglesias; and d
nd proprietor Of La Correspondents
Inv Espana, the Visconde de los Asilo
mo who is also Senator; and Andres NJ,
lado, former member of Congress al
flo mayor of Madrid, was editor OF La O.
he respondencia de Espana.
oF The principal foreign news agenci
rds of the Spanish press are those of ReutI
the Hayas, and Fabra. Local news is SD
Sc piled by Felix Mencheta, former
90 porter on La Correspondence de l
ali. pana, who, going to Barcelona, a
oal finding there q good field for an event
tha PAPER, established FL Noticiero Vi
M yersal, the success of which public
nd ton encouraged him to found 9th
I'd with the same name at Valencia, Sa
nts gossa, and Seville.
roe OF weekly publications the M
~ widely known is La Illustration
no pamela Americana, which has lal
rho circulation in the Spanish AmeriC