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Show THE CITY ADVERTISING, For possessing extraordinary effrontery effron-tery and a super-abundance of genuine Yankee bluff, tho democratic organ of tills city taVes the cake against all competitors. Unsatisfied after countless count-less years of unmolested feeding at the publlo advertising crib, that publication pub-lication presents a bid practically one-fourth one-fourth of what It charged under democratic demo-cratic adm Inistratlon, and then because be-cause a republican majority In the present city council has seen tit to aw?rd tho advertising contract along business lines, it files Into a tantrum, raises a great hullabaloo about republican repub-lican disregard of publlo Interests.and then sets Itself upon a pedestal as possessing pos-sessing about all the virtue there is tills sldo of kingdom como. Tiik Iti:-ruiiLiCAN Iti:-ruiiLiCAN Is not greatly concerned about the effect of the democratic organ's indignation or assumed right-lousness.for right-lousness.for In the twenty-four j ears of Its existence tho publlo of this city and valley have becomo familiar with that paper's disposition to engage in cant, but In behalf of the honorable gentleman whom that organ would put In a false light, the republican majority of the city council, this paper pa-per draws the public's attention to certain facts 1st. The bid of The Uki'ujii.icaK Is legllmate in every sense of the word. Compared with pi Ices charged Indlvl- dual firms of this city firms that do practically as much business with this paper as doei the clty-thc charge is less per line. 2nd. Our bid was not only legtl-tmate, legtl-tmate, but rea'onable, business-like, despite the Democratic organ's Insistence Insis-tence otherwise. Proof of this Is contained con-tained In figures presented In the council committee's rcoort showing the prices charged for the same class or work In seven cities and towns in this state. Tiik IUh'uhlican's charge 'Is less than in either town or city. 3rd. The, Journal's bid, as compared compar-ed with prices that paper charged under un-der democratic administration, and oven since under republican administration, adminis-tration, was AHNOItMALLY low-proof low-proof that the Journal was then a grafter, or in making its present bid had some very ulterior motive In view. 4th. All aggressive newspapers work for the city, county and people generally in countless ways where they get no direct return and but a small Indirect return for that service. In the matter of the public printing the city has opportunity to step Into the breach and by awarding contracts at fair prices return In a measure the service rendered. .rth. The Journal Itself says editorially: editori-ally: "We believe In city and county affairs the paper representing tho party in power should have tho advertising, ad-vertising, so long as it is done at a reasonable rate.' Tiik Uki-uiilican cites the fact that compared with prices charged In other cltles.our price Is reasonable; compared with prices charged business firms of this clty.our price is reasonable: compared with prices heretofore charged tho city and county by tho Journal, our prlco is MOHE than reasonable. Taking these manv facts Into consideration, con-sideration, wo believe that every unprejudiced un-prejudiced cltl.cn In this city will concede con-cede that the Republican majority proceeded along business lines and awarded tho printing as It should have been awarded. The decision was osrtalnly in thorough accord with tho Journal's editorial expression. The committee's report to the city council showed that it had canvassed the situation-thoroughly, had punctured the democratic organ's by-play for political politi-cal advantage, saw lit to Ignore It, and made recommendations that wero so obvloualy proper that they wore accepted ac-cepted without comment except on the part of the democratic minority which felt called upon to show certain asscnlno qualities In behalf of their pet. |