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The young state of Washington haj shown no greater improvement in
any line of industry than in its daily newspapers. The city of Seattle leads
with three eight-page dailies, the equal of the average eastern metropoli
tan papers. The Posl-nMligeneer is the oldest and largest, carrying eight
columns to the page. It is republican in politics. Its morning contemporary
is the Telegraph, a democratic paper that has sprung to a front place in cir
culation and influence in the year of its existence. Editorially it is one of the
two really bright paers of the state the other one being the Spokane Spokes
man. The Press-Times is Seattle's evening daily, a republican paper,.and it
will stand comparison with any New Vorlc or Chicago evening journal. Each
of these three papers is printed on a perfecting press of its own. Tacoma
also has three eight-page dailies, but they will hardly match the Seattle journ
als either in editorial strength or efficiency of news service. The Uilger,
formerly republican, was less than a year ago converted into a democratic
organ. The Sews, also democratic, is published every evening. The Globt
is a morning daily, republican in politics. Olympia has two dailies, started
during the past year, New Whatcom two and Fairhaven one, and a remarka
bly live one, too. Spokane has four daily papers, the evening Chronicle and
the morning Review, the former democratic and the latter republican in
politics, each eight pages and printed on perfecting presses. The Review en
joys the distinction of being the dullest of Washington's metropolitan dailies.
The evening Globe is a four-page democratic paper. The Spokesman is a
really live, bright morning paper. It started a little more than a year ago as
an independent journal, but is now 'avowedly republican. No other towns in
the country the size of Washington's largest three cities have newspapers that
can be compared with these.
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