The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-01-07
TIE TRIBUNE FOR 1874.

| \ year go the editor Of the Tribune promised
to make this journal during ls7S,a much more val
liable and complete newspaper than 1t had ever
been before. Its facilities for the collection and
transmission OF intelligence from all parts Of the
world had been largely increased; its sah of edi-
| tors, correspondents, and reporters had been
| strengthened by tine engagement OF some OF the
| aUlest men in the profession; and the editor was
resolved to spare neither pains money in the
| effort to make the Tribune the very first newspa-
per in the world.
| IL points to the achievements OF the past twelve
months with pari0nabe pride. While The Trib
unc has retained all the excellent features that
made IL such a iavOrite in former days it has ex-
hiJtcd an enterprise and acuieness in It's news de-
partnent which have bcen { he wonder Of all its old
| friends. Remembering that the chief function Of
daily journal is to give is readers thc fullest,
| the best arranged the most attractive. and the
/ most readable history OF jhc occurrences Of the
time Il has devoted i,s hest energies TO this bust
ness. AMI is success has beea universally reco.n-
! Zed ami applluicd The year has been fruitful
uf startling events. and every incleu. has suund
. in the Tribune its proEptcst, mos; accurate. and
| most perfectly equipped historian. Tribune
correspondent was the only civilian who wine e,sed
the surrender Of the NrginiGs and his picturesque
description of that transaction transmitted By tel
egraph. is the only account the public has yet
OF an incident upon which depended for many weeks
| the question 60 peace or war. The Tribune pub
lishc the only iull and exhaustive account BY At
| lanic telegraph of the terrible Vile du Havre
disaster, giving iii the incidents of that catlstro-
phg days before other lOural5 received them by
the slow course OF the mails 1t dstanced n II com
pctitprs IN lis thrilling story ty cbleof the advCn-
lures Of the Poaris c3staways. IL anticipated ev-
! cry other paper in the country AMI even the Gov
crnment itselrby its graphic narratives of Clusters
! battles ON the Yellowstone. The elaborate and
deeply interesting letters of its special correspond
ent in the Wcst gave the only complete account Of
! the Farmers Movement ever published in an East
| ern paper. The reports of the Tribune presented
| the important proceeding Of the Evangelical
Alliance IN this city with fulIness and accuracy
! everywhere the subject OF enthusiastic praise
During the panic lis daily history OF Wall Street
made II absolutely Indispensable to business men:
and is special correspondents Giierward described
the condition Of Affairs In the manufacturing dis
tricls with ability whic, other paper serious
I ly riyaled.
| Thefe are mere instances of the uniform success
/ In the most important branch OF journalism which
has steadily attended the Tribune throughout the
year and may therefore be fairly taken as an earn
of what the Tribune is likely to do hereafter
ts purpose in 1874 is to surpsss s previous record
constantly increasing the efficiency OF its orgsn
Zaiun adding TO its resources, and keeping up its
ancient celebrity as an organ of cultivated and
thoughtful men, ami a high authority in litera-
ture. science, and the arts. IL Will ntuue 10 de-
vote especial attention to the proceedings of learn
cd bodies to education. to scientific discoveries and
explorations, to new inventions. To agriculture to
the promotion Of American Industry, and TO books
pictures. music and the dana. Its financial arti-
cles have won peculiarly high reputation and
will still be prominent feature In its columns
It's reports of the markets. have long been dstin-
guished for fulncss and accuracy. and its quota
lions have been accepted standards in the cattle
produce and provision trades for many years. Its
reports of local affairs acknowledged to be the
most accurate int eligcnt and iaplcic: its domes
tic correspondence is always fresh and valuable;
AMI abroad It is served by the ablest writers and
keensst Observers engaged upon any American Pc
riodienl.
While It never can be neutral in politics the
Tribune is entirely independent of all parties and
all partisans Ii believes that the mere organ OF
a clique cannot be a thoroughly good newspaper
and cannot be trusted for impartial and Just COM
ment upon current events. Ii maintains with the
old fervoT and will always defend the Republican
principles OF equality and justice with which. un-
der the control Of It's illustrious founder Horace
Greeley 1t was for over thirty years identified.-
But 1t values parties solely as means for procuring
honest government sound principles. For tho
partisans who depiore exposures Of corruption or
" and hinder their success in holding on to the
oiticss-who insi,t that Journal OF their faith
must follow their lead, execute thcrplans and de-
lend their acts. It has 10 feeling save con,empt-
Standing by its old landmarks, IL defends the con-
situtonAl guarantees to the liberty of the citizen
and the sacredness of the nations faith with its
creditors insists on the duty OF Protection to Amer
lean Industry, champions all proper measures for
developing the material resources Of the country
urges wise mears for restricting the evils of In
temperance, seeks sednously to fpster the com
maIiding interests OF Manufactures and Agrlcul-
ture. but Il holds itself alOoi from all antangny
alliances waits On no Caucus or Convention iurit
opinions aims TO Judge every political act Of what
ever party, separately as II arises it, own ner-
lts, and maintains the liberty Of candid and in-
partial criticism. During the present session of
Congress its telegraphic reports from Washington
where 1t maintains the strongest force Of expert
enced correspondents ever assembled there In the
interests OF single Journal, will he found neom-
parahly more valuable and more interesting than
those Of any Of It's cotempcrarics. And finally,
In the editorial discussions Of public affairs the
Tribune endeavors TO combine the utmost frank
ness OF expression and independence Of thought
with strict impartiality of Judgment and that
dignity and refinement OF language which bent n
family newspaper. 1t wastes no space in wrang