Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-31
FOR SELECTEIAN
For Salt Lake County:
BOLIVAR ROBERTS.
p. CONVALEsCING.


Readers note with pleasure that for few
days past the DEMOCRAT has contained more
interesting reading matter than ever before.
The complaint is that the interesting matter
is only in detached paragraphs. The Tri-
b1tlle is requested to inform the DEMOCRAT
that the reading public would be much bet
ter pleased if it would omit all so-called orig
lnal matter and copy entirely from the
Tribune.
1t is with genuine pleasure that we note
the symptoms of recovery in the Tribune
which this extract shows. Sunday morn
ing's rage over a journal that did not
amount even to a teaser augured but i'll
for the sanity of the paper which ''holds
the foremost place among newspapers for
q thousand miles in either direction
Such displays of passion as those of Sun
day morning are most unseemly, and are
apt to cause people to wonder whether
gentleman who gives way to anger
on account OF a journal that does
not amount even to a teaser, is really
the proper person to have charge
of a paper which "holds the foremost
place among newspapers for thousand
miles in either direction. The gentle
man who conducts that paper should re-
member that he who would govern others
must first govern himself. For man to
get into passion, a towering passion, is
for him to display his weakness; and the
man who is the editor of the journal
which "holds the foremost place among
newspapers for a thousand miles in either
direction" should have no weaknesses.
Weakness in the editor is weakness in
the journal, and it should be remembered
by the editor of the Tribune, the journal
which "holds the foremost place among
newspapers for a thousand miles in either
direction" that the strength of chain
is equal TO the strength of its weakest link.
Another very encouraging sign is th.st
in the reference to the DEMOCRAT in the
above extract there are no personalities.
Personalities in the editorial columns are
very unsightly, and show that man who
uses them relies less on reason and argu-
ment than upon revilement and abuse.
The master of any science prefers to kill
a man with the aid of science. Even in
slugging match man must never strike
below the belt; and how much more
refined is a journalistic duel! The Trj-
b1ine should know that for an an espada
to slay the torro otherwise than by
piercing him in the neck at the juncture
OF the cervical and dorsal vertebre would
be for the espada to endanger his own
life on account OF the fury of the spec /
tators And further, no lady would wish /
such an espada to be her knight An
other reason why the journal which !
"holds the foremost place among news (
papers for a thousand miles in either di- !
rection" should not indulge in personali- /
ties, and the calling of names, is that YOU
injure yourself more than those at whom /
YOU aim your tremendous blows, and peo- .
pie censure you for it. If you still per-
sist in so doing and wish to become a
master of the art-as yet you do not even
amount to an amateur in the art-we rec
ommend you to read Rabelais and Scar
ron, among French writers, and Swift
among English authors. You can
never hope TO rival these writers, but
still close study OF them would
greatly add to the effectiveness OF
your style II you wish something Of
a grade higher in the scale OF pure sar-
casm, you will be greatly benefited by
reading the Letters of Junius, and you
will find something in James Mills Re
view OF the Reviews. Ii in none of these
you find anything adapted to your taste
and capacity, but you still prefer gross
personalities, low insinuation and disgust
ing billingsgate, read the journal (which
holds the foremost place among news
papers for a thousand miles in either direc-
tion."