Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-28
1T Is NOTHING.

Such is the verdict of the Tribune in
regard to the DEMOCRAT. There is naught
more true than that from nothing nothing
can come. But vet from so small thing,
from nothing, there came on Sunday
morning three editorials in the Tribune.
Strange it is that that which does not
amount to teaser should have aroused
the ire and Indignation of the Tribune
that "holds the foremost place among
newspapers fora thousand miles in either
direction, for the sole reason that 1t is the
best paper in all that space" Still the
foremost newspaper for thousand miles
in either direction devotes three long
articles, editorial articles, the best that
can be produced within thousand miles
in either direction, to paper that does
not amount even to a teaser. Ii SO
much space and so great talent can be
devoted to that which is nothing,
not even teaser, how valuable
must be the rest OF It's matter! !!
If the DEMOCRAT does not amount to even
a teaser, and it does not, for the foremost
paper within a Thousand miles in any
direction has said so, why was it neces-
sary to say anything to prove that such
was the case? 1t is always unwise and
in bad taste to elaborate a simple truth
that is accepted by all, and ii the DEMO
Graf does not amount TO teaser, that
statement was sufficient for all purposes.
To enlarge upon it and to show wherein
it did not amount even to a teaser, was
to give prominence to that which de-
served silent contempt. In its great dis
play of logic, the Tribune forgot that
negative cannot be proven. The state
ment in such case is sufficient. All the
negative has to do is to disprove the af-
firmative. To state in the first article
that the DEMOCRAT does not as yet
amount to a teaser, and then to write two
more articles upon the paper, shows q
great want of tact and literary skill. And
to think that such thing should occur
with journal that "holds the foremost
place among newspapers for a thousand
miles in either direction :" But this
is not the worst; all these articles
were written to prove a negative! Such
things prove the assertion of the Tribune
that it "holds the foremost place among
newspapers for thousand miles in either
direction" Now, here is an affirmative
and this would have given the editor q
chance to display all his powers of rhet
oric and logic. 1t has been said that
talent is something, but that tact is every
thing. The endeavor to prove q
negative showed talent, but it also
showed want of tact. Tact would
have said, Display your power:
in proving that you hold 1.-The foremos
place among newspapers for Thousand
miles in either direction" Tact woulC
have told you what to do; talent would
have shown you how to do it. Tact
would have said, The statement that as
vet the DEMOCRAT does not amount TO q
teaser is sufficient, for this throws th'
burden upon the DEMoCRAT, if you shal
provoke discussion Tact would have
said, Never surrender point; and re
member that an assertion made withou
argument, if it bears the evidence
OF being as asserted, is far stronge
| than the assertion of the PLANES
facts when supported by argument
! If the DEMOCRAT does not amount to
teaser, and it does not, for the Tribun
says so, and the Tribune, like Brutus, j
"an honorable man." to have stated TIN
fact would have been ample for all pur
poses. The people who read the fac
would have supported the assertion iron
their own standpoint; and what is more
lhey would have given the Tribune credi
for great insight.
We point out these things that tn
newspaper which "holds the foremos
place among newspapers for thousan
miles in either direction, " may avoid sucl
errors in future. Don't let paper tina
does not amount even to teaser occup
so much of your valuable time and space