Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-01
TRIBUTE TO MODEL JOURNALISM.
What the Record Union" Has Done for
Central and Northern California.

What the Record Union" Has Done for
Central and Northern California.
Under the above heading she Observer, of
Placerville, editorially comments as fol-
lows:
Not many years ago the opinion was
widespread that no good daily newspaper
could be built up in this State outside of
San Francisco. 1t was, of course, accepted
and fostered by few overshadowing fog
banks styled the metropolitan press. It
remained for the SACRAMENTO RECORD
UNION to encounter and dispel impressions
| thus adverse to its own success and rank in
the newspaper world. When it went forth
on its mission of usefulness, throbbing
with the brain and heart of William H.
Mills and his compeers rank was but the
guinea's stamp" and its success was fore
ordained.
That it is now the acknowledged peer of
its early San Francisco rivals is therefore
no cause of surprise. With speed and
staying qualities equal to any of them, as
a member of the Associated Press it has
aspired to something more and better than
to be first shallow gossiper of sensa-
tional news. In its morning calls it has
more interesting and instructive reading
than the accidents of a day or the
scandals of night. In its daily
and weekly issues it is not only the
broad and polished mirror of all that is
good and graceful in social and moral
worlds, but it is also the able and scholarly
exponent of the highest thought and deep
est research in every department of knowl-
edge and speculation-of literature and
science. Without catering to the passing
fashion or folly OF the hour, it exemplifes
the manners, contributes to the intelli-
gence and reflects the graces of the cult
waited society in which it circulates as a
genial and welcome visitor.
In all these respects and more, it is much
like the Alta California, and is hight toned
model of modern journalism. And having
found in its matter and management so
much to commend, it is painful to reflect
that it is an unregenerate disbeliever in
the inspired scriptures of the true Democ-
racy. And yet its respectful Difference for
all moral agencies andreligious persuasions |
is such that it dissents without soothing, |
and opposes with the decency and dignity |
characteristic of the highest and most in |
telllgent order of Republicans. To come,
therefore, within the saving plan of politi- |
cal redemption, and to be a shining light in |
the temple of Democracy, it has all the |
journalistic accomplishments save only the |
Democratic righteousness unto which ali |
else would be added.
With this finishing virtue it would be as |
potent in the struggle for good govern |
ment as it has been and is in the material |!
and industrial progress of California. De- |
spairing, however, as we do or must, of |
" contamination so devoutly to be wished" |
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energy and enterprise in the interest of |
Central and Northern California,-tha
magnificent field of diversified climate and |
production, of which, for years, it has
been luminous pictorial panorama And
it is not for US and our patrons to forget, |
that among the counties whose resources
and developments it has kept on exhibit
tion throughout the wide circle of its cir
culation and influence, none are more
indebted than Ell Dorado. We, therefore,
sincerely congratulate our distinguished
contemporary of the Capital city upon its
wide participation in the public prosperity
and welfare which it has so successfully
promoted. In thus paying to model jour
nalism tribute of respect TOO richly de-
served to be deemed compliment, it We're
superluous to bespeak, and faithless to
doubt its certain and exceeding great
reward