The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-24
ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE HERALD is a Democratic newspaper.
Next week this paper will attain its major
ity. On June 5, 1870, it made it's first appear
ance, diminutive four-page sheet, and
at once espoused the cause of Utah aud her
people. For twenty-five years THE HERALD
has been regularly issued, and during all
that time has been the staunch friend and
earnest champion of the good community
whose demands and necessities brought it
into existence. There was place for the
paper the morning of its birth, and that
morning it occupied the field open for it.
Every day since, it has been true to the
cause and the principles which it espoused
and adopted, and every day has it endeav-
ored to give reasons for being. For TWEEN
ty-one years in its every issue, the earnest
devotion of the paper to loved U tab and her
honest, progressive people has asserted
itself. 1t has spoken at all times what it
has believed to be the truth, has advocated
those measures which it thought were for
the best good of the public has opposed
those schemes which its honest Judgment
said would be injurious to Utah, and
has steadfastly pursued course which
it thought 70 be right Whateve err
may be thought or said of their WAYS and
methods, it will be conceded by all that
the one aim, the one object of the publish
ers and editors has been ever apparent
the defense of all the people in what were
believed to be their rights. It is because
OF this central idea this controlling motive
which has guided and been adhered to
through all these years, that TIE HERALD is
known throughout the community as 1.-The
Peoples Paper" popular and highly
priced title which it won at the outset and
has retained through all the years of its ex-
istence.
All this is preliminary to the announce
ment which is made in detail elsewhere in
this issue. The HERALD has changed own
ership, and to-day makes something of a
departure from the course which it has fol-
lowed 80 many years. We do not mean by
this that the old proprietors of the paper,
the men who have been identified with the
Journal, some of them from the first issue
to the present time, have disposed of their
interest and retired from the institution
nor do we mean that any radical changes
are contemplated, either as to policy or
conduct. The matter is simply this-a com
pany has been formed for the purpose
of owning, publishing aud managing a
Democratic newspaper. and to this corpora
ton THE HERALD has been transferred out
right, its plant subscription lists, fran
chises and good will all passing to the new
association, in which, however, the old
nolders are large shareholders, as will be
seen by the list of incorporators which ap-
pears in another place. There is large
infusion of new blood. The new company
Ia composed OF some of the fore
most men in the community-foremost
financially, Intellectually and in progress
this brings us to what we want to say as
to this change of proprietorship, and as to
such change OF policy, if it can be SO
designated, as may be noted hereafter. In
national politics THE HERALD has been con-
sistently and unwaveringly Democratic, to
which party its allegiance has been as true
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now there has been no national politics in
this territory, hence in local politics this
paper has been an organ of the Peoples
party, that political organization
which embraced the masses. and
Whose principles were nearest to the
grand doctrines Of the great party of the
people, the Democracy. For long time it
has been apparent to intelligent observers
that the anomalous condition Of things
politically, prevailing in this territory.
could not continue; it was plain to be seen
that there must come an end to the peculiar
state of affairs, and that question which
had disturbed and divided the people. max
ing possible, If not necessary, two such DO
ltical organizations as have existed in no
other land, being solved and settled, men
here would do as Americans do every
where - would permit their political
ideas and preferences to assert them
selves, and as a consequence would
align themselves with the great
national associations known as the
Democratic and Republican parties. THE
HERALD has worked intelligently to this
end. 1t has known that it was only mat
ter of time when the Peoples and Liberal
organizations would go out of existence.
and be replaced by the Democratic
and Republican parties. The time
is at hand. 1t is here as far as the