The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-28
NEWS ADS. AND EDS.

| Yesterday morning The Herald had
an article on Mrs. ]. Ellen Fosters adj
dress in the Tabernacle Sunday after
noon. In that article we quoted from
the Deseret Evening News a note an
nouncing that Mrs. Foster would speak
| in the old Federal court room Monday
evening, August 81 We took the note
for an announcement by the News
that the lady would speak and never
| for moment supposed it was an ad-
vertisement. 1t stood at tho head of
column next to an editorial and we took
| it as the great majority of the readers
of the News doubtless did and the way
in which those who had it inserted in
tended it should be taken. Then we
asked why the News hoped there would
be splendid audience to hear the
distinguished and eloquent Republic
an This is all, and we make this
explanation in fairness to our readers
and the public.
Now as to the News. 1t did not hon
estly, openly and nlanfully commend
the distinguished and eloquent Re
publican and hope there would be
splendid attendance" Its position as
non-partisan newspaper and its profess
sions of fairness forbade it to do this.
No, it did not do these things: it sold
it's commentator. That's what it did,
presumably because it is reliable in
its statements; is above the level of
petty trickery.''
AS to the weight that paper has with
the majority of the people of Utah. Its
no on flor, &c yaarfaatI1y -1ndaIStOOd Whom
it says 1.-The Herald knows as well as
we do-and perhaps that is what's the
matter-that the utterances of this pa
per do have, are entitled to have the
special weight spoken off, it is doubt
less intended to convey the idea that
its influence is entirely the result of
merit. Its influence arises from the
fact that it is the official organ Of the
dominant church in Utah and from no
other fact. 1t may be as we'll to in
form the News that it has not the
same weight, today, even as an official
organ, as in years past, and this chiefly
because the News is now owned and
controlled by a private company, that
is running it simply as a business ven
tu1e.
The Herald writer is quite as familiar
as the News writer with the notions Of
truth and honor, and we are glad to
know the News writer is going to cher
ish those that he has.
We will answer the questions asked
by the News, and our answer to the
first two is No.
AS to the third. A beautiful spirit
I Il II Or311r
soul rising in its anger can be. A
righteous man righteously indignant,
wlra can be more majestic! Listen to
this: is it expected that a paper with
the reputation and prestige of the News
will forever have the patience to take
UP and correct the drivel of writer's
who can only see out of one eye and
who talk most sensibly when they
sleep?" To which we make humble re-
ply: Have you heard of the patience
of Job?' The very first chance you
have you lose your patience. And as
to the prestige and reputation Of the
News we suspect" your position as
Dogberry would say. We want to
know another thing from the News:
When it loses its patience does it lose
it as an official organ or as mere
newspaper? This is not seemly in a
writer whose utterances "do have, and
are entitled to have the special weight
spoken Of" Their weight is oftenest
in their heaviness. How true is the
proverb, and how exemplified in the
writer of the News-"He that is soon
angry dealeth' foolishly"