The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-26
THE yERDICT's LESSON.

ooe class of our readers, we again and
in little more formal way refer to the
in the Brown Tribune suit
lately rendered. Sometimes newspa-
ners after long and successful career
become arrogant and overbearlng.
When this happens they are apt to 90
and say things which are very lrrltat-
ing. and one needs to have good deal
of patience to avoid being UNJUST 10
them. AS long as q paper is battling
unon a principle, a little personal
castigation is not only tolerated out IL
is relished by the masses OF the people
But when paper assumes that IL alone
is right. that it alone has feelings TO
be respected, it is in fair way TO nave
those feelings lascerated or very sadly
wounded in some other way. 1pe
Trihune,e life has been a very turbu-
lent one. 1t has been in the pasU
very belligerant paper. 1t has fought
MANY a hard battle but it has now to
learn that there is vast difference
between waging warfare upon
class. and upon an individual. lt mas
fonyht the Mormon church and people
so long, so bitterly and so successfully
we may add. that battle is necessary 10
the full enjoyment OF its usual journal
istic health. While the Mormon peo-
ple and church perhaps did not tight
hack as Arthur Brown did, yet they
resented its attacks nonetheless
bitterly because they made no
outer sound. The Tribune is really q
great and useful paper, but it has not
ali the excellence in the territory, nor
does 1t possess all the inVincible power
it thinks it does. There is no telling
how much its past bullrdozing methods
entered into the Brown verdict. Its
curses are but coming home to roost, IN
this case,
Perhaps this So 500 will net prove a
had investment if the lesson is taken
to heart and applied. If it serves TO
soften the asperities OF partisanshIp
and induces milder and more toler-
ant spirit, the field of the Tribune's
usefulness will be broadened, ana It's
power for good will be largely increased
We olorv in the Tribune's ability spd
feel proud of it. We always reckofait
as one of the great merits OF the terri
tory, and but for the fact that it is dis
regardful of the interests and feelings OF
others when aroused many people
would gather to it in deep sym pathy
now since the evil days have over
taken it. But such is not the case, as
it is. Few there are but will say
''seryed it right"
Mr.. Brown may have said bitter
things of it, probably cid, but Mr..
Brown ia not newspaper. His words
do not live and bear fruit after many
days. No matter how rich or power
full the Individual may bs, yet he is no
match for any, even the weakest paper,
and il is considered coWardice in pa
per to be too ready to use this power
where the other party is not provided
with equal weapons of attack or defense.
The verdict, if it renders the Tribune
more careful in the future In dealing
with individuals, will have served a good
purpose. If it serves to make other
papers more careful, it ill.accomplish
very valuable results.
Not many days since certain paper
talked about the cowhide for papers
which are not financially responsible
There are very few western newspaper
conductors but would kill man who
attempted that mode of correction.
Thus the paper in question advises a
course which would result in the shed |
ing of blood. The strange part of the
matter is that the paper SO advising |
the cowhide is religious paper. Not
withstanding that the advice it gives
is very unchristian. Very savage.
Because a man controls newspaper
he does not thereby become the custo-
dian of the masses, the moulder of
opinion and the conservator of the
morals of the people. Ee may advise,
and persuade, but when pee
pie wont heed, they are not to be houn-
led as the rribune's method is, nor YET
are they TO be cowhided as the Deseret
News advises. Newspapers are to obey
Ihe law as other pursuits do, OF they
are to take the consequences, as the
Tribune is likely to do.