Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-29
ny WAY or SUGGESTION.

The NEWS, like every other honor
able and independent paper, Is Alwsys
clad to give hearing through is coll
umns to auy reputable correspondent
who has n grievance TO veniilale, .
policy h ofltlciso or the acts of pnoUo
officials to expose or Inquire into. W.
arc here for the very purpose Of forcing
n redress Of grievances, even though
We may have none Of our own; being
pledged TO no patty policy, We
are not only ready ourselves TO
bealow unspAring criticism wherever
we think II may DO deserved, but also
10 permit those who have examined
Into details and are abs TO point out
necessary reforms, to ofiet their STREE
lures and suggestions In their own
words and way; having no pets OF
iavofites either IN or cut Of oliice, We
never expect TO shield or defend any
one whose public acts deserve rebuks,
aud We are at all times ready 10 oief
the medium OF widely reAl
column 10 exposure Of oficial
maliessancs. Generally speaking,
whore we have not boon able
TO obtain such Information our
selves, we are very pleased to have II
supplied cur readers by a oorrospon'
dent, and n the latter ia responsible
and OF good repu,s, We are content to
withhold his name and permit his
mmunioAtion to appear over nom
ds.plume.
But IN every community there 10 q
class Of fault.hndsts, who while they
may be fully respectable and reliable,
are nevertheless al times unroasonabie;
they have fallen into such habit oil
criticism that nothing seems right
like the ITishman at DonnybTo lAiT
wherever they zoe head they hit al
II; all OF which, while II may DO ov'.
denco Of perseverance, and pugnaolly,
Ia less effective and fofoeful than n the
assaults were beltsrtimnd and more
cpnsisiontly made. In yielding 10 the
iauli-nndlnE habit they are sometimes
iosocuTato In their charges, aud very
frequently saSail men whose duties
and obligations they do net under.
standard policies which their narrow.
neis OF vision does not enable them
correctly 10 estimate.
We have a small class OF that
kind here, and tomo OF them
arc excellent citizens and good
friends OF the News. Usual we like
TO talk with and hear from them, anu
In most cases II they have any We've to
submit 10 the public we are pleased to
give them the opportunity. Hut there
Is limit to good nature, Aa there ara
limits to good taste; and We have been
somewhat pAinod at being criticised
on our own part for not publishing
everything they had chosen to oder.
In order " meet the objections thu,
urged, wo have proposition to submit
10 our friends, the perpetual critic;
and that Ia that they divide with US the
responsibility OF their more severe nj.
tAignmsnt OF public officials and
their policy, by giving permission
10 publish their own names Il
their contributions. We arc not
afraid TO tackle any man or subject
that our own knowledge and obsefyA.
ton enable ~ 10 criticize inlalligsntly
and with reaSouj but where we receive
suoh Information merely on CORES
pondenrs say-so,and we already know
the drift Of his mind from long &c.
quainlauce, We should like 10 DO adj.
10 cay that he would be more sure O
seeing his views and COMMENT
IN print II In forwarding then
to the editor no would say, "Yol
are at perfect liberty TO use my nam
u you want to-"
What cay you, irlvnj,9 Shall WI
agree on the brave course that n maj
who has a public complaint to utter 1
ready to make II like n man II Ia th
judgment Of tho newspaper the use o
nom'de-plume would DO unfair to III,
paper iiseli aud to the men OF measure
against which the complaint Is ii
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