Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-31
oun cAMrAios.


referring TO cotomporary Of this
city, the state journal of ogden OBJ
serves that the former "worrles ITSELF
or Il worried" because Of the News
occasionally discussing politics. says
the Journal
I'VE have noticed that the News
IN It's dlacurnlcn % political and othef |
matters OF public Interest. II always
fair and dlgnlfied. aud IL bias V 81 gu
times IN favor Of right ana JUSTICE.
Therc ~ no moral reason why the
church organ should rrprcas lts honest
political Views than that the leading |
men OF the Mormon OF any other
church should speak out boldly, whom
ever the spirit moves thuni, IN favor OF
the men and principles 81 the pOhueal
party to which they profess allegiance. |
That of course. would dingruntic the |
machine politicians. but no other"
our ogden nelFhbor shows kindly
feeling and a correct one In the fore
going: but the Dessert News" IL not
In any sense a political newspaper. that
IL. II supports none OF the political
parties as such. realizing. however,
that there II merit a. well a. some lit
tie demerft In all. n man or woman
who II candidate for public ONCE
should receive favorable mention In
these columns--as Ia frequently the
case--lt II not because he or she rcpre-
aants ono or another Of the different
political organizations. but because of
the belief on our part that such men.
tlon Is deserved without reference 10
such persons affiliations. The same Il
true Of any measure which this paper
may speak OF approvlnEly or even advo-
cate: the support IL given becaufe the
measure II. according TO our judgment.
a good one. 40 an independent PROPOSE
tlon. no matter a. TO it, surrounding
or backing. That IL all there IL OF the
matter. and no one can triihfuiiy say
tina, the rule stated ha. been or Will
be departed from In these columns.
because OF this Straightforward
courre-whleh some few seem utterly
unable 10 understand because II Is
straightforward. perhaps-there be
those who take upon themselves the
trouble 10 arrange and put forth mean
ings for ~. II II perfectly gratultous.
not 10 say impairment. performance.
one that may give satisfaction to the
warped. biased and contracted mind
that concelvcs II. hut not TO Intelligent.
falr-mlnded people. It might ms well
be understood once for all that this
paper IL fully capable OF conveying ita
meaning In every case aud invariably
does 40: those who see NJ To diStort ia
conclusions may be artists In that par.
ticular line. but their example Is o
good one 10 let severely alone.
To what lengths. broadthr, and dopihi
OF moral turpltude viii no, the blind
ntolid. indlaoriminatc advocacy Of par
tiranism lead the one who 80 engage
y aselfl Il gets to be 90 that he cat
ne merit In anything that his part,
a.. .ot put forth nor upriEhtneaa Il
!. my m. y, or woman that IL -. Of hi
ntlf aiar !. -: also a he blind an
dea- n his pgs'.'s -ioricomlnga. IL
eats psr,y, dIlnks ,arty. sleeps part
and tan. :. until he become
wearisomc and even contemplate
How different this state OF thlng
from that which characteristics the In
dependent. cloar-bralncs. patriotic ELI
zeni II Ia not that a person may no
be xeaious In the advocacy OF his ~
lltlcai preferences or unwilling 10 al
slst his party or partisans along IN
contest for supremacy. not at all; thes
things arr looked for ana II conducted I
proper way are not cenHurable. II
only when unbridicd zeal runs ava
with the Judgment aud personal fali
ness that politics becomes obJeotionahl
sometimes outragcously 20.
There IL now at hand what IrSnia,
10 be heated and prolonged can
palgn. As a purveyor Of news III
paper viii not Ignore the conflict n,
any Of the principal events GROWN
out Of H. on the contrary Il win mcr
ton people. features and results viii
out restriction other than such - PR
serves reasonable moderation and
nearly az possible absolute fairnea
No one viii be rrsissd or ocnsurcd b.
cause OF his party membership. and !
issue before the people condemned Z
applauded because Of Its origin an
support. In this line OF AZ
tion the "News" VIII have the sci
consciousness OF being right. OF n
only advancing what II oonccves 10
the proper policy but OF wllfuily lnju
ms no one who prefers 10 take son
other route, ana neither sneern, mi
representations nor falschood vi
cause Il 20 swervc one way or Il
other. Vtuperauon. coarseness pa
tlan,y and vlndlciiveness win be- oml