Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-27

;1.H has .. SHELDON'S NEWSPAPER.

| terest Dr. Sheldon's plan for publish.
ing a Christian daily newspaper. and
am watching the progress and waiting
for the result IL ought 10 be success
full, for Il Is entirely practicable,
have read his book and wondered then
IL his newspaper idea was feasible, and
have come 70 the conclusion that II is
IL we would all ask ourselves, when
about TO do anything, What would
Jesus dO| the success OF this would
be foregone conclusion. and we would
all be walking IN His steps.
THE newspapers could be improved
very much. In the first place. the pa
pers should have a higher tone In their
news, and discrimination should be used
In accepting advertisements. To adj
Vertise fakes and things that are pro-
ductive Of misery 10 humanity IS wrong
II every man would only live up to
what his best thought prompted him
70 do. In His Steps would be feasible,
practical and possible"
REV. DAUNT SCOTT.
Rev Daunt Scott, OF st. Pauls
Episcopal church, was not prepared TO
say what success Mr.. Sheldon's news
paper would meet with, but the plan
was commendahle.
Too much attention is paid by the
newspapers 60 sensa tionalism, I'm my
judgment There Is too much willingness
70 cater 10 the morbid tastes. while
the sound, wholesome helpful features
OF lie are passed over. What the in
iiuence of the newspapers would be- II
concentrated In an effort for higher
Christian life. Is hard to conceive, but
the opportunity is not taken advantage
OF. The newspapers are somewhat like
the stage. The latter could not-it ought
TO be-a mighty power for uplifting
men, for intoxicating a higher morality
in the world, but II is only half taken
advantage Of. The motto that describes
what think should prevail in news
paper offices Is All the news that's 1T
TO print.
SECRETARY AXTON.
Secretary John T. Axton said. when
/ read Of DR.. Sheldon's plan to publish
Christian daily newspaper, my first
impulse was TO start In and get as
many subscribers for II as possible.
believe higher newspaper standard
could be established OF course IL Is
said that the newspaper merely meets
the demand and publishes what is want
ed by the public, But don't believe that.
Why Is IL that the whole front page
OF great daily is given up to re-
port OF prize fight. while other things
OF immense IMPORTANCE TO the whole
world receive but little attention? |
believe that a newspaper can create
the demand for higher class Of mat
ter, or at least for news handled i'm a
manner that is more In Keeping with a
higher morality, and be successful.
Why was II that the entire edition OF
the Christmas News" was sold out?
Was IL because II was full OF sensa-
tionallsm? Or was it because its
columns were filed with a higher and
better class OF matter than usual?
No one who knows viii question the
correctness Of the latter answer"
REV. CLARENCE T. BROWN.
DR.. Brown, pastor OF the First Con.
gregatlonal church, Is a brother-in-law
OF Dr. Gansaulus, OF Chicago, who Is
one OF Mr.. Sheldons chief advisers. He
said: This experiment Of publishing a
Christian newspaper Will result In good.
There is one feature that cannot be
denied by anyone, and what.
ever else may be said, this
VIII at least present the world
with such a paper. and the people will
have chance TO see Just what changes
that sort Of newspaper would In
yolve. Then they can tell how much
they would lose In the way OF news. II
anything, and whether or not the sort
Of publication proposed would meet
their requirements Perhaps good
many Will be surprised to find that such
a paper can furnish all the Information
really needed concerning the news Of
the day. am awaiting the result with
interest"
FATHER LARKIN.
Rev Thomas Larkin, president OF All
Hallows College, does not think the pro-
posed experiment will be fair test at
all Of the real soundness Of the scheme.
This Christian newspaper is to be pub
lished for only one week. and with the
advertising Il has received, great curl
osity has been awakened. and that is
more than sufficient TO made the VEN
ture a great success-for a week. But
at the end Of that time, It Will have
undetermined whether or not such "A
paper would. at the end OF two or three
years, still have its following and sup
port. Therefore the chief value and
interest attached 10 the venture was
that II would present sample, as IL
were, OF what such a newspaper would
be. Father Larkiu thinks well OF the
press as II u.s. taking il as a whole, and
Is not sure that the enormous outlay
OF enterprise, energy and money expend-
ed upon them can be replaced. TO the
satisfaction OF the reading public. by
giving a paper OF higher tone. although
elevation In newspapers, as In every
thing else In the world, is greatly 10
be desired and that condition seemed
to be obtaining-at least there were
now papers OF very high tone and
people could support them as well as
the less merltorious II they appealed to