The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
The HERALD's POLICY.

The HERALDS PoLlSt'
O,-r OF THE HERALD'S best
" friends. a prominent Democrat IN
-a,,t1,arn mart of the state, has
made some suggestions as 10 'n
,o1icv of this paper that ln'i'0
-,,ora than passing notice his Sus
,.stions are prefaced with a cohp'l-
49, for the news service Of The Her
"a -,.bicb he is kind enough to say Is |
~oo5 as ne could wish. But ne
a55s ..r wish YOU would make the pa
,.,,r. Excessively Democratic tor
The good of the party. have no cru
ISM 10 offer for The Herald as a news
r,orar hut as an organ Of the Demo
- Marty think it should not give
~, v,ucb prominence to Republican
,.,.s ae ir does. For instance, L 90
not believe it is good policy to put on
+l,s front mage news Of Roosevelt ana
Ilearns. as you frequently do; ana
do not like TO see you commend any
ching a Republican president or sen
ator says. -..zo,,t
The letter is written in such evident
cod faith and is so fair and friendly
+r.r if deserves an answer in the same
zriri+ The assurance that The Her
AIDS news. service is isfactory Is Oh
course. pleasant reading. the mt
nation that Republic VS. shouiu
moi be given the sam prom-Lence as
,ay-s of Democrats is a survival OF the
dav when partisan newspapers would
Drin+ nothing but abuse Of their op-
nonants and praise of their own party
such a policy might be profitable To-Day
i'm q few places, but it would be prohl-
able at the expense of honesty and at
q sacrifice Of the public good
Waving any question Of the moral OBJ
,fgstion which demands unbiased news
ranorts. The Herald believes it is good
business policy to print al. the news on
its merits. as news. regardless Of any
partisan bias. It believes the people
nrefer a newspaper that presents the
facts and all the facts as accurately as
possibIe. whether it happens TO help OF
hurt any political organization
Questions Of party principle demand
comment. but that comment should o'
reserved Tor the editorial page; an.
even there It is right and proper t.
commend what is good and condemn
what is bad, regardless Of its bearing
on marty success or failure The news
paper which always commends its owl
marty and as unfaiungly condemns tn
opposition has no influence worth con
Ia IL
vance. and its opinions carry no weigh
on the other hand, the ipdependen
newspapers support is effective. II
establishes q reputation for fairnes
10 friend and foe alike; if it shows Il
self the advocate Of good government
The enemy OF uncleau methods, re
gardless Of party lines. it is sure Of II
respect and support Of every good eli
izen-and it can have these in no Otht
way.
This is the policy of The Herald.
is fndependen.-bctl in its editor
ais and its news. It believes TIL
Democratic principles offer the be
safeguard for the people in go
eminent affairs. but it does n
follow that every Democratic candida
or every plank i'm Democratic pla
form will command The Heralds su
port. If the Democratic party in cit
county. state or national campaign
dominates a man who is unfit for I
office to which ne aspires, The Hera
will not support him. If the Demo
racy advocates q policy which, in I
FIeraId's opinion. would be injurious
effect. shis paper win not support tn
policy. il Will always present be
sides of public questions in its ne
columns. fully and fairly. and it "
always give its own views in its e
torisI columns as its best judgmt
dictates. In everything it viii be &c
erned by what it believes to be for
good Of ali the people. whether RepJ
Ucans. Democrats. or Just plain mi
wumps
1t is difficult TO believe that the s.
cifc objection cited by the correspt
dent is made seriously. The front p.
is a newspapers show window. Tn
its best and most interesting news
the day IS displayed If Presid
Roosevelt happens to say or do a
thing Of general Importance, ev
Democratic paper in the country Of ;
standing prints that news an its I
page. If a Utah senator or congrt
man secures an office for a constitu'
or gets the war department TO consi
the enlargement Of Fort Douglas,
eutol sSins Utah people at the capi
it interests more Utah people than
other news from Washington-rOt
cause i is news Of an individual,
because it AFFECTS the state which
represents and because his friends
opponents alike are interested in "
be is doing
On the theory of news display
vanced by The Herald's friend. 1
don newspaper would buy prof.
news on its inside pages always.
French newspaper would refuse
print anything good about the Ger
emperor. The Herald believes tina
is TO the advantage of its readers "a
the news inpartially; and it has e.
reason to believe that the public ap
eiates it's policy in this respect.
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