Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-21
One of the AbIest and Strongest
[From the Pacific outlook. ]


| Under it's new management the Los An
geles Herald should become one of the
ablest and strongest morning dailies on
the coast While there is a widespread
| impression that none but experienced
newspaper men may succeed in making
a daily publication interesting, this should
| be true in regard to the news depart
ment only. We see no reason why an ex-
perienced. thoughtful man of affairs-a
lawyer, a financier of broad mind, man
ufacturer who is a wide reader and
profound student, for eXample-should
not be as capable critic and commenta-
tor as man drought up in newspaper
work.
Former Judge Thomas e. Gibbon. who
assumes the editorial direction of The
Herald. is we'll qualified to discuss mat
ters affecting the progress and welfare
of the city, state and nation. While Inc
Herald will continue to espouse Demo-
cratic principles it promises to remain
| independent in local affairs. One SEN
tence taken from the announcement OF
the new management is signihcant:
GAS the owners of The Herald nave
never been able to appreciate how party
nolitics has any more logical relation
| to administering the business affairs OF
city or county than it has to properly
conducting the business of a banK OF
drv goods store, The Herald, on all mat
ters of city and county government WIN
be absolutely independent; enueaVoIins
to apply alike to questions anu ca.i
dates in their relations to local govern
ment the one rule of advocating thae
u,bich II deems to be to the highest anu
hes+ interests of the community that 1T
serves The party organization anu INC
candidate who can be always assuieu VI
the unrelenting opposition OF me ne
aid Is the party organization "nicn Sc
| io1 intnrPGtS
Iic service corporations ana tIe cahu
49, 1,hose nolitical sponsors and support
80 sound in the ranks of such lnnu-
ences." ., .o,,,,oie, of 1905
The Herald fatty announced that IL .I Wouiu
| onnose the nominee of either parWllsah W
machine and it kept falth WIFI the pc.
ple in this particular SO tle po,ioy 1,, one
lined by the new owners is not new Ilie
-, manv viewpoints The Herald mas
,oa FOR some time a clean, well eul'eu
os,,.,,oner and the character of the men
',Na har,e obtained control is guaranty
that n will continue along these nnes'
rrha day has passed when daily pa
ner Which is recognized as tne ihous o,.t,,
piece of the bosses OF Poti.In 'ti. ;,, phich
is mower in the community III ~
80 a. nublished To win and hold llis
nonsdence of the people it must pelrienu
49, nroiects which are inspired py q
5aoira to see right, justice, trutn anu anu
ues 5 oovernment triumphant. However
So the temporary success OF partlsal an
Sc, ,,ov he such success is sure TO pe
e. vi SCI into failure in the end uhless
AZ management of such organ sec a ai,,l
Ne en hv nublic opinion. Many ohte
p1,rarfni American journal mas gohe 70
rood simnlv because of the fact ina ''' tts
4 ,,onapenent has blindly ana opsti 49,
adhered to a rigidly partisan anu pio
corporation policy. o,,+ l,eep
IF The Heralds new manasenlelt o,e1e n.a
foith with itself and with the peopiSS pnS
~ los Angeles along the lines muica'Iu =.
in Ire editorial announcement there -
good reason why it ultimately shoulu
,,o+ become one of the mose lnnuehr,aA nc
and widely read newspapers on the
IInder the conduct of Judge Gippon ~
NAV he safely predicted that The Eeraau a',
Wi advocate purity in municipal sus
ernment and the inherent rlgnts Ut
neonle Judge Gibbons record lnoica ~
that such will be the attitude Oh IT,
nanor whose policy he will controi
; was he. individually and practlcally aio .,os'
who made the San Pedro harpor .'ot p
sihility. 1t was almost solely ni,,.oed
his efforts that the Salt Lake tns es-
was built to Los Angeles. he iiaS heen
housed those projects when nav y4orests
roIc,Iated TO advance the best IN .. ;s
of the whole people, politically 1 ,isa and
> not likely that at his time OIL ~ ,.,,,, he
with his splendid record penin,u NM, LIE IIarald
nil .turn turtle" and make Inc la1.ia
WIN w snnse a sponsor for questionapie