Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
|HERAL D MERGER
STILL HAMPSHIRE
Local Newspaper Situation De-
veIops Some Interesting 4.
Sidelights on the Deal.
D. C. JAckLlNG's POSITION.
Current Rumor Credits Inter-Nioun-
tain Assets to be Hardly Equitable
3.5. In Proposed Consolidation.

tain Assets to be Hardly Equitable AZ
In Proposed Consolidation.
With D. q. Jackling, the party OF
the first part. touring Arizona, and
with ex-senator Clark, the party of
the second part, somewhere in Mon
tana, it might be thought that the
chances of closing up the Herald Re-
publican deal at once were somewhat
remote. But the fact are that each has
a representative "on the ground fully
empowered to treat and that as soon
as one or Two unexpected snags which
have been encountered. are disposed of
each paper will make the formal an,
nouncelnent of the change, reorganiza.
ton. absorption. a1nalg amation or
whatever elae 1t may be decided to
CALI y.
While it Is almost impossible to In
duce any Of the negotiators to talk,
Well authenticated reports have 1t that
Mr.. Jackling has already paid over
$4,000 Of the total sum tvariously
placed at 100000. $4,000 and s165. O00).
J!
i that piece of property is now absolute
lyshls. Against this is matched the
Republican plant. and the important
questions remaining to be fiisposed@of
are. Just on what basis shall the two
plants go INFO a new company Sea-
lond, In that ness company. shall the
lJackling interests preGominate. or shall
the Intermountain's governing board.
as at present constituted. control the
policy4of the paper. and have the pres
tige Of editing the pay roll? Il
Both interests are. OF course, Repub-
lican 10 the core. SO it Is said that
there is no wide variance of views AS
to the policy of the paper, which will
be to spread the gospel of Republican,
ism far and wide. and incidentally to
labor to smash the American" party
In the coming city election.
WHERE THE HITCH COMES.
y But the one really serious question
on which the two interests are as ye-
far apart. So says rumor. is as to tho
respective value of the two pieces OF
property, On the Herald side Mr..
lacking urges an Associated Press
franchise. his strongest asset. and tho I
one on which the Republican has for
many moons cast longing eyes. The
Republican has the Hearst press GER Z
vice, one very inferior to the Associated y
Press, but 1t urges a stronger subscrip-
ton list than the Herald: the Herald
rejoins with a showing OF its adyertis-
ing patronage, which considerably leads
that Of the Republican. but the Re
publican makes a counter thrust by
expect to swing Its subscription list
over to the combination. In fact that
the Democrats of Utah who have been
reading the Herald for years past, can
no more be induced to subscribe FOR
the Republican than Mormon" COM
the Tribune or Telegram Tho Herald
has the most linotypes. the Republican
has the newest press. The Herald can
point to a. profit and loss account which
while still carrying a balance on the
wrong side Of the ledger. Is much
smaller than that OF the Republican.
whose losses. while less now than for
nerly, are still tremendous. Each
company is to take care Of Its own
debts before the algamation. so that
I question will not come up in the nego-
tiatfons, unless it is decided that the
present Republican company shall so
on as 1t is, simply absorbing the Her
aid, in which event the size OF the Re-
publican Bills Paya BILE account. which
has been accommodating since the day
It's first number was issued, will show
Mr. lacking, so irumor says that there
ire such things as big figures, outside
IF transactions in copper.
Some friends of Mr.. Jackling pooh
pooh the idea that he has any sena-
.oriA bee buzzins In his bonnet. They
say he bought the Herald, believing
that it could be made to pay, and that &
ne proposed, consolidation with the Re-
first for the good of the party.
second that the anti-corporation and
proclivities of that sheet
night be suppressed. The latter con-
'ideration. 1t is said. was the main
'eason that induced ex-senator Clark a
o part with the Herald.
SOME FAILING OFF.
Rumor also says that in conducting
he negotiations for the consolidation
Ind in holding out for the upper har,u.
Mr. Jackling's representative pom, IS
With special emphasis to the. hosts nr
owner friends the Republican 81. in
he temperance crusade. when 1t de-
;erted the cause over night, after liay-
ng brought the party almost up to the
prohibition point. The handicap OF
,eing known as the champion OF the
iq,lor and brewery interests, in tho <
'reat campaign ahead. the Jackling
,lenipotentiaries urge, is not one that
would exactly tempt an investor to
umble over himself in placing his
money. @
That the leading Democrats OF the
ity and state are sore and disgustel
Yer the status of affairs is to put IL
mildly. There is even talk that tho
eeble afternoon shadow OF the TrtsoSSt
5 coquetting with the Democracy. and
hat the Judge who has written on
very side of national politics except
he Democratic, might be induced to
OPP over to that party for the usual
consideration. Stranger things have
appened, as witness his anti-Kearns
trades OF olden days, but at the
bought of swallowing such an organ,
eeent Democrats simply unite in
horus of groans, and accelerate their
ace towards the sheltering woods.
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