The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-01
GOOD MORNING..

ing. FOR eighteen months ne fhytfttHH lac
been a welcomed guest in many homes each af-
ternoon. save Sunday: trust and expect that
many mere readers will now await With eager
anticipation its visit with the morning news
We hope that many salutations may pass
smong its friends, after this wise. Good morn
ing have you seen The Efrgtnanf
The chause nauguratcd to-day DOES not in.t
ycIve in any other respect change in the pol
icy of the paper The motive that gave The Ftr-
cissan birth. the high purpose that has charae-
-terized it's life. aud tho principles which it has
cfampioned remain still the same. To remind
to the salutatory which served as an introdue
tion to the public. In it's initial appearance
rhs Vivotnlun declared itself the response to
/ demand for a paper in Richmond of broad
gauge, progressive spirit, and high ideals" How
real and widespread this demand was, and is.
VIII be understood from the fact that paper
In Virginia. in the first eighteen months of its
career has ever met with the encouraging sue
cess that has attended the publication of this
paper. This same demand has been constant
md so urgent that It has compelled the conyic
ton of the management OF the paper that the
people of the city and State desire Just such a.
morning paper as the afternoon Ttg,atan has
rfcven itself to be
The carly motto of the paper has governed
/ its purpose through the months of it's career:
news. 1t has eudeavored to print the news,
with no effort to pander TO the spirit of sensa
tioualism, with strong determination not to
color or distort news 80 as TO mslead the public
ana with the sincere attempt 10 keep Its pages
free from scandal or evil suggestion The pa
per has probably made mistakes; perhaps it
may have fallen somewhat short of Its high
ideal it processes neither infaIlibility nor per
lection but it has followed with sincere
Its purposes. How faithfully and how well its
readers must judge.
The Tsrgtnaon. from the beginning, proclaim
!
ed itself an independent Democratic organ. de-
4 voted TO the expression and defense of the prin-
nrfpies of Democracy beeaaae III believes that
.xthose principles offer the sarest guarantee of
national prosperity, progress and peace; indie
pendent of allegiance TO any faction obliga-
tion to any clique, because ii conceives that in
he tyHfr mar m
demn it holds the largest promise of influence
and usefulness. The paper has consistently
\ followed this course II does not tarry in the
gift of praise does II fear to critcise or cen
sure IT has no Interior purposes TO
plish; no hidden interests subserve; no
il friends whose personal success il must advance
i cable enough to compass. Its warfare is
against such men and measures as endanger
N he public veal, and # docs not enter the con.
aYaict with personal prejudice bitterness of
spirit but rather regretting that such necessity
exists It's columns not be purchased by
fear favor or fortune. The readers of The
rs kHUTH10H Will ptai NttIcsS Nc Autoh, thal It's
claims of independence and OF loyalty to pure
Democracy have been fully justified in the past
Upon the great and. as apprehend, most
important, moral problem or the age-the H.
quor questionable attitude Of the paper has
\ been plumb with its earliest declaration:
ssWhile not the organ of any organization hold
ing particular views as TO the settlement OF
this question. The Virgintan is in hearty sym
pathy with the unselfsh and laudable efforts of
\ these reformers who are earnestly ana honestly
n Arriving to reach satisfactory solution of this
most difficult problem, which is so yitally re-
Il 11ted to the economic. Intellectual social and
a moral welfare OF society. All news pertaining
to this question which properly belongs to the
public viii be given fully and fairly, and per-
nons with whose views this paper may be oblig-
N "a 70 disagree are assured that they viii re-
01tve fair treatment in these columns"
F#N Relieving that The rirginian has followed
kke pathway marked out by It's first editorial
t1srance. and believing further that there is
1l - tor Just sush paper - this desires