| Show TUB CLOSING YI lI TIT T 13 9 the tho number o th the Dee De freL elet Ia for year of oC our Lord m We take lake the tho of oC lien our friend ond supporters for th aid ld they have slon us ua In bring In thi paper aper to Its ot of and Influence It Ion lilt for tor all Its editions ha In We wc oe e d our most C all an ot the o ot of the year 81 Cr Cree rho rhe Now hI h now to bo 10 In every ot of Utah and parts or of and Territories Oth It throughout hout the United Unite ree States and In Great and man many In Europe anon anen The he general and tone ot of the paper ore are commended by tho Iho people take who subscribe for tor It and to whom hom for some of at them end It II aR 08 Q 0 the h old cId lie lis defence ot of the ChureA whIch toni J t It ita ot of prin gen cen ciple Its advocacy of o liberty under tinder the tho pro laws law Its maintenance ot of g for nil al and po purtIe riles Its It of elander and the and Its Ita ot of truth flat vIrtUe honest and human ore oro Is 15 1 have extended Its and hel helped uv cou In the ot of val anG in the tho rectification ot of erroneous no ul about the Saints and cot the State ot of Utah Uta h Is t The we have hao re received tat tal from different points and persons In Inand eo and outside the Iho State are very er gratify tb ing IlIg and encouraging And the solid In help afforded d In and ad the thc proved substantial cor COl gr gri tokens bt the Hlo sentiment ot of op ap apIe be Ie probation ot of our course during the year For nit all this we are arC very Grateful Our friends will perceive that Th Tb o I have hao faithfully kept the promises made when the pre present nt management took charge charse at the openIng ot of the year se now to a close Zhe Improve Improvements ments then projected ed ha have been made madest roD st et Even en our opponents have pi them and ack acknowledged the tho progress Sr v end ond excellencies or of this public journal pi p Wo We have bao glen giVen the people a newspaper D B and nl at tho same time tilDe supplied their heir h n neede Cds on religious matters w jc The Tho has bI been c entire entirely CI C Each ot of the tho V two great grent p uc l parties has fur fura a LL a few tew a very few objectors 1 lJ claiming that nt the tho opposing party part was waA f favored When Whon challenged to furnIsh the PI ot they have hao tailed to find It ft ftC CJ C Only b by something hat did dla not exist and was not In words ez ex pressed could such a 0 charge be given C ony color of justification I In the tho case caie ot of the tho Congressman from fromI t I Ut Utah h the tho News baa haa taken this position tion That ho was ns 1 and I I elected by his varly and ond that the Church of which ho Is n a member and officer took no part In either As ts to I his right to the seat seal which he has no noI I far been prevented from occupyIng the tho N Newt hM haa taken constitutional f ground around rho arguments offered on that point would have havo applied equally It If he ha had bt been rt n a ot of any other party than that elected hUn him The They I have bave no bearing or tendency I This naper may have paId too much I I attention sometimes to the attacks I of the enemies of the Church That Is hi hii Isa i I n a matter ot of opinion on which good peo The very large majority of I the tho of the thc News applaud I Its course and bid us Godspeed The Tho I views lews o oV the minority are entitled to toI I r respect and are arc to be considered It If We have havo erred In this particular ut at I nU nil it has baa been through b zeal for a i uso that takes In Ia our whole being i I and that thaI we regard as S paramount The Tho Thet t politics s of the ot of our people I 1 not cut the slightest t figure with us In n giving th the views ot of other papers on qu that relate to the Church to I the tho congressIonal contest and andI I to other pUblic matters we have havo not selected them from any party stand i to b point but have hao all equal Place In our columns Their opinions are not to bo charred charged or credited to I UK u and will JIt not be b by reasonable and andt t 1 well reIl Informed readers At t the end and ot of the tho year er wo we con look nt at oUr r record without regret but with witha a feeling ot of gratitude and rejoicing over oyer what h l aa been accomplished And AndI I I we kno know that we have hae striven to do I our duty LIS as God has given en Us light and ability Wo lYe IIa say this for all the memo mam J 1 beTS bers ot of the staff ot of the tb Deseret News I and the and nd do A better r set flet of oC workers never nover labored t for n a common Interest They ill all receive tee Ion and th they aU all u IL happy t 1 New Year J JJ i Wo We tender the com compliments ot the thet t r to 10 the or of Utah or of nU all nUh h sects and Wt We return thanks to toI toI I kind kinti friends Wt We wish a better bett feel feell l leI lag In the hirt helUt of at or fo foes Wo We see seea to II a prosperous Year ear opening Up tor or Utah and the tho aton Wt We behold the In InU U creased spread or of truth antI and the 1 breaking down of at the barriers to eMit and th the ot of those which will viii prepa the whole i for the tho earning ot of Its Redeemer ami And In that fond we d desire peace to prevail And ant l g will viii to expand and we 11 W to cn OM on who reads reMs thee i r 1 UI a and happy ac ew tarl I t i I Ij I j |
