Show in assuming editorial duties it is cus tomary for the new now incumbent to set forth in detail the policy he be intends to adopt inthe management of ills his paper at such times promises are aro frequently made and hopes held out which often remain remajo unfulfilled or at best beit are considerably alder aider ably modified in taking charge of the DESERET NEWS office and the editorial management of the paper we are rell reil relieved eved from the necessity of following this custom to the extent that we would be if the paper were newly established and we were a stranger to th the e comman community ity among whom hom the paper will be circulated circulate A for upwards of seventeen years the DESERET NEWS has been a welcome visitor to the homes of the people of this territory and hundreds in other places have awaited its arrival with anxiety and have drawn profitable roii roli table tabie instruction from its columns ft it has had bad its vicissitudes but under the inari argement of our predecessor it can be truthfully said that the desen m NEWS has ever been a safe sound guide to its readers whatever has been written ritten 7 for its columns has haa had for its aim alb aim alm the public good it may have had its fa faults but unreliability has not been one of them when our readers reflect upon the depths to which so many journals of the dali day have fallen how utterly venal they haye have ave become how hom their columns columns have been prostituted prostitutes to laud inythe evil and alad condemning the good and for sordid ends they will agree with us that this is no small meed of praise for the NEWS it will be our aim to maintain this character for the DESERET NEWS the highest character which in our view any editor can secure for the journal he conducts wo we scarcely think it necessary to make many promises beforehand as to how we shall shai edit Udit the NEWS the most of the patrons of this paper are sufficiently acquainted with us and gurstyle our style to form their own conclusions upon the subject at any rate the paper willIp fall falt for itself we hope the request of our predecessor will be attended to by agents subscribers bers and others and that they will pr promptly pay in aall dali all nil outstanding accounts cO tints lInts so that a speedy settlement may be ba emmis effis effected eted our friends can aid us now by exerting their influence to increase the number of our subscribers we will try and give them a live interesting paper in ret return urn for their subscriptions this we shall be enabled to do pe through ug h the publication of the DESERET EVENING NEWS the prospectus of which will be found in another column that our intercourse with our patrons and frig crienus ads may be interesting and mutually satisfactory is our earr eari earnest fest iest desire elder angus lil cannon will act as business agent for the NEWS GEORGE Q CANNON |