Show ori ON tuesday august 1895 four days before we began publishing the broad ax we happened to come in in contact with judge B R B johnson while we were passing the white house corner when the judge spied us he demanded us to halte halt which we did then 0 our ar honored judge began by saying 1 I understand that you intend to start a democratic newspaper xa we replied by saying that was just what we prop propped sed doing then jibe grett great judge said that tha he was very sorry to hear it and at the same sam e time he assured dixs that there was not ottea negro demoe democrat rat in this part of arthe west bevery We very e bracko if 0 4 J in 4 our ji learned drudge judge that s if jit wera ik y y 1 that there were no colored democrats in this parti part of the country then he had no right to regret that we contemplated publishing a democratic newspaper our great judge hung his classic licad head in thoughtful meditation for a few moments and finally he replied by say saying i ng that if you you ca can n run a democratic democrat ic newspaper here in salt lake you can beat my time judge johnson our democratic I 1 paper has made its appearance every week during the F past year and a half and consequently we have beaten your tinie time I 1 do see the |