Show THE LINCOLN BANQUET It is a n matter of or pride to record another Lincoln da tiny day banquet This is the he third It will ill continue to to be he a permanent annual event The Tho R Republican Republican Re Re- publican is honored by hr the attendance attendance attend attend- ance of its friends at these banquets I They signalize first of oC all the love lovo of oC tho ho people for Lincoln their Lincoln their wish to honor his hi name and crown his fame with their Jo loyal al lo love And after that it is a recognition i of The Republican an expression of or good gool Wilt will for the s success of the pa pa- per That feature of tho the affairs is welcome too The men who are responsible re rC- rC for fOl the paper have havo made male some sn sacrifices But Dut they have maintained main main- a Republican paper in Utah Never Ne for a moment has there been variableness or shadow of turning in that The Tue Republican has hns stood for forthe forthe forthe the principles and the leaders of the lie Republican part party The enterprise has been far more successful than its founders hoped at atthe atthe the beginning The They bought a n press that was was and and is is capable capable of five thousand papers In eighteen months the they had ten thousand It has been impassible to take telegraph ne news s till tm tillie the ie wire stops nail ami get the tho papers to top p patrons tin In time lm for w to to- be Qa s r cd before leaving Jea home Positively Post Post- ively wo w. have had to quit working for circulation because wo we couldn't get gel the news and print an any more pa pa- pers It is a condition never ne before encountered en en- countered If we had two thousand more subscribers tomorrow we ve would be in trouble Wo We coull print the papers and deliver er them but we couldn't do 10 it in proper hours of the tho m morning Wherefore Therefore we are arc going to have a new press ono one that will do dothe dothe dothe the work that must be done clone We Wo believe believe believe be be- lieve there Is possibility for twenty thousand circulation The city Is growing The state is growing There Is a splendid patronage from Idaho E Easily sn within reach Is twenty thousand thousand thou thou- sand circulation circulation If If we have bave an equipment equip equip- equipment ment meat fast enough h to servo sene them as they deserve to 10 be served This banquet night marks the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of tho the third year When the paper started some people said It was only for the summer Then that it it was only for the tho fall campaign At times they have havo fixed the lay day for suspension But Dut they have have- been mis taken The Republican n is a permanent perma perma- nent addition to the enterprises of oC Utah It has made friends and l kept ept I them It has established the tho fact that a n. newspaper can be he conducted here honestly There Thero is no other paper in Salt Lake Lako as free from dictation as is this Not another one ono Here Is a paper that dares to tell teU the truth Here is a paper that fears no one and has no clu club for any one Here is a paper laper that gives every ery one a square deal heal antI and prints the news Nobody can suppress It and nobody 1 can get gel matter into these columns that should not be there I Possibly these those are some of the r reasons rca rea 1 sons why The Tho Republican comes to the beginning of Its third year ear prosperous pros pros- porous an and happy Believing Delle these are tho tim best hest rules recognizing that the support of friends anti and the a of or patriots has macle maue the work possible the tho management bows to Its friends whether or not the they r attended attended at at- tended tende the hanQuet and Invites them to the feast on next Lincoln da day r i |