Show I 1 OUR FEW REMARKS THE STANDARD Is the friend of utah and all her people from the date ot of its first issue unlit until his this present bour I 1 it baa has b absen en loyal to the grandest territory of the united states and never I 1 has one of its types uttered any intentional tent ional injury to the cause of human progress and human rights often it has seemed to differ from boma some of its beat friends occasionally nally it my may have been directly opposed to popular sentiment but we appeal now inar etotle to alo judgment aad and of honest men and ask if the course taken and the views expressed by this paper have not been vindicated by time TUB tirs STANDARD that it has stood in the van g giard aard proclaiming the changes which would come and tho the changes which I 1 mast must come in commerce politics cs and kozial life for this it does not claim any exclusive prescience prof clence but a newspaper is the composite result of many aggregated into one these are trained I 1 to watch the eastern horizon for the dawn of new events and the newspaper is the trusted herald ta to declare 0 to its readers that the day is about to break even though the first rays a 0 thi tha glorious sun have scarcely yet touched with rosy light the loftiest loft iest et in top it would be a long and perhaps a ned less work to rehearse the pro pre dictions which have been made and aul the which this paper has I 1 r witnessed looking back over the path which this community comai anity has trod we see a long glittering track trend ing in always upward toward the heights of gool goal achievement there are fr t queaa spots in that path which are defined as tha the resting points I 1 at which the people paused to survey I 1 i the prospect on either side above below and at which consultations were bad had among the upward toilers boilers to decide the hour far renewing rec ewing tha the march with increased vigor and more exalted determination that path has bean been wide and many divergent parses bavo have trodden therein but looking now from this I 1 e calm li iia distance it appears to us that I 1 I 1 th the e object to be attained was common t to most of the climbers I 1 recently THE STANDARD hag has aai ani I 1 nautical ns as its view a view which I 1 I 1 I 1 we olieva all tho the thinking men of I 1 I 1 1 I this city and county have shared that tho the hour had come came fr for the burial of at some dead issues and tha the koubati aution in their places of certain PH t caples and policies which are alive I 1 vigorous useful up building that this was tha the acceptable and accept ai I 1 moment for a divi division elon upon national I 1 p party r t y I 1 lines ines republican and democratic demor damor 1 I 1 clubs have been organized they will strive tor for numerical preponderance li 1 I i they will struggle tor for i acy at the polls hereafter the issue i 11 will be one beyond a neighborhood 01 dispute it will bo the stupendous I 1 question of national administration t and national well being thank god for the change I 1 I 1 I 1 parties without newspapers are dumb newspapers without parties are useless ia is a mighty I 1 factor in movin this worlds affairs t r every man should be able to tell I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 where he stands and why every I 1 11 I 1 b I 1 I newspaper should let the world I 1 know what eastom of public 4 polity it adheres to and why when I 1 the hour comes at which that an ij i nonne no ement is due tho the man or the I 1 j journal burnal which falters Is to a coward 1 THE tug STANDARD is 18 no coward and I 1 1 here and now believing that the ibi 4 fateful moment has hall arrived TUB tits ji STANDARD solemnly esp espouses uses tho the I 1 it cause of tho the national republican publican Ra f party the party of great men great 4 A ideas and groat great deeds we make il 1 1 1 this choice because we believe in I 1 america because we belleva belleba in the tile h I 1 I 1 sanctity of fre emens homes and the protection aal proa parity ot of those thona I 1 I 1 1 i homes because became we believe in the tile liberty of man because we believe in 11 national unity honor and power I 1 finally we make this choice because S wo we do not believe in democracy Dam because 0 we do not believe in a party of 1 b 1 all promise aad and no performance because wedo we do not ballete in a party 1 I 1 which invites allies but ti betray I 1 11 them because we da do not believe in a I 1 R party which would destroy domestic I 1 I 1 prosperity and the beautiful comfort comfor t il 1 I 1 I 1 of american h homes because I 1 i we do noi not believe la in spelling this nation with a it small n and I 1 I 1 ats atae t v a with a big S DJ men gather 1 11 1 I grapes from thorna thorns or figs from i thistles es nine oat out of every ten cf the brighty statesmen statesman and patriots who have bleat this country daring during i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 1 1 i i t I 1 I 1 1 11 1 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the past generation hae have been adherents of the republican party almost every idea of advancement in national affairs of progress in human government enunciated during that period baa has emanated from tha republican party for a fuller exposition of reasons why this paper is republican and why the dominant political power of ibis this country khouli ba republican we cordially invite continuous perusal of this paper and now a brief remark about TUB THE STANDARD in a local sense it has ever been the aim of this paper to be fair to all men to be the of wrong and the defender of the unjustly oppre oppressed aeed so go will it continue to be we know that utah and her people have a mighty destiny THE STANDARD hopes to ba a trusted participant in that destiny to the end that right may triumph no man babe be he republican or democrat Damo crat be he of any religion or none dillap will appeal in vain to this paper for such redress of wrong as may be accorded by a courageous public journal if it has been true of the past that THE was an unflinching an and d perhaps an able exponent of tho the good goad and defender of tho the weak hoy how much more helpful can it bo be in the future I 1 for the national causa cause to which this paper is allied is the cause of humanity in the highest and best sense more than any other political party the republican party ia is the powerful c champion of pure freedom our oar few remarks have been of a very homely character but they have been straightforward ifor ward if it they have lacked in clo eloquence quence that lack has been compensated by sincerity when a writer ia is I 1 most moved he ia is not always most happy in his turn of expression but he can always ba absolutely candid and with such candor and probably inelegance of diction we address our concluding Oc luding remarks to the men who have b ben en TUB THE STANDARDS DARDS lifelong friends some of these who have made sacrifices for the past twenty years to maintain this paper and anti its predecessors in the field who have bean been considerate personal associates in politics and journalism are now no facing ns us as political opponents instead of our oar aaning lading with them shoulder to shoulder this is the only pa pain i a which tha change brings to us perhaps they pity ua ul in in tha tile same degree that wa we deplore their choice of party but to all such we say that however much severance may bo be created in the politics of men aud and newspapers by the new now events THE STAND STANDARD HD I 1 is and will be while its types click and its roll THE STANDARD not one good principle has been thrown overboard in taking this step we have only passel into a clearer air and a broader view and in thus acting bythe dictates of conscience and judgment we would not willingly alienate the esteem of any friend or any honest man |