Show Pill Casually Observing with Cliff iy m The Election Is Over 1 j ANOTHER FREE Last week the United j States of America had another general election in which the people of a Democratic Nation with ballots in select- I Ing a corps of public officials who will guide the destinies of a free people during the next two to six from the i U. S. Congress down through the states and into the coun- r ties and school Again the majority rule is sized as has been the custom since the signing of the Declara- jj i Independence way back at the end of the eighteenth i MUST WORK TOGETHER As is always the case in an only one candidate for office can emerge t it 5 I who felt the pangs of disappointment as the Hi votes were and they found themselves on the P short end of the 1 AS INDICATED S k American of deciding an and regardless of who 1 or who who is happy and who is sad over the HI it behooves us all to bear in mind this one simple j We are all Americans first and as such must enlist our forces together to work for this great Free Our frailty and cooperation must be felt in the community circles we are to progress and enjoy full benefits of that i freedom we love so 4 SHOULD BE RECTIFIED If there have existed in f Duchesne County some incorrect methods of conducting the voting procedures on election and evidently this could be the then those responsible for supervising elections jk on a district which basically 13 the county must make sure the mistakes of the past do not m ja exist It is hoped there does not exist a rift between either running for or those who head up the two party that will destroy that cle- of unity and solidarity so vitally needed in Duchesne ON ELECTIONS Among those who must be as vulnerable in an election is the editor and hf n f or publisher of a Regardless of how carefully j he tries to report the happenings of an he is the 1 subject of This position becomes more pointed on b ft when the editor is actively identified with one of the party NOT DESIRING TO DWELL on that which Is now history as it affects the Uintah Basin Standard of which Cliff am publisher and I feel I am 7 Justified in making a few observations in defense of how we tried to report that which involved the mV Action a fair and Impartial WITHOUT GOING INTO A LOT of detail may I suggest hyl took the time the past few days to review our cover- r ge of the mostly on the county left VI the state and national coverage to the Daily A I 1 little not but has been director my I I that we were partial in the way wc covered the political procedures over the past several months which go back to April when the two parties in the county began preparing t wr the fall election by holding reorganization RATHER EVEN As I indicated I took time to clip each item that had local Implications relative lay v to the campaign beginning with the first issue of the ill Standard in April and extending through the Nov i We printed inches of editorial and pictorial coverage of the elections in which the two parties shared I space In proportion to the such as calls for spring results of and announcements of the Primary and General etc I N A PARTY as it relates to news the score is pretty much even so far as Free i Coverage is The Republicans received approximately inches of editorial and the Democrats about As indicated wc have included only M and not paid Had we iv cupped measurements of ads paid by parties and individual the odds would have heavily favored the I ITEMS CLIPPED AND as jot extend beyond April and include news items and f of candidates seeking f reports of visits from candidates who came to the area to help their tm Mh or to ald in fund-raising activities for the and in some instances reports from the 1 on things they were trying to get done 1 affect the County and I tM To but to report facts as they W Democrats held two congressional candidates were In-M l featured On one other occasion 15 for stale and office flew M- County for a brief meeting with party HI I By the same the M I not hold any fund-raising MX ry the fall did congressional visit Uie and on this the r came more or less unannounced at did not the Information early to get an announcement In the Standard of their jM Sec page 10 Casually IN THE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS I have edited and published a weekly I have tried to be fair and impartial in news civic If it appears one group has been favored over it could be that more active reporting has come from that And in defense of our and this is consistent with the newspaper field I'd like to make this CANDIDATE for political office was given an equal opportunity for coverage of his particular responded at our invitation with photos and editorial others did Each party leader was invited to report planned activities as well as events participated If such information came to it made the news If nothing was written or FINALLY A newspaper or Its staff docs not make the news They only report and if one group is more ambitious than then tho editor-publisher can not be held MAY I ONCE MORE MAKE a plea to the winner and the loser to shake hands and offer support to each other in working together for the advancement of Duchesne the Uintah Utah and our Great Together we can and divided we shall fail to gain that which is so vitally needed to give us all future THE LAST WORD-IN THE GARDEN Kind hearts are the Kind thoughts are the Kind words aro the Kind deeds art tho Love is the sweet sunshine that warms into For only in darkness grows trouble and by George |