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Show Herald Building % HiSTORY (continued) Following the official announcement by Church leaders of the end to the practice of polygamy the Salt Lake. Herald took a greater interest In politics. On May 2^» 1891, the Herald announced that it was a Democratic newspaper. As spokesman for the Democratic Party the Herald continued to reflect its pro-Mormon sentiments. The Republican party, founded in 1856 on a platform dedicated to the abolishment of the "twin relics of barbarism' slavery and polygamy was despised as such by Utah Mormons as by any Southern sympathizer* Southern Democrats had viewed the Mormon belief in polygamy similar to their own support of slavery based on states rights and had opposed the anti-polygamy measures of the Republican Party. While ^ne Her,old became the state's Democratic newspaper, the Tribune was clearly Republican and the two newspapers turned their attention to support and attack of the respective parties. As a reflection, of their involvement in private business, Church leaders turned more to the Republican party after 1896 and as a defender of the Church the Herald became less important. In 1898 the Herald was acquired by Alfred W. McCune to aid his unsuccessful campaign for the U. S. House of Representatives. It was then sold to Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, also a Democrat, but whose chief interest in Utah was the promotion of the Salt Iiake, San Pedro, and Los Angeles Railroad. It was during the ownership of Clark that the HeraldBuilding was constructed in 1905. Clark sold the*Herald to a group of prominent Utah Republicans in August 1909. Renamed the Herald.-Republic.an following a. merger with the Inter-Mountain ?§Pui^U:£SE» t}ie Paper quickly began to decline as its Democratic supporters wTthdrev/ their subscriptions and the editorial philosophy reflected the views of only one part of the Republican Party the Reed Smoot faction. The newspaper suffered from ownership changes and diffused ownership until July 1920 when it ceased publication. Since 1918 the Herald had been leased by the Salt LakeTelegram, a newspa.u-er founded in 1902. The Herald building housed the newspaper from 1905 until 1913 when offices were moved to 50 South Main. Afterwards the build-" ilns; wes used as the Little Hotel with Lambs Grill occupying the ground |
