| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION hovered throughout its existence between weekly frequency and appeared under both masthead and those of the Utah Nation and lican That its editor was controversial is daily and semithe Logan Nation the Logan Repubemphasized by brief Park Record article dated December 1893 Rosenbaum editor of the Logan Nation was assaulted and roughly handled by Thatcher of that city In mid-May 1894 the Nation was sold and Rosenbaum disappeared into journalistic obscurity Certainly an unlikely albeit talented early-day publisher was Julius Taylor of Broad Ax Salt Lake City weekly Unlikely in view of Utahextremely modest black population in that day since Mr Taylor was black and his paper presented viewpoints of his race then referred to as Negro or colored Virginia native he made his way to Salt Lake City at age 41 after professional pauses ranging from months to years in Philadelphia St Paul Minnesota Fargo North Dakota and Chicago He unveiled the Broad Ax additional type on the flag read Hew to the Line on September 14 1895 It was composed and printed in the Deseret News plant Taylorphilosophy was quite plainly described inmasthead box Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy but farmers Catholics Protestants Knights of Labor Infidels Mormons Priests Republicans or anyone else can have their say so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed The Broad Ax isnewspaper whose platform is broad enough for all ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind And speak its own mind its publisher did for he wasstaunch Democrat and bitterly opposed to the Republican party When he wasnconducting an editorial dispute not infrequently withranking Utah public official he printed blistering columnar messages to competing black publisher Taylor no relation of the Plain Dealer which termed itself The recognized race journal of Utah and urged Peace if possible Justice at any rate Help the Negro industry If there were no other reason for the publishers to conduct feuds in print the Plain Dealer was strongly Republican as opposed to 180 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
