| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION tell of them have no responsibility for your causes and movements except to report the facts am among you but not of you gaze upon humanity as the moon looks upon the earth am the eternal bystander am the recording angel every day is the day of judgement am not the magistrate nor the advocate nor the bailiff at the daily assizes am the court reporter My business is not to teach my fellow men not to lead nor influence them it is to utter them My voice has weight only as it speaks the heart of the people represent the invisible czar offree people public opinion Ifdo not speak what the people thinkam dead no amount of subsidy nor of patronage can vitalize me live have power only asrepresent the people am the flower of democracy Without me no people can be self-governing They cannot become conscious of themselves All tyrants bosses kings rulers all who would impose one will upon the many fear me foram the roar of the multitude speak not for one class or another not for the good or the bad speak for the priest and for the pariah for the banker and the tramp for Jew and Gentile for socialist and conservative for lawmaker and lawbreaker for saint and sinner cannot be better than you all am no worse am torchbearer and transmitter am the messenger am Mercury Jove is the people am no fidget and no reformer justcalm observer of ought and must Through me you judge yourselves Some editors on the other hand endorse the 11th Commandment -the fictional one that advises Thou shalt not take thyself too seriously An early subscriber to that advisory was Walter Webb the man who called the formative meeting of Utah Press Association in 1893 He wrote in the Lehi Banner which he edited and local in its nage Ifa newspaper his father George interests can ever be road or some public is expected to work published No paper that is supported without home patroimprovement is wanted the for it Ifa public meeting is wanted the newspaper is expected to notice it Ifa section is 406 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
