| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Penrose was termed perhaps the most brilliant provoca tive and widely quoted editor of the Deseret News Goodwin was labelled by another observer of that day easily the foremost newspaperman who has ever been in the life of the Western country Obviously both men were outstanding journalists attime when their state was struggling through sometimes stormy formative times Penrose and Goodwin traded hard blows during an uproarious chapter of Utah history and though their printed exchanges were volatile the men respected one another Penrose referred to his able foe as my friend the enemy It is perhaps noteworthy though immaterial that both Penrose and Goodwin were men of small stature Goodwin career had includedstint on such noteworthy newspapers of that day as the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City He was once electedJudge in Nevada and asresult the title Judge prefaced his name throughout the 37 years he lived in Utah For all intents and purposes Penrose was virtually the editor of the News from the time he joined the staff in 1877 This was because George Cannon the editor was away so much on church business He was an apostle of the Latter-day Saints Church owner of the News Penrose wasflint-solid defender of his church and its people during some of their most difficult years politically and economically in Utah He was alsoquick-thinking hardworking editor and administrator whose hair and temper hadfiery hue contemporary observed There was no deviation from its policy on the part of the News in this hectic era Editorially it said of itself The News does not aim at any distinction assensational or what is commonly called spicy paper We have no desire to pander todepraved public taste we would rather have our paper tame and truthful than sprightly and misleading Qur position the editorial continued on what is called the Mormon question is well defined We have no halfway 596 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
