| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME policy to hamper us in our arguments or trammel us in our course We are for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints its authorized tenets its recognized leaders and its fellowshipped members first last and all the time While editor of the News Penrose spent two winters in the nationcapital and in other Eastern cities explaining the situation in Utah He conferred with President Grover Cleve land and every member of Congress on the proposal to give statehood to Utah and wrote articles for Eastern newspapers Statehood finally came in 1896 Fortime the thrice-married Penrose went into exile asresult of the anti-Mormon crusade and the plural marriage dispute The complexion of the News had undergonegradual change with political editorials appearing more frequently and political advertisements printed on occasion The paper sponsored certain political movements and leaders obviously asa result of the strong anti-Mormon Liberal party onslaught which had grown up about that time On September 30 1892 Editor Penrose announced his departure from the News andday laterchange of proprie torship in the paper was revealed to its readers For the next three years the noted newspaperman devoted his energies to the Salt Lake Herald portion of that time as its editor After his return to the News in 1899 however he would remain as editor until the conclusion of his journalistic career 37 years after it had begun at the Ogden Junction In 1904 he had become an apostle in the Latter-day Saints Church and in 1911 after heretired from the News he was namedcounselor in the First Presidency He would serve in that role until his death at age 93 on May 16 1925 These then are the credentials of Charles Penrose for membership in the Newspaper Hall of Fame His skillful use of the printed word his ability to bring together the ingredients of an outstanding newspaper his dedication to journalism which continued unabated until he reached age 75 -all that and his unflagging defense of causes 597 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
