"The Border Ruffians" ON THE MORNING OF July 24, 1873, there appeared at the top of the editorial section of The Salt Lake Tribune a public announcement. It was the valedictory of Fred T. Perris as general manager of the newspaper and marked the beginning of a new ownership and a new editorial policy, with a different style and content. The retiring manager ended his announcement of resignation with the comment: "As The Tribune in the future will be conducted by strangers to the Territory and to myself, I cannot say what its future course will be." 1 Three days later, on July 27, the new owners — Fred Lockley, George F. Prescott and A. M. Hamilton — addressed themselves to the question left unanswered by Perris: We shall make The Tribune a live paper, and in conducting it to a position respected by all and respecting all, we shall fearlessly announce our views, independently of all factions, combinations or cliques, whether religious, political or financial. In discussing the questions of the day, we shall, as we have ever done, preserve our self-respect by carefully, patiently and sincerely regarding and weighing the opinions of all others. In matters of religious faith we shall pursue the course demanded by constitutional sanction, urging
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