[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Pres[ident] Lorenzo Snow said that the Presidency had decided on Bro[ther] Cha[rle]s W Penrose as Editor of the Deseret News. Bro[ther] John Henry Smith asked the question whether it would not be a wise thing to discontinue the publication of the a daily newspaper and the starting of a weekly wide awake religious paper. He would be pleased to try and take the paper and turn it into the Republican organ. ... Bro[ther] Lyman said if Bro[ther] Penrose was made editor it will be claimed that the paper was Democratic. ...
[Source: Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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