The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-07
THE lNTELLlGENCER.
WHEELING. MARCH 7, 1898.
A Contemplate Course.

Il 3D..
While the masses Of the people Of this
country are holding up the hands OF the
administration In the present crisis
growing out of the Maine disaster, and
are accepting in good faith the official
declarations that are given out from
Washington that the public is in possess
sion Of all the Information that has been
received by the department at Washing
ION; that no decision by the board OF in
quiry has been arrived at, and that the
board has not yet finished its work, the
yellow journals persist in their fake SEN
sational publications OF alleged .de-
velopments." and insinuations that the
administration. for some Interior motive.
Is delaying the report. They are even
going to the extent Of charging the
President, his cabinet, and the naval
authorities with doing this for the bene-
At OF Wall street Spectators. These
charges find no place in any but the vii
hfying yellow sheets. and their lmitators.
whose sensational stories are each day
proven false by official announcements,
not alone from the white house. the navy
and the state departments, but by the
kilograms from Consul General Lee. Ad-
miral sicard. Captain sigsbee and other
naval authorities.
In spite OF the yellow publications the
public knows that the inquiry has not
been ended. that no verdict has been
arrived at, and that the administration
, IS pursuing the only calm and safe policy
that a. great conservative, cool-headed
nation demands. 4 few echoes from
these sensational New York Sheets, that
TEEN with the efforts OF their publishers
to infame the public mind against the
administration, and to embarrass the
pursuit OF just and honorable course.
are found In the Popocratic press
throughout the country.
In time OF great crisis, when the
tremendous responsibility that confronts
the President. and the enormous conse-
quences OF hasty action are fully real
ICED by the public, the sound sense Of the
people Is not being much affected by the
arrogant and l!bellous claims Of these
lingo yellow sheets that are making
commerce Of an already serious situa-
tion, and seeking to create public preju-
dice against those a. the head OF the
government, who are charged with the
great responsibility OF settling matter
which may mean peace or war. These
! journals are actually attempting to
make partisan political capital at time
when partisansh!p should be thrown
aside and united country should stand
by the Executive OF the nation.
II one-halt the Infamous publications
that are being made concerning the attl-
tude OF the administration were true.
then it would be true that our naval
board engaged In investigating the
Maine wreck, Admiral Sicard, the naval
authorities on the ground, Congress and
the entire government which the people
are just now periodically supporting
would be equally guilty OF the things
that are charged. But to their credit.
be 1t said, the people are paying little at
tention TO these Infamous publications.
and TO the libellous stories that TIE lingo
papers are INDUCING in.
AT time when the public is keeping
cool these dsturbers and agitators who
are seeking 10 create prejudices by the
publications OF scandals against a patr-
otto, firm and Conscientious adminlstra-
ton, are continuing u course that will
sooner or later bring them Into con-
tempt, II 1t has no. already done so.
They are governed by the same partisan
Esprit that animated the men who, in an
other great crisis In the country's his
tory, attempted TO embarrass the adj
mInistration OF Abraham Lincoln, made
him the target of abuse, m!srepresented
him on every occasion. cartooned him as
a clown. and met in national convention,
when the dark hour just before the
udHU CANT, auu SoIculIly, III tIle HdiHt
of a great political party. denounced his
policy and declared that the war was
failure.
! In the meantime. the administration
IS pursuing the only proper. wise and
Just course; the board Of Inquiry Is per-
forming It's delicate duty as rapidly as
possible; the yellow sheets that editor
tally Ccnouncc che admlnIstra lion are
forced 10 publish facts that give the lie
TO their own theories and special sensa-
tional falsehoods from Havana and
Washington, and the Du5llc. with su-
premc confidence that the nations honor
Is In safe hands, Is waiting tho result
OF what is being done TO arrive a.
proper and just settlement OF the crisis.
whether that result Involves peace or
war.
Z Luetgart, the convicted wife murderer.