The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-09
A VOID q Symeathy.

The Intelllgeneer very much regrets
that Its failure to publish letter writ
ten nearly two weeks since to the war
board Of inquiry by one B. B. Roosevelt,
"a near relative of Colonel Roosevelt, 7"
is causing so much agony in the soul of
our esteemed contemporary, the Regis
ter. which seems to think that the des-
tiny of the whole Nation rests upon the
opinion of the near relative" OF Colonel
Roosevelt, and the fact that the Intelll-
gencer did not select from the body Of
a Saturday night report Of the session of
the commission this letter (Which does
no. seem 20 have set the country on hra),
and publish 1t day after the Sunday
papers, suppressIng all the remainder of
the proceedings of the board. az our
neighbor did.
Had the Intelligeucer supposed for an
Instant that It's failure to prin; this let
ter which was a complaint against the
boards conduct Of the investigation.
would disturb the Registers peace of
mind TO the extent OF causing It to de-
vote large amount of space each day
since to charging the In:elligencer with
"purposely suppresslng" the document,
which the Register took the liberty to
change and pass II of for letter of
Colonel Roosevelt, out of pure charity
for Its uelghbor It would have given
space 10 the article II would for the in
slant have forssone It's usual custom
OF attending TO Its own affairs in its own
way. and would have averted. in the In
tercst of humanity the terrible effect
that It's conduc: has had on the Regis
ters alleged mind.
In the meantime our disturbedfrle
readers are sin in ignorance OF the pro-
ceedIngs OF the committee on tina. fate
full Saturday. and all they know about
them is the letter. which has excited no
especial Interest In the country; that the
misslve was written by near rela-
tive OF Colonel Roosevelt. and not by the
colonel hlmseli. as our friend tried to
make the public believe, by changing
the wording OF It's press report. and that
this near relative had a grievance
against the board,
There are many important questions
before the public for discussion. There
are. FOR instance. the Democratic at
tempt to steal another legislature, the
great national problems which confront
us. an important sesslon OF Congress, the
splendid growth in the volume OF busi-
ness our commercial victories OF peace
as well as the iriumphs OF war, history
that Ia being made go rapidly at home
and abroad--but no question is so i'm
portant in the mind Of the chief organ OF
the Democracy in West Virginia, so
vital to the welfare Of the Nation and
the component citizens thereof as rs
opinion OF "Pecksnlfl" and the Intelll-
gencsrs neglect to publish a letter writ
ten by near relative" OF Colonel
Roosevelt, which ;he public ceased to
think about nearly two weeks ago.
The inteiiigencer trusts that this mat
ter Will cease 10 weigh so heavily on the
mind OF lie friend before rhe merry
Christmas tide arrives. while there
are few other things the public Is con-
corned about aside from the personal
views OF Colonel Beeaeyei's "Hear rcis-
tive" ana The value placed upon then,
by thla paper. not the least important OF
which 10 that we are approaching the