The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-17
Corrnn,cd by PARTY Malice.

In view OF the fact that the Register
devoted the principal part Of its edl-
terlal space for about a week TO crlti-
clsm OF the Inteillgeneer because It did
not publish a certain letter written by
one R. B. Roosevelt. its readers had
right to expect that 1t would be too hon
ess 20 suppress In It's dispatches the
speeches made by President Mckinley
at the Atlanta Jubilee, which have ere
ated 90 much enthusiasm throughout
the country. and particularly in the
South.
OF course. If the Register did not de-
sire Its readers to read these patriotic
utterances, which brought cheers and
one ovation after another from the
southern people. and preferred to con-
tent Itself merely with descriptive mat
ter in a condensed form, cutting out the
brief but eloquent remarks Of the Chief
Executive, with one single exception
a part OF a brief speech at banquet
ii. we repeat, the Register did not desire
20 publish these splendid u!terances,
hailed with delight by the Southern peo-
Die, It had a right to leave them out.
and let its readers seek for them else
where. Il was likewise in accordance
with the policy OF our neIghbor after
suppressIng these speeches in the. Assoc
clated Press report, to comment upon
them as 'hypocritlcar' and uttered for
political eject
The Register Is perhaps the only news
paper in this broad land exhibiting such
quality of partisanshIp in commenting
ON a circumstance which the Southern
press declares was an epoeh-maklng in
ciden., and which has brought out the
con,msndaaon Of the press OF the Ma
tlor. It is the only paper that cannot
see in the incident a Significance which
the intelligence OF the country IS quick
TO realize: the only one that falls to APP
preciate the splendid sentiment which
has been awakened Tor a complete and
everlasting unity Of feeling for the good
of the country. and the wiplng out OF
every vestlge Of sectlonalism.
What the Democratic and Republican
papers alike are applaudlhg everywhere
the poor blind. pesslmist. all alone In lis,
miserable prejudice. sees only "hypoc-
risy" and nothing that is good. SO II
has been all along. The blind partisan
eees no good in anything, bu. is at outs
with the world. stirring up strife and
breeding discord; good mems characters
are assalled, while the gospel of national
unity, prosperity and peace Is sweeping
across the country AID making every
body better. despite political differences.
on a plane high above the Registers
conception " what constitutes real Is
sues based on honest opinions.
At the beginning OF the warour friend.
In common with the yellow sheets. de-
nounced the President a. a coward:
throughout. Il could give no credit
where credit was due: a; the close. In
stead OF prospective peace being hailed
with yoy ahere was naughi bu; grum-
hing and growing; on Thanksgiving
day the editorial Injunction 70 ~ read
ers vas tnat mo man in the country had
aught g. be thankful for" when me
GOOD news came that the Joint peace
commission had agreed on the terms Of
q .Tsaly. ;his glorious republic. The Reg
istsFS own nstlye land. WIS compared,
niso editohally. 70 the brutal kings Of
.;ero's day 40 Spanish organ vas %
bitter ia Us denuncIaiion u Ills coun-
Try. In The face Of repeated deniais and