The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-05
An Untruthful Organ.

Our friend, the Register, In making
some very exaggerated statements, in
tended to convey the impression that
the administrators supporters are
charging such men as Senator Hoar,
Andrew Carnegie and other able men in
this country who oppose any PROPOSE
ton for the permanent retention Of the
Philippines, with treason. makes this
untruthful statement:
ALREADY the postofilce department has
stopped the circulation OF the Congress
stonal Record among troops In, the Philip
may BIO the prohibition OF the use OF the
malls to American newspapers not owned
body md soul by the administration and
Its Wall street allies"
The last unjustifiable fling, exhibiting
nothing but malicious partisan spirit,
is not worth commenting upon. There
is not shadow OF basis for 1t. The
first sentence is deliberate falsehood.
No stoppase Of the circulation of the
Congressional Record anywhere on this
globe has been ordered. The Congress
sional Record Is the official chronicle Of
the debates and the proceedings of Con-
gress. which sits with open doors. Cit
liens and soldiers Of this country,
wherever they may be or whatever their
position on earth, are entitled to read 1t
and to have 1t mailed to them. In 1t
they will find both sides of every con-
troversy In Congress upon every pub
lie question. including all war questions
and matters Of policy with regard to the
results Of the war.
The American soldier In the Philip
pines Is not barred by the postofiice de-
partment nor by any military rule from
reading these Records or having them
mailed to him. for In 1t he may find the
questions he, rs one Of the country's
defenders. Is interested in, discussed on
both sides. He viii have the opportu-
nifty to note how every argument In op-
position to the policy OF enforcing peace
in the Philippines was convincingly an
swered. His Intelligent Judgment will
tell him which side Is right. He will
find In the Record tributes to his own
bravery and his own loyalty, and to the
splendid service he has given, in reply
to the charges that he is waging brutal
warfare on patriots" whom he knows
better than their American admirers on
this side OF the globe. and Implying that
he Is engaged In an unworthy cause.
The administration would be only too
well pleased could our troops read the
Congressional Record of the last Con-
gress.
1t is not the Congressional Record
that has been stopped from going to
the troops" 1t is pamphlet contain
ing speeches delivered upon but one
side OF the question, garbled from the
Record, all arguments on the side of the
supporters OF the brave men In the Phil
ippines being suppressed These ONE
sided extracts are accompanied by COM
ments and seditious headlines calcu-
lated to incite mutiny among the SOL
dlers against the government In whose
service they are. and whose flag they
follow. That Is what Is barred from
circulation among the troops, and the
Register knows 1t. (
Perhaps the Register will consent to
inform its renders what purpose there
was in circulating this pamphlet. the
nature Of which we truthfully describe,
among American soldiers In the field.
at the instance OF American citizens?
Was 1t wholly dls!nterested and was 1t
real true patriotism to attempt to Gre
ate dissensions among our troops at n
critical Juncture?