Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-11
Lord Roberts wants more troops
Is his war lover" also?


Philadelphia Record.
The Record already has given Mr.. Lem
uel E. Quigg, secretary of the sub-com-
mittee on platform at the Philadelphia
convention. due credit for suppressing a
plank which falsely stated the Issue
touching the power of Congress over the
territories of the United States 1t seems
now that Mr. Quigg is entitled to further
praise for the suppression of still other
planks, if we may credit the original
draft" given out to a waiting world by
Postmaster General Smith. Mr.. Quigg
is said to have run his blue pencil through
the following material for planks:
Always the distinctive party of liberty
and progress, it fufills historic fitness
that it's crucial delivery should go forth
from the sacred place where the declara-
ton of independence was signed and
where the constitution was framed. It's
birth, midway in freedoms century,
brought the emancipation of four millions
of bondmen and on the zenith of it's ca
reer and power the close of that century
is crowned with the liberation of ten mil
lions of the human family from the yoke
of oppression
I'm all this eventful and matchless his
tory of success at home and triumphs
abroad our masterful leader has been the
true patriot and the upright statesman
who has walked untried paths and faced
unforeseen responsibilities with serene
wisdom and lofty courage and patient
fortitude. Clear in vision, strong in judg
ment and firm in action, he has directed
our momentous policies in the true spirit
of A rna ms obi
faith in the American people. His uni
versally recognized nobility of mind and
heart has inspired the confidence and won
the affection of his countrymen, and for
the completion of his great and unfinished
work we invoke the cooperation of all pa
triotic citizens, without distinction of par
ty, in the reelection of President William
Mckinley"
1t seems that all this, like 1.-The watch
word of the Republican party in its first
great battle Gin the language of General
Grosvenor), straightforward, intelligent
and written in good English, agreed upon
first by the President himself, and after
ward by a subcommittee was driveled
out by a driveler from New York" 1t
must be admitted that it required cour-
age of a high order, such indeed as we
should not expenct in a mere puppet of
Mr.. Platt, to strike down the claim that
the wars against Spain and the Filipinos
mark the zenith of the career of the Re
publican party, and that the relative i'm
portance of the war for the union to these
recent conflicts is as four to ten, the for
mer having liberated -four millions of
bondmen" and the latter ten millions of
the human family"
This was, however, but the beginning of
a courageous task. Think of the nerve
required to kill what followed! The eli
max of the platform, as prepared in adj
vance at Washington and agreed upon
first by the President himself was the
above modest portrayal of the 'masterful
leader Some of this modest eulogy
found its way into the expurgated work
of Mr.. Quigg. 1t is, however, good to
know that there are limits to the full
some eulogy of President in office be-
yond which a national convention will
not go.