Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-21
Ar HEn ON TRICKS AGAIN.

The Old Woman of Fourteenth street
is nothing If not partisan to the limit.
And in saying so it should be Clearly un-
derstood that the Register has the
widest charity for all honest PARTISAN
ship-for the Register is something OF
a partisan itself on occasion. So is
every good American citizen to a
greater or less extent-and no Demo-
crat. no Republican, thinks less of his
political opponent for firmly standing
BY his party and his honest political
convictions. That is the Americanism
5 oil it, which means freedom of thought,
speech and action.
But with dishonest craftsmanship no
American has patience. The newspaper
that honestly supports its partythrough
thick and thin has eyeryone's respect.
Bat the publication that pretends to be
a newspaper and yet suppresses legiti-
mate and authentic news because it
political controversy which the dis
: honest partisan doesn't want illumin-
ated, has the respect of no one. 1t is
an extremely foolish and shortsighted
policy, since the average American citi-
zen generally manages TO get the news,
even though it isn't in his party organ
and he isn't apt, even for his party S
sake, to stick long to a newspaper that
doesn't tell him the truth and sup
presses news which it thinks might
''hurt the party" Such an organ insults
the honest partisan, whose convictions
are sincere. 1t is an insinuation that
his convictions are SO poorly founded
that they can't stand the test of truth.
which is Introductory to the
Il the Intelligencer yesterday
Pressed the following important
and interesting Associated Press dis
patch, which came early over the Asso-
ciated Press wires to the Register and
Intellgencer alike, and at the same
time. The Register published it in full,
as it does all the news, regardless of its
political tenor. The Intelligencer, which
has never been fair TO the hero of San
tlago, wholly suppressed the dispatch:
BALTIMORE, July 19.-General Felix
Agnus. publisher Of the Baltimore Ameri-
can, has wired the following to President
Mckinley:
winiaIn Mckinley, President, Canton
Ohio.
Maclay's history of the navy is the
standard in use at the Naval Academy
In the third volume, just issued, the his
terian charges Rear Admiral Schley with
being coward, liar, caitiff. an in
competent and insubordinate. In an inter-
view in the American this morning, Mac
lay. the historian, who is a navy depart
ment clerk. classed as laborer and att
et>ched TO the Brooklyn navy yard, says
NAyfocfs of this third volume, which
should have told the most glorious story
in all our naval annals, were submitted to
Secretary Long and Admiral Sampson and
approved by them in advance of publica-
ton; also that Long put him in his pres
Cit position after he had read and ap-
proved this scurrilous attack upon Ad-
mtral Schley. These proofs were also sub
United to Admiral Dewey, who refused
70 read them. II aught were needed tt
convince any fair-minded man that q
clique in the Navy Department has con
spired 10 traduce the hero of Santiago anC
that conspiracy was carried into exc
cution While that brave and gallant Officer
was suffering expatriation on the fever
infested coasts Of South America, Thu
should furnish it. Will you, Mr.. Presi
eent, in view OF all this, sit quietly b!
and permit these couspirators to continu'
their diabo1ical work? Every 5ustiee-lov
ing American appeals TO you to interven
in the name and for the sake of fair play
Next 10 being right all the time, whicl
no man ever was, the best thing is to fin
cut as soon possible that you ar
wrong, and right yourself Immediately.
(Slgned) FELIX AGNUS,
Publisher Baltimore American.
General Felix Agnus is one of IN
most honored old Union soldiers, an
publishes the oldest and most infuen
tial Republican newspaper in tn
South.