The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-21

greater to do than fight. because there
is something. there is a distinction
waiting for this nation that no nation
has ever got. That is the distinction
OF absolute self control and self mas
terry. Whom do you admire most
among your friends? The irritable
man. the man out OF whom You can
get a rise without trying7 The man
VINO viii light at the drop of the nat.
whether he knows what the nat is
dropped for or not?
Don't you admire and don't you
fear IL you have TO contest with him
the self-mastered man who watches
YOU with salm eye and comes in only
When you have carried the thing so
aar tnat you must be disposed Of?
Ihat Is the man you respect. That is
the man who you know has at bottom
a much more fundamental and Ter.
riole courage than the irritable. fight
ing man.
covets Great Moral Force.
Now | cove for America this
splendid courage of reserve moral
force, and / wanted to point out 10
you gentlemen simply this: There is
news n news. There is what is
allied news from Turtle bay that
turns out TO ezfalsehood. at any rate
~ what It Is said TO signify and which.
III you could get the nation to believe
~ true, might disturb our equilibrium
ana our self-pOssession. We ought
not to deal in stun of that kind.
rave known some things TO 20
out on the wires as true when there
was only one man OF a group Of men
VINO could have asked the o%riginators
OF the report whether II was true or
not, they were not asked whether
IL was true or not. for fear IL might
not be true. That sort OF report ought
not TO 20 out over the wires.
The world ought TO know the
truth, but the world ought not at
this period of unstable equilibrium to
pc disturbed by rumor ought not to
De disturbed by imaginative combina-
TONS OF circumstances. OF rather by
circumstances stated in combination
which does not belong in combination.
FOR we are holding not |. but you and
gentlemen engaged like you. the bal
ances in your hand. This unstable
equilibrium rests upon scales that are
In your hands. For the food OF opin-
ION. as began by saying. is the news
OF the day.
II have known many men to 90 OF
at a tangent on information fhat was
not reliable. Indeed. that describes
the majority of men. The world is
held stable by the man who waits for
the next day to find out whether the
AfRoiA was true OF not.
Cannot Afford Rumors.
We cannot afford. therefore. to let
Iuinors OF irresponsible persons and
origins get into the atmosphere OF the
United states. We are trustees for
Wnat venture 10 say Is the greatest
heritage that any nation ever had. the
love OF Justice and righteousness and
human liberty For, fundamentally.
Is addicted and 10 which she il dc
voted.
so that what try to remind my.
self OF every day when I am almost
overcome by perplexities. what I Try
70 remember. h what rhe people az
home are thinking about. I try TO
put myself In the place OF the man
VINO does not know all the things thai
know and ask myself what ne would
IKE the policy Of this country to he.
Not the laxative man. not the parfi-
san man. not the man remembers FIRST
tha ne ~ a Republican or Democrat
or mat his parents were Germans or
English. but who remembers first that
the whole destiny Of modern affairs
centers largely upon his being an
American first OF all n 7 permitted
myself TO be a partisan In this present
struggle ] would be unworthy 10 rep
resent you. n permitted myself TO
iorget, the people who are not parti
sans ] would be unworthy 70 repre-.
sent you am not saying that I am
worthy 70 represent you. but 7 do
claim this degree Of worthiness. hat
before everything else ! love America.
Pres. Noyes' Address.
Mr.. Wilson was introduced by
President Prank r. Noyca o. The As
ISOLATED Press and was the only
speaker at the luncheon.
We are gathered here today" said
Mr.. Noyes. the membership 81 what
is, ] believe. In scope and importance
OF activities the greatest cooperative. |
non profit making organization In the
world.
The function Of The Associated
Press = 10 furnish is members n ser.
vice Of world news that shall be IN
tainted and without bias % any sort.
"Io ensure this We have formed an
organization that Or owned and con.
trollcd BY its members and By them
alone. one that is our servant and not
u master. J
so We are here today. Democrats 1
md Republicans Protestants. Cafho- /
lies me Jews. conservatives and radi- 1
Gals, vets and drs. differing on
every subject on which men difer. bur
al 81 n IN demanding that. 20 far AZ I
u humanlv possible. no trace Of par
tisauship n no hint Of propaganda
shail BE- found In our news report.
Furnished with the news. We are