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Show '"1 -- I' WHEELER WILL RESIGN. Ii ti "rixhtlaf Je Leaves CongroM to tlnht for Ills Coanlrj, 1 MsuJls, Nor. St. (leueral Wheeler, I knowr as "Fighting Joe." has decided V not to return to congress, aud hat, It la said, written a letter to that effect to I President McKlnley, with a request 1 thsl It be forwarded to the house of I representative!, (leneral Wheeleraaya: I "Congress, It It occupies the first day c : tha session In passing a resolution da-clai,ng da-clai,ng that the aorerelgoty of tht United HUteslstobemalntalnediiilh 1 Philippines, thus dispelling Agulnal- I do's delusion that the antl-lmptrlallita j can assist bin, wilt be performing a ; tacrtd duty, Huch a resolution would ' tare the lives of many American sol- dltrs and of thouasnds of deluded I'lli- I plnos; would avert famine, suffering It and desolation from these islanda and l', would rander unnecessary theeipendl ture of hundredsof lullllonsof dollars." I |