1.   The other editor, Reform leader Isaac Mayer Wise, was opposed to abolition.

2.   But the cause was rapidly embraced by Reform leaders who are concerned that Buchanan would change the ideological direction of the party, infusing it with a social agenda.

3.   In the absence of Perot, some Reform leaders are backing John Hagelin of the nascent Natural Law party.

4.   Reform Party leader Preston Manning said the government now should be debating what to do with a budget surplus, instead of still grappling with deficits.

5.   Reform Party leaders say Perot should pick a running mate who would persuade uncommitted voters to choose the Reform Party.

6.   Reform leaders appealed for calm.

7.   Reform leaders are discouraging large youth rallies, saying they did not want to provoke militant conservates.

8.   Reform leaders have said the casualties have all been their allies.

9.   Reform leaders have openly advocated a merger of the two parties, which Charest has rejected.

10.   Reform leaders have urged their supporters to avoid actions that might invite retaliation by the security forces, which are under the control of the supreme leader.