The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
Echoes of the Late War.

Who discovered George Dewey? Who
placed him in the way of meeting the
opportunity of a lifetime? An answer to
these questions Is volunteered by n
brother OF the hero OF Manila. Charles
Dewey arrived in New York from his
home in Vermont last Friday. sought
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and intro
duced himself.
MY name is Dewey. sir: Charles
Dewey. / am the brother OF George
Dewey of Manila. I came here to thank
you for the kindness that you have
shown to my brother. 1t is not neces-
sary for me to go into details. You
were assistant secretary of the navy
and more h a any man In the navy
department were responsible for the as
signment of my brother. Admiral Dew
ey. to Manila bay"
Thank you. Mr.. Dewey replied
Colonel Roosevelt as he grasped Charles
Dewey's hand.
That's all right. Colonel Roosevelt"
replied Charles Dewey. Il simply want
to grasp YOU hand and wish you luck.
i am only a private citizen, and have
nothing to do with politics. but when I
read In the newspapers that you had
been nominated for governor of New
York l wanted to come down here from
my home in Montpelier and hunt you
up n tell you that you were a trump.
because you helped my brother and
gave him an opportunity which he had
been seeking ever since Farragut's
days"
Although this story is ridiculed as a
campaign yard by Dick Cookers curb-
stone patriots. IL Is nevertheless true
that Roosevelt was the original Dewey
man, a fact gratefully admitted by the
admiral before leaving Washington for
Hong Kong. A naval captain who gave
Dewey a farewell dinner relates this
incident:
II had Dewey at dinner with me on
board my ship. yer the cigars he got
10 talking reminiscently. Then he look
ed ahead m he frightened up.
My chance has come he said. and
] owe IL largely TO Theodore Roosevelt.
Why he took such an interest In my
application / don't know. for. though
he was a friend OF mine. We never were
very intimate. and he seems to be the
friend OF the whole ANY There were
three applicants. o know. and my
claim wasn't the best. Some opposition
arose, but the assistant secretary OF
the navy overcame IL. and I co.
Then Dewey leaned back and said:
" know Farragut didn't get his
chance till he was more than so, but
he took IL and"
Dewey stopped and broke out in a
laugh. as II to say. But what nonsense
TINS Is we are talking about me and
Farragut.'"
Commodore Howell and Captain Mat
thews were the two other applicants
for the Asiatic squadron. and the both
ranked Dewey. The matter was talked
over in November sometime. Mr..
Roosevelt believed hen that war was
coming. and no one else did. He want
ed the hardest fighter he could get for
the Pacific, for there. he predicted. hard
fighting would ave TO be done. So he
urged Dewey. That dude!" they said.
mo matter" said Roosevelt. Il know
he will fight. I want a man there who
will take Manila"
A friend of Roosevelt asked him once
how he knew Dewey. whom many other
people took for a mere dude, gentle.
refined. easy going: how he recognized
In him the fighter he sought The
rough riders answer was Characters
tic. He leaned forward. screwed his
eyebrows down and showed his teeth
as he aid
You can always tell a fighter by
looking into his eyes"
The Washington correspondent OF the
Detroit Journal reports that the war