Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-06
CHAS. DEWEY IN new YORK
Thanks Col. Roosevelt For Iindnos
shown to Admiral Dewey-Clevelahd
Had Held Him Back.
(Trom the New York SUM-

Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon
at o'clock His glasses. his wcll-knowr
face, which has been pictured in thou
sand newspapers and hundred maya
zines; his army hat and his general swing
made him known to all in the great cor.
rider of the hotel. Everybody rushed to
grasp his hand and wish good luck 10 the
republican candidate for governor of tho
State of New York. Col. Roosevelt was
frank and manly in his bearing. lie
thanked all of the chaps who grasped his
hand and wished him good fortune. Jus,
IS he left them an elderly gentleman in q
edora hat with a black ribbon, with snow
white hair beneath it, and chin whiskers
and moustache OF silvery hue, who had
been sitting on one of the remote lounges
OF the hotel, walked up to Col. Roosevelt
and this was the conversations:
Col. Roosevelt. sir?'
Yes, SIR"
My name is Dewey sir; Charles Dew
cyl am the brother of George Dewey OF
Manila. / came here ia thank you for the
kindness you have shown my brother. Ii
is not necessary for me to go into details
You were assistant secretary OF the navy
and moro than any man in the navy de-
partrlent were responsible for the assign
ment of my brother, Admiral Dewey, tc
Manila Bay"
Thank you. Mr.. Dewey" replied Col
Roosevelt as he grasped Charles Dewey's
hand
That's all right, Col. Roosevelt" re.
piled Charles Dewey. II simply want tc
grasp your hand and wish you luck.
am only private citizen, and have moth
ing TO do with politics, but when l read
IN the newspapers that you had been nom
mated for governor of New York | want
ed to come down here from my home In
Montpelier and hunt you up and tell you
that you were trump. because you help
ed my brother and gave him an opportu-
nifty which he had been seeking ever since
Farragut's days"
Yes sir" replied Col Roosevelt to Mr.
Dewey, apparently q little daZed at the
flow Of words from the Montpelier citi-
zen.
Opportunity is everything" replied Mr.
Charles Dewey. land without any further
talk, Col. Roosevelt l want to thank you
and wish you luck and happiness in the
present campaign"
Thank you, SIR" replied Col. Roosevelt
and as he grasped Mr.. Dewey's hand a
hundred newspaper men surrounded him
| Col. Roosevelt broke away from thu
group and went into republican Stat,
headquarters where he met Chairman
Odell, Secretary Reuben /. Fox. Luther
Little, chief of the literary bureau of the
republican State committee. and other re-
publicans While he was talking with
chem the representative OF The Sun hat
a conversation out in the corridor with
Mr. Charles Dewey, the brother of the
naval fighter and naval statesman, Ad
miral George Dewey. Mr.. Dewey said:
II have nothing to say in opposition &c
anybody. / am merely a citizen of Yer
mont. / am president of the Nationa
| Life Insurance company of that State.
/ love and admire my brother George. We
are now almost old men together, except
that George is very much more of n dan
/ dy than l am. l read in the newspapers
that Col. Roosevelt, after his nomination
4 might come to New York. ! didn't know
where he would be, but I thought h,
might be at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, anC
In meeting him I was in luck. 7 know
! all the facts about the navy department
In Washington, and I'll tell you that
came to New York for the purpose Of
/ thanking Col. Roosevelt for the oppor
/ tunity that he gave to my brother Georg,
TO win such n glorious victory at Manila
Col Roosevelt, when he became assist
ant secretary of the navy. had never me
my brother George That didn't max,
any difference with Col. Roosevelt. IL,
seemed TO have an idea that George was
fighter, like himself Anyhow, Col Roose
welt, as assistant secretary OF the navy
| was more responsible than any man n
! Washington for the selection of my bro
Their in December last, to command tn,
! Philippine fleet. i came here to tell Col
Roosevelt how l felt about the matter
He's trump, like George, and all thu
folks will understand that I'm very prout
of my brother"
Cleveland's last cabinet said to a SUI
man:
II don't know what has been the matte
with Dewey here in Washington. He's
| good fellow, but our folks seeiS tn van
to put him on the shelf and keep hin
-
fighter and a good man but nevertheless
some of the higher powers persist in keep
ing him on the shelf"
In view of this well-known attitude tow
ard George Dewey on the part OF the las
Cleveland administration the remarks o
Mr.. Charles Dewey are all the more in
teresting.