Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-09
KNEW HE WOULD WIN
COMMODORE DEWEYS PROUD SON
EXPECTED VICTORY.

EXPECTED VICTORY
For He Know. Hi. Father Believes III a
Things Worth Doing. It's Worth Doing
i weIr-The Commodore's Love For AMI
mails and Faith In the Navy-His Tastes.
OF all the proud citizens of the United
States the proudest is young George
Goodwin Dewey, son and only child Of
the acting and active rear admiral who
| smashed the Spanish feet ar Manila.
Young Dewey literally worships the
deck his father walks on And besides
his natural pride in his gallant fathers
achievements. the young man has the
| most delightful confidence in his parent,
| the kind Of supreme confidence you see
| when very small boy clasps his IA
| Tiers hand and, full of love for him
| and trust in him, toddles along by his
/ side
| when l heard the feet had sailed
for the Philippines, said young Dewey
| the other night, Il knew my father
| would win. | knew before the battle be
would win. l know him SO well, you
/
I'm delighted and proud that he did
| win, but it doesn't astonish me.
This young Dewey who SO believes
| in his father is perhaps % years old.
| He is a well set up fellow of medium
| height, with fine white teeth, an aqui-
| line nose and jet black hair and mus
taehe. He has piercing eye that looks
| straight at you-an eye like his IA
Iel L. II
Would look through stun post. .
1t was only Deweyis proud affection
that overcame his natural reticence the
other night and induced him to talk of
his father. Understand that the young
mans mother died when he was very
young, and of course he has not seei. as
much of his father as have other yoang
men. But separation has only endeared
him.
1.-The last time / saw my father, "
said young Dewey, was last year,
when he was president of the board of
inspection and survey of the navy He
was made one of the board to go on the
trial trip of the Iowa, and he was away
on her for As hours. He had then al
ready oeen put in command of the
Asiatic squadron, and when he went
away from New York we shook hands
at the depot, and said:
'Goodby, father. You know hops
you will have most successful cruise.
He said: ooh, yes, George. / think
will. You know, I'll be the first COM
modore to command the Asiatic squad
ron since Perry. There ought to be
something in that And he laughed,
shook hands with me again and went
away on his train" Then young Dew
ey laughed frankly, happily, and said
You know, admirals have commanded
the Asiatic squadron since Perry madr
US acquainted with the Japanese. Well.
father left the United States from San
Francisco on Dec. last and sailed e.
NagasakA where he hoissed his flag on
the Olympia ON Jan. l. got a letter
from him in which he said he had been
presented to the emperor of Japan and
afterward to the empress. He said hex
had long interview with the emperor.
He's very fond of japanese, and in his
letter he praised their enterprise and
responsiveness. He greatly admired
the efficiency of their navy, and he told
me he would write me longer letter
about them. But the next letter / got
from him was mighty short. He said
he was very busy.
Every busyr' The Spaniards now
know why Dewey was Every busy"
eff there Is any one man who believes
in the navy, it is my father. | tell you.
He knows the men, and he knows the
ships, and he thinks there is none bet
ter of either. He is strict disciplinari
an too. A man can't disobey him with
out being punished for it. But, on the
other hand, if he is wrong he is very
quick to say So 1 have heard great
many nice things about my father, and
/ must say have never heard him say
bad thing about any man in thu
navy"
Young Dewey was getting warmed
up to his subject, was forgetting his reti-
cence. Il must tell you,' he went on,
his fine teeth showing in a smile, THAT
fathers mighty proud of his state, Yer
mont. If any glory or credit comes to
him, he will want Vermont to share it.
l wouldn't be surprised if Lieutenant
William Winder would share it too. l
hope so. Lieutenant Winder is my
cousin, my aunt's son. He's navigator
of the Raleigh. Of fathers fleet. Father
thinks him a good officer and a skillfu.
navigator.
"And you want to know something
about father On shore, eh: Well, tbs
one thing he loves to do on shore is to
ride horseback. He always has a saddle
horse. For long time he had mare
| named Nancy. She had blue grass
pedigree, and father was very fond of
her But he is fond of all animals.
Don 4 LET him see Won heat a horse or