Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-29
MANILA HERO A HERO STILL.

Philadelphia Times Admiral Dewey 8
position as the great hero of the Spanish
war is safely Crystallized in the history of
the republic, and all the malice of disap-
pointment and jealousy and all the sensa-
tional ebulltionS OF fools cannot cast a
shadow upon his fame.
st. Louis Republic: Everything indicates
that Dewey without diminishing the his
toric Importance of his victory has succeeded
by his recent actions in bringing the hero
worship of which he is the object to pro-
portions where it will not be as trouble
some to him as it was.
Philadelphia Record Admiral Dewey will
now have need of all his nerve. Running
the gauntlet of the guns of Corregdor in the
night and facing the Spanish fleet at Cavite
in the early May morn was child's play be-
side running the gauntlet of the malicious
inventions Of the yellow press.
Detroit Journal: AS the place OF Dewey in
history could not be affected by the silly
adulation poured on him two months ago,
so also his fame, grounded in one of the
greatest naval victories of this or any time
cannot be disturbed by what at the worst
was a mere error of judgment in an affair
that, should have been regarded as private.
Philadelphia Ledger: But it is said by
tractors of Admiral Dewey that he fouted
the gift of the whole American nation, of the
entire people, when he transferred to his
wife the title to the house that was given
him by them. That is not true. The nation,
the people, gave him no house. Not one in
thousand, nor one in ten thousand OF them,
contributed to the gift. A comparatively
few individuals were the givers; the nation
or the people as such, had nothing to do
with it. The thing being his, it was his
to hold or loose as he willed. Assuming
that he willed untactfully, is his offence so
great that his countrymen shall forget Ma
Mia and his long, honorable heroic record
as a sailor, as a faithful, Jealous, patriotic
servant of his country who increased it's
renown among the peoples of the earth and
gave it a new record?
Louisville Courier-Journal: Let the ad-
miral and Mrs. Dewey be of good heart still;
she that with all her beauty and genius and
independence OF character has from grlhood
stood proof against the envy of the lesser
born and bred until, alas, she married him;
he, that though the first officer OF the
navy, the first citizen of the republic, owes
still to her the courage to fight calumny;
let these children OF the state be reassured.
Thank God there is a God to smite, as
there is a people who love God, to discrim
mate; and never for one moment did any
good man or woman in this great and fair
land of ours believe that the poor sailor lad
of VeImont-rock-ribbe and clean Vermont
simple and brave Vermont-the state of
the Green mountain boys, of Ethan Allen
and John Stark-the very citadel of liberty
and chastity-could by any possibility have
done or contemplated doing these things.
The wrong sought to be done will elevate
bpt In hn pf ba
but what is better it will endear them to
one another and themselves. In married life
a little trouble is not bad beginning, and
often makes a good ending; wherewith the
renews the assurance OF its
consideration to the young
couple, and, this being side remark, we
looks towards the admiral!