The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-03
INsULTING no DEwEY,


It seems to us that Senator Hanna takes
an extreme view Of the talk of Admiral
Dewey as a presidential candidate He
says il is Insulting to Admiral Dewey and
indecent Apparently he does not like the
talk. There are many who have expressed
the opinion that they would like to see
Admiral Dewey President who are per
hlps as sensitive 60 what is decent and
what is not I'm political matters as Sen
aCor Hanna. It is worthy of notice that
when it was stated to Admiral Dewey
that ne was mentioned in CONNECTION with
a presidential nomination he did not act
as if he fe,t insulted by the use OF his
name in that way. He simply SAID that ne
was q sailor man ana did not want any
thing to do with politics. He declared that
he and Gen Wheeler-Gen. Wheeler being
mentioned for Vice President-would make
a pretty mess Of running the ship of state.
The great majority of those who are
talking OF Admiral Dewey for President
are sincere, and very much in earnest II
is difficult to understand therefore on what
ground Senator Hanna thinks the talk is
an Insult to the admiral. The Office OF
President of the United States is the great
est position ia the world. 1t has more
power connected with it than is exercised
by any king or emperor of Europe. And
YET Senator Hanna thinks it is an insult
to Admiral Dewey to continue to mention
him as a presidential candidate. 1t Is
quite certain that the people win continue
to consult their own feelings in the
matter without regard to the opinion of
Senator Hanna.
Henry Watterson seems to think that
the managers of the Democratic party
showed lack of political sense when they
decided against taking steps toward Sc
| curing Admiral Dewey for the presidential
candidate of their party. With Dewey, in
his opinion, there would be no doubt that
the Democratic party would carry the
next national election. He advocated the
nomination of Dewey. he says, last fall,
for the purpose of seeing how Dewey
movement would strike the Democratic
managers.
He was aware at the time, he says, that
Admiral Dewey was a Republican and
would not accept Democratic nomination
and that he was extremely anxioussfor the
denomination of President Mckinley. Mr..
Watterson says he knew this because a
number of Democrats of standing months
ago took measures to find out how the
land might lie. 'They sent a secret mes
senger to the admiral and got the informa-
ton that satisfied them that he was not
seeking political honors, and that. he would
not be a presidential candidate, especially
a Democratic candidate.
If Mr.. Watterson was so well informed
he should have told his fellow citizens that
it would be waste of time to start a
Dewey presidential movement. If he had
done that, instead of advocating the nom
nation of the admiral, he might have shut
off great deal of the talk of Dewey for
President that has appeared in some of the
newspapers.
i may be that Senator Hanna had Mr..
Watterson In mind when he said it was
insulting to the admiral TO talk of him for
President when. it was known that he
would not accept a presidential nominal
ton Mr.. Watterson seems to be about
the only person who has pubically pro-
claimed that he knew months ago that
the admiral would not accept a nomina-
ton And yet events may so shape them
selves. In spite of what Mr. Watterson
knows and Senator Hanna says, that Ad-
miral Dewey will be a candidate for Pres
ident