The San Francisco call., 1899-11-23
TELEGRAMS POUR
IN upon DEWEY
Friends Send ReaSSur-
ing Messages.
DEN0UNCE HIS CRITICS
PUBLIC PULSE UNDERGoES AN
OTHER CHANGE.
Popular Indignation Gives Way to
Sympathy for the Admiral Be-
cause of the Attacks
Upon Him.
PUBLIC PULSE UNDERGOES AN
OTHER CHANGE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, YELLING
TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-
Admiral Dewey has no regrets TO express
or apologies to offer for the disposition he
has made Of the home presented 10 him
by the American people When l saw him
tonight he was pleasantly chatting with
a caller and seemed in the best of spirits.
He had received a large number Of tele-
Z grams from all parts Of the country -eX-
pressing satisfaction with the course he
had pursued and condemnation of the crit
icisms TO which he had been subjected.
He regards these expressions as coming
from his true friends and is deriving much
comfort from them. The admiral does not
wish TO make any further explanation,
but desires 1t understood that he stands
by the interview which he gave last night
after he had learned of the full extent
Of the criticism which his action had
caused.
You may say" the admiral said TO me.
that the interview which / gave last
night is correct in every particular, and
that ! am entirely satisfied with the posi-
ton l have taken. Further than this. L
must not talk for publication. l have ad-
mitted TO seNeTai others tonight that this
interview was correct, and IL is possible
that they may take advantage of this TO
Write further extended interviews with
me. but they Will not be justified in doing
so. have said all that am going 10
say for publication"
In conversation with other friends the
admiral freely admitted to-day that in
transferring his house TO Mrs. Dewey he
had her alone In mind; that he had
thought that he could make her no more
ntung wedding present than the home
ia which they were TO live, and that he
did not then contemplate further trans
Ter of the house to his son George. Tne
decision TO DO so was reached by Mrs
Dewey and the admiral heartily approved.
There is no doubt that Admiral Dewey
feels that much OF the criticism which has
ensued from his action comes from those
who feared that he had political ambi-
tiOns. This iutimation was thrown out
by his brother-in-law. Mr. Mclean, last
night, and II was repeated again to-day
by some OF Admiral Deweys close
friends. one of them even went so far
TO say that II IL were kept up the ad-
miral might after ALL find ii desirable To
enter the Presidential race. But II may
be stated authoritatively, regardless of
the suspicious the admiral may have as
To the Presidential motives behind the at
tacks upon him. that nothing whatever
could tempt him 10 enter politics. The
admiral's sole desire, as he expressed II
10 friends tonight. is 20 be allowed 10 live
as quietly as possible. He is becoming
very weary OF the social attentions which
are being heaped upon him. and IL is
probable that he and Mrs. Dewey will
place for an indefinite stay.
George Goodwin Dewey, Admiral Dew
ey's son. to-day became the legal owner
OF the much -talked-about house. The
est transfer was fled for record this
morning. Ii sets forth that the prop
erty Is transferred by Mildred Mclean
Dewey and George Dewey. her husband.
of the city OF Washington, d. c., TO
George G.. Dewey of the city Of New York.
! The considera ton named in the deed is
SO. The transfer is made subject to this
condition, which Is inserted in the deed:
Subject. however, 10 this expressed
reservations: That the parties OF the first
part do hereby expressly reserve TO them
selves and TO each OF them during and
for the period of their natural lives, re-
spectively, a life interest in and TO the
premises therein described. Such life In
terest In case of the death of either Of
the parties Of the first part TO revert to
the other"
AS il costs Admiral Dewey $50 for in
ternal revenue stamps every time the
house is transferred the Government has
profited TO the extent OF $50 by the fire.
ouert transfers. The admiral might have
saved 800 OF this amount II he had simply
transferred the property directly to his
son in the first place without passing II
/ through the hands of Mr.. Crawford and
Mrs. Dewey.
transferring the title of his residence 10
his wife and son continue, but IL is ap-
parent that change in public opinion IS
setting in and there IS tendency to-day
to express sympathy for the admiral, who
has been made TO feel that a single mis-
take in Judgment may completely over
turn a popular hero. In his desire to be-
stow a wedding gift upon his bride Ad-
miral Dewey lost sight Of the fact that
he could not with perfect propriety treat
the house which had been given to him
as a testimonial of esteem as If II had
been any ordinary piece Of property ac-
quired In an ordinary way. The hasty
transfer TO the son after the first evil
dence OF popular disapproval is taken as
evidence of his desire to condone his Of
fense against good taste.