The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-28

IL Is amusing to the careful newspaper
reader to note with what aIacritv most
of the Republican organs go into a sea-
son Of the sillies every time Admiral Dew
ey says anything that can be twisted
into declaration that he is not a candi-
date for president The most recent in
stance of this sort of mild insanity was
given by the morning paper printed not a
stones throw from Newspaper row. This
paper prints in the blacklist type it can
find the following:
1 cannot stand for any interview Civ
ing my opinions on political subjects and
the Philippines. I disown any views
ascrlbed to me On those subjects.
Then right across the page from this
positive statement this paper prints nm
der three-column headline an alleged
interview with the admiral by rep
resentatve of the New York Evening
Post. In This talk Mr.. Dewey is made
to say a number of things on both politics
and the Philippines, which vary to some
extent from the things he is said to have
said at Manila, Trieste and Naples. In
stead Of brushing this interview with the
Post aside and stating in a paragraph
that it was evidently bogus, this vera
cious newspaper actually takes this talk
seriously and sageIy comments upon il.
The cause of this papers action is plain.
To The Post man Mr.. Dewey seems to
have said some things which do not pre-
cisely dovetaiI with some Of the things
which he is said to have said on other
occasions. But why take the trouble to
comment on a talk which Mr.. Dewey
says in two terse sentences he did not
give? This sort of humor causes the peo-
pie to laugh at, not with, the originator
of it.
On the other hand, let US suppose that
a Post man did actually talk with Ad-
miraI Dewey and that he faithfully re-
ported to his chief precisely what the
hero of Manila said. Is there anything
in it to cheer those Republicans who
make President Mckinley and Mark Han
na their god and who get nine-days'
siege of insomnia every time Dewey is
mentioned for the presidency? Let's see
what the Post man puts into the mouth
of the greatest American sailor.
It IS my candid opinion that
they (the tilipinos) are more fitted for it
tself-governmenD than the Cubans; that
they are better people than the Cubans
in every way
In the early months of 1898 the Amer
lean people declared through their repre-
resentatives in congress that Cuba must
become Independent without unnecessary
delay. Mr. Dewey says the Filpinos are
better fitted for self-government than the
Cubans. The Democrats of this nation
have declared that the Inhabitants of the
Philippines are at least as much entitled
to independence as the Cubans Mr.. Dew
ey merely takes a step in advance of the
Democratic party by stating that the Fill
ipinos are better fitted for self-govern-
ment than the Cubans.
Passing on to what Mr. Dewey is al
legged to have said on politics there Is
nothing on which any worshiper of Nc
Kinleyism can hold an orgie or go into a
srasm of 'ghoulish glee" He is only
made to say, 81 do not want to mix up
in the affairs of government" That isn't
q declination to accept a nomination for
the presidency. Everybody knows that
Admiral Dewey is not and Will not be
an active candidate for the highest office
in the nations gift. But a nomination
unanimously offered him by great par
ty is quite another matter. No American
ever did decline a nomination under these
conditions. No American ever will.
And, by the way, what soIace to any
Republican is there in the remark said
to have been made by the admiral when
told that his son said he was a dyed-in-
the wool Republican? He said simply,
. My son knows as much about what my
politics are as that piece of stick, re-