Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

get on shore we shall be heartier than we
ever were in our lives.
II am afraid though" and the admiral
blushed a little, that we are all dread
Ing the coming two or three days. we
knew that we should be welcomed home.
But we had no idea that there would be
all this fuss. I am almost timid; yes,
1 am afraid. l dread so much applause
for l feel that l only did my duty, as any
man would do.
The crew? Well, when you speak OF
the crew of the Olympia I must begin to
talk. They are the pick of the earth, the
finest lot of fellows that ever stepped on
deck. Didn't they show 1t at Manila!
Haven't they shown it ever since? The
Olympia eamen are the best that ever
lived.
Our trip home? 1t was delightful. we
enjoyed every mile of it. We were tired
until we got on the Atlantic and felt the
cool breezes. then We picked up and De-
gan to practice and polish up to get
ready for our welcome home.
What are our plans? For myself. l
would like go home to Montpelier FOR
awhile with my people, then l am ready
to work again. About the presidency"
Admiral Dewey laughed. You forget
that 1 am only a sailor" said he. Il am
much more of a sailor than a POLITICIAN,
and as a sailor l expect to live and die.
w nat are my polltltS. MY uIotHSi !"
quoted as saying that l have voted only
once in my life and that l voted the re-
publican ticket that time. ] hardly re-
member. You see l am a sailor, not a
politician.' as | SAID.
THE situation with Germany. That
absolutely refuse to discuss" and for
the first time the genial admiral changed
his position and $ tarted. as though ne
were going to walk away.
But YOU will talk about the Pilllp-
! pines"
Yes said the admiral. Il will say this
that Otis has plenty to do. 1t is too much
for one man to be general and governor
both. He is trying to do too much. he
is working too h ard. l shall tell the
president so. l would not wonder if Otis
should die in the Philippines. He VIII II
he does not stop working.
THE newspaper men in the Phiiip-
pines? They are fine fellows. In all my
experience l never had any trouble VITA
men of the American stamp
and it was not until ! got TO Europe that
was ~misquoted. l said 20 the n"Wspa-
per men in the Philippines. Vow boys we
are working with the same end in vieN
We both Of us want to tell the peon'H at
home the news without telling the enemy
too much. That is what we are both ann
ing at They agreed with me that tn $
was our object a a we never haf any
u VI Ill 1"
ing for the same thing.
AN | glad to get nome: That is 4
strange question. when home is The dear
est spot to US all. But | want 10 thatk
the psopla for their wrlcnm for 1t f:'
made our home coming very pleasant.
They have been most kind and consld-
crate in eNely way
At this moment a delegation arrived TO
tell Admiral Dewey of some plans which
had been made for him and ynur cores
pordenl bade him good bye, NTH thanks
for his kindness.
The great admiral of whom all the
world has been talking the past few
weeks is quite different from many of tie
pictures that have been dawn Of him
lie is rot a tall man.. scarcely II e feet
eight: and he is much better looking
than many of his portraits make him.
He is particularly well DIRE ssed always,
they tell me. and it Was one reason why
they did not want him to go to the Phi.
lippines-his enemies-h2t2'ls2 he was a
dude.
The admiral weighs about 40 pounds
and has a waist measurement OF a5nul
40 inches. This makes him thick set bu'
he is very wei formed. H. carries hi
head erect and has a decidedly militar>
bearing. He has small haH,ls and fee
and when he talis he et It's slightly
using his hands as a man would who linl
been accustomed to taking above tee
wind. His skin is pink and he is we
shaven. His hair is greyish at the roo s
hut his mustache is not as grey as ha!
been painted. His eyes are grey.eh brown
rather serious, ard he innrtSseS you e!
an earnest, thoughtful gentleman rithe'
than Il man of var. He has plenty o
latent bower tlat is shown from his biz
broad nose. thick at the base and ras hpl
spreading. and not at all hooked
The admiral is what tire Spanish cal
a quiet eater. He eats only the PLANES
food, being somewhat disturbed by al
old liver trouble which attacked him ii
the Mediterranean many years ago. 4
portion of his liver IS row in Egypt cher
.ished as a relic of the greatest sea tiglte
of the day.
9, AS your correspondent turned to Ieav'
! the olympia the admiral sad:
( please thank your newspaper for tn
kinGnesS it has extended to me. Yes.
e see the PAPERS: they have been delivera'
= to me at every port: and | thank then
d all! OF course they have said too much
: much more than l deserve, but + than
It them just the same"
ADDISON RYMAN.