The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-05
Washington Letter,
From Our Regular Correspondent.

tsSol hulhlIdl OCHlSy is eXpeCC-
cd to sail on the flagship Chicago
for the Sonth Atlantic station
November %. AS yet, it is un.
decided whether the hero of San
tiago will go by the way of South
America, the shortest route, or
proceed via. Cape Town. In
event of the Cape Town route
being chosen, the trip would un-
doubleday be extended to Delagoa
Bay and to Durham, this port
just now being one of the most
important points in the world,
for there the British troops that
will do the fighting in Natal and
the South African Dutch Repub-
lie, are disembarking. In no
event will the stay of Admiral
Schley abroad extend more than
IL months, as he retires in 1901.
but there are not a few who say
that the Mckinley Administra-
ton would be glad to keep the
Admiral on sea duty during the
campaign next year, and this
idea is reinforced by the studied
neglect of Admiral Schley by the
Navy Department. The Demo
cratic triumph in Maryland, the
popular welcome given to Admir-
al Schley in his recent trip in
the South, and his many friends
in every state in the Union, are
facts that the Administration has
watched with growing appre-
hension, and the gallant fighters
extended sojourn abroad just at
this time, is thought to be a con- |
tinuance of the policy or repres- |
sion toward Schley which began
before the formation of the fly-
ing squadron in the spring of
1893.
so great a protest has been
raised against Rear Admiral
Crowninshield's minimizing the
victory at Manila of Admiral
Dewey, that an alteration has
been made, which the friends of
Rear Admiral Crowninshield be-
lieve will be satisfactory to AID
miral Dewey, and prevent any
further criticism of the Naviga-
ton Bureaus annual report.
Rear Admiral Crowninshield. it
has been pointed out was warm
partisan of Rear Admiral Samp-
son, and, quite naturally, al
though unjustly and inexcusably.
that officers services
at Santiago, and, in doing so,
reflected upon the epoch making
exploit of Admiral Dewey inside
of Corregidor.
Prominent politicians in Wash {
lngton are contrasting President s
Mckinley's Thanksgiving Proc ,
Iamation with those of the gov 8
errors of the states, some of $
whom are Republicans, the most c
notable of which being Governor G
Lowndes' of Maryland. The i
critics of the president point out @
hat he so far forgot himself as I
20 convert his proclamation into C
! political campaign document, I
md that in issuing it as the ex. |,
PRESTON of Providence, McKin. u
ey not only insults the Ameri- T
IAN people, who are not accus- s
omed to being ordered to offer |;
hanks for partisan measures a
md party policy, but insults the d
Almighty also, by attempting to O
cake Him a party to the acts of Il
riminal aggression committed bv 81
he Administration under the firm D
anne of Hanna & Co. P
1t will be gratifying intelli- le
'ence to Democrats the country T
yer, to learn that Senator Vests fc
ealth is much improved. Last 81
pring his health was so bad as p
D awaken grave fears that he
hight not recover. A trip to
'lorida was of great benefit, and sc
is now announced that he will T
ssume his duties at the opening "a
the Congressional session. in !;
luch better health than he has Z