The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-10
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THEPEOPLE HAVE sPo KEN.

THEPEOPLE HAVE sPO KEN.
The people-the rulers-have given a
verdict in the Sampson-Schley con-
troversy that cannot possibly be mis-
taken. The voice of the people is po-
tential, and the little, mean Mckinley
gang are fioored completely. We re-
ioice- All men who I'VE right and JUS
tice, honor and fair-dealing must be
glad. The hero Of Santiago had been
most foully dealt with by the ma
lignant gang in Washington. He. a
been snubbed completely by their &C
completes in the great Dewey demon
stration in New York last Week. But
the rebuke was tremendous from the
people. When Dewey saw him he rush
ed up to him and putting his arm
around his neck, exclaimed, MY dear
Schley, I cannot tell you how glad 1
am to see you" Admiral" said
SchIey-"Don't you Admiral me-" Dew
ey cut in, 1--WE are boys again today,
and 1 won't have any formalities from
YOU The New York Journal tells this:
"At Seventy-second street and Central
Park, west, a woman of middle age,
plainly dressed, stepped from the crowd
formed on the sidewalk while the po-
lice guardian was not looking. She ran
to Admiral Schley's carriage and hand
ed to him a large bouquet that she had
held aloft as she sped across the as
phaIt. "Take these flowers, Admiral"
n cried; they are for the bravest man
in the navy Admiral Schley took his
honors modestly. A smile continually
played about his grim features"
Sampson, after all, had to ride eight
carriages behind Schley. Cheering for
him wa scant. Some Kisses OCCASION
ally were heard. Here is the way Schley
Jared first at the hands of his vile enc
mics. The Richmond Times ays
HE came to the city like any private
citizen, put up at a hotel totally unno-
ticed, viewed the ships parade which
every sailor longed to see from such a
position as he could hire, and was as
totally unnoticed as if he had never
fired a shot for his country's defence.
And this man had commanded his
country's fleet in the greatest naval
battle of modern times when a per-
was enacted that made all
the nations of the earth stand aghaSt
and wonder hat could befall them
selves if those vikings got after them"
Schley received in New York n
Washington demonstrations of admi-
ration n sympathy from the people
that were only second to those of the
ma who was honored with such dis
plays and adulation as were never wit
messed in the world. Schley is enthron-
ed in the hearts of his countrymen as
Dewey is. They ccupy front-seats on
the great peoples platform. The Wash
ington Post, reviewing the recent wild
demonstrations. says:
1.-The Sun is wretched because, after
all it's vicious and malignant accusation
Admiral Schley was treated to a spon-
taneous popular demonstration only
next in fervor and in abandon to that
accorded to Dewey, the appointed hero
of the occasion. Right there, in it's own
town, and among the people whose
opinions it essays to influence, the un-
happy Sun was visited with such a
conspicuous and overwhelming rebuke
as will make it's cheeks burn for many
md many a day. So far from celebrat-
ing ampson The Suns %favorite pet
and protege, the New York populace
practically ignored him, while Schley
wa greeted with a veritable storm OF
-adulation.'
Let us stop and wave our hats and
let our stirred hearts find expression
i'm nine cheers for the great seaman
who destroyed Cervera's fleet when the
deadest of all manufactured heroes
Sampson-was nine miles away. HIP!
hin, hurrah! The Post thus reflects:
ARut reckless mendacity and abuse
do not, in this age and land, always
appeal to public sentiment. The Amer
lean people can be misled occasionally
Int not invariably. 1t is not very dill
cult for a charlatan to make hlmsell
conspicuous by sheer force of impudent
pretension. 1t is hard, however, to take
AWAY ones character by mere violence
oe i~mprecation. We know OF several
now floating on the surface
bx virtue of their supreme concert. we
Know of very few, if any, deserving
men who have been ruined by the clam
or Of a newspaper.
Right there. The right man was non
.ored and he has a right to rejoice ana
be glad in the complete recompense be-
slowed by his countrymen. His glory
is undimmed, and the m~alcontents and
uenny-a-liners cannot hide it from the
gaze of an admiring people.
LITERARY GOSSIP,