The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-13

has done so mach for us2 That Is the
question which has for long time been
agitating the American people. 1t is
quite true that, according TO our prece-
dents. we have not been niggardly IN
recognition OF the great service Of
.Commodcre' Dewey, as he was year
ago. But there is persistent and pre-
vailing feeling that we ought 70 90
more: that the American nation, in
some unofficial and spontaneous way,
should recognize the services OF Dewey
as the British nation officially recoS-
nized the services Of Wellington, when
it presented him with the estate OF
.Strathfeldsay.
evidently * Will not do TO make any
exclusive acknowledgment OF The ser
vices of an American hero TO whom all
Americans feel equally grateful Evil
IDENTIFY il will not do TO leave HIM at the
mercy OF a group OF millionaires. Evil
IDENTIFY il viii not do TO exclude from
the national testimonial 10 the admiral
any American citizen who desires TO
bear his part in il.
why not appeal directly To the pub
lie through its immediate organs and
agents. the newspapers, which get their
living by representing its sentiments!
There are some 20, 600 periodicals in the
United States which are entitled to
transmission as such through the
mails. Among them are 2,l1S daily
papers which represent mos Imnle-
diately and most accurately the senu-
ment of the United States.
Let US assume that only one-fourth
part of these are in a position TO act
as collecting and distributing agents
for a Rational Dewey testimonial, and
that each one of these 500 IS willing to
pledge itself to the collection from ITS
readers and the. transmission TO The
appointed trustees of the sum Of $3.50
for that fund. Surely this estimate IS
moderate enough, and surely the
amount of each individual subscription
which must be strictly fixed and linn
tied, is moderate enough to prevent
any newspaper from exploiting the ad-
miral for the purpose of advertising
itself. And yet the aggregate OF the
subscriptions would be $3.50, 600. Half
OF this should go to the erection OF a
residence for the admiral in whatever
place in the United States he might
prefer to put it, and the other half for
mis- personal use.
..As a matter Of fact, we believe that
more than the number of periodicals
we have named would BIS willing and
eager TO be included in the project.
There is no reason why the aggregate
should not be correspondingly in
creased, with the rigolSus limitation Of
each individual subscription to $500, so
that there should be no faint of self
seeking or of advertising in the affair.
This would be truly q national and
popular subscription The admiral
would not be at liberty to refuse it,
since it would not be the creation of
an obligation on his part, but only the
recognition of an obligation on the part
of the nation. He would not be able to
refuse il il the whole amount we're de-
posted, as it could and should be de-
posted, subject to his order, before his
arrival upon his native shores.
1.-The pre- sident of the United States,
the secretary OF state and the secTe-
tary of the treasury would be appro-
pirate custodians of the fund, and
their willingness to assume its custody
may be taken for granted