Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-26
POLITICS OF DEWEY,
President McKinley's Friend.
ship Sent Him to Asia.
FACTS FROM HIS OWN LETTERS.

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Dewey made objections to taking COM
mand of tho Aslatic squadron. Like
much other Democratic gossip which
seeks to make 1t appear that President
Mckinley and Dewey are not in har-
mony, 1t is false. AS a matter of fact,
Dewey desired it very much. This is
shown conclusively in the letters ad-
dressed to his sister, Mrs Mary P.
Greeley Of Montpelier Vt, published
in Mr. Halstead's biography OF Ad-
miral Dewey, pages 395-6-7. He wrote:
Washington, July 27, 1897.
at is possible that I may 50 to sea
about Christmas, as there will be
vacancy CT the command Of the Asiatic
station at that time, and since another
admiral has been ordered to the Pa
cific l hope to get what l desire.
GEORGE DEWEY"
| Washington, Nov. 10, 1896
mo orders to sea for me yet, and
probably none will come before spring
unless we have a brush with Spain,
which is not unlikely.
GEORGE DEWEY"
Washington Nov. l, 1897
"Yes, l am to be congratulated, as
have received what is, to me- the best
gift the president could make. leave
here about the 9th of this month, and
sail from San Francisco by steamer of
7th of December.
expect to join my flagship Olympia
at Yokohama about Christmas. l go
out as commodore, and do not receive
my promotion to rear admiral until
next summer, a new rule to that effect
having been made.
GEORGE DEWEY"
! 1t will be noted that Admiral Dewey
in his letter of Nov. 1st, 1897, refers to
the Asiatic station as WHAT IS, TO
ME- THE BEST GIFT THE PRESI-
DENT COULD MAKE"
This best gift the president could
make was the presidents personally
written order to the secretary of the
navy to place Commodore George
Dewey in command of the Asiatic
squadron, written out in the presi-
dents own hand overruling the deter
. mination of the navy department to
make another appointment. This Is
a circumstance that Admiral Dewey
has not forgotten, for since his home-
coming he has repeatedly spoken of it
in the warmest terms.
A great deal has been said about tho
political principles of Admiral Dewey.
He has been reticent in their express
sion, as is the habit of the officers Of
the army and navy. But we have a
clear view of his ideas, in his indorse-
ment of the speech made at Montpe-
lier, VT, in 1896, by the Hon. Chauncey
M. Depew, now senator of the United
States for the state of New York
The admiral addressed this letter to
his sister, Mrs. Greeley:
Washington, Nov. 30, 1896
"The address of Mr.. Depew on our
dear old state is most interesting and
/ shall retain it for further reading
/ feel quite proud to belong to such a
grand old commonwealth"
The first part of Mr.. Depew's speech
referred to the heroes of the Green
Mountain state and he divided the
history of Vermont and the country
into three historical periods, the third
period which was reconstruction after
war touched in Depew's strenchant style
on the great political issues of the
campaign of 1896. 1t was this portion
which was warmly approved by the
admiral. The following paragraph
shows the strong Republican tone of it.
"The opportunities for independence
were equally open to all under equal
laws, and with every man equal before
the law. But without our scarcely
knowing, and certainly not recogniz-
ing it's extent, and the possibility of
concentrating it as as political force,
discomfort had seized upon the people
as never before. 1t assumed again the
form of an assault upon the time hon
ored and revolutionary principles Of
American liberty. AS we enter upon
the fourth period, we should remem-
ber that a shifting standard of value
is not American. A paternal govern
ment is not American. Any effort to
array the people into classes, when en-
ployers and employees are constantly
Hanging places, is not American. An
assault upon the independence Of the
judiciary is not American. American
liberty is the liberty of law and order;
American government is government
by the people under universal suffrage.
They make their own laws and the
genius of our institutions is that those
laws thus made by the people them
selves will be obeyed by the power
which makes them"
John R. Mclean claims to have a
practical" plan for doiSg away with