Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-11-28
CAN HAVE MONEY BACK
Subscribers to Dewey Home Fund
will be REIN bursed on Making
Thair Applications.

New York, Nov. PA special to the
World from Washington says: Any sub
scriber to the Dewey home fund who
wishes to may have his or her money
back.
John r. Mclean, speaking for his sis
ter, Mrs. Dewey, said: Mrs Dewey
and the admiral have been overwhelmed
with not hundreds, but thousands of tele
grams of sympathy for the aff1iction
which has befallen them in this furious
and thOugttleSS attack made upon their
domestic life. Admiral Dewey's state
ment has had great effect to accomplish
this revulslOn Of sentiment. Among the
kilograms received was one from Emer-
son Mcmillan of New York to the effect
| that If any person desired the return of
their subscriptions to the home fund, if
the admiral would forward the list of
contributors to him, together with any
letters or dispatches requesting a refund
ing of the money he, Mr., Mcmillan,
would immediately reimburse all appli-
caQt3 in full
will Receive Prompt Attention.
81 am authorized to say most positively
that all such requests will receive the
promptest attention. All that is neces-
sary for these people to do is to forward
their requests - the admiral himself and
not to rush to the newspaper offices with
them. All that come in proper style will
receive attention.
Il also desire to say that nothing that
has happened to us throughout our lives
has been suck source of grief as this
public fuGor. Mrs. Dewey has always
been the favCrite in our family and has
been almost idni;zed. We feel her grief
very keenly ard propose to defend her.
At present she is in no condition to say
anything for publication.
This trouble has also seriously af
flcted our aged mother, who looked for
ward to the coming of Admiral Dewey
with such pleasure and admiration. and
who was SO happy in her daughters
marriage. We certainly never antici-
pated the outburst and acted in absolute
COCO faith, as we supposed, with every
body"
Coming to Chicago May L.
Washington, d. c., Nov 24.-Unless
unforeseen circumstances arise Admiral
Dewey will be the guest of Chicago on
May /.
Il received a telegram from the mayor
OF Chlcago, he said, 'supplementing a
letter of the Dewey committee of that
city, inviting ME to visit there on the
! first Of May. You may say that, all
things being. equal and barring any I'M
looked-for circumstances, | shall accept
the invitation.
From every section of the country"
he SAID, kilograms and letters have
come to me showing the good will and
kindness Of the American people. I am
constantly receiving tokens of good will
from the people, as you will see by look
Ing around this room and seeing the
beautiful things that have been sent
to me.
NO, L do not care to make any OBJ
Seryatlons on the criticisms which have
| arisen as a result Of the transfer of the
| property other than those which I al
ready have given public expression to.
Enough has already been said, and |
now want to live quietly and peaceably."
Revulsion in Favor of Dewey.
There is decided modification in the
gossip resultant from the transfer by Ad-
mlral Dewey to his wife of the property
IN Rhode Island avenue presented to him
by popular subscription, and the incident,
according to his brother-in-law, John r.
Mclean, is practically closed. Since
the publication of the statement by Adj
miral Dewey in defense of his action. the
tide has turned from criticism to sympa-
thy. People are beginning to realize
that after all the failure on the part of
hero to come up to expectations of the
public on a matter of purely domestic
concern is insignificant compared with a
brilliant achievement of national and
world Importance.
Report of the threatened prostration of
the admiral from the effects of the re-
cent severe criticism, too, has won SYM
pathy, and the people here appear to be
inclined to allow him to manage his own
affairs and disturb him no further