The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-06

authority upon The man. tie good, hon
est, plain American who was there be-
fore the hero was thought Of IN the
pages OF the book, therefore. L viii be
easy 70 md what It q that has given
the people OF the United States the one
person, out OF al the many who arose
to distinction during the war with
Spain. who has the respect and admira-
ton OF the entire population.
One thing to be noted 70 the fact that
Dewey the man has no marked pollti-
cal ambitions. 50 George Dewey differs
from them in another reSpect-he has
no desire to make money. he feels. on
one hand, that the rank OF admiral.
which has been awarded him by the
unanimOus choice Of the people, rank
in which he has had but two predeces-
sors,, Farfagut and Porter, Is all that
man can wish for In the matter Of pre-
ferment: and, on the other hand, that
the erioluments OF that rank, secured
TO him for life, are enough 10 satisfy
anyone. This takes him out Of the
hurly.burly OF the commercial world
and sets him In a place apart.
II he is unlike most OF our fellow
citizens In these respects, he Is Ike
them IN most others. BE is fond OF a
Joke, George Dewey ig, and can make
one, IN that quiet, dry way so generally
associated with the real Yankee. When
the sailors who had pungled the sail
waited for the scolding they deserved,
they were worse than punished by h-ar-
ing Dewey ask his executive officer,
What was the matter with the agricul-
tural population on the fore-tops'le-
yard2v His love for innocent fun
characterizes his entire life and has en-
abled him to keep thar boyishness Of
sFr,trTe M VHyhlHh has ham
noted by every one brought in contact
with him. He Is unassumlng. too, and
does not stand ont for the salutes due
his rank. as so many do. He went to
see Aguinaldo without an escort and he
likes to talk with soldiers without
shoulder-straps.
Probably the one thing which stands
foremost In his makeup Is his horse
sense. TO use national expression for
a quality the nation holds in the high
est esteem. He showed II In his with
drawal OF the squadron during the bat
tie with Montejo, he showed It In his
dealings with the German admiral, Won
Diederichs. and with Agulnaldo, and
most Of all in his conduct toward the
army officers stationed with him, who
are always jealous Of the navy and all
that belongs to It Most OF all, per-
haps he showed his sense In his daily
intercourse with the shoal Of newspaper
correspondents which grew up at Ma
Mia. In supreme command for long
time, and therefore in charge of the
military censorship7Of al dispatches sent
home by these gentlemen, he contrived
to keep them all happy on their side.
while the American people were never
deprived OF news. He did II, as many
another man Of emlnence has done II,
President Mckinley noticeably. by
trusting to the common sense OF the
correspondents themselves not to write
messages which should act against the
best interests Of the country they loved
as well as he.
II is not needful to say that the admi-
raj is unpretending. Some bad coffee
made him sick during the fight Of May
/, and his comment that he could not be
much OF a hero II he was sick indicates
his simplicity. So does his reply to the
halter, that his head was the same size
II had always been. Mr.. Barretts pic
ture is that Of a man we can all take
pride in