Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
WHAT TO DO
FOR Dewey
New York Times has a Novel
Suggestion.
A POPULAR SUBSCR1P TON
Should be Taken up by the News
papers and a Residence Erected
For the ADMIRAL
A POPULAR SUBSCRlPT TON

New York, May 13.-The New York
Times in an editorial entitled What
Shall We Do For Dewey?" this morning
says:
What shall we do for the man who has
done so much for us? That is the ques-
ton which has for a long time been agi-
tatlnS. the American people. 1t is quite
true that according to u presidents we
have not been niggardly in recognition
OF the great service of Commodore"
Dewey, as he was a year ago. But there
is a persistent and prevailing feeling that
We ought to do more, that the American
nation in some unofficial and spontane-
Gus way should recognize the services of
Dewey as the British nation officially
recognized the services of Wellington,
when it presented him with the estate of
strathfieldsay Evidently it will not do
TO make n "eNclusive" acknowledge
ment OF the services of an American hero
to whom all Americans feel equally
grateful. Evidently it will not do to
leave him at the mercy of a group of mill
llonalres. Evidently it will not do to
exclude from the national testimonial to
the admiral any American citizen who
desires to bear his part in it.
Why not appeal directly to the public
through its immediate organs and agents.
the newspapers which get their living by
representing it's sentiments? There are
some 10000 periodicals in the United
states which are entitled to transmission
as such through the mails. Among them
are 2,ll3 daily papers, which represent
most immediately and most accurately
the sentiment of the United States. Let
US assume that only a fourth part of
these are in a position to act as collect
ing and distributing agents for a national
Dewey testimonial, and that each of these
500 is willing to pledge itself to the col
IecI1On from itS paodpro oo1 %lc ..,...
mission to the appointed trustees of the
sum of $500 for that fund. Surely this
estlmate is moderate enough and surely
the amount of each individual subscrip-
ton which must be strictly fixed and
limited, is moderate enough to prevent
any newspaper from exploiting the adj
mlral for the urpose of advertising
itself. And yet the aggregate of the sub
scrlptlons would be $3.50. coo. Half of this
should go to the erection of a residence
Tor the admiral in whatever place in the
united states he might prefer to put it
and the other half for his personal use.
AS a matter Of fact, we believe that
more than the number of periodicals we
have named would be willing and eager
to be included in the project. There is
no reason why the aggregate should not
be cor~respondingly increased, with the
rigorous limitation. of each Individual
subscription to $500, so that there should
oe y td!lll VI sen seeking or Oh auNertlS-
inc in the affair. This would be truly
a national and popular subscription. The
admiral would not be at liberty to refuse
it. since it would not be the creation Of
any obligation on his part, but only the
recognition of an obligation on the part
OF the nation. He would not be able to
refuse it if the whole amount were de-
posted, as it could and should be de-
posted. subject to his order. before his
arrival upon his native shores. The
president of the United States, the sacre-
tary of state and the secretary of the
treasury would be appropriate custodians
of the tod and their willingness to as
sumo it's custody may be aiken for
granted.