The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-09

tsfn OF Admiral Dewey in connection
with the transfer of his home, decided,
day % urge ar early accep anc Oi
Chic3goss invitation TO rae admiral &c
visit this city. The date for the visit
nan'sd as Nay i, the anniversary oil
the ba-ele Of Manila, and in the com
miotee's communication o he admIra
- : : ure3 b1a Chicago citizens do
not approve Of the storm OF criticism
re en-. ralsea.
Mayor Harrison supplemented the
committees communication by a per
.Gcnal telegram in which ne urged the
admiral 20 accept the invitation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ga delega-
ton from Wheeling. w. Va, aoday
called on Admiral Dewey and extended
an ipvt+esion to him to visit that city
on February % next. The admiral
acceD Gu ale invita- ion. He was pres
fnted bv the committee with a superb
Savres jardinier.
Lieutenant Crawford today gave out
rhe following statement on behalf OF
the admiral:
Admiral Dewey has received many
hundreds Of letters and kilograms from
persons in all walks of life, and in
every section Of the country, from
~ iIAa5. 1-SNiiAS niIA that IL
is not without defenders. and express
ing sincere sympathy with him in con-
nedion win the recent attack upon
him. These letters and kilograms are
far too to receive personal
Acknowledgements, but the admiral is
deeply grateful o their senders, and
desires to assure them of his hearty
onnron'a+'on of their kind considera-
ton for hi l."
wAonINGTON, Nov. 2 3.-"Yes."
sa-u Admiral Dewey, with an appear
ance Of intense satisfaction in his
manner today, Il received today a tele-
gram from the mayor of Chicago sup
p.ementing the letter OF the Dewey
committee of that city inviting me to
visf~ there on the 1st Of Nav. Yon
may say In your dispatches that, all
things being equal, and barring any
unlocked for circumstances, l shall &C
cept the invitation to visit the city on
the LIST of May. | have been thinnlng
OF some place in which to spend that
day, the anniversary of the memorable
day Of two years before, and don't
know Of any o agreeable .ity in
which TO spend it than Chicago. The
peOp4e there have been very kind and
pleasant to me, and ever since the bat
tie of Manila I have been receiving evil
dences of their good will and affection.
My hope, therefore, is to be able Ito ac-
cept the invitation which has been ex-
tended to me-
The evidence of good will and kind
ass indicated by the letter from the
committee and the mayor is a source
of extreme qualification to the admiral
ait this time, and he embraced the OPP
p%ortuni-y offered by their invitation to
reiterate his thanks to the people who
have stood by him in the face of criti-
cism which a appeared as a result
Of a change in the title to the property
given by the American people.
From every section of the country"
&c says, have kilograms and letters
come to me showing the good will and
kindness of tie American people. It
is impossible for me to acknowledge
each one of these communications in
dividually, but I assure you that | ann
deeply grateful to their senders and ap-
precfate their consideration. [ am
constantly receiving tokens OF good
will from the people, as you will see
by looking around this room and see
ing the beautiful things that have been
sent to ne. I have been in my office
all day long looking over the kilograms
and letters which have come. No. I
not care to make any observations
tho criticisms which have arisen as
a result of the transfer of the property,
than those which I a'readv have
given public expression to. Enough
has already been said. and | want
to live quietly and ~peaceably.'