The evening times., 1900-04-05

Admiral and Mrs Dewey. accompauIsd
only by Mrs Dewey's maid. left Washing
ton for Philadelphia this morning in a
speeiA car attached to the regular II
| O'Clock Pennsylvania train. At l0-so rbe
| party vas driven from the Dewey home.
at l747 Rhode Island Avenue. to the sta
/ tion. There was no sort OF demonstra-
ton al any point along tEa line. and in
deed, few people seemed 20 recognize
them. The Admiral and Mrs Dewey were
escorted to their car by the station mas
ter. The departure was uneventfuI.
They occupied private car, No. $50. which
was placed at their disposal by the Penn
sylvania officials II has ample observa-
zion facilities and being placed at the enI
Of the train it afforded every facility for
pleasant journey. The Admiral and Ms.
Dewey viii arrive In Philadeiphia at 2.20
O. o'clock this afternoon. The programme
there includes attendance At a concert uu-
der the auspices Of Mrs Cassatt. wife Of
the President o. the Pennsylvania Railway.
Tor tho beneit OF the widows and orphans
Of the men who lost their lives IN the
Spanish war
pected back iu Washington tomorrow
evening Monday they viii move TO tler
summer home, Beauvolr. in Wo1dlcv Park.
/ 30 iar as is at present Known. they wiz
( remain there for about three weeks. VIXEN
| 'he ADMIRAL and his wife viii start trr
their Western trip In accordance with ar
IdLsntniS made last October. il includes
q stop az Chicago. on May j. ST. L-us.
Aiempnls. and perhaps Knoxville viii also
! oe visited The tTip should last tsa
weeks
This morning the Dewey residence VAS
I otslegei by newspaper represeutarfres. To
Z ail the Admiral sent out word thar he had
nothing 10 say. The butler informed the
callers that the Admiral was 100 busy
preparing for his Philadelphia trip 10 re-
t-iNe callers Lieutenant Crawford AG-
MlTdi Dewey secretary. told The Times
representative that II the Admiral made
any further statement regarding his can
oioaey Tor the Presidency iI would not be
Lulli after his return from Philadelphia.
Lieutenant Crawford. when asked If Ad-
ull-a- Dewey would give out for puuIica-
ton the letters and teIeeraus OF con-
graduation received since the announce
ment Of his candidacy. replied.
l1ese messages are from people Of TOO
utJle Importance 20 De u public Interest.
tae refusal or the Admiral 90 ma e
pubic any announcement regarding bis
90 Z
the Wre-e country il mystery on t..t
point Nothing -Ll- be- has said Eiyee
any ete" as 20 whether DE WiI De c4a-
ois[a before inc Republican o. the Demo
cratic Convention or whether be wlU bead
an independent pa--y with George Dew
sF- 3i Manila Bay. as l,- battle cry. I'D
ihls ccnectl0n I- is significant that ole
ct r1e Alm.ral.s glCses- arquaLrtaueeE in
c-CstCl This morning that the naval lead
ar may not De actually be- the campaign
after all
"Miu Admiral Dewey run independents
u neither Of the big parties se.act him 20
head ITS ticket was asked
Il can't say as 10 that came the ans
ver- -As understand g.. The Admiral can
not be properly c-ass-L as q candidate for
the Presidency. He has merely announced
that De VIII run II the people want him.
Further than that be has NOT gone. I1
other words Ee IS merely o candidate %
be- candidate"
Yesterday. the Dewey house On Rhode
Island Avenue was besiesed with newspa-
per fasa- Correspondents Of every biz pa
per iu the country seat up cards with Va
f}-ls success This morning. however
the stream or newspaper men was not 50
heavy Three o. them had called before
his departure for The train for PhiIadeI-
nhia. but none Cf them was received
Except for the reporters. there have
been few callers az the Dewey home since
the announcement yesterday morning that
The Admired meant 10 let his name be used
iU connection with the Presideucy At the
Capitol this morning interest in the mat
ter was scMtHla less pronounced. The
Senators and Representatives approached
generally declared that they had said all
they haL 40 say on The subject