The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
DEWEY GIVEN THE LAUGH.
HIS ANNOI NCEMENT NOT SERIOUS
LY CONSIDERED IN SAVANNAH.

Everybody Read Ii With Great
Deal of Interest-Nrs. Dewey Is Re-
garded as the Prime Factor-It Is
Relieved She Wants TO he the First
Lady in the Land and AsDires to
Land Dewey as Prcsidcnt-The Adj
miral Seems 10 Have But Very
Slight Chances-EIn Must Think
the Admiral Rather ChnnEenbIe.
1t was with np little interest that sa-
vannahians read Admiral Dewey's an
ncunceme nt Of his cand dacy for Preslden
as it appeared i'm the Morning News yes
tarday. Coming so soon after the Admi-
rails visit to Savannah the announcement
had especial interest, and, If the splen-
did fighter ard p ide of the navy gets into
the competition for TIE great honor in
sober earnestness his race viii be atten
lively followed.
The Universal agreement was that the
Admirars announcement was, to say the
least, very unique. There was naivete
about 1t that certainly showed that he
who made it was not bred in the school
political His admission months ago that
he was no politician. and was unfamiliar
with political methods, was amply ver-
fed
Many thought the production, which
had the ealmarks of a carefully conned
interview or communication for publica-
ton.
Nobody seemed to view the AdmiraPs
little spiel" seriously. Many laugh was
II \ 10 MT fem
il commiseraungly That paragraph thar
showed the estimation in which he holds
the position of President as mot such
very difficult one to fill" created probably
the greatest comment, and ii was asked
if the Admiral believed himself on thai
account particularly qualified to perform
its duties.
When Dewey returned to his triumph
in New York, one the like of which was
never had by Roman conqueror, any
thing he desired from the American peo-
pie might have been his. He then said
he did not want the presidency. But
he did not then have Mrs. Hazen. Many
say the milestone has a hole punched in
1t. and the lady whose second mate the
Admiral became is credited with an over
whelming desire to be the first in the
land.
In fact, nearly everybody seems to give
Mrs. Dewey the credit for the flight OF
ambition the Admiral has just taken, 1t
is the general belief that he would have
been content with the great honor he
won in the greatest naval battle that had
ever been fought, fearing to lay himself
open to the bitter and pungent criticism
that was sure TO come should he display
any political aspirations.
why" said a gentleman famed for
his originality, when discussing the sub
ject, "do you know what they would be
1air would actually
a little that Dewey didn't win the battle
of Manila bay at all; that he wasn't even
there; that his Chinese cook did the whole
thing. Mrs. Hazen is doing it all. She
wants to be President herself, and thinks
Dewey is the way she can get there"
Senator Mark Hanna may think 1t a bit
strange that the Admiral veered around
A story was told a Savannah gentleman
by the Admiral that showed Senator Mark
did OF particularly fancy the report that
Dewey was to take a try for the presi-
dency 1t was at a banquet given the
Admiral IN Washington directly after he
was turned loose by New York. Hanna
tone. said: 81 see. Admiral that those
did newspapers are mentioning you for
President. What's in it?''
Hanna repeated the question. Then
the Admiral turned upon him
and with h. steely CLINT in his
want to be President"
Senator Hanna is hardly alarmed,
though, 1t is thought. The Admirars
ignoring the parties leaves him high and
dry without any organized supporters
With the Democrats backing Bry-
an and the Republicans lined up
behind Mckinley, it looks very much as
though the Admiral will have little show
The chances now seem that Savannah
did not entertain the coming President
unawares when Dewey was partaking of
the city's hospitality and artillery punch