The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-09
DEWEY PIQUED.
, Moment Of Anger Announced
his Candidacy.
BUT He SPOKE TOO SOON.
- NAV row POrtsntOuS on Ac-
% sonnt Of RevulsiOn of Public Sem
..,ment-elared at an 1rreverent
reporter

WASHINGTON. D. c., April S'-Tnis
NO, ope Of Admiral Dewey's I'M
nas ,,,n,ca,sve days. He has talked
eon'''' hnt has not said anything new.
s"a,, the reporters descended upon
""'% ,,r want of anything better to ask
n,','' they quizzed him as to whether
aOV Wv really Democrat, and he reas-
ne = ,bpm on that point. One repor-
81, e. lrrsyerent and experienced. asked
'el :, be would accept the vice presl-
h n,,n, nomination. The admiral glared
o =, him and said; II won't talk about
tat" .,.s ,ro,,o,o,.
-, into cheap junk said that he would
. as,' bIs statement ready in a few days.
T ENGINEERING how he offended some
N.'r when he announced his candi-
I ,,. no made particular inquiries as
=. aa, Sow he might place his Views in all
", newspapers without undergoing the
wy IS,,, Of seeing n representative OF
.ar poper. He had discovered that
, .,,% weekly papers have no telegraphic
y" .,,Ica and he was anxious to reach
..,m Int he did not feel able to see the
washington correspondent of each.
Dewey May Grow Portentous'
feeling has spread among the poll
u.I,rs that the ridicule many public
u and newspapers are heapIng on
,So head of the politically innocent adj
,.,,,l NAV cause revuisIon Of public
",.,,mont TO such an extent that his
.ordIdecy may, after all, become some
,SIrp for them to worry about. They
,oc,l the fact that, after the first
,,orm on account OF the house incident,
,hora was a reaction which was setting
nnblIc opinion in the admiral's direction
nm to the time he broke out his prest-
dsrtal penuant. A reaction of that
lind Mt its height during the delegate
eIec,InC, they fear might make trouble
for the managers of either or both par
ties.
~ am not worrying" said Senator
Hanna this afternoon. II have not ex-
messed any opinion on the admiral's
candidacy and don't intend to. said
he Is not my candidate, and that's the
end of 1t, so far as am concerned.H
Naval officers on duty here do not be-
lleye the admiral is backed by the Gold
Democratic leaders. They think he was
piqued into the position he has taken by
an editorial written by st. Clair Nc
Kelway editor of the Brooklyn Eagle,
and published on Monday, in which
McKelway argued that Dewey is not
ct to be President.
Could Not Contain Himself.
1t was brought to the attention of the
admiral on Tuesday. He stormea up
and down in true! sailor fashion. That
night he sent his announcement to the
New York paper that he believes first
mentioned him for the presidency when
his communication was altogether I'M
looked for.
Monday afternoon the admiral and
several other naval officers met at the
Riggs Bank, where sailors get their pay
checks cashed. Among those in the
party were Admiral Higginson, Captain
Robley Evans and Commanders Jewell
and Peck The junior officers rallied
their superior in nice, genteel manner
about the presidential nomination. He
was as pleasant as boy with a dollar
bill in his pocket.
oh, you fellows get out" he ex-
claimed, making grlmace as II the
idea were repugnant to him. That was
twenty-eight hours before he launched
his boom. The naval officers. putting
all these things together, are OF the
opinion that, in fit of pIque, he de-
cided to show McKelway that he is
not only At, but that he can get the
nomination.