The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-14
CHADwICK's ATTACK ON sCHLEY.

Captain Chadwick has received his rep
rimand, but there Is no reason 10 believe
that it has changed his opinions as to the
original question. His convictions are
clearly not of the reversible style.--New
York Mail and Express.
We are in the habit of thinking of the
officers of our army and navy chiefly
with reference to the power they repre-
sent. the command they exercise. the
obedience they can exact. We do not
realize, until some such incident as that
of Captain Chadwick presents itself, that
It Is obedience and not command that
really is the controlling element In their
lives And this Is true throughout all
ranks.-New York Times.
Schley. who has been persistontly and
Indignantly accused has maintained a
dignihed silence. He has never uttered n
disrespectful word about any of his fell
low-offcers. and while schley has thus
maintained the highest measure of dig
nifty for the navy, the pretenders who
were not In the fight, and who have pub
licly posed as common blackguards to
deprive those who have fought and won
the battle of their just honors, should be
branded with infamy In the navy of the
United States Philadelphia sTincs.
There Ia no justice 20 be had for Rear
Admiral Schley under the present navy
marked. Long is, beyond dispute. the
weakest secretary of the navy that has
occupied that office since Uncle Sam
started TO build up n new navy. Chandler.
whitney, Tracy and Herbert were oil men
of ability. and what was much more 60
their credit and to the benefit of the naval
service. there was not one of the quartette
but was possessed OF a sense of Justice
strongly deyeloped.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Schiey himself is brass to any Insult or
accusation that would drive a man pos
Fessing the customary sense of personal
honor himself TO demand "a court of In
quiry that should clear his name OF dis
grace. so II happens that the service
which should be the proudeat on the seas,
and, IN spotlessncss, second TO none. IL
shamed. The authorities principally re-
sponsIble for the honor Of the navy IN
leaving Sehley undisturbed and in com
mand have failed Of their duty. Unless
the smart felt by his brother officers pro-
duces a champion who. bg preferring
charges against Schley. will force him
before a court Of inquiry. the navy must
continue 10 bear its lOad.-New York sun.
Since. however. this abominable and
nauseaiing scandal has been again thrust
into prominence and actually forced upon
the country. We take occasion TO say that
q would serve a very useful purpose 10
have the whole thing ripped up. ventiiat-
ed and dragged into the very aercest
light Of pubtCity-not by a tribunal care
fully composed of schleys enemies. but
by an impartial court made up OF gentle
men far removed from the atmosphere OF
pickering and rivalry and toadyIsm IN
which the service IS now IMMERSED. The
country would like TO hear more about
the sinking of the Msrrimac. the samp-
son dispatch asserting that, with ten
thousand troops operating on land, he
could reduce Santiago at once: the Samp-
son dispatch sending the Fourth Of July
present 20 the American people. and the
nasty squabble over prize money which
completed the work 81 disgust and popu-
lar reprohati0n But. suppose II had been
Schley Washington Post