Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-11
B. F. SCHWElER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
DEWEY IN THE PRESIDEN.
TIAL RACE.

admiral DsWeys bound into the
political arena as a democratic can
diflste for the Presidency has moi
bsen favorably received here at Milf
fintown. He is not considered ir
the light of dangerous political al
tagonist to anyone for the plain rea.
son that he has no popular following
He has never had political views suf-
ficieat to cause him tovose. lie rep
resents only the command of a war
ship. AS the commander of a squad
ron Of the American navy aud the
hero of Manila he is honored. Bat
even in the annihila.ion OF the Span
ish fleet at Msnils more than q dupli
cate is found in the annihilatiou of a
superior Spanish feet at Santiago
At Santiago it was not Dewey but
Schley. So Schley did what Dewey
did. Schley's achievement was more
OF marvel than that of Dewey. The
Spanish feet that Dewey anaihilated
was found in Manila harbor and there
hemmed in like game in a box that
could not run or fly away, and had
to stand and b., shot to pieces. But
it was not 80 with Schley's achieve
ment at Santiago. There the Span.
ish feet came boldly out and began
a running fight, and it took superior
skill to bring it down just as it does
on the part of sportsmen to bring
down the game that is on the wing
or run. But Dswey's achievement
came first and was 30 thorough an
affair that the nation went Wild over
it and at once determined that lie
must be Of the old time heroic mould
man and must be high idealistic
man, a man above common men in
everything. hence the homage that
WIS bestowed up)n him. Friends
bought him a $4,000 house. Con-
gress granted him p-incely pension
and then he took unto himself q
most agreeable and lady like wife
and everyone approved. So far SO
good. and all within the line of the
act of a hero. But then Dewey
decided the $50, 900 house to his new
wife, which he had right to do un-
der the law and ussges of men. But
why did he do that asked the people
under their breath. Wbyl why! and
echo comes back, why! Yes, he has
the right to do that, certainly every
one says 50. Alb! but that act is the
act of common men, who mostly
want to get away from financial re.
sponsibility to their creditors. Dew
ey did not have debts as far as was
known that were endangering his
property, but the transfer of his
property to his wife was the act of
men who cheat their creditors and
that Was enough to knock any hero
off of bis heroic pedestal down to the
level of very common men. Dewey
was after all only a very common
man. The people caught that in
.stinctively aud that's all of the hero
part. Hobson dropped from the he.
roic to the common practice of kiss
ing women and Dewey dropped to
the common practice of transferring
property to his wife, both acts tina.
the public do not expect from heroes.
If Dewey had political convictions
they never impressed him sufficient
ly to indHce him to cast vote. He
is reported as having said, II have
never cast vote" There are people
who do not vote on account of relIg-
lous convictions, but it was not Dew
ey's religious convictions that kept him
from voting. The American people
want a man for the Presidency, who
has political views sufficient to be in &C.
cord with the events of the day, the
events that peculiarize American life.
There is curiosity to know who is
the political main spring for Admir-
al Dewey. Some believe it to be
Mrs. Dewey. They believe che has
for the White House. The
wives OF a number of the Presidents
have not had health to discharge the
function of the executive mansion as
butterfly people or butterfly society
would have the functions discharged.
Mrs. Dewey has the health and the
to make an ideal butterfly
society woman. With her in the
White House and Dewey in the Pres
idential chair Washington woulda be
the gayest and most diplomatic city
in Christiandom. If is however dem
led at Washington that Mrs. Dewey
wants the Admiral to run for the
Presidency. So then it isn't Mrs. |
Dewey that is the Presidential thorn
hat goads on the Admiral to the |
race track. Then it is |
'aid that it is the gold democrats
hat have thrust him with a gold |
;Lorn to counteract and over throw |
he silver thorns and silver crowns
If the Bryan democracy, but in the