Evening journal., 1900-04-25
ADMIRAL DEWEY
AFTER "EASY job
Criticised for Speaking 80
Lightly Of High and Re-
SpOnSible Office.


Few indeed have been the men who
were able to successfully overcome and
live down its bllghting and fatal ef-
fects. And when, for instance. as re-
Gently happened. someone facetiously
and publicly suggested that Admiral
Dewey. In the event of his being elect
ed president of the United States,
should be compelled to sign an AMI
davit TO the effect that he would not
give away the White HOuse-when, we
repeat. a man is thus facetiously and
publicly referred to- then that mans
fate so far as his desire for public
recognition Is concerned, is sealed, and
It is dollars TO cents that the public
viii refuse to take him seriously
Now, 1t is extremely difficult TO
treat Admiral Dewey's presidential as
piratiOns IN anything like a manner
bordering on the serious. The mere
Imagining causes a smile to ripple the
cheek and a further contemplation
would seem to justify even the tradi- |
luonal grimace TO Overspread the eX-
Il lpressionless features Of that most COM |
mon Of all domestic animals-the cat
i We don't know whether the members
lOf the p0rcine species are given tOl
laughter; but if so, then there Is not a
lpiggery in the land but what is att
p this moment I'm a state Of irrepressible
2 lmerfiment. in short, Admiral Dewey's
3 desire TO occupy the presidential chair
is indeed merry jest, a roaring farce.
It were easy TO cite instances innumer-
. liable of ambition oer-leaping itself, and
falling on tOther side; but this pro-
posed presidential candidature OF Ad-
miral Dewey out-Herods Herod, and
d makes all other vaulting and sky
{ scraping ambitions to appear the very
n epitome of mOdesty itself. When the
late Lord Beaconsheld, then Benjamin
n Disraeli. was laughed down by the
s Commons he informed his hearers that
the time would come when they would
a listen to him, even though they refused
p to do so then. But then BeacOnsiield
r. was warranted in making this asser-
e ton, for he had brains somewhere or
other under his hat. And the present
8 Lord ROsebery also had brains when,
y as an obscure member of the peerage,
{, he made the famous and prophetic
a triple declaration-that he would be
q premier of England, marry the richest
b woman IN England, and win the Eng
y lish Derby Admiral De Wey Is not
+ however made Of the same attractive
o metal as We're the men just cited The
S admiral has his limitations; and
e when a man arrives at his age, then
J. the nature of those limitations is, as a
= rule, accurately guaged by the people
In Admiral DeWey's case, II may be
y said that he has reached his limit. and
= that any work he may have accom-
= lplisned in the past has been duly ap
IL preciated both by the public and thl
= lgranting Of an adequate pension, In ad
= ldition to other and naval honOrs beinl
- bestowed upon him. No one grudge.
the admiral all this; but he is presum.
ing upon the good nature of his cOun.
y trymen when he asks for more
- Admiral Dewey tells us that 'tO be
L pr sident of the United States is an
e easy job" Indeed! We should moi
have so imagined had not this over.
rated hero of Manila revealed unto u.
the astounding fact On the contrary
0 We have always entertained the idoi
that to be president of the United
lStates-espocial during the curren
term-was no sinecure. no easy Job.
)fl but rather a head-splitting, heart-ach
" ing sort of an office And we are In
l. clined to believe. Admiral Dewey 10 tht
B lcontary that our estimate of the on
% lerOus and all-imp0rtant duties OF th,
e executive is the correct and generally
3 conceded estimate
al Let us be serious for a moment, ever
.e though, under the circumstances, II b,
l. a difficult feat To accomplish. Wha'
II training, we would ask either polti
N cally or Intellectually. has Admira
n Dewey had, to enable him TO legiti
l. mately aspire TO the Presidential chair.
L Does the Admiral imagine that presi
n dents, like Topsys, grow in the ground
! BY the Admirals own admission, mad,
y some months ago. he Is not In the least
qualified to fill the Oriice he now seeks
n Again, what are the qualification.
Il necessary to be resident in the mar
= who would fill the high office of Presi.
dent of the United States? Statesman.
. ship, diplomacy, tact. not too spirited
, foreign policy. q wise and correct
". knowledge Of foreign relations. an
:. equally wise and correct knowledge OF
, domestic or internal affairs. a gener'
:, ally well-equipped mind, and last but
20 not least, firm and never-failing men.
tai grasp upon the helm OF the ship C
state. Now, these are only few Of the
qualifications so necessary TO be en-
hNNltU III lut Nutu NAiNlhh Nit hiNi
Office OF president. Does Admira
Il Dewey possess each and all of thes'
4 presidential requisites? If So ther
there is no evidence to support an aiiir
NATIVE reply. And if so, then the Adj
miral has been hiding his light undel
n hushel.' Once more, by what meant
does Admiral Dewey, this man viii
AZ neither policy. platform nor party, hops
r, 20 gain nomination? 10 is the unitey
II States Treasury to nothing that thl
sr Admiral would never get the Repuhli
F. can nomination even had he annOunc
u ed himself a gold Democrat Il Is
, equally certain that he will not gaiI
e. the regular Democratic nomination
Sc And We're he to run as an Independent
candidate, then he would not succeed
n polling sufficient votes 10 Keep him
he self warm. Indeed. the Admirals vote
II under such q condition. would not mucl
+ exceed that OF our ollperenuial friend
4. the knCck-me-d me-up-smiling
as again Prohibition candidatel And as al
ID 1ndependent nominee. Admiral DeWe'