The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-27
SCHLEY RANKS
SAMPSON.
BRAVE ADMIRAL WILL
STAND NEXT TO DEWEY.
His Friends Have Secured the
Cooperation Of the Govern
ment, After Hard Work.
General Felix Agnus Led
the Fight for Schley.

The Philadelphia Record pub
lished special from New York,
on Sunday last, and we repro
duce it, however without being
able to exactly verify the facts
given in relation to the method
employed in changing the policy
of the administration toward
Schley. General Agnus has all
along been one of the most ardent
defenders and advocates of the
Admiral and delivered through
his newspaper, some hot shot at
Mckinley and his friends in the
Navy Department.. 1t can be
taken as certain, that if Schley
gets his merited rank of honor
above Sampson, that some extra
ordinary influence was exerted in
his behalf, and it seems reasonable
to suppose the following to be
correct:
New York, April 21.-The long
feud, between Rear Admiral Viii
liam L Sampson and Rear.Ad :
miral Winfield Scott Schley and
their friends, is officially ended.
Schley is the victor.
On one side, SIMPSONS, was
activel! ranged the whole force
of the Administration, from Presi-
dent Mckinley and Secretary
of the Navy Long down through
the whole personnel of the navy.
Against these were ranged men
of political and personal promin-
ence, skillful as diplomatists, and,
above all else, fighters.
IMPERILLED M'KINLEY's RE.
ELECTION.
These men finally, by one mas
terful stroke, convinced the AID
ministratiOn that Rear Admiral
Schley could not be further OPP
posed without imperilling Nc
Kinley's election. The Admin
istratiOn yielded.
Schley will rank Sampson in
the list of Rear Admirals, and in
a few months will be second only
to Dewey in the United States
navy.
Finding that the attacks from
Administration quarters cOntin-
ued, they decided to change their
tactics and assume the aggressive.
GENERAL AGNUS' VIGOROUS AT
TACK.
General Felix Agnus, publisher
of the Baltimore American, led
the Schley forces. General Ag.
nus had an eight page special
supplement prepared for his .news.
paper that dealt wholly with the
Schley Sampson feud.
In detail it exploited the causes
Of the Administrations animOsity
against Schley. 1t contained two
exciting exposures. One was
direct charge against Rear-Ad.
miral Sampson of cOuntenancing
irregular accounts in 1891 while
superintendent of the Naval .Ac-
ademy at Annapolis. The other
dealt with Rear.Admiral CROWN
shield, showing that in 1896 Rear
Admi al Schley had recommended
that he be court martialed for
incompetency in equipping the
ships then under his command.
READY TO PRINT 100000 COP.
General Agnus gathered official
documents to cOrrobOrate his
charges. A single copy of the
supplement was printed; then the
plates were removed from the
press and locked up for culture
use if needed"
This single copy was taken to
Washington by General Agnus
and a Republican Senator. and
"The Record" is informed, placed
upon the desk of President Nc
Kinley.
General Agnus admits the use
made of the supplement-, but de
MES that President Mckinley per.
sonally was threatened. He says
all Administration leader was
shown the paper and told that I'M
less the attacks upon Schley
ceased and the promotion to which
he was entitled under the Naval
Personnel bill was accorded him,
1000, 900 copies of the eight page
supplement would be printed and
distributed.
MARYLAND MIGHT BE LOST.
This leader told the President
that the circulation of the Schley.
Sampson supplement would surely
make Maryland Democratic next
fall.
The result was a change of
front on the part of the Admins
tration toward Schley. All
attacks upon him ceased. Meas
ures introduced in Congress antag-
Onistic to Schley and beneficial
to Sampson were abandoned, and
steps were taken to pave the way
for the promotion of Schley.
The Senate Committee on Priv.
lleges and Elections sent in it's
report on the case of Senator