The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-24
scnLEY corIEs OUT VICTOR.
The Bitter Fight Ended and Schley
Outranks Sampson.

New York April 23.-The Sunday |
World says: The long feud between
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson
and Rear Admiral Winfield Scott |
Schley and their friends is officially |
ended. Schley is the victor.
Schley will rank Sampson in the |
list of rear admirals, and in few
months will be second only to George
Dewey in the United States navy.
For eighteen months Schley's ad-
herents kept on the defensive. Find
ing that the attacks from the ad
ministration quarters continued,
they decided to change their tactics
and assume the aggressive.
General Felix Angus, publisher of
the Baltimore American, is the lead
er of the Schley forces. Rear Ad-
miral Crowninshield, chief of the
bureau of navigation of the navy de-
partmeDt, has been credited with
partial leadership of the forces op-
posed to Schley. General Angus had
an eight-page special supplement
prepared for his newspaper, the
leading republican organ of Mary
land and largely read in Washing
ton. The supplement dealt wholly
with the Schley-Sampson feud. In
detail.i exploited the causes of the ad-
ministration's animosity for Schley.
1t contained two striking exposures.
One was a direct charge against
Rear Admiral Sampson of counten-
ancing irregular accounts in 1891
while superintendent of the navy
academy at Annapolis. The other
deals with Rear Admiral Crownin-
shield, showing that in 1896 Rear Ad-
miral Schley had recommended that
he be courtmartialed for incompet-
ency in equipping the ship then un-
der his command.
General Angus gathered official
documents to corroborate his charges
against Admiral Sampson and Crown
inshield, the chief foes of Schley. a
single copy of the eight-page sup
plement was printed; then the plates
were removed from the press and
locked up for future use if needed"
This single copy was taken to
Washington by General Angus and a
| republican senator and-the World
is informed-placed upon the desk
of President Mckinley. General
Angus admits the use made of the
supplement, but denies that Presi-
dent Mckinley personally was
threatened. He says an administra-
ton leader was shown the paper and
told that unless the attacks upon
Schley ceased and the promotion to
which he was entitled under the
naval personnel bill was accorded him
one million copies of the eight-page
'supplement would be printed and
distributed.
The man who spoke to the presi-
dent is a republican. h told the
eight-page SchleySampson supple
ment would surely make Maryland
democratic next fall
The result was change of front
on the part of the administration to-
word Schley. All attacks upon him
ceased by subordinate officials.
Measures introduced in congress
antagonistic to Schley and beneficial
to Sampson were abandoned. Steps
were taken to revive the personnel
bill and pave the way for the promo
ton of Schley.
Since the 'ultimatum" the plates
of the eight-page supplement have
not again been placed on the presses
of the Baltimore American. The
edition that accomplished such
wonderful results is still' limited to
one copy, but the plates are held in
readiness.
The contents of the special supple
ment are zealously safeguarded by
General Angus. The World, how
ever, has learned that, in addition to
the exposures relative to Rear Ad-
mirals Sampson and Crowninshield,
it deals at some length with Captain
Alfred I. Mahan, Captain Robley d.
Evans and others who have been
prominent on the Sampson side of
of the fight.