Evening star., 1900-01-09
LOVING CUP PRESENTED
Admiral Dewey This Morning Received &
Massive Silver Tribute.
Interesting Ceremony at AdmiraFs
Home-SenatOr Depew's Remarks
and the HerO's Response.

| The loving cup of silver, made from the
| melted dimes of over 10000 American citi-
zens. the majority of whom were children,
| was presented to Admiral Dewey this
morning. small but notable gathering
| assembled in the parlors of the Dewey resi-
| dence on Rhode Island avenue, and par
| ucipated in the brief but interesting cere-
| mony. The cup. which is massive and
| artistic creation nearly six feet in height,
and appropriately inscribed, occupied the
| bay window, draped about the base with
| the American flag. At one side was large
! silver-bound volume containing all the
names of the contributors of the dimes who
had subscribed to the token.
A Distinguished Party.
The presentation committee consisted of
Senator Depew of New York, Senator Per-
kins of California, General Nelson A Miles,
Secretary Long of the navy, Rear Admiral
Charles O'Neil, Rear Admiral r. B. Brad
ford Rear Admiral N. T. Endicott, Rear
Admiral Geo. w. Melville, Rear Admiral
Philip Hichborn, Rear Admiral A. S.
Crowinshield, Paymaster General A. S.
Kenney ~ ne of the navy and Surgeon General
w. Il Van Reypen of the navy. Others
present were Mrs. Dewey, Captain Lam
perton OF the navy and Mrs. Lamberton;
Captain Clark, who commanded the Ore
Mrs. John r. Mclean, Mrs. Ludlow Miss
Higgins, niece of Senator Depew and Prin-
cess Lwuoff, the Hungarian artist who Is
painting a picture of Admiral Dewey.
Senator Depew as Spokesman.
Senator Depew, as spokesman, referred
to the universal marks of gratitude and es-
TEEN which had been paid to Admiral
Dewey ever since his great achievement at
Manila, and said the honors rendered to
MIN everywhere upon his homeward jour-
ney had been received by the American
people as tributes to them paid to him as
the greatest of American citizens. He
briefly sketched the tremendous ovations
the admiral received reaching this
country, and said all of these bore very
pronounced flavor of official ceremonial.
The present token. however, was devoid of
this. 1t represented the outpouring of the
gratitude of the American people, the men
and the women, and particularly the little
children, and in this regard it occupied a
Unique and notable place in the category of
tributes. Referring to the fact that the
cup was made from metal procured by the
melting of each individual dime, Senator
Depew facetiously remarked that it was
perhaps fortunate that Admiral Dewey is
not in politics. as the possession of the cup
would then be dangerous thing for him,
as it would give a basis for a claim that
the admiral is in favor of a contraction of
the currency
The AdmiraFs Response.
In accepting the tribute Admiral Dewey
thanked Senator Depew for his gracious
words, and said he was overpowered by
this new proof of the gratitude of his
countrymen To him the most pleasant
thing about it. and one that would make
him cherish it all the more, was the fact
that the children of the country were so
largely represented in the giving. The
gratitude of the little ones, he said, pleased
him immensely, and he spoke with evil
dent feeling of how children would sur
round him on the street and lisp out their
pretty compliments, for he realized that
these children We're to be the men and wo-
men upon whom the responsibilities of the
nation are to rest when the men and women
OF today pass away.
At the conclusion of the admirars re-
marks the bowl of the cup was filled with
something such cups are intended to hold,
and glasses We're clinked to the health of
those who gave and him who had received.