Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-08-02


y Continued from last week.l
You probably have read in the pa
pers that the Anti -Expansionists and
Gold Democrats are intending to
place new ticket in the field and
that they are feeling to find out if
Dewey would accept such nomina-
tion. Let the discussion of the pro-
priety OF an expansionist leading anti
expansionists be left to others, but it
perhaps will be Of some interest to
know something Of the woman VITO
now figures as Mrs. Dewey. It is a
we'll known fact that she is member
Of the famous Mclean family. This
family has figured in the politics of
state and nation for the last eighty
years, and one former Mclean was a
member of the jackson Cabinet be-
tween 1929 and 1888, and after this
latter date was prominent member
of Jackson's historic kitchen cabinet.
The present male representative of
that same family is now the rival of
Col. Dick, in the politics Of Ohio.
He is the chairman of the Democratic
state committee of Ohio while Mr..
Dick manages the Republican part of
the game. Now the present Mrs.
Dewey is member of that same fam
lily. Formerly she was Mrs. General
Hagen. She is what one may say
wealthy, her two houses in Washing
ton yields her an annual income of
SIG, 10000. In addition, she has large
country estates. Therefore, in con-
sideration of all this wealth and pres
tige in political circles, excelled by no
other family in the land perhaps, it is
not astonishing to hear a woman of
considerable social standing in local
society say: ''Dewey could fight the
Spaniards most marvelously, but when
it came to fighting the McLean's he
was not in it. He was not brave
enough" Mrs. Admiral Dewey is
Catholic by creed, having formerly
professed the Presbyterian and Uni
tartan beliefs. The feminine portion
of Washington society declare her to
be most eccentric and selfish person.
As proof of their statement they re-
late some incidents in connection with
the gift of the house to our beloved
Admiral. The home cost $40, 900,
thus leaving $4,000. For this the
committee furnished it with Brussel
mating, fine furniture and few
beautiful pictures. As soon as this
was given to the Admiral, they say
she began to entice him to bequeath
it all to her. He did so. But you re-
member what a fuss it brought about
throughout the states, and as result
the home was in turn bequeathed to
the son. At this, the same reporters
state, Mrs. Dewey was SO enraged
that she tore up all this lose furniture,
had it hauled to an auctioneer and
there sold it for trifing sum.
As another evidence Of her i'll taste,
they go on and tell how she by unin-
terrupted entreaties obtained posses
sion cf the $4,000 sword, bestowed
upon the Admiral by Congress, his
personal flag and other highly valu-
able souvenirs from his service to Un-
Gle Sam, and then, after having OBJ
tanned them in good faith, bequeathed
them to the vatican at Rome. Think
of it! Giving the Admiraps sword,
presented to him by U. S. Congress,
to foreign dignitary! These are not
pleasant things for Americans to re-
feet upon. But they nevertheless
seem to be facts.
This is more than I expected to
write at this time. Will have to come
again some time.
Respectfully,
1,rONApn Epruoco~,