The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-13
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
cAPTAIN cHARLEs Z. CLARI

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
More than the Commercial Appeal mas caleu s's
ton the of Captain Charles Clark OF inc oeso'
When the war broke with Spain Captain Clark was on
the Pacific coast He sail all around South America
the risk of being intercepted by the Spanish meets No
only did he accomplish this but he got right INTO the hoes
OF the fight Santiago and his ship together win tn
BROOKLYN put the Spanish fleet hors du combat AT the
breaking out of the war Captain Cak services to his cou
try had been much noteworthy than those OF Capain
Sampson but the latter advanced over commodore ana
admras the command of the greatest OF American
fleets Captain managed get out OF the Santiago
fight entirely while Captain Clark managed to get into it up
to the hlt What has been the resuf Captain clark mas
received official recognition at all He has been reesaea
the rear while snowy frauds like Chadwick and Hggnson
have been made admiras The following protest from
the Washington Post will therefore be, under the creum
stances appreciated by the country at large
And all this time, while the men who were not IN the
man who was in the hickest of it, here Captain Clark
who in command of the Oregon performed the most bril-
,sosI Ike Cnts Coax of the Bropkyn and Commando
f ~ b oncte i CLARK has been content with
the consciousness of duty done He has taken part IN no
did erycethe Brooklyn the Oregon and the Gloucester
the conspicuous factors in the Santiago equatonhe
heard of him squabbng prize beitiling
fellow officer schemng for notice or promotion lie was
potent and commanding figure in the tragedy He left the
tawdry afterpiece to such cared for little things.
appearance Of Captain CLARK before the court Of inquiry
soon assemble He is of the few who have thus
I
that immortal sd of July who made his reckoning with the
enemy and has been willing leave his reputation and his
recompense history. To him be traced neither self
Qualification dpaagenent Of others indecent eager
spols warrior always, but mountebank
a ackal-never slanderer, mschiefmaker, con
Clark despite the obscury TO which he
has been consigned by the department occupies one OF the
highest places in the and admiration OF the country
He has been given luxurious billet he has received no
special Sampson and his strik
have been aectonatey cared for They have had the
mods becks and smiles of the gaudy
Luculan hanquet bouquets and acclamaton
Today Sampson is at the Boston yard Chadwick Is
president of the Newport college giving lawn parties
and entertaining foreign noabe and in all other respects
swimming right along the apples. But Cark-well
what has been done for him. anyhow? We confess do
not know Schey promptly relegated to yellow fever
in South American Wainwright had thrust
upon him assignment he did want, and by the
token refused he did and for which he
exceptionally qualified Cook-well Cook has not been
toned in the society journals for many He may be
still alive but certainly he has not got And so 1t
goes
But the great mass of the American people, who care
nothing about the Newport and Bar Harhor moh and do
estimate their warriors by the standard OF department ia
vorism the ecstaes Of the society reporershese
waiting hear what modest gentlemen like Clark and Cook
and Wainwright have say Clark the model of the fight
captain who speaks through the medium Of his deeds and
upon whose testimony the country will base its verdict
Isn't this outrage? What encouragement is there
young the navy when the takers and
combatants honored while the fighters prosecuted
the department? Captain Clark has had any part
the Santiago controversy Neither has Admiral Schey
that Yet the latter has had call for OF
inquiry establish his honor, while Captain Clark has been
driven into obscury. If there any of justice in
the navy department Sohey and Clark today would be
admiras and Captain Sampson would have kicked out
of the service,