The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-27
CALLS SAMPSON
CONCEITED SNOB
Admiral Vigorously Scored
by Senator Morgan.
EFFORT TO MAKE IT
A KID-GL0VED NAVY
Wants Sailors Only Who Can
Appear in Fine Society.


Washington, Feb. 26.-In the senate
today, when consideration of the army
appropriation bin was resumed, Mr..
Morgan yielded the floor temporarily
to Mr.. Allen of Nebraska. After saying
he was satisfied the Philippine amend
ment and the Cuban amendment to
the pending bill were unconstitutional
and Directing to the comforting of such
extraordinary power upon the preSi-
dent, Mr.. Allen read a letter Durport-
ing to have been sent by Chief Gunner
Charles Morgan of the navy to Rear
Admiral William T. Sampson, request
ing him to forward to the navy depart
ment his application for promotion to
the rank of ensign, under a provision
OF the pending naval appropriation
bill.
He also read the endorsement Of Ad-
miral Sampson upon the application of
Gunner Morgan, in the course of which
the admiral is represented as saying,
in brief, that while he recognized
Gunner MOTgan's technical and profess
siOnal ability, he was opposed to ap-
Of ensign, because they had not enjoyed
the social advantage which Admiral
Sampson held a commissioned officer of
the navy should have enjoyed, so that
he might represent properly his coun-
try in foreign countries particularly.
son expressed the admiral'S hope that
the secretary of the navy would not
find it necessary to recommend the
promotion of warrant officers of the
navy to the rank of commissioned Of
hcers. He said the endorsements proved
beyond a shadow of doubt that there
was a .snObbish aristocTacy in the navy
that is detrimental to the country and
disgrace to the country, represented
by this officer ard other like officers.
A Conceited Ass.
IF Admiral Sampson is the author of
those endorsements" declared Mr.
Allen. with Vehemence, he is a con-
ceited ass, and he ought to be marked
down as such. We are not bringing up
in this country a race Of SnobS. If I
am correctly informed, there was a
time when Sampson was no better than
Charles Morgan, the gunner.
He came from no better stock. am
glad to repeat that we are not raising
in the United States a class of bejew
lied aristOcrats. If this rank and ar
rant coward is to be believed, the time
may never come in this country when a
poor boy may attain to such a position
as his abilities warrant him holding"
AS Mr.. Morgan rose to resume his
speech, Mr.. Allen remarked: Il want
to say to Sampson and TO his friends
that 1 am responsible for what I say"
Mr.. Chandler appealed to Mr.. Morgan
to yield briefly to him that he might
reply to Mr.. Allen, but as several SEN
ators, among them Mr.. Teller, Mr.. Pet
tigrew and Mr.. Stewart, announced
their desire to reply to Mr.. Chandler,
Mr.. Morgan declined to accede to Mr..
Chambers appeal.
The old controversy between Admir-
ais Sampson and Schley was made the
subject of comment by Mr. Berry of
Kentucky in the house, who said il
still was the evident purpose of the
navy department to confer the highest
honor upon the man who was 'farthest
away al the battle of Santiago He
had read Admiral SIMPSONS alleged
recent letter to Secretary Long as to
the inadvisability of giving warrant Of
ficers in the navy commissions, on &C
count of their lack Of social refinement.
Mr. Berry said that Admiral SamD-
son, who had written the letter, was
of extremely humble origin himself
and whatever refinement he had was
due to his service in the American
navy. He contrasted Admiral SamD-
sons attitude toward the men of the
navy with Admiral Schley's action dur
ing the stress of battle in sending word
to those below that AL went well,
and when the battle was over in saying
that the victory belonged to the men
behind the guns
Mr.. Sulzer of New York endorsed
everything Mr.. Berry had said. The
incident ended there.