Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-12-28
SCHLEY- SAMPSON F|GHT.
President Roosevelt Steps to the
Front and Center Of
the Stage.
WOULD THROTTLE THE WHOLE BUSINESS

rbe AFFAIR Has Taken Dlheren'
Turn From What He Had Hope"-
Tbe Miles Reprimnnd-The Ques-
tion Vow is, What Is Miles ""ih1
10 Do About 1t:
Washington, Dec. 24,-President
Roosevelt has suddenly become the
central figure of the Schley-SampSoh
controversy. The president those
close to him say, had hoped to keep
aloof from this legacy of the NC
Kinley administration, and conhdent'
ly expected that the verdict OIL tne
court of inquiry would satisfy the
public and there would be an eha
of the whole matter.
Just the opposite has occurred
and to make matters worse thah tney
over were the Miles incident comes
unexpectedly President Roosevelt
felt called upon to take decisive ac-
tion. and in his usual direct way OF
doing things he took Gen Mlies III
hand much as tutor might admin
lister rebuke to pupil who had
broken the rules.
The president assumed the entire
responsibility for the censure OF Heh'
Miles, and not only that, but he re-
ceiyed the lieutenant general com
handing the army in one of the win
dow seats Of the presidents once
and personally rebuked him Tor the
interview he gave out in Cincinnati
The president was much in earnest
and he told Gen. Miles, without minc'
ing words, that his printed interview
commencing the course of Admiral
Dewey. and by inference denounclls
the majority Of the court, was gross
breach of military discipline whicn
could not and would not be tolerated
Gen. Miles was humilated by nav
ing the scathing rebuke heard ol
many other people. According U
: common report it was even more sc
we're than the official letter OF ecu
q sure signed by Secretary hoot' ou
r which is understood to nave pee'
7 practically dictated by the preSloeh
t himself -,
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