The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14

New York WorId-The findings Of me
court viii commend themselves t. the
common sense Of the great mass Of the
people. They will be particularly pieassI
that Admiral Dewey so earnestly ahe %
generously mitigated those atversS nv
fngs in which he felt coTnTtlLe95 70 Solt-
cur by laying stress upon tdD'4- d oCLlley
splendid conduct on tbl u7J u 'N0 I'd ''4'
Bal+ir,ora c,,D-yFidentIy a finding SO
-,,,,+' 80 l-s,,,f,,,- eth the judgment of the
,,,,~ra,,l5iea5 ,IabIie cannot stand, but viii
-..a...;+o. d Congressional investigation
- id enquiry. thus creating an IN
ant parallel TO the Dreyfus scandal.
1t is to be noted that Admiral Dewey.
minority Of the court, indeed, but its pre-
siding officer and in a position which en-
sables him 10 judge the facts far Litter
than the other members of the court. suS-
tains Admiral Schley in all important
points, finding that he did his full duty
throughout the Santiago campaign and Is
entitled TO the credit of the superb naval
victory there This is the verdict OF COM
mon sense and viii command general sup
port The victor of Manila. being in
position TO judge impartially, hcaors the
victor OF Santiago, while the other MEM
hers Of the court with no such qualifica-
ton undertake to reverse the facts Of
history
Chicago Tribune-So far as the pub
lie is concerned, this long controversy
remains undecided. When Rear Admiral
SchIey shall appear before the tribunal
OF history to have final judgment passed
on him. the voice OF Dewey viii speak
far more loudly for him than the voices
of the estimabIe rear admirals against
him The recommendation TO drop fuTth-
er proceedings viii not end the Schley
case
Philadelphia Record-AdmiFaI Dewey
declares fatty that schIey was senior oil
Ger OF Santiago during the fight. IN alb
solute command and entitled to whatever
credit IS due for the victory then and
there achieved This, after all, IS the
main point to be considered and deter
mined, and the applicant, who found no
favor a the hands Of Rear Admjrals Ben
ham and Ramsay may think himself for
tunate, indeed, when the victor at Manila
Bay halls him as victor At Santiago This
powerful endorsement should be in itself
sufficient to upset and minimize adverse
opinion IN any other official quarter, and
so far forth Admiral Schley may fairly
claim congratulation at the hands OF his
friends
that the report Of the SchIey Court Of
Enquiry would settle for all time the So
called Sampson-Schley controversy. But
it has done nothing of the sort. This is
apparently one Of those controversies
that never end With a divided court
there will naturally continue to be q
divided public, although there is 10 doubt
that the popular enthusiasm is with
SchIey.
Denver News-Dewey and Schley are the
two commanders who won the greatest
American naval victories since the war Of
1912. The two men who did the work are
on one side of the controversy. Other
men, who were from so to 5000 miles
away think it should have been done
some other way. The country viii side
with Dewey and SchIey. What Schley did
and what Dewey approves is good enough
for the people.
Baltimore Herald-AdrniraI Dewey adds
TO his dissenting opinion the significant
fact that he holds Admiral SetIey the
senior officer in absolute command on the
Sd OF July The latter question was stu
diously kept from the Court Of Enquiry,