The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-08-06
That May Be Endorsed
by Millions of People.
THE MAIL CARRIER
Will Have Lots Of Business in
Canton, II the Plan to Write
to Mckinley About Ad-
mirai Sehiey Works.

President Mckinley receives a great
deal Of mail as the special carrier who
handles 1t can attest. but 1t has been
added to somewhat within the past
week and will be further enlarged dur
ing the present month, when a move
ment now on foot gets well under way.
simultaneously a large number Of the
newspapers Of the United States have
taken up the matter Of appealing direct
to the president to see that justice is
done to Admiral Schley, to the end that
this great naval hero be afforded, by the
navy department, such treatment as
will make possible complete defense
Of his actions in front Of Santiago, the
day he and the squadron under him
smashed the Spanish fleet. Letters are
to be written to the president, calling
upon him to see that fairness Is ac-
corded Admiral Schley. Here is a copy
of one of the letters, that may come
into Canton by the million, when the
plan gets well under way, and necessi-
tate an addition to the postoffice force:
To President Mckinley:
Sir-Must the brave American admir-
al who destroyed the Spanish fleet at
Santiago, helping to make your re-
election certain, and finishing the war,
rely for praise upon the Spaniards
whom he defeated?
Cervera, the Spanish Admiral, lost
every ship. Yet his country rewards
him, simply because he did his best.
Cervera testifies to the courage OF
Schley during battle, to his courtesy
and humanity when the battle was over.
Every Spanish officer whose ship
went down that day has testified 10
Schley's courage. Every one has told
what everybody knows-that Schley' S
ship was hit oftenest. that on Schley's
| boat only there was loss Of life, that
| Schley fought his own battle ship
standing exposed on the bridge through
out the fight, while other officers were
| in steel-protected coming towers, and
while Sampson, who accuses his brother
officer, was miles away.
The American people, Mr.. Mckinley
| feel that for the man who sunk the en-.
|
support from you, and not from Span
iards only.
You were a happy man when the
news came Of the American victory
You, like all others, were amazed at the
effrontery which led Sampson in an Off
cial dispatch to claim the victory that
he never even saw.
You were proud Of the American
sailor Schley when you learned that /;
was he who commanded the fleet, that
1t was his ship that bore the brunt, that
it was he who, standing out in the
fight, saw every Spanish ship go down
Mr.. Mckinley, the people who elected
you expect you to stand by Schley, now
that the fight at sea is oven, and the
fight of malice and envy begins in the
department that you command.
You, Mr.. Mckinley, are chief Of the
American navy. You were elected t
that office when you were elected pres
ident. Those who elected you believ
ed, and they believe now, that you viii
see to it that courage, efficiency ant
public service are recognized.
Mr.. Mckinley, one of the Spanish Of
ficers, praising Schley, who drove
Spain from this hemisphere, has this &
say of Schley's detractors:
THE coward Is never generous"
The towards who missed the fight
who hated Schley for succeeding, ant
who are now using the naval depart
ment to slander him, will surely no
have your support
The people look to you to uphol,
Schley and the reputation of the Amer
lean people for at least ordinary graft
tude Yours respectfully,
Address .................... .......
Among the papers that printed thi
letter Sunday, was the New York Jour
nal, which commented as follows:
Send that letter, on better one, u
Mr.. Mckinley. Sign your name an,
give your address. Help to prove tha
Schley's fellow-citizens are grateful I
him, and that they despise his calum
niatOrs. Your trouble will not b
wasted, for Mr.. Mckinley is not indiffer
ent to public feeling. The readers G
this newspaper can do that which
thousand newspapers alone would b
powerless to do. They can prove Il
Mr.. Mckinley that the people are witt
Schley."
Doubtless the president will get som
letters from his fellow townsmen con
cerning this controversy.
Columbus Man Killed.