The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-27
SCHLEY FOREDOOMED
u,a,NEr OFFICER APPARENTLY
THINKS so.
ADMIRAL MAY BE DISMISSED.
osr REMARKABLE STATEMENT
by AN OFFICIAL.

NoxaI Ring May ProVe TOO strong
the F'iEhting Man of Santiago.
,o,bing About Palmetto State
politics.
washington, July ga prominent
..hinet officer, a man who has not in
a,, wav been identified with the
@'s,a,,. sampson controversy, told me
Adv that it was his deliberate opin-
that the evidence before the Schley
.anrt Of inquiry would reveal beyond
al doubt that Schley was guilty of
disobedience of orders on several occa-
sions.
He went further and gave it as his
baliaf that the verdict of the court
,,ould not only be against Schley, but
that the ultimate outcome of the entire
NATTER would be the dismissal of
eobIev from the service of the govern
ment.
The statement was a most remarka-
HE one. coming from a man of con-
eeryative tendencies, and, if it shows
ANYTHING, points to the widespread pre-
iudice in official circles against the Of
fcer who has just demanded a court
10 investigate his movements and con-
duct up to the time of the destruction
of Cerveras fleet.
The cabinet official referred to knows
practically nothing of the facts of the
controversy, except what he has OBJ
tanned at cabinet meetings and in con-
yersation with cabinet officials.
| asked this cabinet member what he
thought of the existence of a close
ring in the Navy Department, headed
by Admiral Crowninshield. He gave
it as his opinion that such a ring had
long existed. and that it would be an
immense affair to break up and to
change existing methods in the de-
partment.
When l asked him why it was that
Secretary Long, who is recognized as
having breadth and penetration, could
not see the drift of things, the cabinet
officer said that he was unable to ac-
count for Secretary Longs failure to
observe the real state of affairs in his
department.
Possibly he does know how things
are working" said this cabinet OFF,
Ger, but he is a wise man, and he can
see what would happen to him if he
should bring down the whole clannish
d
fight for his life, and in the end, the
naval officers would probably win, not
outstanding Secretary Long is prob
ably the closest man in the cabinet to
President Mckinley"
The Navy Ring.
As the court of inquiry can take n
wide range IN its hearings, a strong
effort will undoubtedly be made to
snow up some of the facts connected
with the ring which has so long dom
mated the Navy Department. If this
investigation should result in nothing
more than shedding a broad light upon
the workings of the crowd headed by
CroWninshield, it will not have been
without results.
Crowninshield and those under him
undoubtedly dominate every ramifica-
llon OF the Navy Department and have
cone so for years. Those who know
secretary Long to be a fine man, are
under the impression that his credu-
ious disposition and his charitable be-
Iel IN human nature have caused him
10 IAN TO see the situation in it's true
Aght at the Navy Department.
Whatever Crowninshield says. every
other bureau officer also says, and so
secretary Long finds a unanimity of
view and sentiment on practically ev-
important matter coming through
ms department. While Crowninshield's
Ihluence has extended through Sec
rotary Long to President Mckinley, It
Is not believed that the ring can suf-
ncehtly surround the President with
lS inHuence to cause him to become
impartial in his final treatment of this
matter The verdict of the court of
inquiry will have to go before the Pres
ldent for final action. and in the end IL
VIII ne him who passes i1non ScbIavss
case. "poii NOiiieS
me same cabinet officer with whom
talked told me that IL is probable
mat Admiral Schley would have been
eourt -martialed Immediately after the
1sauudSo night, had it not been for the
a "a. mat the victory was one in which
~ eiypody could share, and in which
sIt resident hated to see a discord-
aHt cement injected by the trial OF one
VI y, ne men who had participated in
t ns Ilght. The President, it is stated.
in Tor long time been the main one
80 Aeeplng down any decisive action in
the case of Admiral Schley.
SchIey'S Friends the People.
ao me official prejudice against Schley
80 not extend, however, to the unor-
p -.%i part OF the Washington world.
oly three-fourths of those not in
GHlJIdl life are friendly to Admiral
tiI"'ey' and will do everything posi-
,, 10 help him in his coming conflict
"tgu the Navy Department ring. In
J"VIdi lie, 1t is held that Schley
-''uiu never have permitted the public
49,, a'trloute to him the glory of win
bus lhe Santiago fight, as the public
,,.h apparently done. Almost any
sdII'e you will hear an official say that
,n'ey should have come out in a.
Inent declining to be given the
49,. Tor the victory and declaring
sal the fight was under Admiral
b.pSon. These statements show the
b'"ea which is felt for Schley. He
con-. ugVer claimed anything himself in
bs n"ectlon with the Santiago fight, but
righ. '0t Deen so foolish as to deny his
asb. 10 some of the honor of that
II, therefore, he has acted unwise-
aa ana selhshly, according 10 those
roirag critics. The fact is that Ad-
He ochley is a most modest fellow.
rsri I'S scores of friends among news
n sre men, and they have, as a rule,
ak allowed his interests to suffer.
v,1 '1sh giving to him only that which
south Carolina Appointments.
MS learned here on very good au-
MY That there will not be many
I'M. appointments in South Carolina
n,s.. nat OF j. r. Richardson for post
,s. AZ Greenville. In some quar-
M mas been assumed that because
N richardson's appointment, many
we old line Republicana xvho are