Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-17
TO BOOM scHLEY.
Friends Of the Admiral Trying to Make
Him Presidential Candidate.

Friends OF the Admiral Trying 90 MAKE
Him Presidential Candidate.
washington, Dec. 17.-That Admiral
Schley's friends are moving to make
him the democratic candidate for presi-
dent in 1904 was again made evident
Yesterday In the senate, Senator Jones
introduced resolution that congress
thank Admiral Schley for the victory OF
Santiago. Other friends drafted another
bill to appropriate $4,000 for the pur-
chases of a sword and q medal for
Schley. In discussing the controversy
yesterday afternoon, General Felix Ag-
nus. editor of the Baltimore American,
said:
If this matter keeps on Admiral
Schley will be the democratic candidate
for president in 1904.
Secretary Long desired to let the re-
port Of the Schley court Of inquiry speak
for itself without comment from him
self but Admiral Schley has made this
impossible by carrying his case from the
court to the secretary with the intlma-
ton that he will carry 1t to the presi-
dent before he accepts the verdict
against him. Admiral Schley yesteray
morning sent to Secretary Long letter
requesting him to withhold his approval
from the findings of the court until he
(Schley) had an opportunity to file OBJ
jections thereto In making this request
Schley was acting on advice of his cOun-
sell
About the same time Senator Jones.
the democratic leader in congress, in
troduced in the senate his resolution
rendering the thanks of congress and
the American people to Rear Admiral
Schley for his distinguished conduct at
Santiago on July 5, 1885, and requesting
the president to cause the resolution to
be communicated to Schley. This res
olution is almost identical with that
adopted by congress after the battle OF
Manila, rendering the thanks Of con-
gress and the American people to Ad-
miral Dewey and his men.
Senator Jones had method in his pres
entation of this resolution to congress
He did not expect it to be adopted by
the republican majority, but he did and
does expect to pave the way for making
Schley a martyr prosecuted by the re-
publican administration. Schley's
friends in planning to make him the
democratic candidate for president in
1904 believe that they can make 1t ap-
pear that he was the victim Of parti-
san administration that struck him
down because he was a democrat Adj
miral Schley may not be a party to this
scheme, but he has fallen into it and his
action in filing a protest against the
findings of the court is in harmony with
it.
The admiral and the democratic lead
ers have made 1t impossible for Secre-
tary Long to ignore the report of the
court or pass it with simple indorse
ment, as he had intended. He must now
defend his administration, and he vii.
do so He has been advised by admins
tration leaders that there is no way of
longer ignoring the case Of Admiral
Schley, and that in passing upon the re-
port he should review it and show
wherein Admiral Dewey went beyond
the naval regulations in expressing an
opinion on matters not brought before
the court of inquiry. The secretary of
the navy will therefore review the re-
port and express not only his approval
of the findings of the court, but his dis
approval of Admiral Dewey's opinion as
to the command al Santiago, showing
that this opinion is in defiance of naval
regulations and also not in keeping
with the report which Dewey agreed to
and signed
Dewey again seems to have fallen into
trap set for him by schcming politi-
clans. He sympathized with Schley. and
after agreeing to the findings which ut
terry DESTROYED Schley's contention that
he did his duty. preliminary to the bat
tie sought to tighten the blow by add
ing his personal opinion that Schley was
the senior in command, and to him was
due the credit for the victory at Santi-
ago.
Roosevelt Transmits Petition.
Washington, Dec. 17.-President
Roosevelt transmitted to the senate a
petition, signed by Senor f. Gambia and
other residents Of Cuba, urging COM
mercial reciprocity between that island
and the United States They say that