The evening times., 1901-11-06
RAYBBR'S ELOQUENT PLEA.
Chief Counsel for SchIey Makes
FOrceful Argument

( HIS PitEy Declarations Before the
( Court of Enquiry Listened TO b, "a
Large AUdience-He Ez5phnSfzes
/ How the Commander OF the Flying
Squadron Did His Duty Effectively
and ConScIentiousIy - whitening
Sarcasm for Lieutenant Bristol.
Mr. Rayusr this morning began his ar
gument in bohaf Of Admiral Schley be-
fore the Court Of Enquiry. 1t was a re-
uark1bIe address. rorccfuI. eloquent and
/ logical lie was listened 20 with marked
attention by thc Court and a large crowd
| % spectators. He had covered FIVE OF the
ten specifications OF the prcceQt az the
time the Court adjourned for a recess 1t
1 o'clock, and expects to conclude today.
When the session opened this morning
Captain Parker continued his argument.
beginning where he had stopped yester-
day afternoon. taking up points and 20
in The precept
Honor for the BrOOkIyn.
In discussing the subject OF the Brook
lyH's J-rn, De said
These stories about the BROOKLYN 60
ing south are all mOonshiEe- u has bees
testified here uncquivocauy that she vent
south OF course. she went south How
could IL bc otherwise when she was IA
the course cf her turn2
Vow. then. the battle is on The
Brooklyn. steaniug toward the enemy,
Is hidden from her own friends b. a paU
cf smoke. Here are four Of the euemys
ships attempting to sink our great cruis-
.nu Al
not how TO shoot IL was provideutiaL
Had they known how TO shoot Commodore
Schlcy would not now be before us ia this
case. He would be in a soldiers grave
Re would not have lived to tell this story.
He would have died on the spot Bat
they did not know how 10 shoot thank
God There was no apparent support 10
the Brooklyn from the rest of the feet
al this time. Suddenly through that
van of smoke there appeared the white
bows Or a ship. 4 little later the ship
rom Cook mouth: That Is the Oregon.
God bless her All. well could those caI-
lant sailors have said God bless the
Oregon
Now the witnesses here all ten one
story about this turn What IS the use u
discussing such testimony as that There
IS undnImIJy Of testimony from the men
VINO saw what the Brooklyn did that day.
The men who did not know. the men who
had that pail Of smoke between them and
tae Brooklyn. have made suggestions de-
ruEalory 70 those who were on board the
cruiser There IS one thing 20 which my
learned friend ON the othcf side has re-
ferred. and that is the writing Of the
t,+poh-lA s log j Le man who wrote Z
placed 10 hcre before rs IT, exactly the
form he had written IT, How can Captain
Taylor or Captain anybody else. who was
i've miles away ten as what the Brook
lyn did How futile IL is 10 get officers
% swear Who were five miles away from
Where there was any DANCER The Admira,
mas sworn iEstt one ~ the Spanish cap
t2iHs told him il was The purpose OF the
Spanish squadron % sink the BrJoklyl.
That has been put in evideUce here
The HodESoH CoIIoquy.
Now comes the subject OF the colo
Quy between the commodore and Mr..
li0dgsou- ] really feel ashamed 70 say
anything about IL. 7 believe. as the COM
modore has said. that lIr- HOdgson has
meant 60 ten The truth But ne has told
a. cInercHt story every time he has open
cd his mouth. In his c1rrespOndeuce on
abe subject Ar Ho5gs1n makes denial
Of the reported coIuquy- He has said
urt guiVCCaIiy that IL did not cccur II IL
did not occur then what Is the use of
making "a detailed denial He says IL did
not occur That conversation could never
have occurred II IL had HOdgson would
have gone down from the bridge % the
matches or the instant
81 DO not know how this story cou5I
have got up except IN one way There 5
q story OF a CulaQuy between command
cr Of a vessel and hfs executive officer in
relation 10 the rammiug OF the Texas II
You VIII read the log OF the captain q
that ship and his public statements on
all questions you Will come To the con-
clusion that there was only one vessel
present on that day ! mean the Iowa. u
was he who shot the stern on one boat,
The bow on another and rakCd The third
You would naturally suppose that ne
destroyed everyone Of them Yes. there
! o. Z 4
own state nj shows that there was dan
ger ~ @ collision Captain Clark testified
% that The Iowa came near rlnnis into
the Texas.
Contiaurng. Captain Parker brought out
q new thought tending 20 show that {
was in reality the Iowa. instead OF the
Brooklyn. which came near C0liiing VITA
the Texas. and he said the only way ne
could account FOR Ho1gSoD confusion
upon this matter WaS tnat In an the talk
which followed the battle he had COTTON
two incidents mixed. He then read from
the testimony Of Admiral Evans showing
that that officer had said his navigator
had called attention 60 the danger Of run
ming into che Texas NJ the beginning %
the battle
I'm conclusion Captain Parker said.
Vow that brings me TO the close ana
have but one word more To say and that
is In regard to the general character %
Admiral Schley. You all know what 8.
is and what &c has been There is not one
mau-vyi. the exception Of this man nam
ed Potts who c0Dtradicts his own captain
come mere ana suggest one word tr the
derriUtDJ Of Admiral Schl=y's character.
We know. YOU know. the country knows
what the character Of Admiral SChley has
been. You know that devotion 10 duty
has been his guiding principle under all
Circumstances and everywhere, and
think we can with safety appeal % you
To- say 0f him what he said in closing his
evidence about the officers and men under
his command. which OF himself he of
course could not say, that ON that day
You were impressed with the fact that be
gagged IN that struggle fulfilled in the
highest and uobleSt degree the traditions
O. The American Navy"
As soon as Captain Parker had co1clud-
Cd Captain LCmly announced that M
kayltr would follow
sIr. Rayucr'S Opening
Mr. Rayuer prsfacsd his remarks bv
saying that he owed SU apology % the
Court fer making any argument az uU
He said he could not yulightCn The Court
upon the issues OF the case. bUt Eo
thought ne might tighten the labor Of
I the Court. He said hiS purpose had been
and would he To- abide closely by tEs
specifications gf th- prectpt- and select
. such points as would save The Court from
the trouble of going over the great mass
Of testimony in the ease He paid q COM
plimgut To Mr.. Hanna UDuu the manner
in which he had presented his argument
and expressed his thanks IO thu judge adj
yOJare and his assistant IuC The fairness
with which he had been treated IN the
case. tie said that they had conducted
the case with 5udicieUS igluari.ality. lie
then began
i viii not dwell Oh the Journey from
Key West 10 CIeufuC-rS- IC is not I'm :llp
specifications gf TIE n-ece"t ald even X