The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-29
SCHLEY THE WINNER
PROMINENT NEW YORKER SAYS
EAST is AGAINST SAMP-
SON
DEWEY FAVORABLE TO ScHLEy
Commander of the Brooklyn Seems
to Have All the Best of 1t Out
side Administration
COncOctGrs.

M. d. Lewelling, of New York city, a
prominent politician and broker, arrived
in st. Paul last night. Speaking of sf-
fairs in the East, Mr.. Lewelling observes
that the Schley-Sampson controversy has
the boards, so far as the public is con-
cerned.
The most talked of event in the East
at present" said Mr.. Lewelling sis the
forthcoming court of inquiry which will
undertake that pleasant task of solving
the Santiago puzzle and adjusting the his
torical location of Admiral Schley The
latest move in the protracted game has
ocCasioned no surprise, nor has it emf
phasized in any way the partisan bitter
ness that has attended the entire contro-
Versy. There is a general feeling of re-
lief consequent upon the indication THAI
the matter is soon to be disposed of
THE Overwhelming sentiment is now,
as 1t has always been, favorable to
Schley. He has really less at stake than
Sampson, because of the great popular
sympathy for him. which no inVestiea-
ton could materially weaken.
I'm our section of the country Secre-
tary Long is complimented upon the per
sonnet of the court of inquiry. 1t is
composed OF naval officers, high in rank,
and supposed, all of them. to be outside
the circle affected by this controversy
There is feeling that Admiral Dewey
is inclined to sympathize with Admiral
Schley. 1t is recalled how warm was
his manner toward Rear Admiral Sch,ey
at the time of the Dewey celebration.
and you know at that time it was gen
orally understood that Dewey regarded
Schley as the actual hero of Santiago.
People in New York assert that the slay-
er of the Spanish fleet in Manila bay
even so declared himself At any rata,
it is believed that Dewey feels as If
Schley has been subjected to the same
kind of ungenerous criticism as he him
self experienced.
SCHLEY MEN AT WORK
''The court, of course. will not meet
for several weeks, and during the inter
val the adherents are going to use eV-
cry effort TO impress the fact that the
great mass of the American people are
with Schley. The numerous occasions
during the presidents tour in 1899, upon
which Secretary Long took pains to refer
to Admiral Sampson as the Hero Of
Santiago" which expression in the West
was invariably met with jeers for Samp-
son and cries of Schley's name, will not
be forgotten.
However from our point of view in
New York, Sampson. Maclay and the
navy ring appear serenely confident as to
the outcome, and one Of the big dailies
of the Empire City has declared that
there is no doubt as to the result, mean
ing tnat IL VIII be In SIMPSONS favor.
So you see that while the sentiment of
the people is largely in Schley's favor,
Sampson is not entirely without his
friends My personal opinion is and l
think it is shared by great many East
erners, that the navy department at
Washington has shivers up the back at
every recurrence of the thought that
there is a possibility of SchIey's vindica-
ton. 1t would certainly be a blow to
the Sampson clique to be compelled to
witness this result, after the administra-
ton has virtually Endorsed all the severe
criticism of Rear Admiral SchIey."