The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-07
ADalRAL SAMPSON agaiN.
A Fax Pas that Subjects Him To Very
Severe crlsielsHi.

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when consideration of tho army ap.
Precipitation Llli was hsforc The sensfe
on The seth ult., Senator Allan Of Ne
braska, after saying that be wss salts
fed that the Philippine amendment
and The Cuban amendmrni 10 tho pend
ing bill we're unconstitutional, and
objce;Iug to the comforting Of such cx-
,rAordinary poser gpon The President,
Air. Alien read letter pnFporiing to
haSc heeB seat by Chief l.unnrr Chss.
Morgan of the navy 10 iscas Admiral
William 4. sampson, requesting h6ln
TO forward 10 The Navy Department
hia applics,ion for promotion to The
rank Of ensign, nndct u lroyisiop Of
tho pending aaval appropriation bill.
Tic also read the Endorsement Of Ad-
miFal Sampson made upon The appli-
ca,ivn Of Gunner Morgan. ia ibe eoarse
Ut which The Admiral Is Represented rs
saying. in bFlei, that while he recog-
uized Gunner Morgan's technical aud
professional ability, he was opposed 10
appointing warraas officers 10 The grade
Of ensign, because they had not en-
iored the surlal advantages which. Ad-
miral Sampson held, commanding
officer Of the navy should have erjiyed
10 order that he might represent prop-
,rly his euun,ry, 10 foreign countries
particularly.
The cadorscmcn, of Admiral Samp.
son expressed The Adulral's hope the
Secretary Of the Navy would not
gud II necessary 20 recommend the
promotion of warrant Officers Of the
navy 10 tho rank ui commanding OH.
ccfs.
Mr.. Allsn said The endorsement
prOEsl beyond shadow Of doubt
that tier, was "a snubbish atlstocracy
Ia the navy that Is detrimental to the
country, sui disgrace to tho country
represented by this officer and other
like officers"
III William 7. Sampson Is the au.
thor Of these Inducements, " dcciA-cd
Mr. Allen, ''he Is coneeiled as. and
uught ia be marked daNn ne such
We are NOT bringing up IN this eolulfy
n race Of snobs. IL / am CORRECTLY
informed. there was time when Adj
initial sampson was M better than
Charles Morgan the gunner.
"lIc came from no bg,ler stock. |
am glad to repeat that we are not
raising In the Quilted States a class of
Draw jswelcd nsisiocraIs.
ait this rack aud arran, coward l.
to be believed, the lime may never
come IN Ibis country when a poor bay
may attain to such position As his
abilities warrant hin holding
"TuE MIN BEuISD Tag GINS"
Commenting on Admiral Sampson's
peculiar ideas about promotions IN the
Navy, the Kansas City World says:
"Adaiirsl Sampson has dcmunslrat.
cd that he Is not only selfish aud self.
seeking. bat lac Is also something of u
prig. Were he m Euglishnau, the
word "cad" would BE- appropriate.
''In letter he opposes the advance
mcnt OF Gunner Morgan Of the Maine
10 commission because, 40 the Ad-
INITIAL reasons, the life and training oi
an enlisted map 10 the navy do uo,
give him the ''sicisl grtcc'' req tisisa
i1r commissioned officer,
'''rhc Amrtioan people haze been
very Kind and induigeDt TO sampson
The bcliyf has been accepted that IL
wns his misfortune, aud not biz fault
that he WIS tea miles awuy " hen Tea.
vera came cut uf Santiago haIbu,
flc has bcen forgiven ipr sending th,
relish dispatch IN which be Cilim,d
the C sonal victory aud never men
toned Schley. sehiey, ia the large
ness Of his heart, foigave II when b.
said, 'there Is honor enough Tor ais
Of us, bu, the real credit belongs to
The men behind she guns"
''liu, the absent member At the bat
tic of Santiago has gone step too far.
The public dnes net care thai its naval
officers should be proficient IN dancing
the miuuet or discussing the feather
bune stitch in embroidery. I, wanis
manly aGn. brave men. intelligent
men, aud Morgan, according to bis
record, fulills the requirements. lie
may tuck bis napkin under bis chin
instead OF placing Il on bis lap, and he
may not be up TO date ia the nse Of
the finger bowl, but he 10 a valiant
soldier and sa Intelligent, sailor Ills
lack Of social graces' might well be
waived In splte Of Sampsou's rrmon-