The San Francisco call., 1901-11-08

far as its stated purposes are concerned. The
facts have been brought to light.
The case is now with the court, and in due
time it's finding will be formally and officially
rendered.
Confident in the capacity intelligence and
uprightness of the three experienced. war.tried
veterans who compose that court, and follow
ing the details of the testimony as it has been
people of these United States and SO per cent
already @ discounted the verdct ee 'Oui''i' N"'e
N Schley to-day stands a higher PEDESTAL
of public favor and admiration than he ever
could have hoped to do without the ordeal to
which he has been subjected.
Verify persecution brings its rewards
He is to-day the most thoroughly Vindicatcd
man that ever faced military naval court.
AS his laundering guns shook the echoes OF
aster and death upon the most trusted stay
of the proud Spaniards power in the West.
even so surely did the irresistible force Of the
truth, for the first time fully unfolded. carry
discontinue and defeat to the combination that
has sought to rob him of his well-earned laurels
men.
Insult to His Career.
From under the cloud of doubt and discredit
unprofessional Jealousy, and then intensified
by systematic and persistent course of ma
licious impugnng of character and motive.
suppression of facts and fabrication of word
and incident by which it has been sought to
dim the crowning glory Of his long and hon
orable career. Schley's fame to-day stands
forth in clearer figure and more resplendent
than before. the bright light of truth and pub
icity shining full upon 1T.
And with 1t come forth the names OF the
brave and loyal Cook of the Brooklyn Schley's
flag captain the noble and gallant Clark Of the
Oregon and the other officers and the crews
of the two ships that made the victory so COM
Witch from the gOfS of tho ISr
on the one hand and the obScuration incident
IN IN and non-observer of the Shting on the
other, have been allowed to lack much OF the
honor and luster now proved to be their just
right and due.
Others. too have finally met Just recognition
Of service and deed. loyalty and bravely per-
formed throughout the campaign.
"a Sailors Log Book"
who had encircled themselves been invested
by official partiality with an undue share of
ing in the same full light, but naked OF the
fair renown that for stable enduring needs not
resort to self-inscribed panegyrics of "A Sail
ofaa clique of bureaucratic conspirators who
to rise themselves must degrade others
rect cause of Schley's request for the court OF
inquiry. like his more worthy prototype, Mrs
O'Leary's COW. which by kicking over a lamp
started the Chicago fire has been entirely lost
to sight In the magnitude of the consequences
Of malicious lying affronts to history. Nobody
COW. Maclay will have company IN the in
nocuous Oblivion to which he and his histories
have been relegated by the results OF the in
quiry.
that a naval hattie had been fought or SAN
tiago July 8, 1898 and that the Spanish fleet
had been utterly destroyed by the Americana
and 1t was abundantly and declsively proved
that the destruction was wrought and the VIC
tory won almost entirely by the Brooklyn and
the OREGON: that Schley in the former vessel
led in the fight and in the pursuit Of the es-
Gaming Spaniards. and that his directing sig
nails were recognized and obeved by those close
enough in the fight TO them; abundantIy
and decisively proved that his vessel the
BROOKLYN for the space OF some twenty min
utes. az close range and single-handed en-
raged the three leading Snanish ships when
the Oregon rushing past the Iowa and Texas
with speed that made them seem 10 stand
still in the wrter. came to her relief and with
her finished the fght.
''God bless the 0re1onl' cried Sehlev as he
saw her coming with the bone in her mouth"
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