The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-07
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EDITORIAL
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ADMIRAL ScHLEY AS GOOD AS
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From the start the American people
have felt that the court Of inquiry to in
vestigate Admiral schley was an impo.
sition. Investigate what2 The recorC
ola man who has always won victories
for his country2 whose'whole career Il
covered with honors and glory2 No
The investigation has been a scorchinI
arraignment of q cabal Of small souli
such as exists in all military and nava
organizations from the day of the sea-
eight at salam is in ancient Greece tC
the present. The trial and ending have
been continuously pickup.
The climax came when Mr.. Raynor,
chief counsel for Admiral schley, con-
cludsd his brilliant argument Of over
three hours with a peroration 30 elo-
quent and impassionsd that ell within
tho sound Of his voice were profoundly
touched.
This remarkable trial, he said, sought
to condemn the man who had brought
10 a successful termination as great a
naval triumph as was ever won.
He painted the picture Of the
Brooklyn, with Commodore Schley
on the bridge, fighting the ontire Span
ish feet until the Oregon appeared out
OF the smoke. The thunder OF the
Brooklyn aroused Admiral schley'a
envious foes. He pictured the victori-
GUS sailor suffering as few have suffered,
for three long years while the fires OF
persecution ed.around him, and now
awaiting the hour Of his vlndication.
"And when it comes," he concluded
his peroration, che can, from the high
exalted position that he occupies, look
down upon his traducers and maligners
and with pride exclaim: 81 care not for
the venomous gossip Of clubs, drawing
rooms and cliques, and the poisoned
shafts Of envy and malice. await un-
der the guidance of Divine Providence
the verdict Of posterity.'"
The scene in the court room as he fin
ished with those words was thrilling.
Many spectators broke down aud wept.
Admiral schley himself was plainly
moved, as the counsel said he could
afford to await the verdict OF posterity,
and two big tears rolled down his cheeks.
For fully thirty seconds there was not a
sound. Then the tension broke in a
loud burst OF applause. A moment after
the court adjourned. The entire audi.
ence surged forward to shake the hands
Of Admiral schley and Mr.. Raynor. But
the grooming spectators fell back in a
moment as they saw Admiral Dewey and
his two assistants move around the table
as II by common impulse, and congra-
tulate Admiral scbley and his council
Then the public had its inning, and
for 15 minutes after the court adjourn
ed Admiral schley and his lawyer were
kept busy shaking hands.
TO rscur TO our illustration from the
great naval battle OF salamis, won by
the Greek hero Tehmistocles, $50 b. O.,
ballot was taken Of all commanders 81
TO who was entitled to the honors OF the
victory. With childlike gail each one
Of the commanders voted himself the
real hero Of the day, except the real
hero and he voted blank, not thinking
like schley, there was glory enough fol
all TO have n share. When the vote,
were counted and and the people
saw how matters stood they
all unanimously declared Themisto.
cles the hero OF the event where the
Persian feet was destroyed and the it'd,
Of Asiatic civilization turned back iol
the time being, The Greek com-
mAnders, who were too small at first t.
do the real hero of that occasion justice
then saw their error and hastened tc
add their voice to the verdict Just as the
lesser lights of the Santiago affair will
tumble over each other to say schley
was the great man Of Santiago when
the court gives it's verdict.
THOSE ANARcRISTIc cRANc1 p1S.