Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-11-09

disputable fact that the turn had
brought the Brooklyn closer to the
Spanish fleet and she received 30 If the
+3 shots which struck the Amer can
ships. Captain Cooks testimony he
said. illumincd this manoeuyre and he
planted himself upon this testimony.
Mr.. Rayner then discussed tie testi-
mony of IIc'lnor ana liodgs II and in
tbs connection ridicul'd the chart pre-
pared by the navigators of the >hils in
The battle
In his evidence. sa ID Mr.. Rayncr. Lieu.
tenan Commander Iioiln"r said the
Brooklyn passed across the bows of the
Texas less than l50 yards away. VIII l.
on the chart which he helped to pre-
pare, the distance between the two
ships is given as 24OO feet
THIS whole controversy about the loop
seemed to have been started TO prove
that the brooklyn ran away. When this
failed an attempt was made to drag in
the alleged danger to the TEXAS.
The stimOny of Captain Cook. lie
d clar,d, exploded both. The counsel
WI Wv ''i"i S''i'' NV Noui'l lNC
to argue that Captain Cooks trStino: Y
could not be relied upon or abandon the
specification about the loop and the dan
ger of colli,ling with The Texas.
After reading the testimony Of several
officers as TO the splendid bearing of Ad-
miral Schley. Mr.. Raynor read the trS-
timony of Mr.. Potts to the effect that
the admiral appeared nervous; that lie
< up and sat Gown"
Lieut., nant Potts." went on Mr.. Ray
ncr. "haS covered himself with renown.
His name will echo through the ages Of
indy ,ng fame. When Manila shall be
forgotten and Santiago will be buried in
oblivion. the name of Potts shall live.
Whenever an admiral or Il commodore
or Il captain is engaged in the carnage Of
mortal conflict. beware of Po t.. Be
ware Of your looks. BE careful how you
walk. BE careful how you sit down.
he reserved and reticcnt in your speech.
Model your entire course and conduct Of
action according to Potts. that PIE.
cocious child of the kindergarten, who
confesses he was always scared in
battle, but who. unfortunately. was
never engaged in my battles sufficient
enc .igh To arouse his timidty."
Discussing dispatch No. I. known as
the dear Schley" letter. Mr.. Raynrrcon-
tended that the M der conveyed in that
message made it incumbent upon
Schlcy to remain at CienfuegoS. lie de.
clared that this >ns the key to the
whole case and that it did rot admit of
any construction than that Schley
should remain at CicnfuagoS. Mr. Ray
ner read the departments orders to
Sampson directing him to notify Schlry
by the Iowa. to proceed Off Santiago.
Sampson, instca1 of transmitting that
order and re-en"orcing it, had trans
mitted it with directions to Schlry to re-
main off CicnfucgOS on the ground that
the holding of that port would offer the
hest chance of capturing and destroying
the Spanish fleet.
This modicat on of the departments
orders by Admiral Sampson had been
followed by order No. s. directing him
'if satisfied that the fleet was not in
CicnfuegOS to proceed. but cautiously to
Santiago" In this connection Mr. Ray
ner discussed the McCalla memOran-
dun. which he said had never been in
tended for Schley. hut the commanders
in-chef ri Key West The cmcmorandum
contained not Il word about The means of
communicating with the insurgents.
Order No. s, upon which the counsel on
the other side laid so much stress, he
said, did not permit Schley to leave until
satisfied that the Spannrd> were not ia
CienfuegOs. If it had reached Schley,
as Sampson believed it would, by > n.
m.. April %. he could not have left.
That dispatch reached Schley at 8 IL.
m. April %, and on that day Il e Adu'a n
was sent ina fact which Mr.. Rayner
said he regarded as one of the most inn
portant of the campaign. When the
Adula did not come out the next day, as
her skipper had agreed to do, Schley
was still further confirmed in the be-
lief that Cervera was at Cienfucgos.
II want to say right here" con inu d
Mr. Rayncr, that as brave a man as
McCalla is and as daring and fearless Il
soul as he is. he never pretended to land
any boats on the Cuban coast and he
was around there eight days. This is
not criticism of him, but to show that
you are criticizinS one man for not do
ing what another man never attempted
to do
Mr. Rayner next devoted his att, ntiOn
to the message delivered by the Eagle to
g. ,,.l,, I,tt IN,
Cienfuegos and met McCalla's sub
squadron returning to Key West. Tell.
ing of the landing of the Scorpion to in
t"rcrpt the Eagle he said: "WEe @ is
the megaphOne message of Commander
SuthP |land? Is it still in the mega
phone, or is it vibrating upon the trop.
cal brecZes of the Carribean? Suuthcr-
land must have either gotten at the
wrong end of the instrument OF pr
hapS the instrument was like the Stad;-
metre and was not correct in recording
sound for distance of more than 30
yards. At any rate. the message that
the Scorpion did receive. and which has
from the Philippines was what? That
there was an nSurgent camp in the
vicinity of Cicnfuegos! Oh, no. That
n signal code had been agreed upon with
the friendly natives? Oh, NJ. These
We're all mysteries that it was not proper
to communicate to the commander Of
the flying squadron. lnS. cad of that n
dull thud fell upon his listening and
anxious ear: NO news of the Spani h.
was the thrilling intelligence thai he re-
ceived and with it the Eng'c and her
went on her way reio cling.
and the Marblchead sped to tn" presence
of the commanderin-chi,fa mt Key W, st
with this profound secret buried in the
bosom of her fearless commander
New Trunk Line Proposed.
Parkersburg. W. Va. Nov. I.-SenatOr
ElkinS, together with the Gou,d inter-