The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-23

SECRETARY Roof sends Miles a
st,nging reprimand, in which the
General is given to understaud
tnat it is none Of h:s business as to
the findings in the Schley court Of
Tnfamy." The article which
made the Secretary hot uudern eath
the collar was the following inter.
view published 10 the Cincinnati
Inquirer;
"Cincinnati. O., Dec. 16.--Gener-
ii Nelson A. Miles, commanding
the Uuited States Army, arrived
here today, accompanied by Mrs.
Miles. They are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank W,borg, at Clifton,
Mrs. Wiborg being relative Of
MIRA. Miles. In speaking Of the
finding Of the Schley court Of in.
Quiry, General Miles said:
Il am willing 10 take the judg.
meut Of Admiral Dewey ia the
matter. He has been commander
Of fleet, aud as such has known
the anxletes and responsibilities
which rest 90 man under these
circumstances. He was inslrumen-
tai in the destruction OF one Span
,ish feet and knows aud realizes the
ieelings that encompass an officer
under such conditions.
IL think Dewey has summed pp
the matter in clear and concise
mannei, and l believe his conclu-
sions will be indorsed by the pa.
triotic people Of the United States.
lhave no sympathy with the efforts
which have been made TO destroy
the honor OF an officer under such
circumstances
There is nothing in the article
for the War Department TO kick
ovea aud the Secretary shows poor
taste in giving 1t passing thought.
What the General has said meets
the views of every ninety mine out
of a hundred citizens. The sooner
petty jealousies and unlairness is
eradiated from the Navy the better
for that branch oil the War depart
ment. The people will not allow
any unfair treatment Of comman.
ders like Schley whom some men
would like 10 see disgraced instead
Of highly honored. The President
likes fair Treatments and should
soc that Rear-Admiral Schley re-
ceves il at the hands Of the Rcpub-
lican administration.
ATTORNEY Wm. S. lilles made
answer tor Street aud Sewer Com
mis- sioner James D. Carter Satur-
day morning iu Superior Court, IN
which the Commissioner said he
had bonded in the emanner prescrib-
ed by Law and had given the bond
to former City Treasurrr, VIM. II.
Curry. for safe keeping. Thatgen.
tleman denies every having received
the document. 1t is now up to the
Court for that body TO say what
Mr.. Carter shall do in the matter.
The other two dircc ctors will an
aver later on. These gentlemen
insist that having bonded once they
should not be required 10 give an.
other bond. The strangest part
Of the whole proceeding is that not
one Of these geutIemen's bonds that
they say they gave can lie found.
1t Is only another case Of myster-
ious disappe arance aud one which
undoubtedly the courts will order
these gentlemen to enter into an
other bond at once. Tne bond is
only giveh to indemnify the city in
case Of peculation on the part OF
the Commissioners 1t IS u law
that has not been obeyed TO the
letter, as few, 1t any OF the bonds
of former members CT this most
Important branch Of the city gov.
ernment can be found.
We have been gwen to UNDER
stand that store one did nearly
$4,000 worth of business last Satur-
day. There is no doub: but our
stores in the past few years have
made rapid progress and are edit
eating the people TO buy what they
need in our city. a proper effort
should be made to capture the
trade Of the Peninsula, whch goes
on through to Philadelphia. We
have three or more slargc furniture
stores where everything in tho fur
niture and upholstery line can lie
purchased. Our stores are Eow
up-to-date and are being improved
all the time. Nearly all our mer.
chants have done a good holiday
fro1a apH hncir,.os II
better than last year.
THERE will be several changes in
the Board Of Trustees of the Poor
alter January next, Several OF the
present members will retire and
new ones appointed in their place.
Alter February the Board will be
Republican instead OF Democratic,
waich it has been for several years.
Not one Republican was a member
of the Board until this summer,
when the Levy Court appointed
some six Republicans in the place
Of the Democratic members whose
terms had expired. A new super-
intendent will be elected IN Mr..
David McCoy's place after April
next. Already there are numerous
persona after the position,
lT is to be sincerely hoped that
the Delaware Democrat and Every
Evening of this city Will straish,en
out the war in the Philippians Is
lands. The modern way would be
to send missionaries There and
convert the heather. Our Govern
ment is all wrong in offering the
Filipenos peace at the point of the
bayonet. The Every l5venIn. SAYS:
at is a war not justified by tho in
stMts Of humanity and it is abso-
luteiv ostllc to the best and sound
est traditions Of our country.
ONLY one day more AMI the good
little children = friend, Nriss krln.