The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-10-04

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brought into requisition when th
time arrives that the future ma
be considered with equanimity.
Among the welI-known repre-
sentatives of the party, who ar
now here, the question of candi
dates is being confidentiallY cor
sidered. There is no need of her
aiding names at this early day
| but the disciples of jackson an,
Jefferson may rest assured tina
the hour will bring the leader an,
that the competitors for the higl
honor are sufficiently lumerou
and capable to guarantee choic,
| that will mean united battle from
and brave fight for victory.
Although handicapped by th,
sudden death of his chief advocate
Rear Admiral Schley will continue
to press his claim before the naval
court of inquiry with the determi,
nation that characterized his en-
gagement with the Spanish flee
off the coast of Cuba. During the
past week considerable testimony,
pro and con, has been adduced,
but none to weaken the belief thai
Schley performed his duty and
even triumphed over the limita-
tions that confronted him in the
way Of red tape strung out from
bureaus at Washington.
The acknowledgment of a Navy
Department witness that the Gov
ernment charts are inaccurate and
practically worthless was a strong
point in favor of the popular ad-
miral. The counsel for the victor
of Santiago succeeded in scoring
another bullseye yesterday when
they forced into evidence mes
sage from Sampson instructing
Schley to remain at Cienfuegos
during the blockade and to ignore
the orders of the Navy Depart
ment if they interferred with nec-
essary operations. Schley's at
torneys base their case largely up
on this and believe that in itself
it is sufficient to prove that their
client did not disobey orders as al
legged by those jealous of his fame.
They contend that in the pursuit
and the defeat of the Spanish feet
he acted according to the demands
of the situation and the instruction
of his superior officer, who did not
happen to be within hailing dis
tance when the Americans reduced
Cervera's ships to junk.
Admiral Schley has received
from all parts of the country SYM
pathetic kilograms concerning the
death of his leading legal defender,
coupled with the advice to fight on.
While Schley is by nature a last
pitch man, the knowledge that the
American people are following his
case closely and with responsive
sympathy has served to encourage
both the admiral and his energetic
attorneys.
After an absence of three
months, during which he made an
investigating tour of the Philip
pines, Adjutant General Corbin
has returned to his desk at Wash
ington. In presenting his views
as to conditions in the archipelago,
he is very optimistic, but cer-
tain of the statements made by
him indicate that there Is a long
and thorny path before the Ameri-
can authorities in the islands ere
the Filipinos can be completely
subdued and peaceful conditions
established. General Corbin ac-
knowledges that outside of the
Island of Luzon there is a great
deal Of trouble. necessitating mill
tary operations on considerable
scale. He also admits that it will
be full year before the army can
be safely reduced to $4,000 men
and that that number of troops
must be returned in the islands
for a long period, ''for moral ef-
feet" In addition, he states that
from 0O.000 to 800, 900 will be
required to provide permanent
quarters for the soldiers who are
to terminate the revolutionary
kabits Of the natives.