The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

ulS tears TOlleu uOW0 MS cneekS.
He moved uneaSily to conceal his
emotion. and under the pretense
of adjusting his glasses, brushed
the tears aside.
For fully thirty seconds after
Mr.. Rayner closed there was not a
sound. Then the tension broke
in a loud burst of applause. Adj
mlral Dewey, after about half a
minute. arose to remind the spec
tatorS that such a demonstration
was out of place a moment
afterward the court adjourned,
the Judge Advocate pleading
that be could not we'll 60 on to-
day.
CONGRATULATED BY THE COURT.
Then another remarkable thing
happened. AS soon as the gavel
fell the entire audience surged
forward to shake the hands of
Admiral Schley and Mr.. Rayner
But the oncoming spectators fell
back moment as they saw Ad-
miral Dewey and his two asSoci
ateS move around the table. as if
by common impulse. and con.
graduate Admiral Schley and his
counsel. Even the Judge Advo.
cate came forward to join in the
congratulations.
Then the public had its inning,
and for fifteen minutes after the
court adjourned. Admiral Schley
and Mr.. Rayner were kept busy
shaking hands.
Mr. Rayner's closing remarks,
which he uttered with all the fer
vor of an advocate who is con.
WINGED of the justice of his cause,
were as follows:
Il have now briefly presented
this case as it appears to me in
its general outline Such trial
as this has never, to my knoWl-
edge, taken place in the history
of the world-a man tried for
achieving a great victory for his
country and an effort made to
condemn him for having carried
to a successful termination as
great a naval triumph as ever
was won upon the waters of the
world.
1T seemed to my mind that
this case had hardly opened with
the testimony of Captain Higgin-
son before it commenced to tOtter,
and from day to day its visionary
fabric dissolved from view. When
Captain Cook, their last witness,
was put upon the stand the entire
structure collapsed. and now
when The witnesses from our own
ships and the gallant Captain
and crew of the Oregon and Ad-
mlral Schley have narrated their
unvaruiShed tale, the whole ten
ement, with all of its compart-
ments, from its foundation 10 it's
turret. has disiutegrated and lies
like a mass of blackened ruins.
THREE YEARS TO REVEAL THE
TRUTH
1T has taken three years to re-
veal the truth. There is not a
single word that has fallen from
the tongue of a single witness,
friend or foe, that casts the
shadow of a reflection upon the
hOnOred name of the hero of San
tiago. He mas never claimed the
glory of that battle No word TO
this effect has ever gone forth
from him TO the American people.
1.-The valiant Cook, the heroic
Clark, the lamented Philip. the
intrepid and uudaunted Vain.
wright, and all the other cap
tains. and every man at every
gun and every soul on board of
every ship are equal participants
with Admiral Schley III the honor
wrought upon that immortal day.
"1ou cannot strike down his
figure standing upon the bridge
of tie Brooklyn. Says the Boat
swain Hill; Every head was
bowed but his as the Spanish
shot fell thick and fast. aud sent
the life blood streaming from
young Ellis, this gallant martyr
for his country'S cause. You can
not strike him down. | say You
may assasSinate me, but YOU
cannot intimidate me, said the
Irish patriot Curran, as he turned
upon his traducerS and accuSers.
ON THE BRIDGE OF THE BROOK
LYN.
"There he stands upon the
bridge of the Brooklyn, his ship
almost alone receiving the entire
fire of the Spanish foe, until the
Oregon, as if upon the wings of
lightning, sped into the thickness
OF this mortal carnage. God
bless the Oregon' was the cheer
that rang from deck to deck, and
on they went, twin brothers in
the chase, until the lee gun was
fired from the Cristobal Colon
and the deSpOtic cOlorS of Spain
were swami from, tho fooo - -