The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18
MACLAY PROHIBITED
HIS HISTORY KNOCKED OUT AT
NAVAL ACADEMY.
OLD CONTROVERSY REVIVED.
MARYLAND MEN STAND TRUE TO
SCHLEY.

Mr.. Mudd's Amendment to Naval An
preparation Bill Adopted-Snid He
Knew President Had said work
should Never Be Used, But He
Wanted to Guard Against Con-
tingencies-Mr. Cannon Does Not
Believe That Schley Was n Cow
ard or That Anybody Else Believes
Shields Name.
Washington, May 1.-THE House
spent the day In discussing the naval
appropriation bill, and the most i'm
portant feature of the discussion in
volved a revival of the Sampson Schley
controversy. This arose over an
amendment to the bill which was pre-
sented by Mr.. Mudd of Maryland and
which was adopted, prohibiting the
use of Maclay's history of the navy as
a text book at the Naval Academy.
A number of minor amendments to the
bill were adopted, but the considera-
ton of the measure was not completed
before the House adjourned.
Mr.. Mudd, discussing his amend
ment, said that the President of the
United States had stated to him that
this work should never be used. In
reply to a question of Mr.. Dayton as to
why he wanted to put the amendment
on the bill in view of the fact that the
President would hold over the next
fiscal year, Mr.. Mudd said that while
Mr.. Roosevelt was a very lively force
at this time and promised to live out
this term and be ready to take another,
he wanted to guard against any con-
tingencies.
Mr.. Pearre of Maryland said he
wanted to join his colleague in his un-
qualified admiration for that splendid
American and magnificent sea fighter,
Admiral Schley. Admiral Schley had
borne with fine patience the onslaughts
of his defamers, and with it all stood
before the country as the real hero Of
Santiago.
Not a Dead Subject.
Mr.. Foss of Illinois remarked that
he had supposed the Sampson Schley
controversy was dead, which raised a
laugh on the Democratic side. He said
the controversy ought to have been
closed when the court of inquiry made
welt reviewed those findings.
''The, honor OF the Santiago campaign
Is large enough for all" said Mr.
FOES. In this controversy I have
never been for either Admiral Sampson
or Admiral Schley. The American
navy will live long after the Samp-
sons and the Schleys are gone. When
the smoke of battle dies away, when
the tramp of men is gone by, the
recording angel will record the names
of the men who took part in the Santi-
ago fight"
MIR. CrOwninshield's Name.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi inter-
jected a great deal of humor into the
debate by stating that he understood
he had made a mistake in the pronun-
citation of the name of Crowninshield,
that he had mispronounced the proper
name of an improper person. That as
Cholmondelay was in England pro-
nounced Chumley he understood that
Crowninshield should be pronounced
Crunchell. He said it was a shame and
a disgrace in a great country that a
man who had made the brilliant record
that Schley had should have been writ
ten down by government employe.
Mr.. Schirm of Maryland, in making
his maiden speech before the House,
said that the unfortunate controversy
between Sampson and Schley had not
been forced by the friends of Admiral
Schley; that truth had been perverted
by Maclay.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois remarked that
he did not believe that anybody in the
House or the country believed that
Schley was a coward.