The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-01-23
CEN. NILES AGAND|DAIE
He RG0IIy Expects 10 be The
DenOG0tIC C1ndid0Ie for
President in 1904.
He IS WORKING HIS OWN BOOM.
He NQDIS ReVeDle On Roosevelt.

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Walter Wellman In a Washington
special to the Chicago Record Herald
says:
"Gen. Miles is now an open candidate
for presidential honors. He he's long
had an inclination in that direction, but
since he was reprimanded by the presi-
dent for his interview on the Schley case
the commanding general Of the army has
made little if any concealment of his in
tention to win the Democratic nomina-
ton two years hence if he can.
"In fact, the decision of Admiral
Schley to appeal his case to the presi-
dent is said on good authority to be- a
part Of the Miles program to embarrass
Mr.. Roosevelt. Gen. Miles would like
to be nominated for president in 1904,
with either Schley or Dewey as his run
ming mate. He believes ticket reading
Miles and Schley or Dewey would bring
victory against President Roosevelt or
any other man the Republicans could
put up.
"Gen. Miles is very much in earnest in
his candidacy for the presidency. He
talks Of little else to his intimate friends,
and already by anticipation is enjoying
victory over the president, who dared
administer to him severe public repri-
mand.
Naturally Gen. Miles has not forgiven
the president for the affront he received
for meddling In the Schley case and he
has gone cunning for the presidency as
a scheme of revenge. He will retire
from active service in August, 1903, in
good time to make his race before the
national Democratic convention"
Gen. Miles has received many letters
Of sympathy from all parts of the coun-
try and the press cutting bureaus, to all
Of which he is subscriber, supply him
with large quantities of favorable COM
ments. At the New Years reception at
the white house and again at the diplo-
matte reception Tuesday night Gen.
Miles found himself the center of an ad-
miring group wherever he went. In
fact, he held reception of his own in
the east room, and hundreds Of men and
women prested forward for a chance
to shake his hand.
These things are very agreeable to
Gen. Miles, and he believes the tide of
public sentiment is running with him.
He writes many letters to senator's aud
Representatives, and has well-organized
press bureau to promote his popularity.
He asserts that the president treated
him with great brutality; that the presi-
dent had no right under the regulations
to reprimand him without first securing
a conviction by court-martial, and finally
that the president did not invite him to
go into the cabinet room for a private
talk, but rushed at him and fired at him
a fusilade of censure the moment they
came together.
twas the influence Of Gen. Miles that
led Admiral Schley to apply to the presi-
dent for review of his case. The ad-
miral and his counsel had decided not to
carry the matter to the white house,
where they had good reason to believe
there was small chance of securing re-
versal of the findings of the court. But
Gen Miles saw a chance to embarrass
the president.
Mr.. Roosevelt could not reverse the
Mckinley administration, his own ad-
mlnistration (which had spoken in the
regular course through the secretary of
the navy and the three admirals who
composed the court of inquiry. But IL
he refuses to do SO he will decide against
public opinion, which everyone knows
is for the gallant admiral in the proper
ton of nine to one.