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Show WM. C. WHITNEY. The grief over the death of Wm. C. Whitney will be Very deep and widespread. He was a -manly, kindly man, and exceedingly clear-brained. He was, moreover, a man of original and independent inde-pendent thought and was always courageous in asserting his opinions. He took charge of the navy department under Mr. Cleveland and wrought wonders in four years. Ho insisted that the nuclueus of a modern navy should be built, and because of his politics and his winsome ways was able to obtain from his party in Congress which had stood like a stone wall in opposition for twenty years the needed appropriations to make a commencement. There Is but one stain upon his record, and that is his treatment of John Roach. He must for once have yielded to the clamors of his party friends, for without cause he made bankrupt bank-rupt and broke the heart of John Roach. He refused re-fused to receive the Dolphin when finished, tried his best to have the ship condemned; by so long withholding the money due on the Dolphin, Mr. Roach was forced to suspend work on the other cruisers he was building; was overwhelmed with indebtedness and died of a broken heart. Still the Dolphin is still the favorite dispatch boat of the navy; is still staunch and fine. Aside from the transaction with Mr. Roach, we believe the record of the ex-Secretary is without a flaw. He was a bold man in finance. He put through a great street railroad in New York City; he invested heavily in coal mines; he built many beautiful structures; he was one of the most genial and public spirited of men. He conducted successfully Mr. Cleveland's campaign in 1892, and for several years was the chief business director of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party. Indeed, thousands of his party would have been glad to see him nominated for the Presidency. The only shadows that fell upon his life were when his first wife sank to tie grave under disease dis-ease and when his second wife was fatally injured in-jured in an accident. He was rich in his own right, a second fortune came with his first marriage, but he was never spoiled by his wealth. We suspect sus-pect Mr. Cleveland will grieve over his death more than he would over any other man's, savo , flflfl Dan Lamont's. They were very close to each y H other and to him, and he leaned upon them both i flB in and out of office. !jL He was not only a leader of 'the Democracy, ,' H but in his younger days was a prominent leader ' ; B of the "smart set" in New York society, and he ' will be greatly missed and mourned in that city. ' B When convinced of anything he did not hesi- ff B tate to say so. In the last year of his term as ) B Secretary of the Navy, he frankly told his party i B friends that the United States would never have f m a respectable merchant marine until our Govern- i . ment imitated the ways through which the mer- l B chant ships of Great Britain, France and Germany H were kept running. 'J1 B His death is a great loss to the county; it must i', IB be a most acute sorrow to his relatives and to t B whole hosts of friends. B |