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Show THE RETIREMENT OF SAMPSON. Tho retirement of Admiral Pampson, announced this morning In the most handsome, tetms by tho Navy depatt-ment, depatt-ment, recalls tho unjunt obloquy Hint has been heaped upon that great commander, com-mander, who deserved no much from his country and haa recelvtd so little. lit-tle. Tin sorrowful news thnt ho Is In n mental deillno which Is Incurable, and that his inevitable cud Is Intellectual Intellec-tual eclipse, conies concurrently with the noilut of his retirement. The appreciative ap-preciative letter written him by Pi eel-dent eel-dent McKlnley la also given; It makes plain the eminent eeivkea of Admit nl Hnmpeon, and serves to awaken tho profoundest pity nnd sorrow for the fate of tlw man whoso life has been marred If not shatteied by unreasoning unreason-ing CHlumnv and Indecent partisan assaults. as-saults. The controversy that ha con-tered con-tered alwut hlu and Admiral rhley lia been the unfortunate and regrettable regret-table Incident of the Spanish war. And jet It has not been altogether onescleled, although tho dirty and al-tcigethci al-tcigethci false assaults made by Mac-la Mac-la upon Schley ennio near niuklnu It so. In tlw public revolt aealust the Mac lay charges. Itut a cleaier view haa pievalled generally In tho navj, and among many tu civil life. This view Is foiclhly Htnlad by Harry I.oomls Nelson Nel-son In the Atlantic Monthlj for Feb. ruaty. 111 these vvoida It Is the lending lend-ing article In tho number, nnd Is en-titled, en-titled, 'Three Months of President Itooeevelt" Here Is the part of It bearing on thin matter. The genuineness of the President's attitude atti-tude tnwurd the arm unci nnv), M10 "'I'Tf!'1 or h's determination to compel illxc Inline, und bis fc ark seness In the dlihaiw; of his duties are shown In the cusrivid rebuke which he has admlnls-lere.1 admlnls-lere.1 10 (Ion Miles l'he disastrous eon. ti civersv In the mew touching Admiral Oohli'j has been a k mealed hy failure on the part of the E.evlltlve lo supines It b quick and decisive action It had lived inHliilc becausu the right thing had not been done at the right lime if the Judgment Judg-ment thnt was rendered by the Court of inqulrv hud been rendered b the Kxoui-tlve Kxoui-tlve as soon ns the nnitlsuu and sectional campaign In Sihlec's bolmlf hud broken out the I 'lin tlmill) ma. It- for him could not huvn lived u moment in tho face of the ridlc nl- wuli whl'h thc would have been erected llm the scandalous talk went on en am aged In tin- promotion of Behlev 111. evil. of tin- i.ilniillnu laded e ut o the 11 ilillc nienmrv . the real coin innnd. 1 hi-c hli r. lun-orliiR from ,h lu-liisllie lu-liisllie i,r the cuiinio tu himself nn I his 1 lonl cnpialiis. was forgotten, or. If ie-1 ie-1 memin n, 1 was made the victim or tao I ouri Insults that lugiutltmlu coild Invent. In-vent. Hie whole naval scivke was lu n sialo of Intense exasperation, to the del-rinieni del-rinieni .1! Its discipline mid to the thr-al-encd InJ'iil of tin ieiiiiitr mull Ihe Au-mlrnl Au-mlrnl of the nu wi . had done so muVh lllid recelvtd bo miieh thiew nil upon the lllllilee In fHIng in Ihe fa, 0 nf Ihe l.iw aid the funs hv dr Inn hi li.et to take ti m v.tnu .1 r- in tm- honor- thu ' in";,? H'V .hiiT'T "V''r ,; . ile of Insuhorunatlon 1 gnlnit th VI 1 mini whj Ii id be 11 to unjust nnd un grateful when mslon wa at Its hottest, "en Miles I rgetilng his rtjlc of subordination' subor-dination' arc 1 s uf tho obllgutlon whleh rested upon him to set tin examplo of discipline, indifferent 10 tho welfare of tin two servl ! rtiul ti tin necessity of pri serving nllv good will betweea them. Joined In th. lontroversi nnd. In an Interview In-terview whhh was printed In a elnllv newspipir took the Mile of Admiral lewc, nnd therefore oxiltod th" wrath of a very large mnjorlll of the navy ngufnst tho irimmiinclor of the nrmy 'Ihe Presllent iictnl prompt I v Oen Miles was sent f r Ile wine Invited Into the Cnlilnit room, but avoided a private interview, nnd was pulillelc reprimanded secretars I!' nl si llrg under the dlree-lion dlree-lion of the President, sent him u reproof, which will In of morel lor all time, the like of whleh no general officer of our army hns ever boforo reiolved His duty wns pointed out to him his offense explained, ex-plained, nnd ho wns Informed ihnt the 0I1-IlKallon 0I1-IlKallon lo maintain discipline In reused, rather than diminished, wuli In, reaso of rank Meanwhile Hcereturv Long wns permitted a free hund In elenllng vvllh tho report of tho court wlilih found thnt Hchley had shown himself a dilatory nnd vacillating commander, and. In Ida endorsement, en-dorsement, he Inillre. tly Intormet Admiral Dewey that his dlsi" nllng opinion, which ho had not been aslcd lor In which he v.) to rVhto ihr lion in of the dostruc-Uein dostruc-Uein of Cervenis lleet was 1111 Impropriety. Impro-priety. Not ml) thai the 8t . letary eo pointed 0111 Hi" chnni ter of the Impropriety Impro-priety as to show that It consisted In tho Admirals effort to rob a brother officer of his honors after refusing 0. hearing. In censuring Oen Miles and Admiral Dewev. and In endorsing the Just vur-dlct vur-dlct iignltiBt Sehlej the I'resldent hid no thought but to do thnt which he deemed rlght-to do Justlie to tench a lesson of discipline to the .lciitcnunl-cien ral of tho nrmy, 10 nut an 1 ad to n disrupt big controversy con-troversy fn the navy, and In doing this he Invited a stoim of crtlelsm faced an nngrv moh In nnd nut of Congress, but taught a lice-dod lesson to the two services, serv-ices, and, Ineldentallv to heroes who sbtise their popularity 10 the Injury of the Government whoe welfare thej are bound to put above their own ambitions Tho appeal of Admiral Sampson's attorneys at-torneys to the President against tho obiter dictum of Admiral Dewey ns to who was In command at the destruction of the Spanish lleet off Santiago cannot but be sustnlned The United States courts, after n full hearing In tho prize-money prize-money awards, decided that ln favor of Admiral Bompson; it was a public scandal for Dewey to assume to reverse that decision, especially after he had ro-fused ro-fused Sampson nny hearing or protection protec-tion as to his rights and standing; had ruled out all on that point, and when that matter had not ln any way been submitted to tho court, and was by tho court's own order not before It. Tho whole controversy is a grlof to every well-wisher of his country, who laments tho d.amngo to both principals concerned con-cerned In It, and grieves that It lias been made n sectional nnd political matter. There wns In truth glory enough for nil, and all should havo been content to do their whole duty without strife savo against the foe. |