Show STILL OUR CUR HERO HEROs s Dewey ewey has baa a right to aspire to o the presidency of ot the United States Stales He was born horn In this thia country He fulfills all the constitutional reQuirements 4 But there la 18 one ODe question the Ameri Amen American American can voter has grown accustomed to asking of presidential candidates which might embarrass the brave admiral very very greatly If i be he should attempt an answer What political principle does he stand tand for According to his bis own frank admissions he never voted In his life All Oils hIs relatives are uc Republicans When he left the land to sail the nonpartisan nonpartisanS S seas ea die double monetary standard was defended by alL parties as no the money of the constitution He never heard of ot this new nC Tangled angled i gold standard fad of the London bank banker banke er e until after his return returA from fron Manila He believes In expansion but not in wars of conquest He has hoo deprecated the bloodshed in Luzon more than once He has said in his official re reports ports on file In the theoffice office of the secre mere secretary secretary tary of the navy naY that he lle considers the i Filipinos more capable of f self govern goern government ment mont than are the Cubans who are axe and of right ought to be as congress has declared and the president has hag re no reiterated reiterated iterated free and independent In choosing his party it is safe to toGY toi I i say GY he selected the American side aide of o othe k the Important issues ues now before the thes s people peo le H has 11 Identified himself with the opposition to O And t tuis is much of politics 1 be knows But ut he know and pretend te tc Know a n thing about the tariff about banking coinage about political history or partisan con controversies controversies There is about Wm him Im an In Innocence p of ot these matters which might O fittingly ba be described as ae charming And Arid yet if lie ne were nominated it would be bei i called deplorable ignorance by b an irreverent opposition The unexampled consideration shown him by his countrymen would be hc poor poorly poorly poorly ly rewarded if I half of them used his name as slogan and the other half halt made a n target of ot his s fame fameS 4 00 S 4 y i Already since his bl announcement that he is isa a Democrat and a political factor arrangements for the th celebration of oft t Dewey day have bave been b n canceled cancel Down Downin in Nephi the other ty the teachers and authorities of ot the public schools decided to abandon the for Dewey day on account ac of this new de departure deP departure P This Is a a sample of or what the admiral may expect if he enters the political arena It i nt fair faJr it patriotic This new revelation of a novel and interest interesting interestinG Interesting ing phase of the ibe seamans character chara ter should not be allowed to obscure the heroism for which he te is best known r and loved Whatever this In Bailor may do or attempt to do thy d says saye sa B Ban T an eastern newspaper he is still the hero of Manila And hether he is s the instrument of ot designing schemers or the victim of an honest almost boy boyish boyIsh boyIsh ish it is Ig beyond his power L and beyond the power of alarmed or opposing politicians to deprive him hint of the honor and am the glory which right rightfully rightfUlly rightfully fully belongs to him as the hero of ot ranna bay Then let Dewey day dar be celebrated as asif tf if f nothing else elBe had bad ever happened |