Show I tN DE WE 1 His Conclusions Conclusion ion Will Live in History Long After the Others Are AreS S Forgotten F Says Sherman Will Be I INo 5 No Further Fuher Action i i ITT ASHINGTON Dec Bee 14 The secre secretary secreta WASHINGTON W w tary ta of the navy has baa before him for review rele the report of the court of Inquiry in the S hley case He is naturally 1 taking time to do 00 o this care carefully carefully fully full so 80 that immediate action is not expected Meanwhile the th court is technically in session and will remain so 10 until dissolved by order of Secretary Long who convened it The practice in such cases is laid haiti down specifically in naval regulation number 1739 re respecting respecting respecting courts cour of Inquiry The ques question question question tion has been raIsed Ince the appear appearance appearance ance anon of two reports ln n print how far tar Admiral Dewey the president ident of the court subscribed to the opinion ex expressed expressed pressed In the first report and in the findings by appending his signature that signature being required of him hint apparently by the regulation above al nI alluded to regardless of ot his individual opinion In response to inquiry on this point the judge advocate general of the navy says saya According to naval noval practice Admi Admiral ral ml Dewey by affixing his hla signature to the report of the court of inquiry in inthe inthe inthe the case of ot Rear Admiral Schley Sebley ex expresses expresses expresses presses fU concurrence in all the findings of fact and in all the opinions reached by the court except those with respect to which he has in terms sig signified signified dissent dl in Ig his minority opinion Captain Parker Pleased New Nw York Dec 14 Captain Parker of Admiral counsel was told early this morning of the purport of the two Schley reports rep He said Admiral Dewey better than thin any anyone one else ehle in the world was d to judge this case eee He is the one man living be beside beside beside side Admiral Schley who conducted a campaign and fought a battle hattie with modern modem ships under modern conditions He probably found there was a differ difference difference ence once between theory and practice and judged Schley in the light of his own experience The two other members of the court were men of the highest t character and men seen who would not misjudge knowingly or willingly willi n They never Dever had bad the experience the ad admiral admiral admiral miral had had aad and probably did not see things in the same me light as he did We shall leave the matter to the judgment of the people of ef the country confident that in the just wat popular mind nd the findings of A Dewey Pe wilt be sus sun sustained tamed S Captain Captala Parker Pa ker seemed almost as aa much pleated pleased that Admiral Dewey had sustained Rear Admiral Schley as if the court had been unanimous in the verdict that he Dewey rendered Opinion in the senate is III divided as asto asto asto to the probability of a congressional investigation of or the Schley controversy but on the whole is against the probability proba probability of such course A majority of th tM the Republican senators appear to be adverse to the reopening of the ques question question tion Uon and those holding this view vie In Includes eludes friends of Admiral Schley Hoi r Is With Dewey Senator Hoar expressed himself as content to tu abide by the opinion of Ad Admiral Admiral miral Dewey because of If his superior facilities for a correct con conc conI I c c elusion and Senator Mason toek took a sim similar liar ilar position adding that tIM tie position po of the admiral of the navy would be accepted as the verdict of the court regardless of what conclusion other members of the court might have reached Senator Hale thought there would be and should be no further investigation He is chairman of the committee on naval affairs and said he would use whatever influence he might possess po sess against further inquiry as 8 detrimental to the best interests of the na ri nay Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Cullom declared that further in inquiry Inquiry inquiry would be tomfoolery and nd that no more light on the subject could be secured than had been Democratic senators g seemed to wait walt upon the expression t of opinion by the friends of Admiral Schley bley Sen Senator S Sator Senator ator Martin said that while lie he 1 did not feel called upon to present 8 declara declaration declaration declaration tion he thought that congress congre should adopt a joint resolution stating its con confidence confidence confidence in the admiral What Bacon Would Do Senator Bacon said he would be glad giad to vote for fora a resolution re declaring Admiral Ad Admiral Admiral miral Deweys Dewey s position po to be the cor correct correct correct position Senator Money assented to the proposition that congress should act if It action was desired by the friends of Admiral Schley Senator Rawlins thought a resolution re of confidence would be in order and Senator Jones of Arkansas thought it most moot probable that thata a resolution bearing upon the tle question was among the probabilities Representative Pierre of Maryland who vrho represents the Maryland district from which Admiral Schley Sebley came Stated today that he be would introduce e a resolution for a congressional investigation Investigation gation gatlon of ot the entire affair unless his colleague from Mary Maryland Maryland Maryland land Mr Schirm who had haq contemplated contemplated contemplated plated introducing such a resolution carried out this action Mr Pierre says he has not formulated the he details of the proposed congressional congre inquiry but he thinks it would be desirable to have it conducted by special commit committee tee rather than by one oue of the gular committees of o the house hoube Chairman Foss Fo s of the house hou naval committee declined to express an opinion opinIon opinion ion as to whether congress would deal with the Schley case cue He says he has been careful to avoid taking sides on the subject as it might come cOllie before the committee and he J ic serve a wholly impartial t tL Amone Mr Foes FOBS Fo s associates it If s e general understanding that tha t the chair chairman chairman chairman man is not favorable to congressional lonal action Chairman Payne P the majority floor leader when asked ked if a congressional investigation was likely to be held said Why should congress go g into nto the subject Admiral Schley has bag baji his day in court and I doubt whether it would be for congress to go over the ground already covered by b the court Meyers Meyer Sound Utterance Representative Meyer Maxer M r of ot Louisiana a member mem er of or the saval committee and Continued on Page Z f i 0 EVERYONE ENDORSES DEWEY r Continued trout from Page Pap t tan an authority on naval affairs irs said Mid saidI I 1 d do not think there should be a congressional investigation The Th ver verdict verdict dict diet of the American people finds finda its best est expressions tona in m the ft dings of Ad Admin A min 1 y v f Representative Chester tong Long of Kansas Ran Kan sea sas said uM If congress could develop information tion Uon which the court had failed tailed t e It might be well for congress coa rM to to investigate but congress could do no nomore nomore more than go o over what the court tour has baS gone Representative Hay of Virginia lnla chairman of the house Democratic cau cati caucus eta cus committee said MId saidI MI I t think my Democratic associates would be bt glad d to support a resolution for tor a congressional Ional investigation which would 10 p to the bottom of or the Schley case cam But I very much doubt whether the majority in control of the Ute House would permit p p such an investigation to tobe tobe tobe be undertaken Representative Sherman of New NewYork Ne NewYork York said Shermans Sa Prophecy PI I think the country will in accept Ad Admiral Admiral miral raI Deweys view as conclusive and that congress will take the same view of ot it tL Deweys conclusions will live In history long after the other members of the court oUrt are forgotten Senator McComas of Maryland aryland ex cx cured cued cu ed himself from discussing the ver yer verdict verdict dict diet Bering he would decide on Noth Nothing oth lag ing until nUl he lie could hear from the ad admirals admiral admirals miral friends frienda I Will Hot Kot Lecture Washington Dee Dec 14 Admiral Schley mull U has been Ken steadily grow growing growIng I ing InK lately since it became known kRon that the report of the court of inquiry was II approaching approach completion He has 11 re received received a number of sEers offers era to go 10 on the lecture platform One proposition was wasa a fixed lined price of StiO a night leht J for lee lec lectures turn tures to last 1 forty nights Admiral I Schley Sebley politely declined this and all other offers offe II |