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Show SHOULD NOT ACCLPT. - The wires put out a rumor that Admiral Schley may be the successor of the late Senator Gorman in the , United States Senate. . Admiral ' Schley should hesitate before accepting that place. If he should read tomorrow morning that the President had sent the name of some bright man, say like Senator Sen-ator Beveridge of Indiana or Senator Daniel of Virginia Vir-ginia to the Senate to be confirmed as Rear-Admiral in the navy of the United States, he would open his eyes wide and say : "That is a clever man, but what does he know about a ship?" . Now, if he were to accept an appointment as Senator from Maryland, a great many people would say: "Schley is a grand old fighter he knows how to hold a ship up into a hurricane or into a battle but what does he know about the duties of a United States Senator?" Then, again, has he any right to risk the reputation reputa-tion of the navy through accepting a position for which he has had no training or experience? He might do for President. When we think of Grover Cleveland and Andrew Johnson and Franklin Frank-lin Pierce, we realize that almost anybody will do for President, but the Senate is a different school. For twenty years and more the occupants of the gallery gal-lery have 'been accustomed whenever Senator Gorman Gor-man arose from his seat to expect ' something something in the line of statesmanship. Does Admiral Schley believe that he could hold down that chair? He would not believe that a civilian civil-ian could very well take his place on the deck of a ship and handle it in storm and battle. Is he quite sure' that he, in the United States Senate, could meet and outride the storms and battles that are going on there? A great name is a difficult thing to get. When a man possesses it, and knows it has to pass on for all time, that from his generation among the few names selected for immortality his will be one, he ought to be careful, having that treasure in his possession, pos-session, not to do anything to tarnish it. In his boyhood he chose a career. He has filled it with great honor. He has drawn great honors to his name. It would be foolish for him in his .old age to pick out a new career and try to distinguish himself him-self in it, because the chances are ten to one that he not only would fail, but that he would tarnish the fame that he won fairly in his chosen career. |