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Show THE RETIREMENT OF SAMPSON. Tho retirement of Admiral Sampson, announced thla morning In the mokt handsjine lei ins by the Nav) dejwt-ment, dejwt-ment, recalls tho unjunt obloqu that hna been heaped upon that great commander, com-mander, who deaerved so much from hla country and 1ms received so little. lit-tle. The sorrowful news that he la In n mental deillno which la Incurable, and that hla Inevitable cud Is Intellectual Intellec-tual ecllpfe, come concurrently with the notice of hi retirement The appreciative ap-preciative letter wiltten him by Prosi. dent .McKlnley lo also given. It makes plain the eminent service of Adtnlinl Sampson and serves to awaken tho profoundist pity und sorrow for tho fate of tho man whoso llfo hnB been maried If not shattered by unreasoning unreason-ing column and Indecent parllsan ns. saults 'Ihe controversy that lion centered cen-tered about him and Admiral Bcliley has been the unfouunnie and regrettable regret-table incident of the fc.panli,livvvar. An1 ot It hia not been altogether one-aided although tho dirty" and allogenic al-logenic i false assaults mado by Muc. Ii upon Hcliley camo'near maklnir it no in tho publlo revolt against the Mulcy c harden. Uutaclcaior view has piivaliod gcnornliy 111 tho nav, and ii'iung mnny!nrilvll llfo. This view Is forcibly Minted by Hurry Loomls Nelson Nel-son In 4the'Atlai!tlo Month! for Feb. luary.iiTthaM woids It la tho lead-Iruijortlcle lead-Iruijortlcle In the numler. nnd Is en. titled, Throo Month of President IWOfcovelf Heie Is the part of It bearing on this mailer uearing on tnis matter Tho gi eminences of tlco President s altitude alti-tude towuril ino nrm and nivv the li of his ileuimlnillon to toinp I dUcLnlu., cut hl f,arli.nes. In tie die liarg,. of hla diiilea are shown n tl. ere,i',w.r,1U'nWl"'!Jc he. hj" aclmlnl.-tered aclmlnl.-tered in ii,n Miles The disastrous ein-Jinu ein-Jinu l"l. !"'" "" touching Admiral ,,1 "'. ?ab:,,'n " tail hy failure on cue purl or Ihe l.xecu.ive to sunnitss lr b niiuk und decisive a. Hon it nad lived ma nlc because the right thing had not f ", n"n" at the light time IrTthce ju'lg. tic nt that wn lendered b the court of Inqulri hud been rendc rcd b the Uxecu-tiv Uxecu-tiv as soon as the puritanic and sectional cam,..dBii In 8vhlev) behalf had broker! out the ililm ilnallj mu. It tor hlin could '," iVn ."4" i? mom."t. ,n "i" '"ee o, the run, ii, with which ihe would have been gi e I inn ihe scandalous talk i,h'iLu".h!,' ""!wl, ' the luiimoilon of RcfTA'chl Vi"'" "' ,h '"'Pl'alKn faded inander lii.ehitf null, ring from tlw n-lusllcp n-lusllcp ol th,. .nmt-, to himself and hla 1iii iitpiuhia waa forgot t.n or If meiiihtii I hh nmde llm victim of the '. '.'.', ?! 1"".11': '"l lilintllude ..mid In-vim In-vim Hi. wholo naval service wj& In a suite or inlensi, exusiieratlen to thei dot. r inunt ,K Its dliclpllne and to the ihieat- mlinl of the nn v who hnd done so much nH,,,i'i'.u!.';'.!J",'.'uiuIhr,',w "" u'""i I'' names b Mvliig In ihe fine ; the 1W nnd ire fnct. fj) aln , i,,,, "ftakV. fr m Velrnli i I h ,, s tl I ,ner thct bW,",',, i",Br,,uw',vt.!,t '2 .L l iw i! ,h,! lly w " almost a mfr i "'h'n'tihoruinaiinn aralnsi th vl rnr I nn i n .d w ii o unjust and ci A........ v-.-V graleful wlii taion was at Its hottest, 'Jen Miles t raettlng his d it of sutior-dlnatlonenrfls sutior-dlnatlonenrfls uf the obligation which roved llpon him to set un examplo of discipline InrtllTe rent to tho welluro of Ihe tw i serel mid t the necessity of preserving active gon.1 Hill lietween them Jollied In the . imlrovers und In an Interview In-terview which was printed In a dallv i.ewspuper look the Melo or Admiral I)owe, und therefore excited the wrath of a verj large mnjorlt of the nav against the eftmminiier of the army. ,lhii Pr side in tic ted promntlv flen Mllea was fnl fe r He wns Invited Into tho Cabinet room, but avoided h pllvata Interview and wis li Jlill i reprlmar 'led creturv I. e,i H ling under the direction direc-tion of the I'resl lent sent hlin a reproof, which will bo or rceord lor all time, tho like of which no general olhcer of our urm has ever Imforo received Ills duty was pointed out te, him his offense ex-plained, ex-plained, nnd he was Informed that the ol-llKution ol-llKution tei mnltitntn dlsripllu. lm reuseil rather llinn ellinlnlKhed with Increase of rank Meanwhile HeeretHrc Lung was permitted a free hand tn dealing with the icnort of tho court which found that Semtej hnd shown himself u dilatory and vacillating commander, nnd, In hl3 en- clnrsemenl he incllrei lly Informel Admiral Dewey that his eliseei tiling opinion, which ho had liul been naked lor tn which be gave to Hrhlcs Ihe linn irn of tho dewtruc. tlon of Lerverics teet wns un Impropriety Impro-priety Not e nlj thut the tfeetetury so tnlnteel out the ehnructer of the Impropriety Impro-priety ns lo show Hint It consisted In the Admiral a effort to rob ft brother otllcer of his honors after refusing a hearing In censuring On Miles nnd Admiral Ie)Wo, and In endorsing the Just vor-dlct vor-dlct UK-alnst Se hlej Ihe 1'iesldent had no thought but to do that which he deemed right to do Justice lo teac Ii u leeesnn of discipline tn the I leutenunt-Cenernl of tho army, to put an end to n ellsrui ting controversy con-troversy in thee navy, and tn elolng this he Invited a storm of crttctiem faced an angry mob In nnet out or ( negroes, but tnithht a needeel lefson to the two services, serv-ices, and, Incldentnllv lo heroes who nbuse their popiilurlt in the Injury of the Oovernment whose welfare tnej are bound to put ecbovc their own ambitions Tho appeal of Admiral Sampson's nt torneya to the President ngalnat the obiter dictum of Admiral Dewey as tn who was In command nt the destruction of tho Spanish fleet off Santiago cannot but be sustained The United States courts, after n full hearing In the prize-money prize-money awards, decided that In favor of Admiral Sampson, It waa n public scandal for Dewey to assume to reverse that decision, especially after ho had ro. fused Sampson any hearing or protection protec-tion as to his rights nnd stnndlng, had ruled out all on thit point, and when that matter hid not In any way been submitted fo tho court, nnd was by tho court's own order not before It. The wholo controversy la a grief to every well-wisher of his country, who laments tho climngo to both principals concerned con-cerned In It, nnd grieves tint It hna been mule n sectional nnd pnlltlcnl lmttor. Thero wns In truth glory enough for all, and all should hivo been content to do their whole duty without strife avo ngalnst the foe. |