Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1899 — INTERVIEW WITH DEWEY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INTERVIEW WITH DEWEY.

Ridicules the Idea of Hi* EeHffH Presidential Candidate. |g Admiral Dewey is reserved in what hd says, but he is discreet without beinjH timid. In reply to questions about presidential aspirations and Gen. Otjgjp policy he said: “I am not a politicjHP.W am a sailor. My training has that way. I know my business, or Ml least should know it, and I do not wantl to mix up in the affairs of government. II am perfectly satisfied to live and die E simple sailor, who tried to do his duty. I cannot make a speech even. “Gen. Otis has tried to do too much. 1 told him so. He wants to be general, governor, judge and everything else—to have 1 hold of all the irons. No man can do this. , “The fight in the Philippines should be easily ended. Do I think the Filipino* are fit for self-government*? ■ell, no, not just now. They probably will be in a. little time. It is my candid opinion that*

they are more fitted for it than the Cubans; that they are a better people than the Cubans in every way.” When told that he had been suggested to lead the Democratic ticket with Gen. Wheeler as a running mate, the admiral said: “Well, we should make a pretty mess of it. Gen. Wheeler, of course, has some training in the political school, but then he is a West Pointer. I had forgotten that. He would want to run everything as he would a regiment and, of course, would make a splendid mess of it. You cannot run a government as you would a regiment.” When told that his son had said he was a pronounced Republican, the admiral laughed and said his son knew about as much about it as the Olympia. There is heartiness and health in every gesture of the famed sea fighter. He has the quiet, courtly manner that stamps the man of the world, and the vigor that characterizes the sailor. His face has

the bronze inevitable after thirteen months’ exposure to the tropical snn of Manila bay. Dewey’s eyes are of hazel brown, and sparkle when he is talking enthusiastically. IBs voice is strong and clear. The admiral dresses as immaculately as ever. His appearance corresponds with that of the flagship.

THE DEWEY ARCH.