Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — FIGHTING BOB EVANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGHTING BOB EVANS.

The rebuke administered to Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans by the Navy Department because of his attack, upon ex-Recretary Chandler is direct and sharp, but if the admiral is wise he will accept it in silence and be thankful that his indiscretion brought no worse punishment. He should be glad that Mr. Chandler is an ex-senator and not an active member of congress, otherwise the matter undoubtedly would have been made the subject of a congressional inquiry. The best thing Admiral Evans can do is to resolve to criticize no prominent man while still living, especially if he be of Mr. Chandler’s temperament. This reprimand ought to have a salutary effect in checking the kind of offense of which Admiral Evans was guilty. He used the pages of his book to air his grudge of sixteen years' standing against the man who was Secretary of the Navy at the time of Evans’ removal from the lighthouse board. There has been too much public criticism by naval officers of late. The Navy Department has formally notified the admiral that when he attacked the former head of the navy he “abandoned the courtesy that should always characterize an officer of the navy.” This judgment will be confirmed by the great majority of American citizens. The only solace Admiral Evans is likely to get out of the episode is in the form of larger sales for his book. Many people will want to read the volume that could call down upon its author such a stinging rebuke.—Chicago Tribune.

REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS