URGES AND REPLIES IM SAHPSON-SCMJEY INQUIRY
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Tie prcpt usuei by, the tecretary of the car for the board of inquiry and
t r;.!ie coade to the charges by Admiral Schley in the past are 1.3 follows:
THE PRECEPT.
1 Mia conduct In connection with
the ecu of i Santiago campaign.
5 Ttt drtanjitances attending,' the
roE.a controlling and the propriety
of th user nsesu of the Cyitsg squad
ros cS Ciesfuegos tn Ifay, U3S.
SCHLEY'S REPLIES.
1 An affirmation that Rear Admiral
Schley's conduct was In line with his
duties as a gentleman and an officer
2 Admiral Schley remained at Cien-
fuegos instead of moving to Santiago
under general instructions from Samp-
ton to remain there until satisfied that
Orrera'a squadron was not there. . He
was not furnished with the code of sig-
. . ' - nals whereby he could have ascer
tained that fact, and when furnished
it moved rapidly to Santiago. .
3The tirexita stances attending, the 3 Admiral Schley took with him
re aoca controlling and the propriety the Eagle and the collier Merrimac on
ut ti tsottiaexits of the said squadron his way from Cieufuegos to Santiago,
In p'ocdltg from Clenfuegoa to San- and this being a slow boat retarded his
kaga. ' movements. He had to stop to repair
the Merrimac several times. These
f . vessels were assigned to him by Ad
miral Sampson and he could not aban
don them. -
-The drccmstaaces attending the 4 Schley was Informed by SIgsbee.
arril of the flying squadron off San- Jewell and Wise, who had been off
V.s.go, tte reasons for iu retrograde Santiago for a week, that they had
ttirn westward and departure from off not seen Cervera's squadron and was
Eartia-so, and the propriety thereof, also informed by his pilot The eea
and weather prevented-coaling and
he started toward Key West, but find
ing that he could coal later, did coal
" - and returned to Santiago. . v .
5 The circumstances attending and 5 Admiral Schley was instructed
the reAsor.a for the disobedience by that the navy department believed
CwE&oS&re Schley of the orders of Cervera was at Santiago and looked
the department contained in its dls- to him to ascertain the fact and to see
puch dated May 25, WS, and the that Cervera did not leave without
propriety cf his conduct la the prem- decisive action. Schley telegraphed
. that the Merrimac. his collier, was dis
abled; that he was unable to coal the
Texas, Marblehead, Vixen and Brook
lyn, owing to a very rough sea, and
could not remain on that account. In
his dispatch he said: "Much to be
regretted, , cannot obey orders of de
partment."
5 The condition of the coal supply
cf the Cries squadron on and about
May 27. US?, its coaling facilities;
the necessity.-if any. for. or advisabil
ity of. the return of the squadron to
Key Wm to coal, and the accuracy
and propriety of the official reports
made by Commodore Schley with re-'
pct to this matter.
7 Whether or not every effort in
csmbeat cpon the commanding offi
cer of a fieet under such circumstances
wafc made to capture or destroy the
Spanish cruiser Colon as the . lay at
asch in th entrance to Santiago
harbor May 27to 21. Inclusive, and
th- tecesvity for. or adt isafcility of.
engaging the batteries at the entrance
to Santiago harbor, and the Spanish
vessels at anchor within the entrance
to said harbor, at ' the ranges Hied,
and . the propriety of Commodore
Schley's conduct in the premises.
i The eeetssJty, if any, for. and
adrisahilitr f. withdrawing at Sight
the Syicg squadron from the entrance
to Santiago harbor to a distance at.
aa. if auch shall be found to have
tn the case; the extent and charac
ter m such withdrawal, ana wnetaer
or mA. a close or adequate . blockade
of aatd harbor, to prevent the escape
of Us enemy's vessels therefrom,, was
xaodort Schley conduct la the prm-
The position of the Brooklyn on
the scorning of July 2, 1SSS. at the
time cf the exit of the Spanish ves
sels from the harbor of Santiago. The
clrcuciuanc4ss attending, the reasons
for. and the Incidents resulting from
the torricr f the Brooklyn in the
direction which she turned at or about
the beriming of the action with raid
Spiaith vessels, and the possibility of
thereby colliding with or endangering
any other f the vessels of the United
Elates feet, and the propriety of Com
modore Schley ' conduct in the premises.
10 -The circumstances leading to and
the Incident and results of a contro
versy with Lieutenant Alhoa C Hodg
toa. U. 8. N., who. a July 3, 1S2?
during the battle of Santiago, was
navigator of the Brooklyn. In relation
to the turning of the Brooklyn; also
the colloquy at that time between
Commodore Schley and Lieutenant
Hcdgsos and the ensuing correspon
dence between them a the subject
thereof, and the propriety of the con
duct of AdmIral Schley la the premises.
6 Admiral Schley said he would
need tea thousand tons of coal on ar
riving at Key West from Santiago.
The coaling facilities were a broken
down collier, and with no other base
of supplies Key West was the proper
station. Admiral Schley's report, he
being on the scene, cannot be attacked
for acuracy and propriety.
7 The Cristobal Colon lay wen up
la the harbor, and, not at the entrance.
Schley made a reconnoiesance on the
afternoon of May 31 with the Massa
chusetts. Iowa and New Orleans to de
velop the fortifications and their char
acter, his Intention, being to destroy
the Colon promptly. His fire was
returned by heavy batteries east and
west of the entrance, by large calibre
and long-range guns. After this re
connoissance the Colon retreated into
the harbor behind the land. Schley
fired at 7,000 yards range on account of
the land batteries. ;. . ;
8 The Colon having, disappeared
and the strength and danger of the
batteries having been determined, Rear
Admiral Schley withdrew out of range,
still remaining a blockade of the port
without the risk of, disabling his
squadron. At the time of the with
drawal the Brooklyn and Texas were
not with his force of reconnoi3sance,
but were coaling ia the offing.
9 The turn of the Brooklyn, or the
loop, was ordered -by Captain Cook,
as a matter of tactical judgment. In
his official report he explains it sim
ply, thus: "We opened fire on the
lending ship In five minutes from the
discovery (that they were coming
out). The port battery was first en
gaged, as we stood with port helm to
head off the leading ship and giving
them a raking fire at about 1,500 yard?
range. The enemy turned to the west
ward to close into the land. We then
wore around to starboard, bringing
the starbcrrd battery Into action. The
enemy hugged the shore to the west
ward. The Brooklyn, leading, was
folic wed by the Texas, Iowa, 0Bi.:on,
Indiana and Gloucester." The secre
tary of the navy, it will be shown,
never criticised the loop of the Brook
lyn. Captain Philip of the Texas does
not allege that there was any danger
to his ship or any others from the turn
of the Brooklyn. -He does say,-however,
that his fire was for a while
blanketed by the Oregon.
10 It will be shown that there was
no i erfonal or official Impropriety in
Admiral Schley calling on Lieutenant
Alton C Hodgson, navigator of the
Btec kiyn to disprove a statement de
rogatory to the admiral, namely that
le (ScVej) said ie was too n?ar the
Spaniards, that he gave orders to get
cut cf tne way, and that he-said:
"Damn the Ti-xar, let her tae care if
herself. This reported lauguag3 of
Admiral Schley was Investigated, un
der orders from Sampson, by Captain
Chad wick, and no action was taken,
although Lieutenant Hellner, naviga
tor cf tLe Texas; stated that Hodgson
had said Schley used the language'at
tributed to him.
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THE CHURCH AND THE POOR
Reasons Why Wage Workers do Not At-
- , tend Church and Support It as
They One Did
No rational man can doubt about
the tremendous influence - that ; the
church we use the word in its broad
est sense has upon the affairs of men.
This influence reaches to - the home
me nuu, uic yuinius ituu me, uusiuess
or every man, woman and child. A
man may be an atheist or anagnostic,
nevertheless the influence of the
church reaches him in one way and
another. Forty or fifty years ago the
church membership was mainly com
posed of the poor. In the early sev
enties a minister in Omaha, - after
thorough .investigation, preached . a
sermon in which he asserted if it were
not for the contributions of the wage
workers and others of very moderate
means, every church then existing in
the city would have to close its doors
for want of support.
Since that time a very great change
has taken place. The churches .- in
Omaha and almost everywhere else,
now get their main support from1 the
rich except in the country parishes,
and even there the more wealthy con
trol the policy of the churches. Many
of i ih old ; ministers , who laid - the
foundations of , society ' in. this new
state, are now cast; aside and are liv
ing in the utmost poverty, while their
gay and sensational successors preach
to suit the views of the plutocracy.
Some of the sober-minded men in the
church are making investigations of
this subject :and are trying to find out
why the poor, especially in the cities,
have forsaken the churches and no
longer attend them. Rev." Charles
Stelze has an article in a recent num
ber of the Outlook In which he says
It is said that not more than three
per cent of . the workingmen -of our
large cities are regular attendants at
our churches. Whether this statement
be true or not, we know that as our so
cial and Industrial life becomes more
intense the gulf between the working-
man and the church becomes wider
and deeper. J
In order to find out at first hand just
why workingmen do not attend church,
I recently sent out two hundred letters
to as many labor leaders throughout
the country, asking them to give me
the benefit of their observations along
this line, and that their replies might
be definite I requested them to answer
the following questions:
First What is the chief fault that
workingmen find with the church?
Second What, in your opinion,
takea the place of the church in the life
Of the average workingman?
ThirdHow do they regard Jesus
Christ?- V- - , -Y'
Fourth What, In ' your opinion,
should engage the activities of the
churcht - - . V
The answers received proved to me
that workingmen are tremendously in
earnest about this matter. They offered
no apology. They gave no excuses.
With hardly an exception tneyvgave
reasons Tor their non-attendance upon
church services.
The letters received were gone over
very carefully, and airrepetltions and
superfluous matter was eliminated, and
the follownig composite letter gives,
practically, the answers which came
from the men to whom I wrote: ;
What is the chief fault that
workingmen find with the church?
If you say that there is a wide gulf
between the workingmen and the
church of Jesu3 Christ, I deny the as
sertion. .The gulf is between the
workingman and the church of today.
The church of today does not teach
the principles of Chrjst. It has lost or
else tt ignores them. The church does
not preach the doctrines of the meek
and lowly Jesus, but the doctrines of
the -high and mighty ones of this
earth. To the average workingman
the church seems to work in the in
terest of the capitalist. In fact, the
preacher and the wealthy men run ev
erything. The preacher has the gift of
"gab" and ean down the poor man, and
the rich, man, on account of his posi
tion can dictate, and the preacher
mdst generally submits. . ;
We do not want a man to tell us on
Sunday that his heart is bleeding for
us, and then on Monday refuse us liv
ing wages. How can we pray with him
on Sunday iwhen he preys upon us dur
ing the week? We know to begin with
that he is a hypocrite; that when he
tells us he wants us to go to heaven
with him, he lies, for the heaven he is
striving for was only created for the
rich.
We condemn the church because it
is in 'with the "push" and has a "pull"
with it.
In the cities the church is a sort of
a social club where we feel ourselves
hardly welcome. The French used to
Say: "The church is the appendage
of the landed gentry." The church up
holds them and furthers the interest
of these hypocrites from the pulpit and
the press. It is, in ninety-nine out of
one. hundred cases, the servant of the
capitalist.- -r- r -.t rT:i
It does seem queer! that there are so
many -church-goers who only use the
church to Hide their meanness. These
same people; who go to church on Sun
day with their' flibles under their arms
as ; brave as the best of Christians,
curse at US when we make mistakes in
the shop, and try to' break up our tin
ions beca-use they fear that they must
part, with a f e-wr more of their dollars
You would be a great deal better off
without their membership.1
" The workingman finds the average
church "v of today too much given to
show and ? pomp. It Is a very nice
place to go to if . you are fortunate
enough to dress as well as your pew
mate..! ,.,, r -..
We workingmen know that the
church requires money to sustain it,
and we are not " willing to attend un
less we can lielpto support it. But
generally, the wealthy members move
to a" more fashionable location, and
we are left behind to do the best we
can, and ;we finally conclude that it is
easier for a camel to go through, a
needle's eye than for a poor map to
enter beaven. When we go to the rich
man's church we are not made wel
come because .we bear the marks of a
poor man. But there Is a lack of hos
pitality even among the- churches
wbich are supposed to be for the "com
mon people." The hearts of the ma
jority of workingmen are all right, and
they are inclined' toward Christianity,
but the coldness of the church hard
ens them. . You-can make good Chris
tians out of them, but not when they
are hungry and ragged.
II. What, in your opinion, takes
the . place of the church in the life of
the average workingman?
I believe that the Word of God tells
us that the seventh day is a day of
rest; and I get more rest by remain
ing at. home than I would If I attend
ed church to listen to a sermon which,
nine times out of ten, is uninteresting
and soon becomes monotonous. Any
way, the hard pull we have to make
our daily bread prevents, us rrom nav
ing clothes suitable for church. Then,
after adong day in the factory, a night
at the church or the prayer-meeting
offers little inducement to the-weary.
worn workman. The meetings are too
dull and too insipid. After toiling all
day in the vile and unsanitary condi
tions of the work-shops, where are we
to spend our evenings? In our homes
bare, bleak,- arid- desolate? No! It
requires the theatre or the saloon, with
its glittering" lights, its 'fitful music.
the whiri of the dance, and alas: tne
tempting drink, . to make us forget the
incessant drudgery of the, day and of
the morrow. ..There, is no other way to
get away from the maddening, intol
erable effects of our hard struggle for
bread." While the workers' are doomed
to this heart-breaking struggle , their
pleasures will be unnatural.
The lodge takes the place or tne
church in. many workingmen's lives
because bere , every member is equal
to the other and all are made welcome.
The workings of the lodge are based
on Christianity and the Bible, and the
teachings have a tendency to lead the
members to the church. However, it
is claimed by some workingmen that
the lodge apes the church, introduc
ing prayers and vows and wordy
speeches about succor to the needy 1
provided that they are members and
don't simulate sickness and that it is,
after all, nothing but a sham church,
breeding hypocrisy In its church-like
features, i - , ,
We also find a substitute In the labor
union. We go to the union because it
upholds our wages against the persons
who generally , control the churches,
and because it is the. only thing that
gives us protection so that we can earn
a living. The pursuit or the aimignty
dollar has become the supreme sup
stitute of most workingmen, because
on it alone can we exist.
The club room claims many .-more,
because it gives the general news and
questions of interest to" those who are
Rirnilarlv situated with US in the city.
The church, in many instances, is be
ing replaced by the accursed aaiiy
newspaper.
The trouble with the church is tnat
it Insists on putting the question: "Do
you believe?" That Staggers any
broad-minded man, who feels that
what he believes Is of little conse-
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The third number of the Porto Rico
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the island: ; ' ?
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; The beneficence of freedom does not
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Kinley." Buffalo Times: ; -
Let It Be So
The fusion committee will meet at
Lincoln, August 7, to fix the time and
place for the state - convention. Let
Nebraska be "redeemed" from Bolln,
Bartley, bull fights,-;and a ; base, - bull
beaded Savage. Lyons Minor ,
To make cowi pay, u &harpla Crm
Separator. Book "Businew Dairying" ami
Catalogue 270 free. ' W, Cheater, Pa.
Successful Business Men of Nebraska
(Bx J. W. Johnston)
A Floating Hotel.
Th a ' talk - about a floatine hotel, to
be towed out from the Battery every
night and brought to the dock In the
mornine. which has filtered through
the newspapers during every hot spell
in recent summers, is at last to be
realized. Mr. John Arbuckle, who
has had the plan under consideration
for several years, has bought some
fine ships and brought the scheme so
near to completion that tt will be
launched soon it is tp oe nopea peiore
wa have a reoetltion of last week's
heat The details were fully told in
Sunday's Eagle. The boats, or hotels,
will leave the Battery In the evening,
return in the morning:, and will make
over Sunday cruises to nearby points.
Ample provision seems to nave Deen
mad R aealnst accident and for the
preservation of the decorous conduct
which is essential to the success of a
scheme of this kind. No liquor will be
sold on the boats and other provisions
harp herm made, calculated to insure
quiet and good order. With thousands
of people sleeping on uoney isiana
sands la&t week and many more thou
sands tossing at home, unable to sleep
on good beds, in spacious rooms wiin
lnr m windows, it would seem as if
this project would meet an existing de
mand. But much will, of course, de
pend upon the management and suc
cess cannot be guaranteed in advance.
It should be primarily a device to en
able those detained in the city to se
cure a good night s sleep wnen tne neat
denies them that luxury on shore.
Therefore, it should not be a picnic
with late hours, music and other noises
to disturb the people who seek these
boats for rest. There are abundant
resources for merrymaking 'on shore.
No addition to them is needed which
the beaches will not supply on the
mere suspicion of a demand. But
thrA la no wav of insuring refreshing:
sleep to thousands in the city who
would he giaa to pay ior mat privil
ege. Mr. Arbuckle's is the only -pro-
CHARLES" A TUCKER.
In the: early stages of civilization
the success of men and the acumula-
tion of large estates, as well as power,
depended upon prowess with the sword,
and the victory went to the strong.
the vigilant, the active, the brave.
where this combination was sup
ported " by physical and mental
strength, with the advancement of
civilization and the wonderful progress
In science, the extension of trade and
the accumulation of wealth is still a
military game, and the genius, who
possesses the faculty of managing
men and directing the affairs of great
concerns on the lines of the move
ments, which have made famous the
military commanders of the past and
present, are the winners ; , of the ; men
who are leaders in the commercial
world, who have come under the ob
servation of the writer, , none possess,
to a greater extent, the boldness, de
cision and ingenuity necessary to car
ry to the; greatest heights attained by
men than Charles Andrew Tucker, the
managing and controlling spirit of the
great house of ; Tucker Bros. Co. of
Lincoln, Neb. J x -
Mr. Tucker is a native of Missouri,
was born on a farm in Saline county.
near Marshall, Hhe county seat,, June
21, 1873. 'His early education was in
the country schools. At the age of 14
he engaged as clerk In the store of
the New York Mercantile company of
"Marshall, where he continued the fol
lowing ten years. He resigned his po
sition in 1897, and immediately opened
up a small shoe store on P street with
a stock of about $1,500. Six months
later he added dry goods, gent's fur
nishings and hardware, the firm name
being changed to Tucker Bros. Co..
when they secured the comer of 10th
and' P streets, one of the very best,
business locations in the city. Begin
ning In a small portion of this build
ing they have extended and enlarged
their business until they now occupy
a floor space of 12,000 square feet, ev
ery, foot of ;which is utilized in the
management of the large and rapidly
growing business. all of which Is done
for cash, and amounts to more than
$150,000 a year, and in the next two
years will doubtless reach a quarter
of a million.
Mr. Tuoker Is highly favored by na
ture, both mentally and physically, be
ing six feet, one inch In height, weighs
170 pounds, and has. a capacity for
work that knows no limit. He is the
son of Andrew P. Tucker, a native of
Virginia, and Aquilina Branch, whose
birth place was In Missouri.
He is already known and recognized
by the great business concerns of the
cities where he does his purchasing as
one of the boldest and largest buyers
in the state of Nebraska, and all recog
nize the fact that he has every prom
ise of being one of the giants of the
commercial world.
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