Watertown Republican

Revulsion in Favor of Dewey.

There is a decided modification in the gossip resultant from the transfer by Admiral Dewey to his wife of the property in Rhode Island avenue presented to him by popular subscription, and the incident, according to his brother-in-law, John R. McLean, is practically closed. Since the publication of the statement by Admiral Dewey in defense of his action, the tide has turned from criticism to sympathy. People are beginning to realize that after all the failure on the part of a hero to come up to expectations of the public on a matter of purely domestic concern is insignificant compared with a brilliant achievement of national and world importance. Report of the threatened prostration of the admiral from the effects of the recent severe criticism, too, has won sympathy, and the people here appear to be inclined to allow him to manage his own affairs and disturb him no further.