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Don't Neglect the Naval Review.

Within two months from tho present time
there will begin to assemble at Hampton
Roads one OF the most remarkable and
Interesting fleets OF modern times. It will
: ~ made up from all the leading navies of
the world From the rendezvous in Hamp-
ton Roads. led by an American flagship, 1t
( Will proceed to New York harbor, and there,
Joined by merchant ships. 1t will take part
IN an international pageant at once pictu-
rescue. suggestive aud imposing.
\ Great Britain will he represented; end
while the number Of ships she will send ls
not yet known. she will take care not to be
outdone by any other nation in display Of
80 power. France. the great republic Of
the Old World. has long made a special
point OF giving cordial support to inter-
national festivals held in the United States.
end has navy 70 draw from second only
70 England's. Italy and Spain have made
unusual preparations to take part in the
review. ~ a leading feature in the Colun-
bus celebrations. Spain has already sent
across the ocean her caravel Santa Marin,
and will add tn 1t modern vessels. Ger
many, Portugal. Japan. Chill. Brazil. and
the Argentine Republic have accepted the
Invitation. and Russia will probably bs
added to tho list. A few of the smaller
powers have declined 1t. as they do not
have navies large enough to make de-
slrable figure IN SO fine a display.
p While the mention OF this ar ay suggests
the varied interest and picturesqueness
which will attach to the pageant. our Amer
lean contingent will be worthy OF its guests.
Admiral GuERARDI's squadron. consisting
OF the Baltimore, the Charleston tho San
Francisco. and the Yorktown. tins modern
steel ships. recently arrived at st. Thomas,
and should reach Hampton Roads about the
end OF this week. The Newark and the
Bennington will little later be here from
Cadiz. conveying tho caravels Pinta and
Nina. The Philadelphia and yesryius will
come north from the gun trial at Port
Royal. the htlanta from the West Indies.
the Essex from Montevideo. aad the
Kearsarse from Key West. The Con-
cord Ia already at Norfolk. and the
Chicago and Miantonomoh are at
New York. The flagship New York. our
nnsst exhibit; the Bancroft. which has been
sccspted: the 2.OoO-tonners Detroit and
Montgomery from Baltimore. aud the 900
sonnsrs MAchias and Castine from Bath,
psy nearly all be counted on. The sppren.
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The Questions OF nn u sevoIuted Connecticut
Demo.

Deno.rat.
To THE EDITOR OF THE ISuN-Sir: Can Secre-
tary OF state Gresham be expected to turn out
tho Republicans now holding office In his de.
partment?
1t seems to me that such proceeding would
be violently incon sistent with the liberal policy
which dictated his own appointment BY Mr..
Cleveland. II be. a Republican. is eligible for
Secretary Of State In the Cabiret of q Demo-
cratic Administration. why should not all tho
Ministers. Consus. and other ofIlceholders In
the department. Republicans also. be retained
In their plnces2 H. too. the Republicans In
that department are to ramRin. why should
not every Republican ofriceholder in the Fed.
eral service be left undisturbed in his place.
II lie is not removable for cause other than
political? Is that not Of the essence Of the
civil service reform under which the appoint
ment OF Gresham ta justified and applauded
by the regenerated Democrats?
II one Republican in high office is requisite
for tho new and more glorious evolution OF
Democratic politics." would not the great de-
vslopment be brought about stil moro salts.
factorily By turning over all the offices, high
and low. to tho Republicans? In that way tho
doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils
would be most effoctually disposed Of and the
great aim OF the reGensrated Democrats, as
I understand their sentims snts. is to elevate
the Democratic party 80 that 1t shall be con.
tent with tho moral victory won last Novem.
ber. leaving the material rewards to tho Re-
publicans as means OF fattoning them up for
tho great political transform m alton" for which
the regeneratsd are looking 40 confidently.
II am wrong. will THE SUN kindly set ME
right. for probably the same questions have
occurred to very many other Democrats whose
political evolution is not yet mplsted?
bR1DoEpoRT. Feb. IL. BOURBON
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tice squadron. with Its roomy. high FREQ.
board, o'd-tlme ships. whose masts aud
yards will I've al the brtter for dccorntiv We
purposes. and the tray OF merchant craft
will iii out the great pageant.
To provide for this show money II
needed. aud IL cannot lawfully he sub
tracted from ordinary naval appropriations.
What Congress must. therefore. remember.
among its many tasks crowding In at the
close of the session. Is TO supply this lack.
Had the estimate made by Secretary TRACY
found its way into the pending bill Of the
House Naval Committee. there might DE no
further need OF reminder on this subject.
But through some inaIvertence or mis-
management this was not done: and mas
much as the House, uIdcr its rules cannot
row add the necessary Item TO TINT bill.
and 1t might he hard to reach 1t on the cal
endnr II introduced Us u separate measure.
the Senate must be looked tn.
This source OF reliance will no doubt be
ample. When the Senate receives the
Naval Appropriation bill from the House It
will insert an item for the expenses Of the
review. These expenses will include the
cost uf Pnlistng ,ncn for the half dozen
new ships now hnrrying to completion, the
coalnR Of the feet. and it's general equip
ment. as the review may require. The bill
MS thus amended will go to n conference.
and the amount will there be agreed upon.
This also was the plan adopted at the last
session. The House Naval Committee ut
that time, not having the Secretary's esti-
mates for the purpose before it, made no
preliminary provision for the naval review
The Senate supplied the item. and confer
encc then settled tho matter.
The review will be not only specially
appropriate tribute to the great navigator
In whose honor Congress- originally
planned 1t. but n fino practice for our new
steel fleet. now for the first time to be
brought together on large scale. In evolu-
tions aud manpuvres. 1t will be n sa,utary
exhibition in many ways OF our rebuilt
navy. and it must be mnde thoroughly
worthy OF this great nation.
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latter mode Of dealing with the matte -,nny
have the effect Of postponing any d. snito
notion. 1t is plain, however. that the
payment OF members of the House OF Com
mons cannot be long delayed. and when
this crowning reform is accomplished, the
classes will discover that the masses'are
indeed their master.
The sun., 1893-02-20

The address Of Princess KAruLASI to
the American peopls 10 very creditabls to
that little lady. who is at school In England.
and has certainly improved her opportunities
there II tho address Is all her own oompoai-
tion. 1t shows good taste. too. as we'll as a
correct style. and 1t entirely refrains from re-
proaches against her aunt. Queen L11lUoKA-
LAM. whose strange and unwarrantsd per-
formances have SO abruptly cut the Princess
off from the cherished prospect Of rsigninR
To be deprived suddenly OF the honors OF
heir apparent might we'll be o hard trial to
one OF maturer years. Yet she will ono day
learn how doubtful 1t has long been whether
she would ever reach the throne. The down
fall OF TIE monarchy in Hawaii has been for =
long time threatening. Besides. there are COM
peneutions for the Princess even In the loss OF
what. with strong forecast. she calls my flag
and my throne" Gallant Uncle SAM will pro-
vide handsomely for her. She will exchange
a very uncertain prospective crown for a very
real AMI liberal present fortune. and she will
probably be far happier under the Stars and
Stripes when she returns to her island homo
than she could ever have been on q very rick
ETY. and tottering throne.
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Unexpected Sympathy for tho Hon. I.uao
Pusey Gray.

FROM the Broos'gn Eagi
The Eags trusts that Isaac Pusey Gray will appear
somswhere iu the Cabinet. Ho 90, out Vraceful,y
At the Chicago Convention. lie comes from pivot al
State. some encouragement mus' have been held out
10 him. For It To materislze to nothing would be
dsappontnsnt. 1t might not be good politics We do
not say make him the head Of the Cabinet or the tail
place near the edge would be appreciated rscoz.
milton. lie would impart navOr II not force. TO the
body Of conssituiional advisers and dash OF hs old
fashioned Democracy would please the boys and let
the hngwumps know that the new Admin siration 10
Ftill mindful OF the old grIri Tho who are bent
ON turning down Uncle Isaac buying their way into
needless troIbe.
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Our esteemed Madrid contemporaries,
IT G'oLo and Ell Tempo. seem to bs In .
wholly unnecessary panic over the report OF
the acquisition OF patch OF land in the repub-
lie OF San Domi lingo by an American syndicate.
perhaps the one which has just purchased GER
tain railroad and revenue concessions there.
hitherto belonging to an Amsterdam nrm.
This rumored transaction In real estate. said
to involve SOC. U00 acres looks omin ously large.
no doubt. to our Madrid friends. but 1t would
not be so regarded on this side Of the ocean.
far more extensive transfers GO on here
without exciting much alarm even our
American Indians trade away tracts I've or ten
times as large. from time to time. Still II such
an enterprise exists. 1t does not involve the
annexation Of all San Domingo. which con-
tains more than l1.50o.0OO acres, and. In fact.
annexation by the United States would not be
accomplished in that way.
1t does not involve even. necessarily. the
acquisition OF naval aud coalinG station on
samana Bay. although tho port OF santa Bar
bara is certainly we'll situated for command
ing the Mona Pass. which Is the route trav-
ersed by merchant vessels to South America.
between San Domingo and Porto Rico. The
project OF purchasing a naval station for the
United states In SANTANA bay was before Con-
gress moro than twenty years ago. and was
'a'heu VI IN All inc Iapors. spain. 30 Tar as We
ever heard. mado no protest at the time. and
did not even think OF doing anything SO fool
ish rs protesting The Senate OF the United
States. for reasons that then seemed good
and sufficient. put aside the matter. which has
since occasionally been revived in talk. But
even that publicly discussed project did not
contemplate annexing San Domingo
Any way what Is San Domingo to Spain or
srsin to San Domingo. that Madrid should
worry about it2 Spain already has Cuba and
Porto Rico In the West Indies. with various
smaller islands, while the United States has
nothing. Spain could not acquire more IL she
wanted TO. while San Domingo is an indie.
pendent republic. capable OF making what
bargain she pleases with the United States.
Perhaps when our Madrid eontemp poraries
speak about San Domingo and Samsns they
may really he thinking about Cuba and Porto
Rico: but II SO, any alarm they may feel 10 pre-
mat IRE and needless The march of events In
the West Indies can safely he allowed to take
its natural course. which In the end will
doubtless be for the best interests both OF
Spain and the United StstsA Meanwhile.
when II Giooo urges Spain to invite oths! Eq-
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Tho Womcn's Board and various other an
nexes still to he henr from
A Chapter OF History.

The Republican National Convention OF
1883 in Chicago adof fted its platform at the
morning session Of June %. the document
being read by the Hon. WILLIAM MCkIS-
LEY of Canton, o. This was the fifth plank: !:
We are uncompro in favor Of the American
system OF protection Weprotest against its destrue
tion The prot ective system be mnintaiu Its
abandonment has always been followed by general
DISASTER all interests except those OF the usurer and
the Sheriff."
This was the concluding paragraph:
"In support Of these principles herewith enunciated
We invite the cooperation OF patriotic men OF all
parties. and especially OF all w"rkinSmen. whose
prosperity is terouriy threatened by the freetrads
policy OF tho present Administration"
The platform having been unanimously
adopted. Chairman EsTEE announced the
calling Of the roll for nominations to he the
next business. When Illinois was renched.
the Hon. LEONARD SWEET arose aud said:
II suggest the OF WALTER O. GREsHAH Of Indiana
and Iino:s and invite a thoughtful cen liberation OF
some Of the reasons why he should be nominated.
Wherever in all his life he has touched 1t has
been improved. beautined. or adorned He has Always
had tie happy faculty OF doing the right thing at the
right tme and he in his own great character
all the good qualities OF the Republican party. he hds
n'~ny. aood abh hh party yor &s projections Of American
iasr agatnh Joreig" competition"
Mr.. SWEET was followed by FRANK F.
DAVIS OF Minnesota. who said:
He is sound upon the tarin and upon all questions
Of the day. lie 10 an ideal candidate"
The Hon. JOHN r. LYNCH was the third
speaker to vouch for Mr.. GREsHAM's loyalty
to the Republican party and to Republican,
ism. On the first ballot Judge GRESHAM
received the A votes OF Illinois and 67 votes
In addition. His vote rose to 123 on the
fourth ballot, but had declined to 50 on the
eighth. when BENJAMIN HARRISON Of In
diana was duly nominated.
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,oYNh gcsep ,mrnts TO orrose an Amedcsn
'anhexafion at, Ian Domingo. aud when 81 r.
e,npo. WITH the same view. advises her TO JOIN
the Triple Alliance against Frence. merely be-
cause France is thought to BE- friendly to the
United sssfes. our esteemed contemporaries
are getting mtch too excited.
The sun., 1893-02-20

The Century Dictionary deflnca platoulc
love US "a pure spiritual affection snbsi,tins
tne sexes nnnxtd With sensual desire aud regarding
'ne "ho ohS anu hs eSeei!encea"-a L~uis ch'V"' ie
The Century Dictionary is for the most part,
highly valuable manual. but in this case It
only speaks the voice Of ignorance and lazy
adherence to stupid ana unfounded tradi itlon.
The sun., 1893-02-20
Hoks's Altitude o. Hoo,s,

To TIE EDITOR or THE suS-Sir: I would like TO
Know hoke smith In his capacity Secretary Of the
Interior Will take steps TO deal properly with the
Ru'ded women who insist upon gong around encassd
In crinoline. JrRsxy BILE
CAxpHS N. j.. Feb. Ia
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We hope there ds no truth in the report
that MIR. BLAINE selected and authorized GAIL
HAMILTON to write his biography. She is .
clever woman. but-uell. for this particular
work somebody else would be better
The sun., 1893-02-20
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.
Not Too Late to Prevent - Trense ndous and
Depl0ra'ble Mistake.

From the No ming Adrsrtissr.
Public opinion Is to" strong against the new
plan for tho Natural History Museum not to
be needed. While We are spending money for
buildings by the hund ted thousand or million
lot US spend 1t to some advantage architectu-
rally. The landscape architect. Mr. vaux. is
too capable and tried nm expert to be turned
down rashly. prompt adoption Of some dif-
ferent plan should havs followed his objec-
tions. 1t is not too late now
The sun., 1893-02-20
A Maternal Duty.

''s A@ebe8s
rumpus and a row;
And II they want to stop Il,
Why don't they do II nowf
But how In thunder can wsr
10 what the people ask.
And so far none Is able
To undertake the task.
The Populists are kicking;
Republicans hang high.
And Democrats are watching
To get In on the sly.
There's aiteh TO pay at present.
The States In Wild alarm.
Lest some OF her dear soloas
Should do each other harm.
wha. shall be done : the question: (:
We answer ON this spotI
Give hra Lease . shingis
ssspanS the noIsy lsti
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On the Wrong Track.

]Tom ne ADAM Ft,eHaR.
Who 10 Hoke Smith Can 1t be possible that Col Abe
siupsky and the lion. Hoke Smith are one and the
same.
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To rHH EDros OF THE suS-.sir Hokss friends hyper
bolca and hystsreal euosies OF him bring perforce
mind Ha~sf' remark The lady protests TOO much.
msthinks" HovI
HIwARK. Feb. 10
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No! MOI! No!!:

To rrs EDITOR or THr sus-sir. Is Hots Smith Abe
Blupskyf TsB
NEW YoRK, Feb, 10
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OAs Way 60 Get |. >yora I.,

sh heS esds.it strikes me that 1t n awfp,i, dlss,
brSeAme ior yea ts talk ~ ycuE Hleep eyAry hsbI
,u,pross nv 1919 sts yss @y asAr bu. hav. 70
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Neighbor's Tribute.

TO IHH EproR OF THs sUS-siv: Hoks Smith 10
statesman by marriage. l.
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. ID
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A sturdy Beggar.

Chicago is trying to do the United
States out OF some more money. Her at
tempt to sneak out OF the contract by viz
tue Of which shc got the souvenir half dol
lars having failed. she begs again without
concealment. Her representatives have
been In Washington worrying with their
importunities the subcommittee OF tho
Senate Committee on Appropriations. As
the game Is one OF unlimited cheek. there Is
no telling how great their demands will be.
On ono day. week before last. they begged
for nearly n million and o half, and tho
round was by no means completed. Here
is partial list Of the objects and tho sums
begged for on that one day:
The Government exhibition ..,........... Scoi Tbo
The brick ship hold mr. the navy chow. tooto
Medals diplomas. judges for National Com.
mission, b,oNso
Deficiency apr opriation for same. ........ 9sOoo
original appropriation for same ........... 1<s1sS
gr,.s $50 QUO
Total st7 sI5
Tho Women's Board and various other an
nexes still to be heard from.
On Monday Mr.. CULLoM introduced into
the Senate a joint resolution to transfer to
the State OF Illinois. at the close OF tho Fair.
the naval exhibit OF the Government. Mr..
CoCKRELL objected. Tho resolution. he
said. was the entering wedge OF Chicago to
get everything that would be sent there for
exhibition. Exactly. Chicago expects the
United States to pay for the show and then
give her the things shown. We take 1t.
however. that tho beggar is too well known
In the Appropriations Committees OF Con-
gress to be able to extort any moro money.
The sun., 1893-02-20
Il FEW BRIEFS FoR HOKE.
How Do You KnaMl

To IHr EpiroR or rHs Str: Hoks looks like
Abe. KIM
IorELi- Mass., Feb 1a
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Equal to M.r T... or T-u. Love.

ytols dks Wa.sinssa Essnins ssS-
h. @ Yes" sns said. "IshAl marry Harold. FOR tpaw
He~t"
lie watched me sharpen pslsn ind aiIn't laux,.n
The sun., 1893-02-20

HoEe..
Jokef
HESDEEsoN HASKISsoS JupsoA.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-16
THE MAHARAJA'S WIFE
Her Clever Ruse in Ciroumventina
the HindOO Laws
BY Clothing Herself in Boys Attire the
Potentate's Wife Was Enabled to
Accompany Him on His Visit
to America.

One little incident OF the maharar
jah's trip to this country which has
not yet been chronicled, says the Phil
adelphia Press. gives spice of adven-
ture to the potentate's visit not often
met with in these prosaic nineteenth
century days.
The Hindoo laws relating to women
not only enforce their seclusion from
what we term society, but forbid them
from leaving the boundaries of India
under any pretext. They are allowed
to travel about in their own country
under the strictest surveillance and
with the proper escort, but the Brah-
Minis, the ancient priests of the Budd-
hist religion, holding their iron rule
over rajah and low caste alike, have
from time inmemorial forbidden the
women to travel in foreign lands.
When the maharajah decided upon
taking his favorite wife with him on
his visit to the United States he had to
devise some means of circumventing
the Brahmin tradition, and what did
he hit upon but the old disguise of
Rosalind. He dressed his pretty little
anana up as boy and sailed out on
his long journey without fear Of the
displeasure of the priests.
The little lady lent herself to the
part she had to play. Several Ameri-
cans who met the rajah's party in
Rome and other continental cities
were attracted by the pretty youth
who was with them. When they tried
to make friendly advances, the ex-
treme modesty with which they were
met rather puzzled them until, on ar
irving at Paris, the pretty youth dis
appeared and the wife of the ra jah
took his place.
One American lady who enjoyed the
society of the rajah and his suite much
from Rome to New York was not let
into the secret until on board the
steamship Paris she spoke to the
rajah's secretary about the absence of
that handsome boy she had met travel
ing with them.
The secretary explained the little
ruse by which they had outwitted the
Brahmins. Soon afterward the lady
was introduced to the anana, and the
latter, on being reminded Of her
changed identity, aughing, replied in
French. which she speaks very we'll:
"Ah, yes: in Rome l was messieur.
In Paris I was madame. prefer to be
madame"
If the little trick should be discov-
cred by the Brahmins on his return, all
the maharaj jah would have to do to
condone his offense would be to hand
over good generous dulce to the Of
Tended hierarchy.
This method of evading timehon-
ored custom is evidently becoming
quite popular among the younger ori-
entail potentates who are developing
the modern mania for travel. The
sultan of Turkey, in his recent travels
through Europe, had with him a very
beautiful and mysterious page-his
favorite wife, who, however, preserved
her incog. until they returned to the
palace.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-16
The lsIe5 OF Shoals.

The Isles Of Shoals, ten miles off the
New Hampshire coast, where, it can
be said without exaggeration. hot
day is unknown. are nine in number:
Malaga, Duck, Smutty Nose, Apple
lore, Cedar in Maine, Star, Londoners,
Seavevs, and White in New Hamp-
shire The dividing line runs through
the middle of the harbor to the sea on
the southerly side. These islands
we're included in a grant of tract of
land on each side Of the Piscataqua
river given jointly to Sir Ferdinando
Gorges and Capt. John Mason in 1851.
In 1885, when the joint estates on the
main land were divided, neither Mason
nor Gorges wished to surrender his en-
tire interest in these valuable islands,
and the group was divided between
them precisely upon the line, which,
with a brief interruption, has been
maintained to the present day.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-16
Trials of a Hangman.

A hangman struggling with his
conscience and financial embarrass-
ment is a spectacle touching enough
to rouse the sympathy of the most
callous occupant of the condemned
cell. Mr.. Berry, after discharging
for some time with credit to him
self and satisfaction to his patients
the duties of public executioner,
suddenly resigned to become a lee
turer against capital punishment
and the author of a treatise on the
same subject.
In neither capacity has financial
success attended his efforts, and he
has now written to the under-sher-
ifs of London and provinces earn
estly pleading for share in any
executions of which they have the
patronage. IL always held" he
says, good and trusted positions
before I was hangman. Now the
public are afraid to engage me-
such is the stigma on the person
who holds such an office My wife
has completely broken down in
health with worry and trouble of
the affair. My daughter, II years
of age, have had to bring away
from Sevenoaks Hospital, in Kent,
owing to my embarrassment and
financial difficulty.
II am now ruined. Ny home was
happy one before, but now Moth
ing looks bright" Under such cir
cumstance he asks the sheriffs to
give him "fresh start" and should
they honor him with a share Of
their hangings he assures them
that ''every move" will be kept
strickly private, and they will
never see his name mentioned af
terward. The case is a sad one. If
Mr.. Berry could dismiss his fnan-
cial embarrass with the long
DROP he might still be a happy
man, but apparently he finds them
more difficulty to dispose of than
condemned criminals. = London
Daily Telegraph.