The sun., 1895-05-16
THE Presidents Trust and His Yacht

The Philadelphia Times prints this inter,
bsting item OF naval intelligence
"It tisunderstood that the Presidents yacht Dolphin
which 10 being repaired nt the Norfolk Navy YARD ana
atted for summer cruise will take the President and
his physiciap TO Buzzards Ray next month and that
thereafter the Secretary OF the Navy will use the Dol
pbin for cruise to Northern and Eastern navy yards
and stations in order to mako his annual personal In
npection Of their condition"
The Dolphin is not the Presidents
Nacht." There is no such vessel as a
hPresidents yacht" in the official register
pf ships OF the United States navy. In that
hist the Dolphin is classed as a despatch
boat, and that is what she is. Upon
ceremonial occasions. such, for example, as
The great naval review in the Hudson River
two wears ago, when the President of the
United States is officially present as Com
tnander-in-C Chief of the Army and Navy, the
Dolphin is properly at his disposal, being
The ship in the navy best suited for that
particular service.
While there is nothing improbable in the
report that the Dolphin. Of ,4S6 tons dis
placement and 2,258 indicated horse power,
Ss now being put in shape for the transpor-
cation Of Mr.. CLEVELAND from Washington
10 Buzzard's Bay, in his private capacity as
q summer traveller, the fact remains that
kuch misuse of Government property Is in
6efensible, illegal, aud indecent.
There was n good deal Of this mixing OF
public opportunities with private con-
Senience during Gen. GRANTS term of
Office, but nothing more openly defiant Of
law and precedent, or more scandalous in
Cts effect upon the public mind, than that
which has occurred during the Administra-
tion Of Mr.. CLEVELAND, the man who has at
different times ostentatiously professed the
sentiment set forth in slightly varying
form in these extracts from his writings:
"Public of,cnls arc the trustees OF the people,"
.Public oniccrs the servants Of the people"
"The people pay the wages OF the public cmpoyces'
1--WE the trustees and agents OF our fellow citizcns
"Your Chief Magistrate exercises public trust"
"Tappreciate the trust committed to my charge"
"Let be said OF that faithfully administered
eur trust"
"The ONCE OF Chief Magistrate is tho repository Of
the peoples trust"
"The high ofce l. for the time being. hold In trust
br the American people,"
ave must not permit srasping seihshness to inhu.
pnce us In the care OF our trust"
"chrisnnity results In the most scrupuous fidelity
Do public trust"
"panger turks in the growing tendency of day to
regard public orire as something which may he ad.
nnsterrd for private ends instead OF being received
and held as q public trust"
We might continue these extracts, but
It is not necessary. The sentiment unc-
tuously mouthed or laboriously penned on
% many occasions, has never prevented Mr..
CLEVELAND from making free use, for his
personal convenience or enjoyment, when
ever so disposed, of the Violet, the Maple,
the John d. Rodgers, the Dolphin, or any
other article of the public property which
rs Chief Magistrate he holds in trust for
public uses and the Government service.
Bring up the Dolphin! All aboard for
Buzzard's Bay!