Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-21
Royalty in America.


ness, why should not a republic give a brief
employment and small salaries for hard and
honest work to the relatives of her President?
OF course. If il were apparent that they were
incompetent or dishonest, the question would
be entirely different.-AHa California.
Then "the question is entirely diff
ferent." Nothing is more apparent.
The AHa is taking time by the fore
lock, and preparing the American, ,peo-
pie for what may come to pass. This
little paragraph is only feeler, but it
is very significant. "LoOk at the
monarchies of the old world. See
how wealthy they are, and behold
how the poor subjects lavish millions
upon them and their children, and
the public opinion of the world does
not find fault with it," The Ameri-
can people are not quite ready yet to
have the extravaganza and arbitrary
dictation of the crowned heads of
Europe held up to them as an example
to be followed by the President of the
United StBtes. We do not know how
soon we may be forced to lift the hat
- :. |"nd the knee when royalty is men,
toned In ours hearing, L.,+ % ,,roso,t
over one-nalf the American peOp..
have no b etter sense than to use cuss
words when they read such language as
they find in the Altd. But if the AIta
and her CO. labOrers will continue to
give us slessions, we may become indoc-
trinated in time. 1t is wonderful how
fast a people will change. Who knows
how soon the American people may fol-
low the example ofancient Israel. They
once had their President and Gov
ernor for each State, or tribe, and all
their subordinate officers, very much
like the machinery of our own govern
ment, and for a great while they were
very prosperous and happy. They
made money and became rich and
took pleasure trips, and in their tours
they became acquainted with the
Kingdoms around them. The royal
splendor of those gorgeous old thrones,
the shining retinue surrounding the
King, the brilliant display of the no.
bility, the grand elegance of the
Kings palace, and above all this there
was royal blood. 1t took their eye;
they were captivated. 1t was too
much for these Republicans; they be-
came restless; they would draw the
comparison between ntheirinsigniicant
President and the royal King of the
Hitites: "Why, the great King of
the Hitites does not do anything, yet
when he calls upon his. subjects for
millions as a gift for his children, they
give it without word. The King is
wealthy and puts all his relatives in
high places, and the people all say
amen" Then they would look upon
their poor old President, only worth
few hundred thousand shekels of gold;
and his relations-they are no better
than other people; and our President
has so little power, too; if he attempts
to make one of his relatives a Gov
ernor over the tribe of DAN, all the
other tribes make fuss about it. A
general feeling of dissatisfaction OBJ
tained throughout the nation, and
they talked it openly. At first the
rich only wanted a King; the poor
objected. Eventually they brought
the question to vote, and
the Royalists won the election
by two-third majority or more. We
only have SAMUEL's account of it,
and he was in the minority and so
badly beaten that he did not have
much to say Oh the subject. He
summed it up in few words and said:
"All the people cried out and said,
Give us a king" SAMUEL was a
staunch old Bourbon Democrat. Even
after the election was over and the
votes all counted, he made telling
speech against it, but all to no effe ct.
They got their King, and the snobs
and shoddyites splurged. We know
not whether the Aha editor has been
on tour to Europe or not; he has
certainly squinted at royalty in some
quarter. Perhaps King KALAKAUA's
visit has turned his head.