Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30
THE LORNES.
The Marquis Happy Relief from Court
TyraDny---Disagreeable Features of
D His Life at HOme.a8 4


sss London Correspondence n Y Tribune.
The Canadians seem to be happy in
the prospect Of a quasi-royal vice-royalty
with which Lord Beaconsfield has been
Econsiderate enough to provide them,
and they are not far wrong. The ap-
pointment gives Lord Lorne the first
chance he has had since he married the
queens daughter. He knew then, [
|suppose, that he was sacrificing his DO
litical career at home-that political in
dependence was a 2luxury that the
queens son-in-law could hardly hope to
enjoy. He has retained the seat in the
house Of commons to which he was
elected as a liberal, but there have been
many questions on which, his voice has
not been liberal. His relationship has
subjected him-fairly or unfairly-to
the suspicion of voting more as the
court wished than as the son of a great
Whig chief. People could never under
stand why the duke of Argyll should
have consented to the political extin-
guishment of his heir. The duke is one
of the proudest mobiles in Europe. He
is also one of the ablest, and one of the
most liberal in the little band of Whig
peers which formed SO great a part of
the strength of Mr.. Gladsone's admins
tration.. He would naturally have look
ed to his son to continue the political
traditions Of the house of McCallum
More He looked to him, in any case,
as the representative of the house; yet
he must have known that this marriage
with princess brought him into an
equivocal position. I shall never forget
the spectacle [ saw at the opening Of
1.-THE Albert hall. The duke was then in
Office, and in company with his col
leagues occupied a box in the grand
tier set apart for cabinet members.
/ He. looked down on the procession
which entered the hall, headed by the
queen, who was followed by the mem
bers Of her family and other great per-
sonages. 1.-The Prince and Prin-
cess % of Wales, the Duke
of Edinburg, and p the u Prin-
cess Louise came next, after majesty
itself. The Princess Louise, was already
Marchioness of LOrne. The, wedding
had been solemnized but three days be-
fore. Where was her husband Not
with her, nor near her. Etiquette did
not permit him to. walk by her side.
He came far in the rear, lost in q, crowd
of royal attendants, with the goldsticks
in waiting and grooms of the chamber.
What must the Duke of Argyll have
felt as he beheld the pageant and re-
marked the almost ignominious posi-
ton assigned to his son? 1t was the
same when the royal party returned to
their aisle and took their places. The
queen, the Princess Of Wales, and the
Princess Louise sat in the front seat Of
the royal box. The Marquis of Lorne
was in the back seat not of that, but of
| the next box. 1t has been so ever since.
AT the queens drawing room it was
question whether he could remain in
the same room with his wife. He was
neither of royal family. nor Of the royal
household, nor a sdiplomatist; and a
man must be, [ believe, in one of these
three categories in order to have right
to remain near the .queen's person dur
ing the ceremony Or reception s %
| In sending him to Canada as COVER
nor general, Lord ,Beaconsfield has
vfste.. E sEstf