The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
EXPENSES oFROYALTY.
The srartliugIy Large Sums Paid
Out to support Titled Loaf

ouL tO SupPOrs AishCu A~s
ers.
Nasby has been nosing about the royal
English household of late, and begins 4
long talk on the results Of his researches
with the sweeping and startling assertion
that thousands of pounds are paid out
annually to support titled loafers in idle
ness. A fair sample," he continues, "of
these pensions is that Of Duke Shomberg.
The duke was killed at the battle Of the
Boyne, in the year 1850, and a pension
of $4,000, or $4,000 per annum, was
given to his heirs. 1t is estimated that
this family, the heirs ofa foreign mer-
cenary, have received from the British
government the enormous SUN of e650,-
900, or %, ,4OO, 900. And this for being
favorite Of William Of Orange-Dutch
king.
Rev. j. Smith, whoever he may be,
served mt the Lord knows what twenty
years at yearly salary OF G364, and was
Portable life pension of E23l annually;
and 30 onyou go wading through twenty
two closely printed pages, two columns to
the page, OF just such cases, the yearly
allowance of these excrescenses footing
up for the year 1879 the enormous sum
Of Gl,7l3,25S. 1t is good thing ~
be the favorite of duke.
The royal family have Ia remarkably
soft thing of it. Her royal Highness the
Princess Royal receives yearly allow
ance Of ES 900; the Prince Of Wales re-
ceives 10000, which he manages to
squander in questionable ways. This
does not include the grants parliament
has made at divers and sundry times 10
pay his debts. The Princess of Wales,
10000; Prince Alfred Ei0,000 FROM his
marriage and eI5,00O from majority,
e25, 900 in all; Prince Arthur, Els, 600;
Princess Alice, f8,000; Prince Louise.
G6,0OO; Princess Mary, G5.000; Prince
Leopold, 1900; ;:.augusta, 5000; Duke
of Cambridge, Gl2.O00 and, In addition,
the aforementioned fraud has princely
pay as field marshal, general, colonel,
and no one knows what else
Whoever chooses may figure UP what
all this costs the people of Great Brit
ain--l haze not the patience. And bear
resent any portion Of what these alb
sorbers take out of the people.
This is merely pin money for the fe-
male In addition TO this, they have
enormous estates all over England, Ire-
land and Scotland and Wales. They
have offices beyond number, with q sal
ary attached to each, and they have al
lowances for everything under
heaven, If the tax payer breathes
it always costs him something for the
the nobility have revenues based upon
everything.
The royal house hold is curiosity,
There is the lord steward, who draws
1000 year; the lord treasurer and
comptroller, G900 each; master OF the
household, E2.l50; secretaries of the
boerd OF green cloth-whateve they
may be--G300; lord chamberlain, R2,0O0;
keeper Of the priyy purse, E2,000; the
assistant keeper OF the privy purse,
Gl 900. 1t takes two men to keep the
privy purse. and it is large enough to re-
quire it. And then there are eight lords
in waiting, who get for waiting G7S2 each,
and there are grooms in waiting, grooms
of the privy chamber, extra grooms in
waiting. four gentlemen ushers, one
don't know--but for being "black rod
clerk OF the closet, mistress of the robes,
ladies' Of the bed-chamber and bed
chamber women, maids OF honor and
poet laureate, and examiner Of plays.
The poet laureate gets E500 year for
writing very bad ode in praise OF her
Majesty on each birthday, which must
be very bitter pill for him, lie being
actually poet, but he does not give the
worth of the money. for there is abs0-
lutely nothing in the Queen OF England
TO praise. Mr.. Tennyson has Q very
hard place.
The master of the horse receives c..
600, the master OF the buck hounds, El,-
700; the hereditary grand falconer, El,-
200--and by the way kings don't falcon
any more. Then there are eight equer-
ries in ordinary, at e200 each, which ID
certainly cheap; five pages Of honor, at
El20 each; q master Of the tennis court
at Gl32.
These, understand, are only few OF
the people belonging to the royal house,
hold. There are over 1000 persons.
male and female, attached thereto, all
receiving magnificent ealaries for real or
imaginary services to her Majesty.
The Queen receives, exclusive OF the
vast income of her estate, for the run
ming Of her household and pensions for
the dead-beats, who get too old TO show
themselves, the enormous sum OF E470,-
600, or $2,0l5, 600 per annum, and this
represents but a portion Of the swindle,
as constantly allowances are being made
and annuities granted which do not
show upon paper. and can only be
reached by the most ferret.l:ke accurate
ness and perseverance,. Ninety per
cent. Of all this mummery, for which the
people Of England have 70 pay good hard
cash, Is the most absurd and utter nou-
sense.
In the name OF all that's good, what
does the Queen of England want OF
eight ladies Of the bed-chamber and
thirteen women of the bed-chamberf
Why can't she unhook her dress and
corset, unite the fasteniugs OF skirt,
peel of her clothes, draw on her WOODEN
night-cap over her foolish old head and
turn in the same as other women? What
does she want Of all these people around
her? / can understand that il would take
that number end moro - ssass tiso am
cieRt nuisance presentable In tho
morning, but why tax the people of
Great Britain f44, 900 year for this SER
vice, and then when il is taken into this
account that the entire royal family have
each all Of this humbuggery TO Q less ex.
tent, Il can be figured up what very
expensive thing royalty Is, and how wise
the American people were to bundle the
whole mess OF the continent at the time
they did. One thousand people mt salx-
ries ranging from 81 600 TO $40, 900 q year
to take care Of one rickety old woman,
who Is mortal the same as is the hum
biest Of those ground into the dust by
her and hers, and who has no more title
TO the ground she occupies than Ct lei
has to your watch. Ireland swarms with
soldiers and for that matter every nook
aud corner OF the British empire Is s<ar-
let with military; royalty and nobility
having no reason for existence, have TO
be maintained by brute force. Royalty
and nobility do not pay for this expen-
diture; subjugative people nay for their
own abasement. To every pound Of the
expenditure in the British Empire rs
shillings l-3 pence 60 to the war debt
leaving shillings l-3 pence for al 9th
er purposes whatsoever. Military uow-;
or is the basis Of despctism everywhero:
Germany groans under Il, Russia sweats
under Il, and wherever . king h tolerar
ted you will find bayonets and artillery
in most uncomfortable plenty. q