Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-23
able" provision for his two sons and
fhroa dauohtaro Alraadv the voice of

able" provision for his two sons and
three daughters. Already the voice Of
the complainer has been heard
in the house Of commons
and | believe that Lord Salisbury
has it in his mind to appoint
that committee of inquiry into the
whole matter which Mr.. Gladstone
promised on the last occasion OF de-
mand upon the public purse. The
committee will no doubt decide that
something ought to be done for those
in the direct line of succession, but
for the future anything beyond this is
not likely to be done. The fact is
that the House of Commons and the
electorate are getting more and more
advanced on this point. Some years
since, if | remember rightly, the OPP
position to a royal grant consisted OF
two "tellers" and one voter, Mr.. P. A.
Taylor; but things are different now,
and there are more Radicals than ev-
er. even . in this Unionist House CT
Commons. And when they and their
friends begin to tot up what they have
t. pay for the
buAVh1 VI 1ANlNt QUEEN,
1t is not surprising that, with depres-
sion and bad times outside, they
should feel anything but satisfied with
the present arrangement. Times may
be bad, work may be scarce, and life
may not be worth living, but the tax
collector comes around as regular as
ever, and there is no curtailm mt in
expenses in the highest circle. Work
ingmen begin to reckon up now, and
the totals they produce are not with
out ST rious effect upon their political
proclivities, and even upon their ad-
hesion to monarchical principles.
They sec, for instance, that for over
fifty years the queen has been in re-
ceipt OF 1856, 900 per annum, which
makes very nearly
TWENTY MILLION OF MONEY
During her lengthy reign, and they
also remember the "poor relations"
who have had tidy bit from the pub
lie purse. Leopold l, the Queens
uncle, received net sum OF e1 ,367,-
900 for marvin, Princess Charlotte
OF Wales; the Duke of Cum berlaud,
another uncle, ,pocketed over million
before he died. Queen Adelaide dur
ing her twelve years widowhood re-
ceived e1,20O,0O0; the Dutchess of
Kent, 1887 900; the Duke OF Sussex,
f754 900; the Duke OF Cambridne
Qate), G1,ll4,000; and SO on through
the list of daughters. sons. aunts and
uncles, until the total amount |
received by royalty's relatives
twelve dead and one still sur.
viving) reaches the sum of sS, 1884 ,956. |
Then we come to the present royal |
family, and apropos of the Prince of |
Wales and his family, it may be inter-
esting to note that H. r. H. has al
ready bled the nation to pretty con-
siderable tune, starting at the age of
seventeen with a colonelcy in the |
army. The total sum which he and
his good lady have received since |
March, 1868, is only few thousands |
short of two million and a half, of |
which four-ffths have been received
from the Duchy of Cornwall. Out of |
this decent amount-with no rent or
taxes to pay-one would think some
thing could be spared for "the chill |
dren."
THE "DEMNITIoN" TOTAL.
While on the subject it may not be
to note what the other
members Of the royal family have cost. |
Briefly put, the sums are as follows:
Prince con s7) -. 1850
sort Il $40 princ'ssLou
All ...... .f790,O Use IS71-
roy S7) ... G126, 900 |
al 1855 Duke of
S7) ....... 277 900 Connaueht
Princess AL (1S9l-77). 335, 900 |
ice 1852 Prince Leo
7s) -. 12s,OoO poldqs74)
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