Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
VIC AND HER PROGENY.
What Do They Do With Their SO, 5000
What's the Queen Worth.
Gladstone Not in Favor of Economy that I'm
pairs the SplendOr of the CrOwn-Par-
= nell Commission Adjourned.
GRANTS TO ROYALTY.
Discussion IN the House of Commons Pro
and Con.

Discussion IN the House of Commons Pro
and Con.
LONDON, July 25.-The report Of the
parliamentary committee on royal grants
was called in the house of commons this
afternoon. Rt. Hon. W. II. Spith,
government leader, was questioned as to
the amount of the queen rs savings. He
dec7fk=d to answer the question and
moved that the report Of the committee
be adopted. lie cOntended that the
principles on which the government was
acting had been determined by compact
between the crown and the people. 1t
was not the duty Of the sovereign to pro-
vide Tor the members OF the royal fam
ily No minister Of the crown during
the queen s reign had ever made such
suggestion When the settlement was
made On the prince Of Wales it was
never contemplated that the prince
would be called upon to provide for his
own family out of his own income. The
government could not believe that any
important section Of the people gTudged
the royal family a moderate provision
necessary to maintin its dignity. If they
examined the systems of other civilized
countries they would find that the En-
glish system was the most economical,
giving an Invaluable amnesty while OBJ
tanning the respect Of all EnGlish-speak-
ing people.
Mr.. Labouchere moved the adoption
Of his substitute for the committee s
report, declaring that the sums
given the royal family are already amply
sufficient, and that if further supplies
are needed they ought to be provided
through retreuchment in expenses of the
royal household and not by fresh de-
mands on the taxpayers. He rIdiculed
Mr.. Smith s assertion Of economy IN the
English system, calling attention to the
fact that while the president Of the
United States receives only $50 900 an
nualIy, the queen and her family receive
So, 800 900. He said the time had come
TO deal finally with grants to
royalty. The supporters of the amend
meut were determined to oppose further
grants to junior members Of the royal
family He denied that the queen had
any sort Of title to the crown lands. If
there was talk about a bargain, his ad-
vice TO the crown would be to take the
duchies Of Lancaster and Cornwall alto
gether and maintain your family and
households.
Lord Randolph Churchnl-''W We should
make the worst of the bargain
Mr. Labouchere-''N the bargain
would be d good one. -
Continuing, Mr.. LabOuchere said that
the government admitted large savings
Of the queen. Doubtless these savings
were well invested. Even If the queen
had given various sums to her children
enough was left to provide for others.
The extreme limit Of the nation s grants
ought 10 be the children of the soveT-
eign It was impossible for the country
to submit to the burden of an indefi-
mite number OF grandchildren He did
not complain OF Mr.. GladstORe's sup
porting the grants. The Liberals under
stood Mr. Gladstone's circu-
lar and exception and were
not surprised at his action.
Mr.. LabOuchere proceeded to explain
how the reduction Of the Queen 5 house
hold would produce 4 sum necessary TO
provide for running the junior royalties.
If the useless Offices of Lord Chamberlain,
Lord Steward, Master Of Horse, Master
Of BucklouHds, eight lords III waiting,
eight grO0ms in waiting and a number Of
others were abolished an ample sum
would be left for the purpose mentioned.
There were gentlemen who would be glad
60 do what work the Offices enTailed for
nothing, Nj. Chamberlain, for instance.
lie trusted that the house, having regard
for the growing sense of the people that
these grants ought not to be tolerated,
would support the amendment.
Gir. samuel story, Radical, seconded
the amendment.
Mr. Gladstone briefly said he was
avcrse to all measures Of economy thai
impaired the dignity and spleudoT of tie
crown Therefore ne supported the g0T-
c-umout He Tejoiced that an occasion
was given him to testify in his old axe
that he aid not forget the secrets he hadi
borne for many years in connection with :
has office as representative Of the crown =
John NorIev attributed the fever tfiass
had been excited by the question Of royal
grants 10 the governments want 81
fraukness. Their original proposals
were supplying and they had witDdrdsyn
from in impossible and impractic8ble
position in agreeing to grant of ESQ 900
in order to prevent mischiCyOus derangc-
nont between parliament and the crown.
Moreover he was anxious to avoid
parting company with a leader to whom
he was bound 10y tie Of gratitude and
esteem. The eNtraya-aut grants of for
Turr rei-us furnishes no excuse for q rep
etiti0u of them now. He could not sup
port Mr.. LaboUohere because that gen.
tIumau implied that the message from
the queen ought never to have been pre-
ferred and he (Morley) desired to up
hold the good forms and traditions of
parliament, but on Monday he would
move an amendment raising the whole
question to the best possible form.
Sir John Horst, defending the govern
meut, coutended that there were no
actual differences between the original
and the present propositions. He COM
uIaiued of the waste of time involved in
Mr. Morley : mode OF procedure.
Mr. BradIaugh adjourned the debate
Cahle Notes.