Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-01
THE ROYAL GRANTS.

THE ROYAL GRANTS.
Tho Debate In tho British House OF Com.
mons on the Subject of Royal Grants
Iudnces an Exceptionally Large Atten-
dance-Mr. Labouchere Presents Sub
stitute for the Committees Report.
LONDON, July 26.-Tnere was an unusu-
ally large attendance of members in the
House of Commons yesterday and many
whose faces are rarely seen within the
chamber took pains to grace the occasion
with their presence. The interest in the
debate on the part of the outside public
was also made manifest by the crowded
condition Of the galleries, where every
available inch of space was occupied
The great attraction was, of course. the
expected debate on the subject of the
royal grants, which Mr.. Smith, the gov
eminent leader in the House of Com
mons, announced on Monday would come
up yesterday. The routine business or
the House, which had to be disposed OF
before the grants came up, consumed
much time, and it was easy to see that
this had no interest for the majority OF
those present who gave unmistakable ev-
ideLce of their impatience. When. how
ever. Mr.. Smith rose in his place to move
the adoption of the report Of the special
committee on royal grants, every eye
was directed toward him, and every ear
strained to catch his words.
When the First Lord of the Treasury
had formally offered the government mo-
ton, he was promptly questioned by
members of the Opposition as to the
present condition of the Queens finances.
They demanded to know what savings the
Queen had made out of the allowances
already made for the support Of the royal
family.
Mr.. Smith declined to reply to these
questions, which, he claimed, were en-
tirely irrelevant to the subject in hand.
1t was not the duty Of the sovereign, he
said, to provide for the royal family.
The government could not believe that
there existed any important class among
the loyal people of the British Empire
who grudged to royalty the very moderate
provision necessary to maintain its dig
nity-a dignity which was not alone that
of the royal family, but of the empire as
well. II the systems of other civ
ilized countries were examined, 1t
would be found that the English was
by all odds the most economical, furnish
ing, as it does, at the moderate expense
which the support of royal family en-
tails, that stability which is SO essential
to government, and which obtains for
England the respect of every people on
the globe. He could not believe that the
people of England were prepared to sac
riice for the paltry considerations here
presented, the benefits of q stable gov
eminent which they so largely owed to
the royal family. Nor could he believe
for these same considerations the nation
was prepared to sacrifice the dignity of
their rulers and the dignity of the great
British Empire.
Mr.. Labouchere moved his substitute
for the committees report. This substi-
tute is in the form Of an address to the
Queen stating that, in the opinion OF the
House, Her Majesty ought to provide for
her grand. children out of her present in
come. Mr.. Labouchere stated that it
was his opinion and the opinion of those
who stood with him on this question, that
the sums already granted to the royal
family out of the public treasury were
quite sufficient for all proper purposes
with which the people had any concern.
He ridiculed the statement that the En-
glish system was the most economical in
the world, and pointed to the great Ma
ton across the water which paid its Pres
ident a yearly salary of f10,O as against
the 100000 which the Queen and her
family already cost the people Of En-
gland every year. He was determined to
oppose all further grants to junior roy
alties, and he spoke not only for himsel
but for many others who act
ed with him in supporting this
substitute for the committees report.
Notwithstanding the refuc al Of the honor.
able gentleman to reply to the inquiry as
to the Queens savings, the government
was already on record as admitting that
large savings had been made out of the
allowances heretofore granted the Queen
for her civil list These savings, he I'M
derstoood, were we'll invested, and if i
was true as it had been stated, that the
Queen had out of these savings given va
rious sums to several of her grandchil-
dren, he had no doubt there was enough
left to provide for others. He insisted
that the extreme limit which the nation
should put upon its bounty to royalty was
reached when proper provision was
made for the children of the sovereign.
To extend the principle of royal grants
beyond this limit was to treat with in
justice the people from whom the
sums for such a purpose must be
wrung in taxes. The country ought not
to be asked to submit to the burden of
support for an inundation of innumera-
bic grand children. If it were found that
present wasteful extravaganza on the
part of the royal family would need to
be kept in bounds in the absence of fur
Their allowances. he should hardly con-
slider this calamity.
Samuel Story, Liberal member for
Sunderland. seconded Mr.. Labouchere's
amendment
Mr.. Gladstone said he was adverse to
practicing any economy which would i'm
pair the dignity and splendor of the
crown. At his age he could look back on
a long career as representive of that
crown with feelings of unaffected pride.
Mr.. Morley followed Mr.. Gladstone and
opposed the governments proposals.
The extravagant grants of former reigns
did not excuse their repetition. He could
not support the substitute of Mr.. La
bouchere, because the message which it
sending to the Queen was
not such an one as, in his opinion, ought
to be sent, and besides he was anxious
to uphold the good traditions which hun
about the throne. On Monday next he
would offer an amendment which he
hoped would bring the whole subject be-
fore the House in it's broadcast light.
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