Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01
WcToRIA,s GRANDCHILDREN.
How She Proposes to Provide for Then
Without Costing Herself Anything.

1t Is in contemplation, says La
bouchere in the London Truth, to cut
down the salaries of the lord chamber
lain and the lord steward from s., 600
each to f5O0 each, the master of the
horse is to be reduced from e, 500 to
E5OO, and the captains of the gentle
men at arms and the yeoman of the
guard respectively are to be dealt with
in q similar way. 1t is certainly pre-
posterous that wealthy peers should
receive large salaries for performing
ornamental duties at court, and their
s.perquisites' are also very handsome
The duke of Portland, for example,
gets E2. 500 q year, with the use OF
suitable number OF the royal carriages.
horses. and servants
hear that it is also intended to de-
prive eight lords in waiting of their
salaries of f700 year each. or rather,
simply to pay them q certain sum for
every turn of duty, which in many
cases would mean no emolument what
ever, as the queen never requires the
attendance of lord-in- waiting during
her residence at Osborne and Balmo-
raj. The chapels royal, which cost
about ELS, 600 q year, are also to be
considerably reduced, and it Is in con-
temptation to abolish the royal hunt
altogether reform which, / take 1t,
would meet with very general ap-
proval The sinecure parliamentary
offices of treasurer and controller OF
the household (E900 year each) will
be amalgamated and the salaries cut
down to one of E5O0; and similar
course will be taken with the posts OF
vice chamberlain and comptroller. the
former of which is parliamentary and
the latter permanent
Moreover, the permanent offices IN
| the household are to be dealt with IN
| q similar way, and in the meantime.
pending the delivery OF the ''secret
and confidential" report of the COM
mission, no offices of any kind are to
| be filled up-not even the vacancies in
the body-guard.
The result of all these changes, when
they come into operation, will be q
very large annual saving; and / am
| informed that instead of this money
coming back to the country it is to be
appropriated by privy purse with the
ostensible objectof making provision
for the queens grandchildren. What
with her majestys own accumulations
during the last forty-eight years, for
saving commenced directly after Prince
Albert's arrival in the country, and
his immense fortune. and the quarter
of a million which Mr.. Nield left to the
queen, I should say that there must al
ready be ample funds to provide most
literally for the Connaught, Christian,
Albany, and Battenberg families, who
are the only ones in need of assistance.
1t strikes me as doubtful, however,
whether these changes can be made
without the consent of parliament
The amount requisite for the civil list
were reported ON by a committee .oi
the house of commons, and this amount
was arrived at by an estimate of thf
total required to meet certain charge:
which were deemed part and parcel OF
the attributes of royalty. IF these
charges are no longer incurred it i
obvious that, as a matter on honesty
if not of law, the amounts saved should
90 into the national exchequer: