New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-29
CANDIES NOMINAL RULERS.
THE GOVERNORGENE AND WHAT
THEY COST THE TAXPAYERS.

,,,o,, A., OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
Ottawa. Sept 25.-LOm Staneys prolonged absence
from the capital and his expensive tauns through th'
country from one end TO the other have ohce m"ro
started the question whether 1t pays to import
Governor General from England. The wee rcIa'
establishment has proved an expensive luxury ID INC
past and is likely to do as long as Governor"eh-
erals arr chosen from class Of the English nobility
who prefer spendlng the cOunty's money to Their OWL
The MARQUIS OF Lorne, during his term as Governor
General received $4,000 year, and his pleasure
trips cost the Dominion 800 ,724 30. HIS Journey -
British Columbia ran away with %ll14l ~ Oh in7
public money: and the picnic to the Northwest lerf-
tories S1O983 He received, besides his salary OF
$50 900 a year. an allowance of $4,000 year Tor
expenses The maintenance of Rdeau Hall, the VICE
regal residence, also represents large sum yearly
In the statistics
Lord Dufrern was a still moro costly luxury to
this struggling Impoverished young nation than Tue
son in-law OF the Queen and his bride, the queen
daughter Besides his salary of $4,000 year.
20 900 wear allowance for travelling expenses ana
the big Rideau Hall annual bill, be managed to get
away with not less than S43O21 30 I'm various pleasure
trims at the cost of the ovcburdencd taxpayers lie
took four trims in all the first to Mskoba. the second
70 British Columbia the third to Manitoba and The
fourth To the Eastern townships. The MusKoka eN'
curson was a pretty expensive one, representing
sum drawn from the national treasury amounting VI
Isl41ss % The jaunt to tho Pacific Slope VIII iohS
be remembered. His EXcellcncy managed on tha'
occasion to run up bills which Canada had TO hqudae
in good currency to the extent of $17,554 20. Inc
Manitoba progress was hugely enjoyed by thr VICE
rpga Measure seekers and left the Dominion caSh-ooN
30 778 As the lighter The last of the series tho run
down 70 the Eastern Townships, short and com
paratlvely inexpensive one. the expenditure pemg
| kent within the modest limits of $500 FL
| Lord Lansdowne a model of thrifty manage
| cha optb Governor
General paid his way. Being naturally of an economi
cal turn of mind and having learned under me pressure
NJ diminished rent-rolls In Ireland the necessity o.
| living on comparatively hard tack, he SET nlnisou
seriously to the solution of the problem OF how 70 i've
rent free for $4,000 year, and succeeued' l"'
trlps he look to different parts of the Dominion "cr'
defraved entirely out OF his pay as GoyernorGeher
Iord stanley IS a princey sort of parsonage, ac
customcd all his life to pay his bills by drafts on IN
| National Treasury He has drawn salaries ever sine
he entered public life member OF a Tory OoVori
ment He Is not a spendthrft or deDauchee' anu i
return for his wages he performs the duties eApecto'
of him as well he knows how. but ne heepS VI
tolerably large household of people whose prlhcipd
| trouble in life seems how to kill time; and II hi
! travelling bills do not exceed his allowance YER
largely, the people who have to find the money VII
he very agreeaby surprised. If his EXceency, he
LadyshIp and the vlcercga establishment spent thel
| money I'm ottawa, or fair proportion OF II, u'e'
would not be much grumblns as there Is at presen
| I'm the capital of the Dominion, al the cost ol Una
| very expensive, and as some are SAYING, useless
luxury an English Governor General OF canada
Significant proof of popular sentiment IS Furnished
by the fact that throughout their EXcclencies tl
| umphant progress I'm a special train through Cana
| boInd for the Far West and the Pacific, not singh
Canadian newspaper has taken the trouble to send
| correspondents along Their names are hardly eve
! mentioned. There is rarely even telegram an
nouncfng their stoppage or dongs. Ninetenths of IN
| people of Canada do not at this moment even know
where tho Governor GenefSl and his stately wife arr
The general understanding is that they are somewhe
Wost nicnicking on Of deadhcad special Canad ai
pacific Railway train, at the public expense or
there e not the least curiosity the subject Nobod
cares the least bit about them TO TINS state OF cor
nIefe Indifference Lord and Lady Stanley have brough
The people of Canada within the brief space of year