The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Allowances TOR Royalty.

The discussion in the Eaglish parliament
of the report of the parliamentary commit
/ tee for royal grants, recommending an ia
GREASE in the allowance Of the Prince OF
Wales and an allowance for ais daughter,
who was yesterday married TO the Earl OF
Fife, and OF the bstitu,e offere by M
Labouchere, that any further grants TO
ROYALTY ought to be provided for throus h
retrenchment in tie expenses Of the royal
house lold, shoY pretty clearly that the
English peopleV are getting tired Of
family TO the extent Of the
demands of the queen. 4 GOOD deal more
is said on this subject of royal gra IS tlan
appears in the public prints. II all that is
said about it in tue clubs and other places
Of resort were published, the queen ID her
children and grandchildren would not have
much reason, probably, to think that they
were particularly popular with the great
majority Of the people.
No doubt the people Of England are will
ing to be taxed to sIpport the queen and her
family, but they object to SUPPLY g the a
with money to be used extravagantly, and
they do not see any reason why they should
provide for those of the queens grandchildren
whose chance for reaching the throne is so
remote as to be hardly worth considering.
Mr.. Labouchere. and those in sympathy
with him, do not see why the government
should grant an allowance to the princess
who has married the Earl of Fife.
The earl is a very rich man, and the queen
is financially able to give her a handsome
dowry.
Indeed, one of the reasons that there is
so much opposition to granting the pri cess
an allowance is that he queen boards, in
stead of distributing, the m ney that i,
allowed her for entertainments of one kind
and another. Ever since the death of her
husband, quarter Of a century ago, shehas
virtually shut herself up in her home. She
does very little or nothing in the way of
entertaining, and she does not spend dollar
unless it is absolutely ne ressary that she
should do so. The consequence Is that she
is a very rich woman, and, if she were so
disposed, could give her eranddau ghter
handsome sum as a dover without feeling
the loss Of il.
OF course if the queen spent money freely
in enter ailments. aud for fine dresses, the
tradesmen would be much better satisfied
because they would get not only what the
queen spent, but also additional trade from
rich people who would be encouraged to
make liberal expenditures by the queens
example.
There is no good reason, however, for
doubling that the queen will get just what
she asks for, but whatever she gets will not
DO given freely. The people Will growl,
and the opinion that she ought to provide
for her grandchildren out of her own purse
will be entertained by an increasing mum
Der of people until it will not
be possible to obtain additional
royal grants. Parliament will have to
yield to public sentime 1t. There are those
who predict that there will be no more
kings and queens in England after the
Prince of Wales. There is no very good
grou d, no wever, for this prediction. With
the exception Of the demands Of the royal
family upon the public purse the English
people seem TO be pretty well sa isfi. I'd with
thar rulers, and few of them believe that
change in their form of government, how
ever slight, would be beneficial.