The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-13

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These must not be confused with the
people who do the actual work. Most Of
the above Offices are held by the nobil-
ity, and some Of them hold Eve or six.
Thus a man may be q colonel In the
army, equerry to the master Of the
horse, page Of the back stairs, q groom
In waiting. gentleman Of the cellars,
and coroner Of the verge, drawing sal
aries for all Of them, and spending most
Of his time at the Monaco gambling
tables.
But il Is impossible TO mention one
half Of these sinecures. There are in all
forty-fOur physicians, surgeons, physi-
clans in ordinary, dentists, and ocu-
lists in the service Of the family. Besides
this, there are equerries, GTOoms in wait
ing, ladies In waiting, chaplains, secTe-
taries, and all manner Of functionaries,
not only for the queen, but for every one
Of her children, except poor Louise Of
Lorne, whose sole attache Is an equerry.
All Of these draw from one to six sal
aries, and grumble at the small pay and
hard work. The people are not yet sufa-
GENTLY appreciatiye.
But there Is one functionary who must
come very near earning his salary. At
tacned to the royal chapels are deans,
sub-deans, chaplains, organists. eompOs-
es, ETC., but the clerk Of the closet Is
awarded the muni6cent sum Of tS5 q
year. It h evident that the injustice Of
this Is appreciated, for he is allowed
three deputy clerks to do the work. All
Of the persons mentioned, and hundreds
Of others, are absolutely without duties
that serve any good purpose, and have
not the slightest eounterparts In this
country, with the single exception Of the
electric-light engineer. As this IL q mod
eFn Institution, the incumbent has to
work. The other Offices are relics Of the
middle ages, and were established As sine
cures for royal iavorites.
But these are not 0 1.-THE 10 the sine
cures Of the kingdom. These are only
in the royal household. II one begins to
count up the lord lieuienancies, the hon
orary cOlOncies, the sinecures in all the
executive departments, the sums become
astounding. The lord lieutenant Of Ire
land, for instance, does nothing at $780,
900 . year and perquisites, but he gets
much abuse that he may, perhaps, be
said to earn IL. The pensions and an
nuities last year to royal iavGiies, In
addition to the above, were over u &c.,.
900, and the total cost Of the royal de-
partment, everything included, was o.
600 900, while the civil list, being purely
made up Of salaries, and not including
the customs, internal revenue, postofice,
or telegraph, amounted to 800, 700 900, Of
which about $50, 600 900 represents good
fat Offices for few, and the rest q great
many small salaries for the workers.
These are pleasant things for our Eng
fish friends 10 contemplate. They have q
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are about s450. OOO, 900, Of which $3.50, OOO,-
900 is for the army and navy. It cost
80, 900, 900 last year to support 1000
paupers in England alone, the poor rate
being eight per cent. Of the gross rental
value Of the kingdom. The taxes on the
middle classes are enormous, while the
rich and poor are supported without work.
But the blessings Of royalty are worth
paying for. o, yes, to hint that the Han
overian blood is just q little bit too ex-
pensive Is rank heresy, and 10 suggest
FstFenchment is high treason. There are
two afchbishops. twenty-five dukes,
twenty marquises, lis earls, twenty-seyen
viscounts, twenty-iour and 2s2 barOus for
England alone who must be supported in
luxury for the benefit Of the system.
And the answer 10 all this by our
English cousins Is that Victoria has been
. viTtuous queen. At snch price almost
any one could be virtuous. What would
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