Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-17
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Fallen Into nihrcuutc
Kni;:ht, .:uN. t,n1futs 10 political
privileges aud it is not hereditary,
ind consequently it seems to have
brtouc I'LL admitted principle thut
anybody tuld everybody his Il p1lmu
f,cic clAi,.1 tn it. IN til" lust twenty
Years 1nu1,y 1nHre tllun Il Thousand
knights lave |ntl tlr},]wd. ,s>lti tho
laSt batch uf PERSONS to receive the
royal a:t4tatlr ami the right Ut pre-.
fixing ">~il'" to t|lcir 'n,lslcs consisted
nui.,ly of professional musicians o1
/ hy no m.>;lls Il high cltts<$, AMONG
t1:~,n tue 1n>';ir muster formerly 1T
I:tun college. now cit Tx. t;l11lt,}t;tIl.
tho lr,>:lHv Ut tho .NtnA ~ private
t band and IN t1~:lta:$t IL W1'st|>0r.
. A:;Att,>t these gentlemen lH:1:A'latll
|#ly W,' E;>Tt' nothing W!1;iiryt'l 10 ~ttv.
III every nu,r:!l mad social quality w
have no doubt they :l"t Ill that can
ln .,<,~;r>1, aud thar 10 tar t|1cir ul
mission into the order tn which they
nov inl>nl1 WIS perfectly justified.
But that |>ntltEstc1$. utgu1li>ts .llll
TEACHERS of mlt>i,: :.r> proper l;trso1s
to ln klliyhtttl tun hardly be- n1ai1l
tuiluHl n1l Tie assumption that
kni4hthoul IL to continue IT. |'c re-
guy.lcd It's tho appropriate reward Of
public Hrrvit*S III whatever caN@'ity
they may lH' rendered, More c>ln.
Gully Ii this Obvious in relation to
the art Will, 1:ic|! they themselves
ARE connected, tor ns=,lrcd}y it
!<1lixllthool is Il sufficient retO=ni-
ton 1T the t1ni1nlct: of Sir Arthur
Sullivan and Sir Charles Halle it IL
infinitely more tll:ln II sufficient rec
ignition Of the emincnce ct Mr.. PAR
rutt. Dr. Drnl,y aud Mr.. tu>ins.
1t is true that simple k,liEhtlood,
rs distinguished from knight com
! membership Ut thu Bath, st. Michael
and st, George AMI the Star Of 1l!'lia,
to say nothing Ut tho Garter, tho
Thistle NUT IT. Patrick. is not and
cun scarcely lu expected to ho held
in any great yelnl::t!on. Custom
has made it imperative OH the sovcr>
eigll to confer it OIL number Of
persons whose suciul stuttls III alto
gcthcr different from that of those
who arc admitted to the royal or
dcrs. But however pro1niscuously
enjoyed, the honor, such us it is, is
invariably shared Ivy the judges OF
tho land un1 the law officers Ut tho
crown, and even city slcrilfs a11t
provincial mayors have some reason
to complain when its value is still
further ltlrcciutrtl. NJ doubt thu
Gi$repute 1T k1liGlitllotAl is 10 new
thing Iltr,hlS urc accustomed to
date the commencement frt1n the
reign III .Jslnes |, wllu created :uA)
/ knights in six weeks. and that Ut his
SOL, Churln% |, vino k1liShted among
others sir Jeffrey Hudson, tia
q11tn,i1s dwarf. Bit it 14.at.hctl II t'i
max ulnlnr George ~. who t'is:'uy
cred il, tho ,nely, threat If n1r>;1li>
tc1iu3 the royal ;nr,1a.lrun tll.c;ual
protection against the presentation
Ut unwcl<tlne addresses, a1rl a1n'ltr
William ~, who k1li:t|t~l every
body WIN would allow Linn to do 30
matter. III this respect were 1lot
mitch l:icntltd
In thu earlier years ct the quccn';;
reign, however, WHEN he cun1l$tl>
Of the la,ncnted princ> .unsort were
in the ascendant, kni:, ithood w:Is
very sluringly conferred, ami it, 20
sition as II social distinction WAS ino
portionattly raised Bit 1t is not
too much to say that of late it las
been distributed with 80 little cir
cunlslccti>n th;t it |;>>; Income III
most valucls.Ss for the purpose for
which it is supposed mud ought to
exist. London World.