Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-28
THE DIFFERENCE.

Queen Victoria enjoys n good many
privileges which are denied 10 tho
President OF the United States,
though In some other respects lac Is
the more powerful ruler OF the two.
He con veto bill passed by Congress,
with nonchalance II not impunity; and
can enact the role OF headsman with
ofiiceholders while exercising Mt the
same time the appointment OF success.
sors with but little restraint In either
case. But when It comes to the
matter OF salary, perquisites, provi-
sions for the family by the govern.
ment and few other matters, the
British sovereign has tho call on the
President by several notohes, albeit
the latter has greater responsibilities
resting upon him and more personal
work to perform.
Victoria Is just now enjoying one OF
the "other matters" above spoken OF,
It being q four weeks outing among
the Florentines In Italy. II she saw
III her lie might be all but con-
tinuous round OF outings. but for
appearance sake she must hold
forth at certain seasons at the seat Of
government. Those who scan the
landscape abroad during the next four
weeks viii not, we take 1t, be- able to
distinguish the slightest difference In
the English part OF II by reason OF her
mnjesty's absence, nor would they II
she were TO remain outside the nation
more than she remained In; she oc.
cupies the zane position relative to II
that q figurebead does to ship-she
Is at the head OF II but IL silent, goes
wherever 1t goes, Ia supported by II
and ID an ornament, but the same
routes could DO followed and the same
pace made lift were not there. How
ever, her majesty Ia a woman OF good
impulses though not overly charitable;
her private life 10 most exemplary;
sho has inculcatod integrity, virtue
and the domestic qualities in her
household, no matter II few Of them
have failed TO profit thereby; and since
Great Britain must for the present
have such a head, undoubtedly Victoria
could not bo improved upon. 80 lot US
all hope that she enjoys her Italian
sojourn and that her dogs may bo
long in the land.
Here It ia vastly otherwise. There
Is an unwritten law, To which our
ohief magistrate pays as much respect
ms he does to any that are written,
requiring him not 10 cross the DO undary
line OF the republic during his term Of
office. Such an act, having received
the binding force Of n century's oh.
servanco and approval, may now be
considered as something more than an
act and to rank In po ency along with
the provisions OF the great charter Of
the country. No President ever thinks
Of violating II even for few moments,
and that II may not be violated even
by accident, none OF them, at least Of
late years, has gone fully to the border.
OF course there Is a vast geographical
difference. 1t is quite likely there Ia no
part Of England that Quten Victoria Ia
not familiar win, while there are tracts
In the United States larger In
area than the British isles combined
that no President has yet Get foot upon,
aud no President has ever been able
with all OF his tourings to say that he
has not left unvisited more OF his
country In point Of domain than is
contained In any European power
with the single exception Of Russia.
Under such circurnsta noes he does not
have to sigh for the green fields far
away; there are more at home than he
oluld visit II he did little but tyavel
during the whole OF his four years.