St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-07
THE royal WEDDING.

The marriage of the Duke of York
and MAY OF Teck yesterday was the
union of the prospective future king
and queen of England, hence one of
the greatest of royal social events. The
duke has inherited the beautiful feat
ures and lovely character of his mother,
the Princess OF Wales, and has also IN
herited much OF the strength of char
acter and intellect of the house of
GUELPH. He is not pampered sprig
OF royalty, but educated and Injured to
the sturdy life of seaman. He has
none of the tendency to abandon char
aeterlstic of his father in early life. His
whole personal makeup is admirable.
Naturally, he is popular with the Eng
liSh people, as we'll as with the royalty.
MAY Of Teck is one of the most beauti-
full and lovabe young women to be
found IN any country. She has endeared
herself to the common people by her
democratic manner of going among
them and her charity work for them.
Like the duke, she has not considered
physical employMents beneath her
rank, and she is a healthy, strong Eli
glish girl. whose happy nature and rosy
codntenance draw everybody toward
her in admiration and respect. The
English people have every encourage
ment to believe that when this pair is
seated at Windsor they will have one of
the best rulers and one of the best
queens England has ever had.
In view of all this, the refusal Of the
nnnnIa fn nnfnrf,ir, a hot
parliament should make a donation of
100000 as wedding present is signih-
cant. There was everything about the
pair to arouse the people to an enthusi-
astlc feeling of liberality; but there is
new sentiment among them which has
meaning 1t is true that when par
Lament made the last special allow
ance to the Prince of Wales there was a
tacit understanding that it should cover
everything to be given in the future on
account of his children. But never be-
fore in the history of the nation would
such an understanding have counted
for anything, even when the royal pair
were unpopular among the people.
1t seems clear that this step of the
people is another one in the series of
movements away from the crown which
has been going on the past 100 years.
The common populace is growing more
and more into the feeling that the gov
eminent should be by and for the peo-
pie. The national debt has piled up to
the enormous sum of about SSS per
capita, and the taxes are some 40 per
cent higher than in America. The
great burden of this falls upon the mer-
chants, manufacturers, land owners and
capitalists, hence the feeling that the
throne is very burdensome extends
far above the common people. 1t
prevails to a considerable extent
among the Liberals, as we'll as
among all other parties outside the
Tories. AT the same time. it is not
likely that any one living will see the
throne upset and a democratic govern
ment established. That time may never
come. Since the days of CROMWELL
most of the rulers of England have
manifested a tendency to compromise
with the people, conceding to them adj
ditional privileges and powers, and it is
very probable that the precedent will
be followed in the future. The time
will no doubt come, and perhaps
in the near future, when the
tremendous drafts upon the people to
support and fete royalty will be reduced
very materially. And it is quite sure
that the people will soon make other eff
forts to reduce tie taxation. The popu-
lace will demand still greater voice in
the affairs of government, and it will be
conceded to them.