The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05
QUEEN JEAN ABDICATEs
And King Carnival Assumes Hi
Sway.

And King Carnival Assumes His
Sway.
Inc arrival of the carnival king, his
demand for the keys of the city and
the abdication of the queen. were the
features Of. the evening programme.
which afforded the great mass of h11-
Z man beings who occupied seats in the
trlbunes great deal of amusement.
queen Jean, accompanied by the ever
present prime minister, arrived lust
as dusk drew on and assembled the
throne, where shortly afterward the
whole royal family was soon congre-
gated. AS the procession reached the
entrance to the tribunes, the kings
float was at the head, and his royaI
majesty received a great welcome as
soon as it became known who the great
parsonage really was.
Inc royal vehicle drew up to the
throne and John P. Meakin, robed in
all the outlandish finery IF the prince
of India. and wearing a mask so hid
eous that the queen could not be blam-
ed for yielding her domain without re-
sistance, alighted and assembled the
steps leading to the seat of royalty.
The prime minister, evidently fearful
that the terrible looking individual
was about to do bodily injury to his
sovereign, placed himself in front of
her to intercept the intruder.
Addressing himself to her majesty.
the invader said: Queen Jean, you
! have given the people good govern
! ment in many respects, but you have
not permitted the rollicking which they
deem necessary to complete enjoy
ment. You having failed IN this re-
do, md tI,o+
the government and the keys of the
city that 1 may make UP for your in
sufficiencies'
BY what right do you make this
demand?' inquired the prime minis
te..
BY the right of the only king and
by the right of the people to make
merry without regard to ner wish y
replied the conqueror
From whence do you Gomez" de-
manded the queens minister.
From Sanpete," haughtily respond
ed his majesty.
You are a late train" said the min
lister, but her majesty will yield"
Then. addressing himself to the peo-
pie, the prime minister said:
PRIME MINISTER COLBORN.
Il am commanded by the queen to
say she accedes to your demand. She
is weary of her reign, peaceful as it
has been, and retires from it to reign
over more peaceful and preferab BILE
kingdom-her home. She further COM
mands me to say that she thanks all
of her subjects for the consideration
shown her during the season of her
domain, and she now commits them
and the land of Utah and it's capita1
city to the tender mercies of this 11r-
known and alleged king with the hone
that among the pleasant recollectiors
of their lives, none will be more pleas
ant than their recollections of Jean,
the Queen of the Carnival.
Speaking for himself, the prime min
lister has to say that he will accompany
his queen, more lovely than the
lilies on her bosom, away from the
splendors of the throne and into the
obscurity of private life, relieved to
feel that both his queen and himself
need no longer stagger under the bur-
dens and responsibilities incident to
governing merry-making people
Therefore, in the name of the queen,
and by her command, I commit the
people to you for such season of riot
as you may elect to inaugurate, re-
minding you at the same time that the
laws which she suspended are again
in operation, and trusting that the
records of the police department may
rot be Illustrative of the complete fail
ure of your reign"
KING CARNIVAL REIGNs.
Slowly rising, with an air which en-
bodied both willingness and regret,
Queen Jean deposited the keys Of the
city in the hand of the king and re-
linquished the throne to his majesty.
Then, descending the steps, she and
her minister entered the royal car
riage and were whirled away to the
queens mansion, the Knutsford.
The king assembled the throne to oc-
cupy it for but a moment, for at the