Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-08
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
MI. FarrInRtOn's Grafton.
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the Queens steward $4,000; we pay
the Treasurer of the United States
5000. England pays the gentleman
usher Of the black rod $4,000: Ore
gon pays her Governor 81 800. the
man who takes care OF the Queens
hounds is paid $4,000; we pay our
Chief Justice S1O,5OO, England pays
the man who superintends the
Queens st.:bIe S]2.5O0. Let the
grumbllng American tax payer con
slider the ist Of officials who are em-
ployed and paid by the British Gov
eminent to care for the private
apartments of the Queen. One Lord
Chamberlain at salary of $4,000,
one Vice Cham berlaln ut salary oi
$4,000, five gentlemen ushers of the
privy chamber at salary OF 81 1000.
five grooms of the privy chamber, ten
grooms Of the great chamber, four
pages Of the back stairs, each ut d
salary Of $3.50, one mistress OF the
robes, eight ladies' Of the bed cham
Der, three extra ladies of the bed
chamber, eight bed chamber women,
ten extra BED chamber women.
There is much in our sys, EN- which
Is to be- deplored, much which causes
the thoughtful citizen to fear for the
future and for the safety of our inst
tuIons. Monopolies and Trusts have
grown and exerted Gheir influence I'M
til we pause in alarm and ask what
the end will be; but deplorable as is
this condition OF things, it is not TO
be compared with conditions ON the
other side Of the ocean. Ireland is in
the grasp OF d monopoly which ex-
ported ship load after ship load of
grain out of that unhappy island dur
ing the years of famine, when thoua-
Rnds Of Irishmen were starving to
death. Ireland is perfect devasta
ton OF monopoly. At the recent
Queens Jubilee. England expended
III the neighborhood Of $500, OO,O 900 in
celebrating the virtues Of her Queen,
and IN exhibiting her navy. Today
under the rule OF this beneticient
Queen, thousands of her Hindo sub.
jects in far off India are dying Of
plague and hunger. Do you think
that the government OF the U. S.
coull spend hundred million Of dol
lars in New York celebrating the
birthday Of President Mckinley or
Grover Cleveland, while famine was
numbering thousands OF victims in
California. We complain that tue
sugar trust and other great monopo-
lies control congress, but in the Royal
Palace at st. Petersburg sits a man
whose single word can set all the
armies Of Europe in hostile array and
cover all Europe and Asia with the
miseries and horrors Of war. In Ber-
lin there lives another young man
possessed Of equal power. Corpora.
tons sometimes elect our senator's.
Occasionally we hear OF a corporation
that controls ha.f a dozen members
OF that august body, and we frequent
ly term the highest legislative assem-
bly, in the Republic club Of million
aires. In England a hereditary mon
opoly selects every member Of the
House Of Lords. The monopoiy
which is held by the aristocracy Of
Europe is one in comparison with
which the monopoEes Of the u. s. are
but pygmies. So long as it exists
there will be no government admin
istered by the people or for 4he bene-
tit OF the people. have no sympa-
thy with those who decry our govern =
ment, who believe that we wonld he
better off under Moaarchial rule. who
contrast our conditions unfavoroblv
with those OF the old world W.
have made mistakes, and prev;,ue
ones. We are confronted with man y
grave and serious problems; io;ust.
ice and oppression have won MANY +.
triumph, yet, in view Of what has
ham npnnm pliohnd -, H. -