The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-04
oRELL'S OPINION
OF KING EDWARD.

me royal English prince whom my
Ty,hDatfiots Ions aso surnamed lie
Prince Charmant" is today Edward
( tie. king OF Great Britain and ireland
/ defender Of the faith and emperor of
! India
His majesty made his entry into
/ MS good city of London yesterday
ano issued his first proclamation to
ms loyal and loving subjects. and was
/ today publicly proclaimed king. To read
I thls proclamation and the way il is
Norded would make YOU believe you
! lived in the middle ages. The king
however. WHO issued this proclamation
has not as much real power in England
as sne mayor of New York has over
[ the city which ne rules. The English
man WOrships his old monarchy and is
I devoted TO his old Institutions, customs
ard formulas; bur raVenOus for Justice
ana liberty, he would be ready again
today 60 demoiish both monarchy and
constitution Is he did in the seventeenth
century If his liberty ran the least
( danger
King Edward knows John Bull is the
sJanchest mOnarchist in Europe. and
az the same time the freest man in
the WOTld-Whicn. by the way. proves
I that freedom is compatible with "a mon
archical form Of government-and he
. VIII let John Bull enjoy all his liberties
and John Bull VIII let him occupy the
British throne peacefully, comfortably
a
most scrupulous care never to COM
promise, by any leaning to this party
OF the other, the position which he
knew he would fill one day.
lie VIII never ask for power. He
knows that if in public he should let il
out that he disIikes such and such
minister of the crown-but in reality
minister of the peOple-his days on the
throne would be numbered and so
would the days of monarchy He
knows all that. and viii rule as the
good queen, his mother. did-WiSely
without ever Overstepping by a hairs
breadth the line marked ut for him by
the constitution. And who would not
do the same in order to peacefully en-
JOY the most enViable position in the
world, the rule if not the government
or the nneSt empire ever known: the
love, almost the worship, of 400. 600 OOO
Of subjects. an income of more than
S5,0JO,O0O, and no responsibility for any
acts Of his ministers-Who, under the
circumstances, would not smile and
look happy2
He viii perhaps regret the liberty he
was able to enjoy when he was Prince
of Wales and could visit such and such
castle and meet the friends of his
prediction, and pay little flying visits
20 Paris and Homburg. Burt his
majesty VIII be sc years Old on the 9th
Of November next. he has sown his
wild oats-seVeral crops of them. too
he has had more temptations than any
man in his position could be expected
to resist, and 1 am sure that a peace
full life quietly led in England will be
good for him and wiz make up for
drawbacks of the public eye constantly
fixed on him.
King Edward is an amiabIe, intelli-
gent man. who. I believe. will make an
ideal constitutional monarch; pains
taking. industrious. ever ready to make
Nin1Cn1f 0fa- a "A a (
he possibly can, charitable. kind. gen
erous. trusty, a grateful friend, an ap-
preciative patron of art drama and
literature. Of happy, cheerful DISPOSE
zion, he viii maintain that conceDtiOn
Of royalty which IS the only one the
English people of the present day have
ever known and have ever desired to
know. Add to these qualities perfect
tact, wide knowledge of men, great
punctuality and great capacity for IA
tiGue. The king IS also a genial phil
Osopher and has ready Wit at his COM
mand.
What would become of your royal
highueSs.' he was once asked. If
republic were proclaimed in this coun-
try2"
We'll" he replied, Il dare say
should be elected its first president"
The prince had the measure of his I
popularity; he would be elected to the
presidency. I would vote for him, SO
would everybody, and, after all what
is this king if not hereditary president
OF q republic
No one has ever shown more equal
and impartial courtesy to the ministers I
of the crown than be; no one ever used /
his opportunities with more tact and
discretion to avoid the smallest appear /
ance of preference to a party. I be-
lieve can safely predict that as King
Edward VII, he viii enjoy immense I
pOuularitV-
For more than fifteen years I have .
heard English people-and the most .
loyal of them-eNpress regret that the (
queen did not abdicate the throne in ,
favor o. the Prince of Wales. PTac- /
tiCally since the day she became a 7
WIDOW i'm 1901 she ceased 20 appear in
public and lived i'm retirement. almost
i'm solitude. and for the last twenty
years at least never resided in London
but one or two days in the year on the
occasion Of a drawing room at Rucking-
ham palace. The people were SO fond
of her and respected her feelings 50
much that their complaint was never
expressed loudly newspapers now and
then contented themselves with giving
a hint On the subject and printing on
the contents bulletins. "RUmored abdi-
cation of the queen All the time,
however. the nation felt that d mon
arch. a constitutional one especially.
owes ROYAL presence 10 his people and
not infrequently the remark was made
that it Is he who does the work that
ought 10 get the pay.
When The national grief is over, when I
good Queen Victoria is remembered for /
her virtues and the tribute is thus paid /
10 her for all she achieved. when every
thing has resumed its normal course, J
I'd viii be- found that commerce is slim I
uItted by the presence of a cheerful {
court In London: the social season will /
be brighter great functions viii be /
shining with the presence Of royalty. /
the old Puritanic ways viii disappear /
more and more. and 81 is just possible /
that I'm a fsN years london. instead of 4
being the Sest Uf A society for the diff /
fusion of dulusSs. VIII vie With Paris ,
for brightness ana cheeTfuineSs.
Not What BE Expected.
tChicaE0 Post)
He was one of IhoSc smart men who
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