The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-27

NeGIl ties better. Here. more taan
cN anywhere else n his DO
minions. ifs personal popularity g un'
bounded Tg5e cheerful temper. the easy
Dissemination IS get the most OUT OF az
he enmrsuerts going. the entire eb-
at1ce or Arrogance. unich were ne mos.
obFicas ciaracteristics OF me ffinee o.
1ralea. are the qualities most appreciates
by Londoners. In bis public Appeai ANee
as rolling sovereign there have been ~
eugsestions thaf be Is other than seniA'
man ~ sixty and q man OF the "ofio-
Yet the presence OF king and nis court
about me capital o. the British empire
brings an atmosphere az yet undoppieals
strange The very phrase in when thtif
movements are recorded elsEest more the
times 0f Pepys -.ary Or Ihaekfray s
''rou7 Georges. than any sequel 70 tns
reign ~ Queen Victoria.
This week he went IN person e parila-
ment 20 read the kings speech-a rohticai
document drafted Tor him by the cabinet
81 the party Ia power for the time being.
He read Il with ease and assurance IN
the rather n0flceabiy cultural accents
that remain 70 mark HE German eNtrae-
tion. notwithstanding years of speech
making az loyal social gatherings q Eng
Nnhuen. II IS had a share IN choosing
the subject matter Of the speech--Wiach
se had noi-you may depend upon u ne
would have followed the line of least re-
nietance and have got the duke Of Devon
ehire 20 Get doqn something safe ana
etatesmaniIkn. His imperial nephew q
Germany "a nhsm all Englishmen take
fhelf hats IN now. started bis reign with
an fnfernati tionai commission on labor ana
was humo-cd b. other powers which sent
learned professors Of economies az oeie-
eates 10 Berlin II - understood mat
she most important outcome ~ thie gain
ertn~ a that William himself concedes
nov that thc millennium Is not one OF the
many things that he can command INTO
lss immediate imperial presence KING
4ssward IA of sielther the age nor me
temperament 10 take time By the fore
lock but neither, q Il certain. VIII nc
etand ~ the way * events anywheHe
a is tolcrably certain that events Nlii
not deal hardly vita his person or DIS
cnce 81 the next feH sears Whatever
may befall ria country There we're
dimes. says London letter 20 the New
York sun. when a prolonged ordeal of
reverses. expenditures and disappcnt-
ment would have provoked popular re-
sentiment against monarchy. from an IN
stinct Of venting wrath on the nearest
conspicuous object that served no appar-
ent use But the British democracy has
outerown that stage. Mere iconoclasm is
no longer q popular bait with dema-
eogues.
The stump orators who not many years
ago rolled on their objurgatlons against
ali things that are 10 herds Of enthusi-
astle groun0lings are now nearly extinct
from lack OF approving hearers. IN Hyde
PARK, where once the police and tho
crowds used to come 70 blows over the
right Of free speech on Sundays, the
revoiuiionisis now saw the air IN vain.
and know the police only demand
their protection against occasional clods
o. dirt. the tributes of unconvlnced way
farera. II g not otherwise among the
thinking sections o. society The Bit
terry hostile theories and principles Of
government which overthrow thrones
century ago have no part In the present
political philosophy or Great Britain.
What Edward Card stated IN his re-
cent article IN the Sun. summarizing the
history Of philosophy 10 the nineteenth
century. seems 10 apply with remarkable
exacsneas 70 the attitude Of Englishmen
20 their form of government. lie said
that the two leading tendencies IN phil
osophy we're C) the idea OF organic unity
and % ihe idea Of development The
first Of these Is appreciated by fve-siSths
Of the electorate and explains the con-
nrmaflon IN power Of a nagrantiy mud
dle-headed government II is the idea OF
organic unity that has so forced ehfhu-
slasm FOR the colonies and the empire.
The unity would not be furthered by ask
ing the colonies 20 take sides IN the party
politics Of Great Britain; but it Is fur I
thered BY one imperial emblem. the I
crown: and thus it Il from more not 1
fewer voices that the patriotic English I
man expects 70 hear God Save the I
King a. years pass By.
In this sense and 70 this extent Mr.. Ar Z
thur Baifours utterance about the In I
creasing power Of the crown stands good. |
Il is coming 20 mean the symbol for the 4
collective national interests Of the various I
branches Of the empire. and no other /
symbol is yet apparent that brings with 4
ft the same force Of sentiment The idea Z
of development may be FASTENED or re-
tarded az the lessons are learned from I
the rest OF the world. but It is not IN the
present visible perspective that King Ed
ward Vu'e head need sleep uneasiiy
froaa wearing a crown. All his eourtiers
may teli him with perfect csndor that
ihc principle of monarchy has never been
more generally popular than In bis king
dom to-day.
The personal authority in constitutional
government has 80 place whatever ir
party legislation. That Is an absolute.
certainty. But there are stni
spheres IN which ire sovereign Influence.
u ezercised Be- a very important factor
'n the life of The country. They are the
eril nsl the army and the church.
TIE personal expenditure or the ocen.
part 81 ne throne. the memters Of the
royal family and the officers and ladies
u tie royal h3u5ehoil IS secured b. par-
lament voting what is called the civil
ast Il has no relation 70 the votes FOR
.aiionai military purposes or any 81 the
functions OF government. Formerly ihe
roun wac a large owner OF private
arssaf lrorrffr chiefly through fnr To- T