The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13
- FREDERIC


ottawa, Nov. >
] minion capitol promises to be ex-
uemely strenuous because of the
eefemonials attendant upon saving
farewell 10 one governor general and
his wife. and welcoming their success
ors. For the information of those Who
90 not know it, it may be well to state
lAat MS excellency, the governor gen
erai, and her excellency. his wife arc
tHe personal representatives of their
"laJesiles. the English king and queen:
"hu' furthermore. that II is the duty of
lfelr eXcellencies to maintain vice
regal court and perform. bv proxv he
functions OF the crown.
Such provision is not NECESSARY in
the case of Canada because. While beine
H"nihaiiy dependency. ii is virtually
free country. An example of IN,
gross anomaly of the situation Is
SHOWN at the opening of parliament
Mhen his excellency mounts the throne
ana reads speech outlining the leg
lsiauon which will meet the kings
pleasure. when in reality this address
II invariably prepared for him i'm adj
vance by the members of the provincial
cabinet. Ii is true that he has the veto
noWer but only I'm the most remote
instances Goes he ever make use of his
authoTVy. II is truthfuly said that
= governor general who became die
tatorial would likewise become obnoxi-
Gus, and that he would straightway lose
his job
Canadians Pay the Fiddler.
Thus it will be seen that the duties
ct their exceuencies are largely of A
social character. They provide a court
atmosphere and the Canadians settle
The bills. This matter of PLAYING king
always WAS expensive business. and
ne canadians have TO pay rather
handsomely for their importation of
royalty The annual salary of the
premier o. the dominion. who is
Stater1an, is only $4,000. while that of
his exceuency amounts to $50 O0o
\ with house. grounds and servants
thrown in. The purple comes high. but
the Canadians think they cannot get
along without it.
Although the dominion government
pays more for sentiment than il can AZ
ford. negiecting it's public servants in
Inc meanwhile. the people make amends
In private way. When a premier
grows old i'm their service. as Sir. Holm
Mcdonald did. they pass the hat and
give him a substantial donation. II is
said that before Sir Wilfred Laurier be-
came premier his colleagues subscribed
10 his maintenance rather than lose
him as their leader. He is known as a
man of incorruptible character. and it
Is sad commentary on the calling of
politics I'm most all countries that when
we find honest men i'm them they nearly
always are poor as church mice.
"Thee is Strange, Martha
N returning to the subject of Can
ada vice regal court. and the atnos-
phere it creates. am reminded of a re-
mark that comes in well because it is
railing Of humanity to become too
critical in judging others Once an
OLD Quaker said to his wife: Every
body Is strange but me and thee. Mar
ina, and sometimes methink that thee
is strange The individual view point
is narrow Recognizing this il is well
10 say that these observations are Of
tfred ir all good humor: that they arc
given with the intention OF showing
The differences in custom, rather than
with the idea of reforming our Cana
dian friends to the American standard.
The social life of the dominion naturr-
ally reVolVes around the royalty. be-
cause that is what they are hired for.
w hen a new pair of excellencies comes
out from England Ottawa rushes peIl-
mel to Itideau Hall and writes its name
IN the guest book. An aide-de-camn
looks up all individuals who sign the
register 10 determine if they are proper
enough To mingIe with royalty.
Is your name written there?' he
comes paramount issue in Ottawa So