The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-02

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l, priests marched from the ehap-.
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men they N-It. They marched back
4t the head uf the procession tn
~Iug IollassIug hi crimson efmtue-
linca robe trailing many feet behind
OR il would have tratIe3 but Tor tn
fact THAT is Was carried by four at
PENDANTS The King was accompanied
Uy several officers and followed By tn
standard bearer. holding aloft the
Ioyel banner. Then caIne the queen.
caring q rob@ similar 70 the king.
but il only required three attendants
10 keep lis folds from the floor. Sh
vas attended by three maids Of honor.
The king and queen We're escorted -
thrones Ola opposite siles Of the aisle.
n the representatives Of royal faIni-
Hes occupied seats next - them. TIL
Prince Of Wales sat nearest the
queen. next To MIN Prince Henry. Of
Germany. and the American ambassa-
dor next. Near the king sat Den
marks representative. then Russians,
and next To him the Representative"
from France. There'was gold brat9e
galore. some OF The foreign repre-
~sentatives mad enough on their clothes
to put the sultan Of Suiu to shame.
/ never before saw 50 much gold, II
I have been wondering since whether
there may not be a new yellow peril
OF which our ~fnanciers have little
dreamed. our representatives used
less of this Ornamtntation (they ali
wore military uniforms) tnan those or
any other country n the question
arises. what is going 10 become Of the
honest dollar if. with the spread Of the
ideas of a republic. the moun Of gol2
braid is decreased and a vast quantity
of gold is poured through the minis
into the volume Of the worlds eur
rency? 1t might 50 enlarge the vol
ume of money as TO make the money
changers clamor for he demonetiza-
Of gold and then the silverites
would be called gold bugs for insist
ing upon the free and unlimited on
age Of gold.
After some excellent music. instru-
mental and vocal. a member of the
clergy a~scended q pulpit not far from
the king and queen and delivered an
earnest address. lie was a typical
Norwegian, powerful of frame ana
strong of face-such as we might inn
agine one of the Viking chiefs to have
been. Then there was more music ami
1t may interest the readers to know
that all the music was prepared for
the OCCASION, the words of the can
tata being by the pastor of the church
and the hymns being written in the
language of the peasants. Finally the
king arose, proceeded down the aisle
to the chapel and. kneeling, received
from the bishop the insignia of office.
the crown being placed upon his head.
q gold chain amOut his neck. a sceI-
tire I'm one hand. a golden globe in the
other. AS soon as he returned to the
throne the queen advanced to the
chapel and was likewise invested. and
then the Premier, Mr.. Michaelsoll,
proposed a salute to the king and
queen. h people responded with
earnestness n the exercises were
concluded.
do not expect to witness another
coronation and it will be some salts
faction to remember that the first and
only one attended will be that of a king
whom the people of their own accord
for if there is anything more
democratic than a republican form Of
government, it is the funda-
principle that the people
have a right to LAY whatever form Of
government they desire. jefferson
emphasized this doctrine when the
people of france called Napoleon II
the throne. and it has Bible sanction
as we'll. for when the children Of
Israel still demanded 4 king even afte,
Samuel explained What 4 king WOul3
he was told to let them have their
way.
The next day we put on our bes;
clothes and joined the line that passed
before the king and queen. 1t was not
a very satisfying experience. but it IS
worth something to know no e""h
things are done. and, I may add, the
more an American sees Of 1t, the mora
life in his own country.
Norway. in spite Of the choosing of a !
king. IS the most democratic oun
try in northern Europe. She has no
nobility, cOnferS no titles and had to
go outside of her own realm to find
one of royal birth. She had her king,
and princes in the early days, but one
Norwegian statesman explained to US
that when they lost their privileges
they emigrated to America and went
TO FARMING. The choice of a Dane was
not TRANCE, If a king was to be chose~
from without, for Norway was united
with Denmark for more thai three
centuries. ana there has always been
q friendly feeling between the two
countries. It was eXpedient, too, UNI
der the circumstances. to offer the
crown to the son Of the Danish king.
for this brought NorWay's throne into
kinship with the thrones of England
and Russia as we'll as with that or
Denmark. In fact. the circumstances
and the situation had a good deal -
do with The fOur-tO-one vote in
of a monarchy. When II is remem-
bered that EOrVcay's paramount aim
was to secure independence and that
This might have been jeopardized by
an attempt to establish a republic It
the same time, it is really surprising
that one-ffth of the people had the
courage to vote to plant a republic
amid surrounding monarchics. There
are many in Norway who prefer A
president to a king and who object TO
haying two and a-half millions Of peO-
ME taxed nearly S200.O00 a year to
pay the salary Of a kingly figurehead,