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Ogden (la.) Messenger: That our
country appoint a special embassy to
attend the coronation of a king is a
now departure. It strikes us as be
ing inconsistent and derogatory to ouv
idea of government. It really seems
that we have people in our country
who enjoy kissing the feet of a king
or emperor.
Boone (la.) Democrat: The chotce
of Whitelaw Held as a member of the
special embassy to King Edward 'o
coronation is declared by the admin
istration press to be the proper thing.
In this we agree: Whitelaw is a Brit
ish flunkey at heart and it is emi
nently proper that he should represent
the flunkey administration now in pow
er in this country.
Lexington (Mo.) Intelligencer: Ev
ery dollar voted by the nation's con
gress to pay the expense of a special
embassy from this country to the
coronation of Edward VII. of England
is a direct slap at the Americanism of
the dead Washington and those pa
triots who followed him in the war of
the revolution. The growing spirit of
imperialism in this country 'is to be
viewed with alarm by those people who
love America- and cherish its free in
stitutions. Sparta (111.) Argonaut: When
Whitelaw Reid and his two valets ar
rive in England to flunkey at the
coronation, King Edward should issue
a proclamation calling the attention of
Great Britain to the fact that the heir
of George III. is pleased to accept the
adoration of the menial descendent3
of George Washington, who now ac
knowledge that their ancestors were
wrong in fighting for their liberty and
who now approve of the subjugation of
a country whose people are fighting for
liberty, as they once did.
Watseka (111.) Democrat: This na
tion and its vast throng of workers
is in need of something. It-Jieeds a
political revival; one which will have
for its object the rooting out of mon-
archistic tendencies and the desire to
ape the doings of European potentates.
In the name of everything American,
what can we have in common with
those medieval ceremonies to take
place in London. Why return and em
brace customs which havo for ages
.been so bitterly fought by the com
mon people? Why in tho name of
common sense did Roosevolt accept
King Edward's invitation?
Clinton (Ky.) Democrat: The ap
pointment by President Roosevelt of
three commissioners to represent the
United States 1 t tho coronation oC King
Edward of England has called forth a
general protoU from tho "plain peo
ple" of America. Why should a demo
cratic republic like ours fawn upon
royalty? While wo may havo tho ut
most respect for tho "mother country,"
we certainly havo no sympathy for her
kingly institution. Wo do not owe her
the courtesy she has asked, and a
polite note declining to furnish rep
resentatives on the occasion of King
Edward's tinsel show would have
been more in keeping with our tradi
tions. Pennsboro (W. Va.) News: Every
man save gallant Captain Clark, of
the Oregon, who will in knee breeches
misrepresent your plain old Uncle
Samuel at that picco of spectacular
flvnkeydom, tho putting on tho head
of Edward tho Caresser of pot or other
metal called a crown is a multi-millionaire.
Stalwart Americans will
surely feel sadly out of place in the
royal show with its smacking of the
divine right of kings and other anti
quated, unropublican idiocy. Poor
Clark.
Linn (Mo.) Unterrlfled Dombcrat:
King Edward VII. will bo crowned
king of England In June. Officers of
the American navy and army will at
tend, attired in official regalia. Al
ready there is a mad scramblo to get
nearest the king on tho spectacular oc
casion! This is In marked contrast
with tho effort of our navy and array,
when, over ono hundred years ago,
they were engaged In the laudable and
successful endeavor of knocking off
tho crown of England, from King
George's head. But In these latter
days wo shall repay England for that
Indignity by putting a crown on King
Edward's head, that means tho samo
to the struggling Boers as did tho
crown of King Georgo to the strug
gling American of a century ago.
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