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Show THE DECADENCY OF ROYALTY. Xew York I'res. There Is ample proof that the masses in Great Britain were not greatly stirred by the death of the heir to the throne. The . -Viiier.,' Federation is the most powerful hv - -'.'', orgauiztlion in Knglatul. It numbers L'uo.llft-f members and it control, the votes of B.-verul members of Farliainenl. The leader of the federation, himself a member of Parliament, Par-liament, sent a message to its annual convention con-vention asking for the passuge of resolutions resolu-tions of sympathy with the Queen and royal family. The convention refused even to eon-rider eon-rider the request. By a decisive majority It voted to proceed to the business before it. Immediately after the refusal to pass a vote of condolence the delegates appropriated a liberal amount for the relief of their fellow workers, the striking nail rankers of the midland districts. The significance of their action is unmistakable. These men of the M people were ready to tax themselves to help those in their own station, but w ith the affair, of king, and princes they would not concern themselves. Their attitude toward the throne probably repre-Senls repre-Senls that of the great body of "organized British laocr. The sentiment of lofiutv to the crown which wu prevalent among (be m easel n hundred years ago has disappeared. disap-peared. ; The increase of education, the powerful influence of radical rtewepaneri which circu- late among the masses by the hundred II, on-and, on-and, and the possession of the ballot have completely ul (!, tie- old relaUoh between prince and peopie. The Kugland of wealth and lasbeui the England that speaks through the great daily London journals is till loud in professions of respect for the monarchy, But the grcmcr England of the tollers, whom nriiinrlii eme-it has clu tiled with power, mid whose weight in poiiiieal s affairs is growing yearly, stea in tin- institution of royalty only a tinseled tin-seled unci arvtlMuated sham, fhe ridiculous ridicu-lous doclrkiu of divine right, carrying with it ui i. ditary suc cession to the throne, lias cased to command respect. The brillsh m.iieirehy may i::-t a longtime vet ifitarep. res. tilativcs walk ciliuamspecUy; it la part of the con.,c.rvalism of !he Knglish cbnrac-ter cbnrac-ter to allow usele-s institutions to remain nndiaturbuod so long as they do not inter, fero With the comfort of security of tin- people. peo-ple. But the noli'.ica! power wielded bv haughty Plantigenti, imperious Tudor and Me ;!y Stuarts has long sinco vanished. All thai, la loft to the throne is soc ial ures-Hgc ures-Hgc nnd iufluonce, and thiswill undoubtedly diminish wilh the lapse of time. Kingcraft la decadent on the continent as we 1 as in England. In the armed republic of Franco the adherents o!' royalty has dwindled dwin-dled to a handful and Bciuapiirtisin is ouly a shadow. The ucccntrlciUei and arrogance of the joting kaiser are slowly" but eiu-cly leaserdntr the ttaohment with Which i'ntssia bat for eenturies regarded the house of Hohonxollorn; while the so called not in I democrats are Increasing in slrengih in overy Dorliou of Ihc (lennati Kmpire. Bel-ftom Bel-ftom is shaken with anti-rovalist agitation. The throno of the Romanoff's rests on a dy-r.nniie dy-r.nniie mine. In Italy and Spain the republicans repub-licans are powerfull enough to cause the rojalifb) great uneasiness. The crown of the Hopsburgj is menaced by the internal di-sensioiis of tlie motley array of peoples that go to make up Austro-Hungary. There is every indication that the twentieth century cen-tury will witness a general overturning of thrones. 1 . m . |