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Show LIMITATIONS ON KINGS. An article, is going around telling; what kings enn't do, but this we take it applies onl to King George. He is a constitutional sovereign and the old chapa that fixed up bis place and his prerogatives preroga-tives were wonderfully cautious lest he have some power that would interfere with them. They Intended In-tended to make him the most Impressive kind of a figurehead that is all he ia. For instance, he ran't call upon or receive call from a brother sovereign except in the presence of a responsible minister. Neither can he accept gift that bia loyal subject wishes to present him with. But if two or more persons want to present a gift, he is allowed to take it. In that way the devil is whipped around the atump and he has received some wonderful coronation presents. He must never write a letter to anyone outside his own family. Any other correspondence cor-respondence has to be earned on through one of his secretaries. He cannot accept invitations to dine or stop with ons of his subjects. But there is . a happy way to get around that; if he wishes to visit cne of his subjects he invites himstlf. That would be a taking business in this country, we think. There are a great many people just now in Sslt Lake City who would like Ui invite themselves to dins with, well, we will say with Mr. Jackling at the new hotel, or with Mr. Kewhouse, or with Mr. JlcUornick, because all those gentlemen and others hare the reputation of baring fine dinners. When he ascends the throne he must withdraw from all clubs to which he belonged, and he caoot become Free Mason, and if he happens to be one at the J data of his accession, he must resign from the craft. It is (he same way in lore affairs. A king- cannot I marry whom he wishes nnlesg the lady ia of a high rank as himself. There is another law which reminds ns of what an old saint said here some years ago. A Gentilo said to him. Suppose yon were to get an order to i hoot ins when I go ont of the door in th morning. morn-ing. What would yon dot". He promptly replied that he would shoot. Would you commit murder on the order of yi-ur superiors!" "Hs said : "I would not sommit murder, I w.rnld kill i man, but if there was any wrong, it woul 1 Inch In-ch arged np to thos who gave me the order." In ths same way the Engliah king under the law ia entirely incapable of doing wrong. Any wrong suffered by a subject at his handa it attributed attrib-uted to tha mistake of his advisers. There is a whole lot more of it, but the 'above ia enough to show that even kings sre hedged about, and that the higher the title that ia given to men, the more responsible they become. . I |