New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-23
FOREIGN MISSIONS And CONS ULATES.
A COSBY TALK WITH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF STATE.
"GatA" IN The Cincinnati Enqu


"Gam" In The Cincinnati Enquirer
l also called on Colonel Hay, at the State
Department and asked him how lie ked 1t by this time
near the end. In weeks shall be able to home
to Cleveland and attend 10 my own business" ,,.,
"They may make you Secretary OF State, Colonel"
"Oh no. young might possibly Ill the duties
OF the State Department proper bn by the usages o. the
Government the Secretary OF state Is the political head
pt inc H csss a therefore S' NEEDED
Does this office occupy your whole t time -
5 in the evening. don't write much. but have 10 die
tate great deal in reply to letters from our agents
asked Colonel Hay if the Consular offices afforded
just i,vine he replied and no more. You will
notice you go to Europe that every Consul you M IS
dissatisfied and wants to come home ana yet not one
pointed in his place We have some Consus who have
been in office good while mentioning several ana
opportunity for career in their own country Is done
- Won had a fine opportunity at H. Colonel" SAID.
II Won were to 20 through life again would you refuse
to take the appointments you had IN Austria France
Not AT all,p said Hay 81 would do Just as did.
But YOU must remember that had commercial opor-
iun,iies in my own country 10 lose pot business
man When came home went oil daily newspaper.
writing editorials, and NY foreign experience ied my
pep man with no business purposes nor political am.
bon might very well live ABROAD as CONSUL Uut ne VIII
DO YOU think the Consular service lie underpadi"
Ii is not well paid but should DO opposed to rails
ing the salaries Of IT, Tor the reason that would multi
DIV the pressure for appoint nepts As long as these
Consuates pay no profit they given to broken down
business men, young literary and students: but II
the salaries raised to- $4,000 year, wholly
different Of would press IN for them-he pc
" How as to the salaries OF foreign Ministersf
"We, the came remark applies-they are paid Just
enough not to make them objects OF exciting political
You don't think there is much merit the occasional
proposition from Congress TO abolish the dp omatlc SER
mo; That proposition arises from ignorance. II Is
said that the telegraph cable " communicate
with Bismarck, for example and by message or two
arrange nythug with him but IL not the case Per
fG'a s oee that t e
other Governments will come here with something Oh
srH n ie aHe way Very often their
propositions strike us as prcsuming IL Is particularly
of our citizens born abroad to have resident Ministers
1t IL also injury TO American Interests abroad 10
have Charges d'Hares at several places
kept Ministers. for ecOnomY's sake They cool their
white the Ministerial representatives of Honduras and
Hayt 20 night past them and have audience OF the Miu
lster In United States other Governments rails
ing the rank OF their missions steadily. II Sir Ed ward
Thornton should be called away-wlch hear happily,
would be the Minister from the Sandwich Islands. He
occasions; but If he was Charge dAfrcs he would ~
to the tail Mkt to The Hawaiian Minister. the Dean Of
the Diplomatic body here Is the Haytlan Minister"
Speaking OF our Representatives, Colonel Hay told Of
one case OF Minister to Portugal wno Stspred TO see
But YOU canno. do it," SAID the Colonel. 'Yce" he
said 4" have studied all up. shall live In hotel and
pay i or ay 'i sa
must keep The archives AID records OF the mssionyon
must have q room to do H." Never mud ME boy
said the old CHAP, have arranged about AL that, too
We have Consul there. and ON gong down and d-
cs ms se Ss e H for him. @ s n pad the
debt OF ON his farm. and think he died naply.
Governmsnta Colleague Of Mr. Hay ne said: Hare
met with accident Last SUMNER about wnien nothing
was said but 1t disabled him for While. He was shot
IN the hand while out cunning He makes good Con-
sui, and IS dong considerable literary work for
Germany and Fi0nce. his laes being translated before
they published While abroad hc has written one OF
his b .st stories 'rhe Twins OF Table Mountain and
cOlec ION under that name Literary work pays some
Thug England, whereas here there is small market
fori,