The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CHOICE pLumEs SOUGHT FOR.
Consular and Diplomatic Nipple ,nts aft CT
Cleveland faVurs The salaries
War Manned Members ufthe
House and senate.


WASHINGTON, Dec. l6-probablv the
v,oet -nn,ht arter of rho rln,,o. .',,.i.,
~ ""''"
IIeSiuehI OIeNeldhu Is 10 distribute are
The diplomatic aud consular Offices.
which lake those holding tben .hr,,3
nv, -, i, g.. ,,,.,s.,
i"' ~" i"' 'uo'o - ''io"'y S"Hle mug
tremendous. Men long forgotten, who
were once of greater or less prnu,i-
neuce in pubic life. ara rnr,-
ING to tile front urgipr tn,ir
claims to this or that dinlon1ti,.
mission, and local politicians are an
nounciug that they EXPECT TO 80 abroad
in the capacity Of consul 10 this or lhnI
country. or course, Mr. Cleveland has
not been consulted in many, If any of
these cases, hut the plan is to bfiug
such pressure throup Il monument politi'
cal leaters that he cannot fail of
action. In view of This tremendous de-
mand for these pla.es som5thing about
them aud their pay may prove interest
ing The ministers IT, France, Eng
land, Russia and Germany ret Sl7 500
Der wear each. Those to Snain. Austria.
Jauan, China. Mexico, naly and Bra
xil gel Sl2,OOO Der wear; Chli and Peru
SlO0OU each; turkey, Belgium, Neither
lands, SWt den AID Norway, Hawaii
and Argentine Republic, $500 each !;
Gorea, Liberia, Swi zrrland, Denmark,
Portugal, Sam, Persia, Hayti, 5000
encb cousuis. general at London, Pans
Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, $1,000 each:
at Calcutta and Shanghai, $1,000 each:
at Berlin, Kanagawa, Montreal ami
Panama $4,000 each; at st. PETERSBURG
Franktord Halifax and Ecuador, 3d.
600 each. The salaries OF cOnSuls at F,O
Chow, tiankOw, Canton, Annoy, TEN
Tsin, Chin kiang, Ningpo and Callao
are $500 each; at Manchester, Glasgow,
Demarara, Belfast, Havre, Matanzas,
Vera Cruz, A>pinwall, Nagaska, Osaka,
Vaip raise, 5000 each; NJ rmstall
Shelhe'd, Lem. Victoria, Marseilles.
Bordeaux, Lyons, Hamburg, Bremen,
Dresdcn, CUnlueSos, 81. Thomas,
smyrna and Athens, $500 each; al
Cork Leeds Hamilton, Kingston, Mas
sau, Cardiff, Port Louis, Sydney.
San Juan, Tangirr, Rotterdam, Odessa,
Sonuberg, Nuremburg, Cologne,
Chemuit1, Lelp>ic, Crelield, riiestp,
Prague, Basic, Xuiich, Palermo, AGAR
ulco, Pernamuuco, Montevideo, reg
ucigalpa, San Juan del Norte, and Sal
vador, $1,000 each. Others run still low.
er, and those " no accept them din so al
the risk OF political starvation. The fact
IS, our consular auu diplomatic force is
as rule very poorly paid 50 that those
accepting the positions usually come
home at the end of their service quite aS
poor as they went. Only lew of the
thousand places abroad pay more than
the expenses necessary To a respectable
maintenan Of the dignites OF the posi-.
ton.
BATTLE-sCARED VETERANS.
The trans confession OF ar. Turner
OF kentucky, that he had been beaten
bya une-legged soldier, when no two.
legged man could be- found TO beat him
i'll the race for congress, suggests some
inquiries about the members of con
gress who know how cold lead feels
There are two men in the house now
who have lost limbs in tho battlefield
and one or more ia the senate, whine
there are a deem, or perhaps twenty
VINO were wounded in the war. Mr.
Oates, OF Alabama, carries an empty
sleeve, having | 1T his right arm II
'front.' OF Richmond In charge o
confederate regiment, havinl
peen w"ulhed no less than siA
times during his war service. MIR
henderson,, al Iowa, walks with {
WOODEN ley, having lost his leg at the
battle OF Curinth while serving "a AT
officer in the union army. Only a clos,
observer would note the fact that ht
walked wih an artificial leg, aud hut 1
few days ago u gentleman here lost
pet winch no had made against the AS
sertion thht Mr.. Henderson had lost Z
leg. In TN senate each of South Caro-
lina's representatives, Senators Butler
ana Hampton, has had the experience
OF parting with leg, though only one
senator Butler lost his in the war. IL,
lett ms right leg on the field OF Brandy
station Ia 1863. IL Is odd that
man whose bravery no one doubt'
bhouiu nave served through the war q
the reoellloh anu come out VIII 10 Il
lose ms leg by heirg thrown from 1
morse, nut thls lsthe eXpe' ienceof Wad,
naihplnh' also OF south Carolina
Each OF lheSo gentlemen nave learned
70 use the artlncl Il leg now so ing'n
louSlN maze thht the average observer
selG0Hl hn'es IL substitution Tor tina
winch nature provided. Congressman
Hawk, who was member of last con.
CESS uylhg IN ms Term OF service
could mot use the artificial leg of to- lay
ana was oh iled To content himself with
pam wo Iden conLriValCe suppl.
menud by Il heavy cane Another
member nl that congress, who had los
q limb in battle was Col. Hooker, u
mississippi, who carried m
empty sleeve. Among others IL
the Fnrty-seveuth and Forty
elshth co g'eSSes VINO wire wounduC
IN battles OF q g late war were Hewitt
Herberv und Herndon, Of Alabama
Senator Miller, Of California, Davidson
OF Florida Smith, If Illinois, Kriler aut
Robinson, of OHIO. ShaIlenpergcr, ul
Pennsylvanla, Rich trdson, Eva = and
Aiken, at South Carolina, aud Cubul
ami fulkUrSuu, of virginia Some N
these have ar three, anl in una ol
two ca Q Is htgna six w. u IDS. There
is ono other whose name has not been
mentioned, n member of the presenl
house, whom the gnsSips accuse of car
rying II, but rs the tradition furthe,
locates It Ia his back, mention of his
name is kindly omittoi. IL isa rurinu,