Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-04
To Be Paid an Exhorbitant Salary
For Doing Nothing.
THE MASTER OF THE HAWKS
Nearly R1,oOO Yearly Stolen
Through This Myth.
TRUCE FLAGS STILL FLYING
Liberals and Tories Continue Their
Love Feasts-Approaching sil.
ver Wedding of the Prince
and Princess of Wales.
Defrauding the Government.
[Copv,toht 1888 bv James Gordon Bennett

Defrauding the Government.
tCopyrf0ht 1888 by James Gordon Bcnnctt.I
LONDON, March 3-[New' York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. E.]-Sir Drummond
Wolff starts to-day for Persia where he has
been appointed British envoy. He may
change his mind at the last moment and not
go, for If you can quietly enjoy $4,000 year
in London why go to Teheran. Sir Drum
mond VOLTS salary began when he was ap-
pointed last October. He has been going
ever since but has never gone. 1t is often
said that in America o man can get
on faster sooner than he can here.
Dozens Of instances might be given
to the contrary. But take Wolff's case. He
held minor appointments in the foreign Office
but never attracted attention until he be-
camo member of Randolph Churchills
fourth party once and an object of universal
ridicule, afterwards the avenue to power.
Besides the leader, there were Balfour,
Gorst and Wolff. Three out Of four
are drawing el1,ooO yearly from the
treasury. The fourth party was not such
bad investment after all. Two or three
years ago Wolff was sent on an utterly super
fluous mission to Constantinople This cost
the country R25, 900, Of which $4,000 were
charged for dinners and other entertain
ments, carriage hire and personal expenses
Ultimately Wolff was recalled He had not
been here many weeks before Lord Salisbury
gave him f5 900 to serve his country in Per-
sia. John Bull will have to pay to pay him
about that sum whatever Office he may fill
for the rest of his life. The light barnacles
never let 60 their hold when once they have
stuck on. Scarcely a word has been said in
parliament about this job although Labou-
chere thought it worth while to make fuss
over Chambcrlain's utterly insignificant and
most moderate bill Vigilant watch dogs
are generally found barking up the wrong
trec. In the same way nothing has
been said about the recent peerages, baro.
nets and knighthoods given away because
the recipients subscribed money for party
necessities. have heard of o wire .puller
who recently offered to get baronetcy for
any man for the trifing consideration of
91 900. None of the radical reformers have
had word to say about these things
Bradlaugh about the most fearless and
honest Of the lot, is soon to force upon
the notice Of the house, abuses connected
with perpetual pensions, most Of which
were gross frauds in the first instance.
There will be a lively debate on this matter.
We still pay nearly a thousand a year to the .
master of the hawks, salaries TO four fall
coners and six hundred year for food for
hawks, although the hawks and falconers
arc all myth.
A pension was granted by Charles IL to
one of his illegitimate children and
is paid to this hour doubt
whether it will last many years longer Ses-
sion after session passes and nothing is done
to remedy these abuses. l know men who
were pensioned of before forty with R7OO or
fSO0 year merely to make room for the
friends Of some new head of the department.
Our pension list now amounts to aS,OOO,O 600
annually of which mere fraction goes to the
poor soldier or sailor.
Yet not a word is said in parliament on
these abuses while the fertile discussion
about Trafalgar square would run on for a
month if Smith did not pounce upon it. A
whole covey of members sprang up last
night to pour out more words. No wonder
the government is stronger than
ever. The strategy OF its enc
mies is deadly only to themselves.
1t might be different il Gladstone could be in
the house all night but this is no longer pos
sible. His followers claim to lead and they
don't know how to do it, 1t is awkward
when the tail begins to wag the dog. A
party ought not to advertise its weakness as
the Gladstonians did on Friday night. Glad
stone hated the whole movement but his
nerves are not what they were.
The truce continues. The other evening
Lord Salisbury dined at Charley Beresford's.
In spite Of the latters resignation next week
Charley will blaze away at the admiralty
and all the naval and military officers mean
to stand by him. They held meeting at the
house privately and decided to make q raid
on poor Lord George Hamilton always CON-
bned with strict loyalty to Lord Salisbury.
ATTACK whom you please but lot US
have no scandal against Queen Elizabeth"
When row Of navy men go at 1t together,
as they mean to do soon, dust is sure to fly.
But Beresford plays his cards so iudiciously
that the prime minister goes to dine with
him, and on the same night Lord Randolph
dined with w. H. Smith. whitehall and
woodcock heal all differences for q time
But political dinners and receptions
will bs thrown into the shade
next week by the silver. wedding
Of the Prince and Princess Of Wales, when
all London will give itself up to festivities.
The queen will come up purposeiy to do
honor to her son by dining at Marlboro
house and the very elect viii be asked to the