Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-04

without employ
 NATHAN F. DIXON, ment during that SENATOR FROM RHODE time. The cleri-
 ISLAND. cal work is done by the attaches and junior secretaries, each of whom hopes and partly expects to retire as an ambassador should he live long enough and remain in the service.
 In many points the training is as tech nical as in the private professions of law, medicine or architecture. The first sec retary is required to make an annual re- port to the foreign office upon the trade and commerce of the country wherein the legation is situated. The second secre- tary is the archiviSt and office manager of the legation. The business classities Itself into that with the foreign office at London with the department of state at CaHatla at Ottawa; with the British con- suiates in the United States, and with multitude of persons applying or writing upon extra official matters.
 Sir Julian Pauncefote'S appointment as minister to the United States increases his salary from S10,o00 to $50, 900 year, with a residence added. It will also en- able him to retire with much larger pension than he would have been enti- tied to had he remained in the post of permanent secretary at the foreign office
 l. Should his service at Washington prove acceptable to his government he may reasonably hope for advancement to one or more of the ambassadorial posts at the six courts of continental Europe and would then retire upon the rank and pay of all ambassador, as Sir Edward Thorn ton, who left here about years ago for St. Petersburg, h. done.
 It would be very agreeable to the for eiSn office if congress would create the grade of ambassador in the American diplomatic service, as was proposed. Sir Julian entered the foreign office as law officer thereof at a salary of S5,0O0 per year. His legal training, judicial exper fence in the colonies, vigor, constution in- defatigable habits and supera bundance of practical sense, soon made him a man of mark in the bureau, and commended him to the successive heads of the ser vice. When Lord Tenterden died he was advanced to the post of permanent score tarv over the heads of those more strictly in the line of promotion to that office, and without a particle of so-called intlu- ence.
 Lord Salisbury, for purely impersonal considerations, appointed him minister to Washington because he regards the place as one of prime importance, and believes that Sir Julian is just the man to occupy it at the present time. To use an Americanism, the appointment has been made on ''strictly business principles" If the appointee does we'll he will be gen. erously treated after the British govern mental fashion; if he comes short of the requirements of the place he is without q powerful aristocratic or political con- nectiOn to bother the ministry.
 Sir Julian may remain at Washington for the whole remainder of his active period of life, or may in time be pro- noted to higher diplomatic post or may be retired and not further employed. The British diplomatic service is an ex- ceedingly flexible one. It has neither the chance and temporary character of our own, nor the regular promotion system of our army and navy. A person may enter it in any grade or post; but, once in, he leaves it only by his own will or for cause. As long as he Is in 1t he is under pay in some amount, unless employed for the time being in some other depart ment of the public service.
 The pay and pension of every civil officer Is fixed or regulated by the lords commissioners of the treasury, and are based upon consideration of the nature and length of his various services. For example, in settling the allowance to Lord Dufferin 1t is considered that he has been governor general of Canada, ambas- sador to Russia and Turkey and gover- nor general of India. Should he be again actively employed in any department of government there would be a resettle- ment of his pay for the period of such employment and another resettlement at the end of it.
 The relation between the treasury office and the other departments of the government is analogous to those be- tween the executive departments at Washington and the committee on ap- propriations of the house of representa- tives-the former pressing for the largest attainable allowances and the latter re- sisting and moderating the pressure.
 Here Is what lady who is frequent visitor at the White House, and who ought to know, says about Mrs. Harrison and the housekeeping. "It is absolutely untrue that Mrs. Harrison goes around
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