Telegram-herald., 1889-04-20
NATIONAL PERQUISITES.
Some or ths E1g and Little Rewards
Ecr Once Hol1inx
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e-efy- NAat Is tls rsal e,ar aeusat ga tnAt
tteg seek t7r thsir political s=rsicess l.
it lixh pay u il easy so1kg i ig graf.
i8e4l8a of Yanltys IsittAs d.-sire re 10 Sc
cure new lever fer tie exercise of poll.i-
cel pewers PROBABLY all t1e-s sleuenfs
e--er uors or less into tae mor YES of ~
PER- celr. of the oiLes seekers. and o-ce iA
a great wuiie taere may ce Just a lala u
PATRIOTS im2u sc thrown ln.
Ihst il Is nos merely the salary that at
tracts ell-d be Shown Ia many instances
b. a mere quotation " tie Isuges
Harold Marsh Sev4il. UEtl recently
Causal. General az Samoa. received = 90
pereonum. Il cost him nearly half lis
salary o. get a. his post. nnd more ttan a
quarter ot /. T. return when bis testimony
was wanted - the Senate Committee.
lis fees. incidental ~ tie siiice, @Iloaated
% s25 duriaz tle year.
Consll General Sswzl Is Independently
wealthy.
IL the course OF legislative exsmina-
ileatia Montreal, tho witness cand.diy
admitted that he did nor attend 10 the
duties ~ his office. I,le question had
been asked IS mere matter OF form. and
when the answer Brought ont an aston
lshed ''M Mly rot % the witness said:
Because I don Z have time. Ny politi-
cal interests take all my attention
Macy az the men who have teen IN
Wsshiu gton since tho present adminisira-
tion took charge. in search of ap-
p0intmeuts, are. OF course. lncapab-s OF
conducting successful business operations,
butt they are no more hungry for "A govern
mental berth than others who could read
lis make twice a. much money la business
"a. tie best salaries They cOult hope for
would amount To. Many a department
clerk enters upon his summer vacation
with = stern resolve never 20 return 10
Washington. The next autumn finds him
agalu at his post, earning his Il 2tNorSl 800
annually. "a helpless victim u the public
service disease, incapable Of working al
business vocation as other men do
Ofice holding, certain grades naturally
brings with it more or less perquisites,
and perhaps the candidate who contented
himself twenty years ago with modest
clerkship. looked forward hopefully 10 the
time when be might be promoted 20 the
sub chirftiancy of division and get his
boots blacked twice everyda by the gov
eminent. IL was quite as possible, to, that
lie could arrive 50 high In the official scale
that he could save fifteen cents daily by
getting the government 10 shave him.
There is no department building de
voted 10 shines and shaves. and the civil
list does not mention sinners aud shavers.
The fortunate ofIlceholders get around
this deficiency by securing the appoint
ment OF barber, or a bootblack 70 Il mes
sengership, or minor clerkship. a, 500 or
S9oDa year The appOintee has little 10 do,
AMI IL is therefore a simple matter 10 have
him exercise his trade for the benefit OF
his superior.
Perquisites OF this kind, though nc
cepted with avidity 10y the oiiiceholders,
cannot be any serious induce.nent 10 the
horde OF politicians from every quarter
that makes life weary for Congressman
and Cabinet Secretaries. A glance at the
civil list IS almost sure 70 cause astonish
ment at the number OF insi ignifcant sala
ries paid by the nation. Secretaries
treasurers and managers Of great indus
trial enterprises who are paid $4,000 :
year are numerous; there are many in the
country whose salaries are greater, ano
there are some newspaper men whose
work is worth 900 10 their employers
railroad presidents at 50 eco TO so. 900 are
not as plentiful as mosquitoes IN New Jer
sey. but there * we'll known tribe OF
/ them. In Washington, however, where
/ interests of vastly greater magnitude than
any railway are concerned, the $40 900 sal
AIRY IS comparatively infrequent.
When member of the House Of Repre-
sentatives wears his life away IN the ser
/ vice Of the flag and an appropriation foI
/ 5000 annually, what can the secretary ol
/ commission. or n third assistant chief Ol
department expect.
Ofcourse. the hours for labor i'm mosi
beTths are few, but nobody in Washington
ever utilizes any spare time in ~czey
making. \ salary once fixed. the inoum
7 hent's inCOmeis absolutely settled for tho
time during which he holds the fort
f Nearly every body who comes here seem;
I "a be subject 20 au atmosphere OF routine
T which a few months after he gets estab
lished. cnuses his energies 10 dry up. II,
settles down into u more or less disCon.
tented torpor. doing his duty with rs little
+ effort as possible, and spending his MalJ
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