Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-08

| NI F7nOL 1t created even more
ES1Iii excitement than the
| &sBjWA elevation Of republi-
/ can Office holder in
| the Post Office Depart
ment recently to be
chief OF division. There is no department
Of the government SO conservative as the State
| Department-none in which appointments are
| more difficult to obtain or where promotion
and unlimited tenure Of Office are con-
| sidered more certain. The positions in the
State Department are generally considered life
ohces. subject to removal for misconduct
There are old employees in each of the other
departments OF the government men who have
| stood the shock of more than one change OF
administration undisturbed; but there is
no department which has SO large a proper
| ton of employees who have seen long service.
| Usually il an employee Of the department leaves
Washington it is to enter the consular service
| at some pleasant post. where he can spend tho
remainder of his days agreeably. Even
the assistant secretaries do not all change
with a change of administration. Second AS
sistant Secretary Adee was raised from
the position Of third assistant secretary under
| the first Cleveland administration and kept in
place by Secretary Blaine and Secretary Foster
1t is not at all likely that he will be disturbed
by this administration. Secretary Adee has
earned his position in regular course Of promo
ton. He went to Madrid as secretary Of lega-
| ton in 1870 and remained there nearly seven
years Then he returned to Washington and
entered the department service as a clerk of the
fourth class at salary of 1880. A year later
lie was made chief of the diplomatic bureau.
and four years after that he was commissioned
third assistant secretary. Mr.. Adee's knowl-
edge Of diplomatic affairs. together with his
| ability makes him almost indispensable to the
department DIR. st. Glars position was gained
by long service and steady promotion. He
appOlntad a m clerk in Novep,ber 1SeS
and promoted through the different classes of
clerkships until in 1881 he was made chief Of the
consular bureau.
APPOINTED BEFORE DR.. ST. CLAIR WAS.
There are three employees of the State De-
partmeut whose term of service exceeds DR.. st.
Glars record. The oldest employee Of the de-
partment is Geo. Bartle, who was appointed
clerk December l, 1852. He was promoted to
class in 1856. to class 8 in 1861, to class
July l, 1856. There Mr. Bartle has stuck for
nearly twenty-seven years. Edward Haywood
entered the department service a temporary
clerk November /, 1861, but he has not served
continuously. He was at one time chief of the
bureau OF accounts at salary OF $2,100,
but he left the department service for
year and when ne returned he
took fourth class clerkship at $1,000.
He has held that position since 1874 John H.
Haswell entered the department service as a
temporary clerk in January, 1865 He was pro-
motcu W Tue ulueESnt SEAueS until IN August,
1873, he was made chief Of the bureau OF in
dexes and archives at a salary of 81, 100. This
position he now holds.
Henry L. Thomas, the department transla-
tor. who draws 81, 100 annually entered the de-
partment as q clerk in 1869; Thomas Morrison,
an 81 800 clerk was first appointed to q clerk
ship in 1867 James r. O'BryOD and Alexander
H. Clements. both 81 400 clerks, entered the
department in November, 1858, and March,
1866. respectively; Henry Jarvis, laborer, has
held bis position since October l, 1866. Then
there is the chief messenger of the department,
who has been the chief messenger for twenty
two wears, and there many other officers
and employees whose term of service runs up
to almost twenty years. No wonder that there
was great excitement in the department when
the news Of tho demand for DIR. St. Clairs res
tgnation was circulated.
IN THE SERVICE ABROAD.
While the service of the State Department
abroad is considered good and legitimate prey
for the office seekers, there are ten persons in
the employ OF the department abroad who
entered the service even before DIR. st. Clair.
There Is the Oldest consul, Horatio j. Sprague,
who went to Gibraltar May IL, ls4s and who
has been there ever since. X. s. Chiffon, the
consul at Goderich, Ont. holds his present
commission from 1882, but his service with the
department, like that of MIR. Sprague, dates
from lS4S. In that year Mr.. Chiffon entered
the service of the State Department at WASH
ington. He remained in the department until
1871, when he entered the consular service, in
which he has been ever since. Mr.. Sprague and
Mr.. Chiffon draw 81 500 each from the State
Department. William l.. Giro has been serving
as consul at Alicante, Spain, since January 40.
1853 His office is paid by fees and all
that he received during the last fiscal year
according to his report to the State DEPART
ment was S1s5. Senior Giro is Spaniard and
he was appointed from Spain. The vice consul
at Alicante is John L. Giro He has served
since 1873 without compensation. h.
Burton Dinzey, who was appointed from
Pennsylvania, is commercial agent at st. Bar
tholomew. WI, where he has been since Sep
tsmber 26, 1850. He was u native Of st. Bar
tholomew, but became nsturalized in the United
States. His fees last year were nothing. They
were quite as much and no moro the year be-
fore that, and they have been the same for
many years-ln fact since Mr.. Dinzey was ap-
pointed. Mr.. Dinzey is in business at st. Bar
tholomew, and he holds his place for the social
advantages it confers. j. ?. vendroux, who is
the agent OF the department at Calais and who
has held his position for just thirty years, re-
ceives a more substantial reward. His fees last
year were S2,2Ss. According to the rule Of
the department, the consul at Rouen,
in whose district Calais is situated.
the department are not allowed to retain more
than 81 900 Of fees Usually they divide the
fees with the consul to whom they report up to
$4,000. All over that they have to turn over to
tuo cohsui. 1Ho proporaon OF the Iees
that they will get up to the department limit Of
81 900 Is a matter Of arrangement between the
agent and consul.
SALARIES AND FEES.
The compensation Of consuls who are paid by
fees is limited to S2,5O0. II the fees exceed that
sum the consuls can pay clerk hire out of the
| balance il authorized to do SO. The consul can
| not retain more than 81 900 in the aggregate
from the agencies under his consulate. As the
| highest salary paid to a consul is $4,000. the
| amount paid at London and Paris and Shang-
hal and Rio de Janeiro and Liverpool and Hong
Kong and Calcutta and Cairo, with the single
| exception of the consulate at Havana which
pays $4,000, these places would not be SO
very desirable il the strict rules OF
the department in the matter Of
fees were strictly enforced. But, though the
consul general at London is supposed to receive
nothing but his salary. as matter of fact he re-
ceives at least $25, 900 more through an arrange
ment with vice consul, who is nEngliShman and
who receives his appointment on the agreement
that he will make division OF his fees with his
chief. These fees are classed as unofficial, and
no report Of them IL made to the State Depart
ment. They are chiefly notarial fees on in