The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-27
{ THE MORNING NEWS.
( ESTABLISHED 1880 INCORPORATED 1883.
[ j. H. ESTILL, President.
CONSULS TO BE GOOD MEN
THE SERVICE TO BE REFORMED
BY TIE NEW REGIME.

It Will No Longer Be Refuge for
Broken Down Politicians and Poor
Relations - Instances Showing the
Despicable Methods OF the Last Ad-
ministration - What the Consular
Places Pay.
WASHINGTON, March 26.--Judge Gresham
and Assistant Secretary Quincy will have
deal of work to do before they can put
the consular service on the high plane de-
sired by President Cleveland 1t has been SO
long the refuge of broken down politicians
and poor relations that the new Secretary
OF State will be justified IN making very
sweeping changes without subjecting him
self to the charge Of turning out men whose
services are valuable to the department.
The republican administration took pains
after the elections of last November TO for
tify many OF the politicians of the party
in places where they we're not
likely to be disturbed for some months at
least after the entrance of the new adminis-
tration. New ministers to Switzerland,
Venezuela and Portugal, and new consuls
to many important points were at the state
department. receiving their instructions"
up to the very last hours of the administra-
ton. The outgoing administration did not
content itself, however, with filling actual
vacancies but arranged a series of transfers
to make certain men more secure.
THE APPOINTMENT OF PARTRIDGE.
Mr.. Partridge, who was appointed min~
lister to Venezuela, was holding the place of
solicitor of the state department when his
in GgrNr tp
Minister Scruggs. 1t would be safer when
the lightning struck to be in Venezuela than
in the state department, and Mr.. Scruggs,
as violent high tariff republican from
Georgia. where most of the white people
believed that the democratic success was
synonymous with good government and
the safety and honor Of their families, was
more likely TO be quickly disturbed than the
inotfensive private secretary of Senator
Proctor. Even the solictorshlp was not to
be let go without struggle, as the nomina-
tion OF Mr.. Raymond in the very closing
days of the administration indicated.
Another transfer took Consul Studer
away from Bremen in Germany, where he
has been reaping handsome fees during the
past four years. and put him back into the
less lucrative but safer post at Singapore,
land administration and from the time
THAT the memory of man runneth not TO
the contrary before that.
Mr. Wildman, who married q niece of
Senator Stewart and can no longer be con-
sidered a republican protege, was taken
away from Singapore and put at post
where his head is soon likely to fall
CLEVELAND FOLLOWERS.
Only about twenty-five of the consuls
.A,l i. l.
term are now in Office Only a few of
these are In good places and some of them
are less likely to be kept than republicans
who remained loyal 60 their convictions
without making them offensive. Several of
Mr.. Cleveland's appointees set out to prove,
for the sake Of holding their places, that
they we're better republicans than President
harrison and one OF them, the consul at
Limoges. is reported to have clInched his
hold by obtaining photographs for the use of
the republican national committee showing
the unhappy state Of laborers 'in free trade
Europe" His case was much like that of
Frank H. Mason, whom Mr.. Cleveland re-
tanned as consul at Marseilles on the repre-
sentation of his peculiar efficiency. Mr..
Mason was as dumb as an oyster on
republican politics until after the election
of November, 1888, when he could not wait
for Mr.. Cleveland to 20 out of office to send
In a report bristling with commentator of
1
reward within four months after the in
auguration OF Mr.. Harrison in promotion
to Frankfort, where the salary is
$500 greater and the notarial fees
S4O0 greater. Mr.. Quincy is not likely to
recommend Mr. Mason for another promo
tion unless it is downward.
Judge Daniel B. Hubbard. Senator Hoar's
friend, will also find bis hold at Annaberg
seriously loosened when the new admins
tration gets down to business.
SALARIES OF THE CoNsULATEs.
The salaries of the leading consulates are
pretty we'll known to applicants and are
easily accessible. There are twenCy-six
consuls general, mostly with salaries at
$1,000 or more, but two with less. There
are two consuls at $1,000, five
at $500, twenty-five at S3.000
and twenty Eight at 81, 500. The remaining
$50 places shade off into smaller and smaller
amounts. The receipts for fees are not 80
generally known, but document submit
ted to the Senate in February throws a
light on the subject which is very Interest
ing to applicants. The official fees all 60 to
the government, but the British consulates
are unusually desirable because the British
law requires Oaths TO be taken before
British official rather than a foreign consul.
The consulS simply employ some young
British law clerk at a small salary and
pocket the immense fees themselves. Outside
Of Great Britain the only fees which a con-
sui is allowed to retain is the notarial fees
in matters outside of his official duties.
What these amount to may be Judged from
the following list of places where notarial
fees were 5000 or more:
Consu. Notaria Consu- Notarial
lates, fees. lates fees
Annoy .............S 900 Kanavgaua .........Sl,IO5
Amsterdam. 102I Leipsic 1O3
Antwerp..,...... 657ILeith ......... 1,O57
Barbadoes. ....,... 60. Liver pool......., 2,34l
Barmen...,,, 854London ......... 9,479
Berlin ............ 3,424 Mannheim. 767
Birmingham ...... GA Marseilles. l,l22
bordeaux. .......... S99 Mexico. ....-..... lib
Bremen. ..... ..... S14 Montreal. ....,.,. III
Cardenas ........ S5l Osakaandhioga Ss4