The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10

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eFal judiciary would. IN a body. have In
/ SISTED on a similar favor. II IS well known
I mat the Judges Of the United States courts
D throughout the country are much dissat-
I isicd With their salaries Of 5000 a year.
I maintaining that the compensation does
l not allow them 10 sustain the dignity OF
I their positions. 10 Is further alleged that
I II these same judges were 10 devote them
I selves 90 legal practice they would easily
| earn twice the amount OF their salaries,
I and the additional circumstance Is pointed
I that the judges Of the state courts re-
I celFe very much more a year than do
7 their brethren OF the federal courts judi
i ciary. Even an inferior judge Of a New
u YORK court for instance. gets $1,000 "a
I year, and in Pennsylvania the common
I pleas judges receive N0.N9 and an have
I very long terms-terms far exceeding the
J average service of a federal judge. Now
4 these federal judges have a national or
I ganization which defrays the expenses Of
I its representatives. at Washington, who
are pushing the claims Of the dispensers
T OF law FOR higher salaries. When il was
I hruited about that the ambassadors were
I to have their salaries doubled. the federal
I judges insisted that they should be SINH
I larry treated. The great appropriately Of
] this judiciary, however. caused the
/ congressman from the west TO
7 hesitate ani finally to de-
clare that they could not vote In favor
I OF any such proposition. Thereupon the
I lobby of the federal judges declared that
/ If they could not have a raise" the
/ ambassadors could not have one either.
] and they frightened the friends OF the
measUre with threats of defeating 10 In
\ open session. Accordingly the ambassa-
7 doris have to do without their extra sal
aries. and much disgust Is expressed by
I their friends i'm consequence. The friends
| of the judges allege, however. that our
I ambassadors would only spend their ex-
/ ira money If they got it in the vicious in
/ dulgences of European capitals and that
the great ambassadOrial salaries are inya-
riahly spent upOn ballet dancers and
/ actresses. our ambassadors allege that
/ they must frequent theater Hobbies AM
] the "couli5ses." not to speak Of cultiva-
I ting the demi-monde, II they wish to no
/ influential with the European type of pol
/ itcau.
Mr.. Clifton r. Breckenridge. although
+ his commission as full-hedged ambassa-
dor is IN allegiance. and his authority at
the court Of St. Petersburg extends no
/ further than that of "A simple plenipo-
Tertiary, has given gratifying evidence
/ of his tact ana adaptabiiity to circumstan-
\ Ces. one of the first measures called
TO his official notice when he reached ST.
I Petersburg was the Standard Oh mat
/ ter. II appears that the renners of Rus
STA supposed that he proposed interesting
himself i'm furthering the Rockefeller
deals i'm the czar's dominions. and one
Of Mr. Brcckinridge's first acts was to no
THY the Russian foreign office that our
government had nothing 70 do with stand
ard Oh interest in any way. Hence he
negotiations OF the oil company received
q set back. and as everybody knows they
fell through entirely. As result Mr..
/ Breckenridge Immediately got into high
favor with the Russian business inter-
I ests and he proceeded to use this adj
I vantageous circumstance in negotiating
for the admission of American reading
matter and American travellers without
the embarrassing OF the usunl
inspection. Already word comes tina,
these efforts have been success
full and our citizens interested IN
Russian affairs are reaping the bene-
fits Alone among the foreign nations
of the world, our country has the right
I Of exempting its citizens from the de-
tective seach of private houses ana per-
sonal ELECTS. once they have passed the
customs authorities. mere production
of a passport signed by our Secretary Of
State. together with registry at the Office
of any consul of our nation, stationed IN
I Russia viii permit an American citizen
/ to 90 unmolestCd about the cars domains
provided no charge of sedition Is pending
/ against him. This Is a rare concession
for o man new in diplomacy 10 obtain
/ Mr.. Breckenridge Is now endeavoring TO
/ secure for American artists the privilege
/ of taking home with them pictures and
drawings Of scenes and persons visited
by them. Heretofore this has not been al
lowed and as a result some very arbi-
trary imprisonments have been made on
the charge OF making unauthorized draw
I ings of prisoners and suspects. some of
the most noted persons in Russia cannot
+ be photographed or painted by our ar
fists. although singularly enough, native
/ artists may make these pictures. Ah
! American painter who Ventured to sketch
/ on canvas from a photograph OF the ears
mother, was arrested as a suspect and had
his painting ripper TO pieces IL Is not
/ likely that outragcs of this description
/ viii long be endured by our fellow citi-
zens. Mr.. Breckenridge viii certainly not
resign in view of his successful career in
/ Russia so far.
For the first time in many years the
( liquors served at a fashionable New York
ban will be limited in amount This is
I the result of the disgraceful scenes once
In a while witnessed when some scion Of
/ Ulutocracy INDUCES TOO freely There has
long been in circulation a report that the
men Of wealth are nowadays light in
I dulgers IN drink at social affairs, but lat
terly the younger element has been get
/ ting reckless. Particularly was this the
/ case at one Of the recent assemblies
| when a young man Of the highest social
1 position was ANONYMOUSLY handed over
to an usher for expulsion, owing TO the
freedom with which he insisted that debu-
/ tanies dance with him. and he OF the
time IN an utterly inebriated condition
The Patriarchs' ball is the function at
which this limiting Of the conviviality will
be practiced, and from all accounts II is
high time that such a step was taken.
I: must be confessed in fairness to New
I York society, however, that very severe
punishment is visited upon such youths as
/ trans gress in this way. One young man
who is a member Of a family known all
over the country. threw an ice at a fellow
! swell last spring and. IS everybody knows
| will never be invited to a fashionable
mans home as long as he lives, in spite
Of the tremendous influence brought to
bear by his socially powerful relatives
There is no disposition. therefore, to find
fault with the step taken by the patron
esses Of the Patriarchs for II is felt that
circumstances fully warranted 1t.
David Wechsler.
Scared 10 Death by "A Ghost.
From the New York World.
St Joseph, No, Feb. 2.-Armsted Hos
Irfne q nero 50 wears old died at his