The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-12-17
THE SPOILS
OF OFFICE.
Those at President Nc
Kinley's Disposal.
A LIST OF THE FINE PLUMS.
Those Protected by the Civil
Service.

Appointments Which the President Can
Make--Most of the Clerical Places Are
CIosed-Fourth Glass Postmasters Eli
sc, 715 of the Exempted Places Officers
Confirmed by the Senate Are 4,S15.
Good Consulships and other Plums to
Be Distributed.
just before the incoming Of new adj
ministration usually there Is printed by
private enterprise blue book, in which
are set forth the Offices which are at the
disposal of the president This book has a
large sale among the patriots who are all
ways ready to sacrifice their own interests
and serve their country-for considera-
ton.
There are always many desirable offices
which drop into the patronage list unex-
pectedly-vacancies on the bench, etc.
But most of the spoils which are to fall to
the lot of the new president are his to dis
tribute from the moment he takes the oath
of office
1t Is well known that President McKin-
ley s administration will not have SO many
offices to distribute as President Cleve-
lands had and still fewer than fell to the
lot of President Harrison. Mr.. Harrison
put largo number of clerskhips under the
civil service commission just before he
went out of office, thus confirming great
many Republicans in Office Mr.. Cleve-
land has been equally partial to civil serv-
ice reform of late, and goodness knows
what he will do before the 4th of March.
The Offices he and his predecessors have
protected, of course, are the clerkships and
messengerships and other minor positions
which were not really the Presidents, but
were among the perquisites of his cabinet
officers. The man who wants to be min
lister to Dahomey under the next admins
tration will have a hard time finding a
clerkship to fall into.
In only one respect has the president S
own power of rewarding his friends been
curtailed-in the matter Of consulships-
and that was done by an order which
President Mckinney can rescind
All the other presidential offices are still
open. Some of the men who hold them
have been appointed for an indefinite term,
presumably for life, but the president can
remove them. if he likes. Some are serving
four or five year terms, but the president
can replace them when ne pleases, always
by and with the advice and consent of the
senate. The presidential officers confirmed
by the senate are 4,815. In addition to
these officers there are 6, ,051 employees of
the governments excluded from elassifeaz
tion, S,638 laborers or workmen below
classification and II, 993 offices not yet
classified, including Sc, 725 fourth class
postoffices and some clerks in small offices,
making a total of 81 ,297 offices in the un-
classified service.
The whole executive service includes
174, 500 people, drawing sos, 936, 167. % a
year from the public treasury.
In giving a list of appointments which
are in the presidents hands-a list subject
to change between this time and the. 4th OF
next March-itis is not assumed that all the
places will be considered patronage by
the new administration. There are many
hundreds of men in the public service not
protected by the civil service rules who
have been in Office through Republican and
Democratic administrations. The commits
sioner of education, for recent example,
was an appointee of President Harrison
and was kept in office by President Cleve-
land Many officials date back to Arthur,
Garfield, Hayes and even Grant.
The places In the executive mansion
which are at the free disposal of the presi-
dent are: Private secretary, $4,000; assist
ant secretary 50, 500; executive clerks (2),
50 900; clerks (2), 81 800, ~ $1,000; usher,
81 800; steward, 81, 800; chief doorkeeper,
81 800; doorkeepers (4), 81, 200; messengers
"a, $1,000; engineer, 1000; watchman,
$780,
The Offices which the president has TO
fill in the executive service "by and with
the advice and consent of the senate are
these;
State Department.
Secretary, IS. 600; assistant secretaries,
81, 500, So, 500, So, 500.
Engineer Mexican water boundary COM
missioner, $4,000.
Nicaragua canal commissioners, $4,000.
Director bureau American republics,
SIS, 600.
lin the foreign service an order of Pres
ident Cleveland makes 1t necessary for the
president to choose for positions paying
from 81, 900 to 50, 500 persons who are or
who have been in the employ OF the state
department in such capacity as would fit
them for the service or persons who can
pass an examination showing their lit
ness. All consuls having salaries of 3d.
OUU receive more bnbu tutD dAuOuIp DO-
cause they are entitled to fees received
through subordinate agencies. The names
of consulates paying So, 500 or more in
salaries have been grouped by themselves.
These are as much "spoils'' as they ever
were. The other salaried offices are grouped
together. President Mckinley can put out
any Cleveland appiontee from these to re-
store to office the Republican whom Cleve-
land removed or who went out OF Office
for any other reason.)
Diplomatic and Consular Corps.
ambassador to Great Britain, ST, 500;
France SIT, 500; Germany, $17,500; Italy,
$12, 500.
Minister to Russia, s17, 500; Spain,
S12, 900; China, $4,000; Austria Hun
gary, sI2, 900; Sweden and Norway, ST.
500; Mexico, s17, 500; Switzerland, ST.
500; Turkey. $40, 200; Japan, $4,000;
Greece and RoumaIiisi, Sc, SC see, Portugal,
81, 500; Belgium, SO, ,000 Colombia, sl0,-
900; Ecuador, $5, 600; Argentina, SIC, ,00oi
Denmark, 81, 500; Chile, $40, 600; Brazil,
s12, 900; Bolivia, IS, 900; Nicaragua, Costa
Rica and Salvador, $40, 900; Netherlands,
81, 500; Paraguay and Uruguay, $500;
Peru, $40, 200; Venezuela, $500; Guate-
mala, s10,000 Honduras, 81, 500; Hawaii,
So, 800
Minister and consul general to Siam,
SO, 600; Haiti and Santo Domingo, S5,-
600; Persia, $4,000; Korea, $1,000; LII