New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-28

srcb vacancies as may be created by resig.
nation other causes are to be filled by Civil
Service examination The long-deferred reform
of the consular service. by which II will be
taken out of politics. is now within sight. Tor
when the appointments to the higher saiaricd
offices are completed, the Civil Service rules can
be extended to the whole list
When this has been done ard the quadrennial
scramble for consular appointments is at an end
there will he a chance for regarding and re-
organizing the service and for improving II III
many respects 1t can then be converted into
a business department manned by experts
whose tenure Of office will not be affected by
political elections and changes of administra-
ton With an orderly scheme of entrance ex-
anliuations and promotions. and with an IN
creased salary list wherever larger incomes are
innperatively needed, the American consular
service Will speedily become as efficient and as
trustworthy as that of any other maritime Ma
ton.
A PLUTOCRATIC REVEI-
..The Spectator" to-day has wholesome arti
,,a exnre ssins disgust over the misuse Of the
Jubilee for money making and the display OF
wealth. 1t states that the sums to be paid for
O sight Of the open-air service would restore St
pauls in all it's pristine beauty, and 1t COM
rlains OF the ostentation and vulgs rity with
which It is announced that this or that million
sire has given thousands Of pounds for house
for one day. that this man will give $500 or
that woman ESQ for the right to stand with their
friends upon paicohy ana wa'ch '"V ""eu
crowd.
For II is the worst symptom Of all this move
nent" It remarks, that this waste OF resources,
this pouring out of gold. mis- boastlng OF means
which approach those of Lucullus or seneca, is
considered admirable is quoted as II II ADDED 10
the Victorian some new ana Drllllant lustre'
Cannot those who sniff up this stencil of money
as II Il were perfume that they are ticking out
of the day all that lends IL charm, all the poetry
all the loyalty, all the emotion which make or
somewhat boastful celebration spectacle sma'
future historians may admire? They are reduc-
ing Roman triumph TO the level or an Alder
mans dinner party, where the one thing OF whlch
the host is proud is the profusion and the money
value Of his inartistic plate
The Jubilee promises to be a reVel not or the
masses but Of the English plutocracy. With the
sx-nle route practically In the HANDS OF specu-
lative syndicates, to be auctioned of &c the nigh
est bidders. the great glory of the commemora-
ton is to be the refulgence of the almighty god
sovereign and not the triumph OF the good ana
vomanlv Queen. Windows and shops on the
line of march have been commanding fabulous
prices as much a 81 900 being paid for a days
rental Of a single building. and NlJOo or S2UUJ
being offered for chair in an eligible WINDOW
These exorbltant prices are paraded by jubilee
agents and advertised in the papers; and there IS
a mad competition among the rich for the honor
Of finging away the largest sums for the priVl-
lege Of seeing the town show. Nobody can read
the columns of Jubilee advertising without Delng
convinced that there Is n conspiracy OF rapa-
cous and famboyant plutocracy against the
masses. for whose pleasure the great paraoe OF
June % devised.
IL was only few weeks ago that the English
CtnsOrs OF American manners were lnVelshlns
against trusts, combinations and nonopolies IN
The Land Of the Dollar" and holding the pluto
Gratis responsible for the hard times. the social
unrest and the revolt against political order.
Many were the homilies read upon the haunting
of nlIlionaires' wealth in the faces OF the toll
ing millions ACrid were the invectives against
the vulgarty Of Mammon Chaste were the
Scriptural illusions TO BelshaZZars feast and
10 the handwriting on the American millionaire's
wall Yet here is the evidence Of sordd avarice
which seems t. permcate the social atmosphere
NJ Jordon like q black fog: and with the greed
there Is yulgaritv of a most offensive character.
This is English plutocracy. and something which
the morasts will have to admit is as rank as
american plutocracv /. y. +.