The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-03

Have to Bestow When He Takes Charge
of the Affairs of the Government-For-
eign Positions Most Favored-Many APP
plicants for the Berths-The Postoffices
To BE Filled-Civil Service.
Washington, March 3.-Presldent-
Elect Mckinley will find seekers for Of
flee for every place at his disposal. The
blue book has been studied carefully
by hundreds of citizens anxious to serve
their country and though the civil
service law has restricted to a great ex-
tent the number of places at his dis
posal, there remain many desirable bill
let's. aside from the cabinet. whose COM
position has been practically complete
for some time.
or all the branches of the executive
service none offers such attractions as
the department of state. The aegis OF
civil service reform protects very little
Of the foreign service. and from Its
stately ambassadorships. the coveted
resting places of the wealthy and fore
most politicians, down through the long
list OF ministries and consulates general
and ccnsulates to the smallest CONNER
cial agency In some remote corner OF
the world. no place Is without Its at
traction to some one.
The department itself is well pro-
tected, for In Its whole organization only
three desirable places are open to APP
pointment by selection, the attorney
general having held that the chief clerk
and chiefs Of division are subject to ap~
pointment under civil service rules.
These three places are those Of the as
sistant secretaries, with salaries OF
| "a, 500 and SO, 500 attached. but. by Gus
tom as fixed in it's operation as law. one
and perhaps two Of these are filled by
promotion from the best talent In the
I service and are rarely subject to change.
| The Three Embassies.
The spoils lie outside. in the repre-
sentation abroad. First In Importance
( are the three embassies-Great Britain,
| France and Germany-with their salar-
les of $17,500 per annum; the Mexican
mission, paying the same wage. and the
/ Italian embassy, fixed at $4,000. Equal
! to the latter salary, though slightly less
in diplomatic standing, are the missions
| to Austro- Hungary, Brazil, China, Jap
an and Spain.
There are eight nice missions with SAL
aries of $4,000 per annum. namely. Ar;
gentine. Belgium, CHILE. Colom' Ia
Guatemala and Honduras, Nicaragua
Costa Rica and Salvador, Peru, anc
| Turkey. At 1880 per annum are rated
the missions to Denmark, Hawaii
Corea. the Netherlands, Paraguay anc
Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden and Nor
way. Switzerland and Venezuela, nin'
In all. One salary is $500, that OF TIT
minister to Greece and Servia. sever
places pay $1,000 per annum. BOLIVIA
San Domingo, Ecuador, Hayti, Persia
Siam and Egypt, where we are repre-
sented by an agent or consul general II
the same person.
Many of the embassies and minister
are supplied with secretaries, interpret
ers and attaches, with more or less at
] tractiye salaries The best paid of thes
is the secretary of the Hawaiian mis-
: sion. who receives $4,000 per annum. Tn
others, thirty-fve in number, have sal
aries attached all the way from $500
down to $500. :,
As to the consular service some dour
exists By a rule made last Septem
| ~--~
oil consulates with salaries and officif
fees running between $1,000 ana sz,o'
should be filled by only three metnous-
: promotion or transfer. appointment
persons previously serving the state OF
partment well in some capacity al
lastly. by appointment after examina
tion.
Are They subjectto Eviction?
That was as far as he went In tf
annIication of civil service principle
and a remains to be seen whether
ot tho numerous incumbents In tn
o,oss ore now to be regarded as subte
90 eviction. Within the limits are i
= n,oces. above the 81, 500 class are fft!
three nlaces. and below the $l,OOO cia
q re seventy-one places There are thi
t,-seven consulates general, many beir
lucrative posts, such as London, FAR
ord Rerlin. Owing to the fact that vi
an recently the consular ofhcers we
not required to make any returns
their unofficial fees, in many cases u
,,ost substantial source or revenue
them. no one except the incumpents ca
i col, inst how much an office OF this XII
pays. .sro,,,
Hereafter the department throu'
the workings of a new regulation' M
secure such information and proceed
,ts policy of resolutely reducing the re
ami eoualizing salaries. Meantime
.. conjecture as to the revenue OF
larger consulates and consulates gene
= al hut a departmental estimates piac
the figure at Paris and London at aoo
so5 900 a year in each case.
The fixed salaries Of the more II
tont consuls generally averages aoo
az. 900. with unofficial fees retained
the incumbent to an unknown amour
In the war and navy department tn'
orc lust two places open to candidat
as,de from a couple of private secl
,arvsbips and half dozen misera'
na,d iaborers' places. These places
he assistant secretaryships, one In ca
% department, paying $4,000 each.
The Treasury Department
The treasury department next on
the greatest inducemnts. salary q
honor taken into consideration. IN
,nciude: Three assistant secretaries
ou "a ZOO each. six auditors at s4.ooo ca
~ six deputy auditors at $500 eacn,
80 surer at $4,000, and also an asst
s..,rer controller of the trsasu