The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-03
SEEKERS FOR OFFICE

lers for office 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 clvu service
law has restricted to great extent the
number Of places at his disposal, there re-
main many desirable billets. aside from the
cabinet. whose composition has been prac-
tically complete for some time.
OF all the branches OF the executive SER
vice none offers such attractions as the de-
partment Of state. The aegis OF civil SER
vice reform protects very little OF the for
eicn service. and from It's stately ambassa-
dorship. the coveted resting places OF the
wealthy and foremost OF politicians. down
thrt ugh the long list OF ministries and con-
sulstes general and consulates to the small
est commercial agency in some remote cor
ner Of the world. no place Is without its at
Traction to come one.
The department itself Is well protected.
for In its whole organization only three de-
sirable places are open to appointment by
selection. the attorney general having held
that the chief clerk and chiefs Of division
are subject to appointment under civil SER
49, iN'NS. utSt luTtt places are iIDSt
,of the assistant secretaries. with salaries
OF $500 and $4,000 attached. but. by GUS
tom as liked in its operation us law. one
ana perhaps two OF these are filled by pro-
motion from the best talent In the service.
ana are rarely subject to change
Inc spoils lie outside In the representa-
tlon abroad. First in Importance are the
three embassies Great Britain. France and
Germany-with their salaries of ilf 500 per
ahnum: the Mexican mission. paying the
SAM wage. and tho Italian embassy Fixed
al Sl2,VOO Equal to the latter in salary
though slightly less In diplomatic stand
ing are the missions to Austrt- Hungary,
Brazil. China. Japan and Spain.
mere are eight nice missions. with sal
aries OF $4,000 per annum, namely: Argen-
'lhe. Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala
ana Honduras Nicaragua, Costa Rica ard
salvador. Peru and Turkey. At $500 per
hnnurn are rated the missions to Denmark,
hawaii. Corea the Netherlands. Paraguay
and Uruguay. Portugal. Sweden and Nor
way. Switzerland and Venezuela. nine In
ali. one salary is $500. that of the minis
ier 10 Greece and Scryia. Seven places pay
S,V"V per nnnum, Bolivia. San Domingo.
ecuador, Hayti. Persia. Siam and Egypt.
"here we are represented by an agent ana
consul general I'm the same person
Many OF the embassies and ministers are
| supplied with secretaries, Interpreters and
ut,aches, with mnre or less attractive sal
aries The best paid OF these is the secre
tnry OF the Hawaiian mission who receives
siuue per annum The others. thirty five In
number. have salaries attached all the way
from $4,000 down to $500
AS To the consular service some doubt eS-
ISIS ny rule made last September prcs
don't cleveland provided that all consulates
win salaries and Official feos running be-
tween $1,000 and $500 should be filed Nv
only three methods-promoion or transfer
| appointment Of persons previously serving
! he state department well In some capac-
Wy, and lastly, by appointment after ex-
| animation.
hat was as far as he went in the ap-
plication of civil service principles, and i,
remains to be seen whether or not the
numerous incumbenta in this class are now
to be regarded as subjects OF eviction.
| within the limits arc 19G places; above
the $2500 class are tfty-threc places There
are thirty seven cousulatcs general, many
, being lucrative posts such as London. Paris
ana Berlin. Owing 10 the fact that until
| very recently the consular officers were not
required to mako any returns of their un-
official fees in many cases the most sub
stantlGl source OF revenue to them, 10 one
except the incumbents can tell just how
much an Office of this kind pays.
Hereafter the department through the
workings of new regulation. may secure
Of rcsolutely reducing the fees and cqudliG-
ing salaries Meantime all is conjecture as
to the revenue Of the larger consulates and
ccnsulates general. but a departmental es-
innate places the figure at Paris ami Lon
don at about $4,000 per annum in each
case.
The fixed salaries OF the more important
| conGuls generally average about $1,000. with
unofficial fees retained by the incumbent 10
IN unknown amount.
Some o, tho most attractive of the coun-
sular places, from tho point of revenue, are
London. Paris. Berlin. Liverpool. Birming-
ham, Tunstall. Sheffield, Palermo. Kanag-
ava. Osaka, Hahana. Shanghai. Bordeaux
Lyons. Marseilos. Barneu Chcmnitz. Gre
field. Frankfort. Hamburg, Leipsic, Belfast
Vienna, Calcutta. Glasgow Hong Kong,
lluddersfcld Buonos Ayres. Prague
Trieste, Antwerp. Brussels. Client, Llege,
Para. Ric. Santos Valparaiso. Annoy. Can
ton. Ticnsin, Colon, Barranguila. Pana-
ma. Guayaquil. Cognac, Havre. Limoges.
Rouhaix. st. Etienne AK 10 Chapellc An
nabere, Bremen, I'reslau, Cologne. Ores
den. kchl Mayencc Munich Sonnehcrg.
Stuttgart. Halifax. Kingston, Leeds, Mel
bourne. Montreal. Nottingham. Ottawa.
Singapore, Southampton, Swansea. Sydney.
Toronto. Victoria. Winnipeg. Yarmouth,
Florence, Genoa. Leghorn. Messlna. Milan.
Naples, Rome. Nagasaki, Mexico Nogales,
Nueyo Laredo paso del Norte, Vera Cruz.
Amsterdam. Rotterdam, Calao st. Peters
burg. Apla. Matanzas, Santiago do Cuba,
Gothcnbere. Stockholm. Basic. st Gall,
Zurich. Constantlnople. Smyrna and Mara
caho
In thu war and navy departments there
ara just two places open to candidates,
aside from a couple Of private secretary
ships and hal, dozen miserably paid la =
borers places. These places ara the assist
ant secretary ships. one in each department,
paying $4,000 each.
Every other place. not only in tho de-
partmenta proper. but in their outside de-
tendencies, In tho navy yards in river and
harbor works, and at every point outside
OF tho regular military and naval estab-
lishments. which, os course. ara even more
strongly fortified against attack, there Is
no opening for tina Office seeker,
Tho treasury department next offers the
greatest inducements. salary and honor
taken into consideration. These include:
Three assistant secretaries at $500 each
six auditor, ut $4,000 each. six deputy au-
ditors at $4,000 each, ono treasurer at $4,000
/. and also an assistant treasurer cont rn,lp