Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-01
THE SPOILS
+ OF OFFICE.
Those at President Nc
Kinley's Disposal.
A LIST OF THE FINE PLUMS.
Those Protected by the Civil
Service.

Closed-Fourth Glass Postmastcrs FIJI
Oe,7e5 of the Exempted PIaccs--onloer-
Confirmed by tho senate Are 4,s16.
Good Consui.hips and other Piums to
lie Distributed.
Just before the incoming Of n new adj
ministration usually there IL printed by
private enterprise blue book, in which
arc set forth the Offices which are at the
disposal of the president. This book has
large sale among the patriots who are al
ways ready to sacrifice their own interests
and serve their oountry-for u considora-
ton.
There are always many desirable offices
which drop into the patronage list unex-
poctedly-vacancies on tho BENCH etc.
But most of the spells which are to fall TO
the lot of tho now president are his to dis
tribute from the moment ho takes the oath
Of office.
1t is we'll known that President McKin-
Icy e administration will not have so many
offices TO distribute us President Cleve-
lands had and still fewer than fell to tho
lot of President Harrison. Mr.. Harrison
put n large number OF clerskhips under the
civil service commission just before he
went ont OF office, thus confirming n great
many Republicans in office MIR. Clevo-
land has been equally partial to civil scrv-
leo reform of late and goodness knows
what he will do before the 18th Of March.
The offices he aud his predecessors have
protected, of course, are tho clorkships and
messongerships and other minor positions
which were not really the Presidents, but
were among the perquisltes Of his cabinet
officers. Tho man who wants to be min
lister to Dnhomey under the next admins
tration will have hard time finding a
olerkship to fall into.
In only one respect has the presidents
own power of rewarding his friends been
ourtaied-in tho 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 II he likes. Some nro serving
four or five year terms, but the president
can replace them when no pleases, always
by and with the advice and consent OF the
senate. The presidential officers confirmed
by the senate arc 4,sl5. In addition to
these officers there are 6,05l employees of
tho government excluded from classiflca-
ton, S,68S laborers or workmen below
classification and II, 003 offices not yet
classified, including 66,725 fourth class
postofiices and some clerks in small offices,
making total of OIL 297 Offices in the UNI
classified service.
The whole executive service includes
ia, 500 people, drawing eos, 938, 167. rs 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-it Is not assumed that all the
places will DO considered patronage by
the new administration. There nre many
hundreds of mon in the public service not
protected by the civil service rules who
have been in office through Republican and
Democratic administrations. The commits
aioner 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.
Tho places in the executive mansion
which are at tho free disposal of the presi-
don't are; Private secretary, 80, 600; assist
ant secretary, Sc, 500; executive clerks (2)
a. 1000; clerks (2), 81 800, (2) 81 600; usher,
$500; steward, 81 800; chief doorkuepor.
81 500; doorkeepers az, 81 200; messengers
az $1,000; engineer, $1,000; Waterman,
5000.
The Offices which tho president has to
fill In the executive service "by and with
the advice and consent of tho senate" are
these:
State Department.
Secretary, IS. 900; assistant secretaries,
$4,000 81, 800, SO, 800.
Engineer Mexican water boundary COM
missioner, $1,000,
Nicaragua canal commissioner, SIS, 900
Director bureau American republics,
$4,000
lin the foreign service an order OF Pres
ident Cleveland makes it necessary for the
president to choose for positions paying
from 81 900 to g. 500 persons who arc or
who have been in tho employ of the state
department in such capacity as would fit
them for the service or persons who can
pass an examination showing their fit
meas. All oonsuls having salaries of s2,-
600 receive moro than that amount be-
cause they are entitled to fees received
through subordinate agencies, The names
of oonsulates paying g., 500 or moro in
salaries have been grouped by themselves.
These arc as much "spoils" as they ever
were. The other salaried offices are grouped
together. President Mckinley can put out
any Cleveland nppiontee 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, si7, 600;
France, s17,500; Germany, $4,000; Italy,
el9, SOC.
Minister to Russia, 1900; Spain,
$4,000; China, $4,000; Austria-Hun-
gary, $4,000; Sweden and Norway, a.
500; Mexico, sl75Oo; Switzerland, ST.
900; Turkey, $4,000; Japan, sl2, 0OOi
Greece and Roumania, 50, 800; Portugal,
81, 800; Belgium, $4,000; Colombia, slO,-
900; Ecuador 50, 600; Argentina $40, 600;
Denmark, $500; Chile $4,000; Brazil,
$4,000; Bolivia, $1,000; Nicaragua Costa
Rica and Salvador, $40, 900; Netherlands,
$500; Paraguay and Uruguay $1,000;
Peru, $4,000; Venezuela, e. 500; Guate-
mala, $4,000; Honduras, ST. 500; Hawaii,
1880.
Minister and consul general to Siam,
$4,000; Haiti and Santo Domingo, So,
900; Persia, $1,000; Korea, $500; Ii
berla. $4,000.
Secretaries Of embassy or legation at Lon
don, s9,625; Paris, 81, 6a5; Berlin s2, 6a5;
Mexico, 50, es6; Picking, 81, 6a5; st. Peters
burg, ss,62bi Tokyo, 1895; Honolulu,
$4,000.
Interpreters at Seoul $500, Constanti-
nople, 80, 900; Picking, $1,000.
Consuls general ut Vienna, s3, 500; Rio
de Janeiro, $4,000; Honpkung 50, 600;
Panama, l,o0O Paris, 5000; Calcutta
$4,000; Halifax, 50, 800; London, So, 600;
Melbourne, 81, 300; Montreal "a 600. OF