The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
THE FOREIGN ERS
Running Government Departments
Under Hay-PauncfeOte Regime.
283 IN BUREAU OFAGRTICULTURE
EngIishmen Everywhere One Turns Among the
Higher Paid Officials, from Chief Clerk 10 a
United States Consul Secretary Wilson's
Fall from Grace as an Honest, Hayseed Gran
ger Complete MetamOrphOSlS Of the IOwan,

complete MoiamOrphOSIS Of the lOwan.
When Secretary Wilson was selected
as head of the Agricultural Depart
ment, with a seat in the Cabinet, the
grangers throughout the length and
breadth Of the land rejoiced, and each
individually felt the personal compli-
ment Of his elevation. For Mr.. Wilson
was himself a typical granger, an hon
est farmer, and the bayseed in his hair
was not disguised with hair oil or hid
den under a wig. He came to Washing
experienced colored master of ceremo-
nies who had the Iowan's hair cut as a
preliminary to grooming MIN in per
sOnal appearance, as a colleague fit for
the accomplished gentlemen who sit
around the Presidents council board
The transformation effected by the col
ored NJ. of c. was startlingly pleasing
/ He turned out perfect Beau Brum.
mel from the unsophisticated material
Of a hayseed Iowa farmer. The Secre-
tary in a silk tile and Prince Albert
fitting him like the proyerbial glove,
was ravishing sight to behold and
the few grangers who were present at
the Inauguration were paralyzed with
amazement
Mr.. Wilson, like all new officials,
| started in as a retormer but, alas! he
soon fell into the old rut Of time hon.
ored predecessors, and to-day, the Agri-
cultural Department is anything but
! the model branch of me Prosperity
Administrators" Mr. Wilson designed
it to be.
Like all other Departments Of the
present y-PauncefoJe-MCKin Han
ma Administration, Englishmen and
| foreigners run it's machinery and hold
! down the softest snaps. The few low
ans who managed to slip in, Mr.. Will
son has handsomely provided for, but
the other Americans in the Depart
ment are mere scrubs, subordinate
clerks and laborers-hewers Of wood
and drawers Of water for ms Britianic
Maiestys former subjects. 1t is most
extraordinary that every place the
newspaper man turns in search of
news. I'm the Departments he is con
fronted by an Englishman, from the
Perry Heath tariff statistician in the
late campaign to the consul general
to his native Liverpool
Here in this Agricultural Depart
ment The Globe finds 2S3 foreigners all
told. The Secretary Of the Depart
ment is proud of the
Land of mountain and Of flood"
The historic cline OF Wallace Bruce
and Burns, and of him who patriotic
ally sang:
Caledonia stern and wild.
Meet nurse for a poetic child"
But whatever poetry Sir Walter had
in his composition, none Of 1t descend
ed to Wilson. Poetry presupposes
emotions and of these the Secretary Is
short his time and thoughts being en-
tirely absorbed by the receptions, din
ners, and high teas, the hayseed and
honest granger attends at the palala
residences of the foreign ambassadors
and United States Senators, Supreme
Judges and his fellow Cabinet mem
bers, Perhaps it is due to this absorp
tion of his time that 2S9 foreigners
wiggled into his Department and IN
on the easiest and best paying posi-
tions they could find,
Here we are, Mr.. Merryman! atteI
over 100 years, sir, of interior propaga
tion and a public school on every stree
corner, nuable to produce a native ar
ticle Of consul, chief clerk, statistcian
chief Of supplies, appointment clerk
etc,
m, c,.z,..4,,,,. 81 ~ n TNapa rfr,ant nj
Agriculture draws 5000 per annum.
His chief clerk Canadian born
draws an annual salary Of $2,5OO.
His appointment clerk (Englisf
born) draws salary Of $4,000 per an
mum.
The chief Of the division of Publica
tion English born), salary $4,000 pei
annum.
Chief statistician CEngllsh born)
salary $4,000 per annum.
Chief Of the Division Of Gardens and
Grounds Ca bonnie Scott, salary $4,000
per annum.
His assistant, also from the land oi
| O'Cakes, salary $1,40O.
Chief of Division of Seeds (Engllst
born) salary $4,000 per annum.
Chief Of furniture cases (anothel
Scottl salary $1,000.
In this connection we omit for tho
present the Secretary's relatives Here
we have over $4,000 annually drawn
from the United States Treasury by
this small bunch Of 2S3 foreign EN-
ployees Of the Department.
The "Globe Trotters," OF Mr.. VIII
sons Department, are principally for
eign born with the exception, possibly
Of the few individuals put on the jol
by the Evening Star, which 1t will b.
remembered interviews these "Glob'
Trotters" whenever they report at thu
Department from their tours Of tn,
country. The Star in this manner keep
its friends in the Snaps and exploit
Mr. Wilson's Department by the afore
mentioned interviews.
What lovely arrangement and hoy
nicely Il muzzles the Star, even II tina
sheet needed a muzzle, which II doe
not The Sunday Globes ex-militar
friend, Mai r. L. Hawkes., in his libe
suit against the Star, may succeed 4
unmuzzllng the old lady In self do
fence but it's reporters will be prohil
tied from writing up any Of tho Pre-
ceedings.
Chief Clerk Geddes, who was dis
missed from the Army and recently re
instated and retired by an act Of Cor
gress with the rank and pay OF var
tain, endeavored to draw two salarte
viz: his military pay and the S2,6OO a