New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-26

Pennsylvania-the Governors certificate OF Sp-
pointment was held invalid. But Mr. quay cams
within one vote OF winning HIS case. Ten OF
a dozen Senators voted TO admit him who hao
helped to set a contrary precedent IN otheT
cases one well known Senator. Marcus A.
Hanna, OF Ohio. who voted against him not long
before had voted 70 accept a certificate issued
under similar conditions by the Governor OF
Oregon There is no law TO bind either the Gov
e-ror or the Senate. and the Senate can reverse
its latest railing on vacancy appointments any
time It sees 1T
on mage eco the author says that Hay IS.
Harrison and Cleveland got their regulations
before election 10 the Presidency as Governors
Of close States" This is not true Of Harrison
BENJAMIN Harrison was a candidate for Gov
ernor o. Indiana IN 1876 but was defeated by
blue Jeans" Williams the Democratic nominee
Subsequently, he was elected United States SEN
ator from Indiana. He was never Governor or
that state. on page $40 we are told that 'in
1921. when a conference was being held with
representatives OF Great Britain and Canada
Colonel Foster. as n special commissioner, made
some statements which he said were authorized
by the President, Secretary Blaine thereupon
sent IN his resignation. on the ground that
as Secretary Of State the Presidents wishes
should be made known only through him" This
may cause some misrepresentation II MI
Blaine resigned IN 1891. his resignation was not
accepted lie did not actually leave the Har-
rison Cabinet til June. 1892. and then gave no
political reason Of any sort Tor his withdrawal
In the chapter describing the American diplo-
matte and consular service. Professor Hart
Gays page 1850. The highest salaries paid
ministers are S17.5Oo 70 each Of Eve % the
ambassadors: from that they r'sr down TO $1,000
for a secretary OF legation" The first haR og
this sentence seems TO ignore she distinction
an important one IN di0lom1cy-hetween min
listers and ambassadors. Five 81 our am-
bassadors receive salaries % SiT.5oo Two Of
theu-those 20 italy and Austria Hungary
ceive $1,000 The highest paid minister p'enl-
potertiary gets S12oco The lowest salary paid
IN the diplomatic service IS not Sl5A Third
secretaries % embassy set only SLIM Nor ID
all secretaries Of legation receive Sl.'N Their
salaries range from that rgure at stockholm
and Berne 20 $3.50 az Rio J8rslrc ana Buenos
Ayrss. 5000 AZ Havana and Bogcta ana S26-o
at Picking and Toxic.
On PAGE 49, We learn thar -aisoush In 1855
the consular service was divided into classes
and a body % consular clerks was created as
means OF entrance t-tc ths service. those
clerks were NOT promoted. ans transfers from
smaller 20 larger regular c0nsu,atss are rsrs.
because tAev require new appointment and co.,
frna;.oa-"
Consular clerks are not promoted" % b
consu,s because they are appointed Ter lie
az dxe5 salaries. and would lose their peculiar
status = 50 promoted" They are transferred
from one post 10 another ~ the direction o: the
state Department whose special agents they
are. They are not technically and strictly a
part OF the consular service. Professor Hart IS
also mistaken IN thinking that transfers and
promotions IN the consular service are rare"
II he VIII look IN the state Departments Est OF
diplomatic and consular officers corrected %
May -. 1898. he VIII ind that there are nearly
500 officers in the consular service who have
served On other posts than those they now oc-
cury. Nor can we agree with the authors
statement on page 53J that there e little OF NJ
promotion ia the diplomatic service. or our
seven ambassadors. three have risen from the
grade Of minister resident Of the twenty-eiEht
ministers pleripoteatiary. seven have served as
ministers az other posts. five have risen from
secretaryships Of legation. and three have been
promoted from the consular service.
Professor Hart declares con page 41GD that
the high water mark OF pension payments was
reached in ls:4S. when the total expenditure
was Sl4IooOoGn The real high water mark"
expenditure for pensions was that OF 1893. when
the total WAS SlJG9o6G 37- On page ga the
statement IS made that the United States ex-
changes ministers with Liberia" This country
has minister resident ar Monrovia But n
Liberia has sent minister 10 the United States
ia the memory Of the present generation. that
fact somehow ESCAPED official record
This author certainly does not hold n brief
FOR the sort % anti-in7erIalistic sentiment sup
posed 10 thrive Cd Massachusetts He says
page 37;5: Like other colonizlng nations thu
United States has some protcctoratcs-that IS.
countries not in any sense within our boundaries.
independent" lie cnumerates the
different outlying areas over which VIC have
exercised some sort of protectorate-I3b
Hawaii Tho Republic Of Texas the Samoan
Islands. Cuaa. Eut what excuse IS there FOR his
adding Mexico 10 this IlstP He contends in
seeming seriousness that 1.-THE United States ex-
cTcises something like a proteCtorate ever Mex
Eco. not formally through the government but
by the Influence OF American capital there which
practically requires a guarantee that good order
shall be maintained and that property shall DO
respected" IN this there is no reference 10 the
peculiar implications and obligations OF the
Monroe Doctrine. The statement is boldly made
that on entirely different grounds we exercise
a virtual protectorate over our friendly and
prosperous Southern neighbor. But we have no
more right 20 intervene 10 protect the property
OF our citizens resident in Mexico than 10 inter
NeAe 70 protect the property ~ our citizens resi-
dent in Great Britain or France or Italy. Mex
leo is. a sovereign power whose sovereignty we
neither abrldge nor challenge. The p~otectorate
which Professor Hart coljures up might have
some place En- speculative elaboration Of the
Monroe Doctrine ard its applications. But # IS
an offence against discretion and accuracy in
a text book which processes merely to surnmar-
lie the facts OF present day political life.
The author seems disposed. however. to hold
that we can stop az nothing short Of CONT