The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
Thousands Of Positions at His
Disposal After Inauguration
PRIZES in THE STATE DEPT
Secretary Taft Believed to Be Slated
for Chief Justice Of
the Supreme
Court.

When President Roosevelt begins
shaking the plum tree after March 4
there win be many thousand positions
at his disposal with salaries ranging
from $1T.500 year to nothing but glo-
ry, says Washington special dispatch
to the New York World In addition
there are innumerable commissions In
the army. navy, marine corps and judi
ciary.
There is a greater chance for the Of
fee seeker in the postofIice department
than in any other branch Of the gov
eminent, for 5.0S2 of the places at the
presidents disposal are there. a ma
jority of these are postmasterships,
which pay salaries ranging from $4,000
in New York to $1,000 in small Offices.
More thanNhfty Of the presidential post
masters receive $500 or more.
The state department will furnish the
highest salagied positions, There are
five ambassadorships which pay $17.-
500 each, two which pay $l2,000-Aus-
tria and Italy-and thirty ministers
abroad who receive salaries ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 year, five of
whom receive the maximum and ten Of
them $4,000. In all, the state depart
ment will furnish 1,109 appointments
which include the consular service
ranging, with salaries and fees, from
$4,000 to $4,000 Of the consul general
at London to an Office where only fees
are allowed.
The president is expected to be able
to bestow the chief justiceship Of the
supreme court on Secretary Taft. This
place pays $4,000 a year for life. and
on retirement the chief justice draws
retired pay. An associate justice may
also retire during the term of Presi.
dent Roosevelt. This pays $4,000 and
Is for life, with retired pay
There are 123 eolIectorships which
pay from $4,000 year to $1,000. The
treasury department is rich field, for
there are T02 offices, including those
named. The assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York gets $4,000
year-as much as the secretary OF
the treasury himseIfand there are
eight assistant treasurers Of the United
States. who receive from $1,000 to
$4,000. In the mint and assay offices
there are twenty-six offices paying
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. There
are also sixty-seven collectors OF In.
ternal revenue. who receive $4,000
each; forty-fiye surveyors Of customs
and six naval officers of customs. all
receiving high salaries
In the interior department there are
331 presidential berths, paying from
$4,000 to $1,000 a year; In the depart.
ment Of commerce there are forty one
places; in the war department are nine
| presidential positions and In the navy
department only three Of these places.
The department of agriculture has but
three places which the president can
fill. These figures include the cabinet
officer at the head Of the department
and the assistant to the cabinet officer
Under the department of justice
there is large batch Of presidential
offices. There are at the head of the
list solicitor general, receiving
$500; an assistant TO the attorney
general, receiving $1,000; six assistant
attorneys general. drawing from $4,000
to $1,000. and two solicitors at $4,000
and $4,000. Then there are eighty-six
district attorneys. one assigned to each
federal district. 1t has been stated
that the fees of the attorney for the
district including New York city have
at times amounted to 100000 All Of
these positions in the department OF
justice can be had by lawyers only; but
In addition, there are eighty-six United
States marshalships open TO laymen
and paying from $1,000 to $4,000.
Some tempting presidential piums
are also to he found among the federal
commissions The five interstate com
merce commissioners receive $500
each, Spanish American claims com.
missioners $1,000. members Of the COM
mission to codify the penal laws $1,000
i and members OF the civil service com.
mission $500
In addition there are about 125 fed
eral judges and seven midshlpmen to
tie Naval academy and forty cadets to
| West Point
or course all these places are not
available, but the president could. ex.
cept in the case of the judiciary, re-
move any one now holding position.
The list includes all offices which he
could fill If he really wanted to ana
does not include the personal force at
the White House.