The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-28
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It is nanifestIv undemOCratic to limit the choice of the President Of the Uni ted States. when looking for a suitable ambassador. to very rich men. And it may here be remarked that it is quite impossible to build up permanent diplomatic service if ambassadors must be chosen from the wealthy class IL i would be impracticable' under such conditions as prevail. to promote to ambassadorial rank a capable secretary of embassy. unless he were rich man disposed to spend his own fortune m maintaining the dignity of the office. This point has been missed in all the discussions of the matter that we have noticed.
 It is a most opposite commentary on MT. Choate's remarks that the cable should bring from London a rumor thal the father in-law of Mir. WhltelaW held' the new American ambassador lntenos to present Dorchester House to the American nation as a permanent home ] for it's ambassadors to the Court Of St. James, Surely this is putting Uncle i Sam in the attitude of a pauper. He IS rich enough to buy suitable residences abroad for his ambassadors. 1 MT. Whitelaw Reid is millionaire several times over and has taken Dorchester House at an annual rent 1 far exceeding his salary; he has hileu ! its servants rooms to overtiowlng With i a retinue of serving people brought i from New York, and will live in prince l fv style in the British capital. Dor chester House is one of the great man. i sions of London. and is noted for it's i splendid marble halls, and the solemn, early renaissance grandeur of it's state apartments, all hung with priceless 1 Genoese velvet: while the ornamental tion of the rooms is exceedingly rich. Plainly, MT. Reid has set an extrava- gant pace for any ambassador coming after him.
 i Mir. Choate, himself a wealthy man, lived in suitable state, and yet without undue show, ascomes the representa- tive of a reptile. He said the other night: What we ought to have is a permanent embassy; spacious in area and simple in character, suitable for
 the representative of republic, properly equipped and adequate for the purpose, in which each successive am
 bassador would reside as matter or course. the nation alone being re- sponsible for it's dignity and fitness.
 This is a proper ideal for an ambas- sadoriaI residence, something dignified
 vet not too grand, building where an ambassador of no large personal for
 tune might live becomingly. And cer-
 tainly the furnishings and household
 expenses of the ambassadorial resid-
 ence should be at the cost of the Unit
 ed States government.
 All this applies, in a lesser degree to
 the American embassy in this capital
 Here, the United Staes should own a handsome house with residential apart
 ments and dignified offices, all we'll
 furnished, the furnishings of the house
 and it's upkeep being at the expense of
 the government. at Washington Thus
 provided with an official home, succes-
 sive American ambassadors to Mexico
 would not have to go house-hunting They would be provided with mansion
 suitable to the dignity of a rich nation
 The example ', of Whitelaw Reid II
 London is hardly to be commended, If
 as is expected, he intends to take thu
 tonw by storm in lavish and dazzling
 social entering. It is not a good sigr
 that the extravagance of the New Yori and Newport plptocracy should be imi
 tated by an American ambassador il the British capital. MT. Choate livet suitably, maintained well his ofticia
 dignity, but made no attempt t
 capture society by the splendor of hi entertaining surroundings. The othe sort of thing savers of the parvenu.-
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