The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-25
SHAKE UP In The
CONSUL SERVICE
Many Who have held Sinecures
Will be JObless.
Some who Have Senatorial Influence
May Weather Storm-State
Department.
EXTENT OF CHANGES PLANNED.

Washington, May 25.-The pro
posed changing OF many secretaries
of legations and embassies OF consuls
general. consuls and consular agents,
furnishes a very wide field and a diff
|ficult task for the state department
and President Taft.
The salaries OF secretaries of lega-
ton range from $4,000 down. One
consul general at London gets S12.-
600; seven others get 5000; eight
get $4,000; nine get $1,000; seven
teen get $4,000; nine get SO, 500 and
three get $4,000 as the annual salary
One consul at Liverpool gets $S,-
600; one at Manchester gets $4,000;
nine get IS, GOO: fourteen get s4.5eo
twenty-five get $4,000; thirty-four
get $3,5OO; fifty-five get $4,000;
SIXTY get $4,000 and forty-six get
81 OO0 each.
The fees in consular Offices are the
same at all places, but of course,
some places offer ten times as much
as others. There are five
counsels general at large who get So
900 salary each. Consular agents get
small salaries as do the vice-consuls.
The Modus Operandi.
That there was to be a sweeping
change in this numerous field OF fat
jobs some of which are said 90 be sin
ecures, was enough of course to pro-
duce CONSERVATION in all lands where
tbes United States is represented dip
Dramatically.
II is admitted at the state depart
ment that there will be changes. butt
there is no admission as to the num-
Der or the particular places at which
the changes will be made. AS to
consular officers and secretaries OF le-
cations, it Is not considered here as
tenable that holder Of such an Office
would contest the appointment of a
successor by going 20 law about It.
All the president would have to do
would be to designate some person
for any one OF these places. The APP
phcant would go through an exam
ination by the board at the state de
partment and the new man would be
qualified. The salary would be paid
but certainly no to man who would
protest against the change at his post.
Some Fat Jobs.
There are a great many of tho
consular officers who have had a very
long term under the government. Max
]. Baehr. now in the Cienfuegos. was
made consul at Kiel in 1898. Leon
ard A. Bachelor, now at Auckland.
went to Zanzibar in 1850: vice-Con-
sui Baxter w. Dundee was appoint
ed in 1892: David r. Burch at Alex
andria, Egypt. was first appointed a
consular agent way back in 1876.
These are given only as Instances OF
long service. The list could be ex-
tended almost indefinitely.
As will be inferred from looking
1t the number OF jobs which range
rom $4,000 to $500 IL a clean
sweep is intended there will be re-
wards for great many persons. II
S argued here that a consul general |
md consul are just as much a rep
as a new president and a |
Few policy as are the ambassadors. IL
will be observed that the majority OF
ne ambassadors will not be retained |
D their present Offices.
There are a great many consuls
ind consuIs general and secretaries
II the legation who are appointed at
he legation who are appointed at
he Instance OF senators who are still
. otnce. This fact will be In favor
/ the retention of such officials as
ehators may care to make a fight
or.