Evening star., 1912-11-22
MAY GIVE VIEWS LATER
Probably Will Make Money at Prac-
tice of Law in Cincinnati.
COMMENT AT THE CAPITAL
Provision Might Better Be Made for
Old Employees, It Is
Suggested.

President Taft had nothing to say today
about Andrew Carnegies plan for PEN
sioning ex-Presidents and the widows of
| ex-Presidents at $25,O 900 year. nor would
White House officials talk about the prop
osition. The details of Mr.. Carnegie's s
plan are told on another page Of The Star.
The unofficial view prevailed, however.
that the President would not object to
the plan, although having 40 intention OF
becoming a beneficiary of it himself. 1T
is probable that Andrew Carnegie con-
suited the President about it in advance
and that the President may later say
something, through a letter or otherwise,
expressing his view of the proposition.
Mr. Taft. it is known. proposes to be
one of the livest ex-Presidents VINO
ever left the executive offices. He has
no doubt about his ability to make a
good living for himself and family In
| the practice of law in Cincinnati. 1t is
predicted that he will be offered the
| cream Of the law business of this country
and can make 100000 a year at the
| work He has some money himself, al
| though 1t would not be ample enough
! to maintain him and his family the rest
| Of his life. He will take dignity with
| him in his retirement, but it will not be
! the sort Of dignity that will prevent his
| hust.ing for a living or cause him to
| cease to mingle with his fellow-citizens.
Will Not Be Beneficiary.
For himself therefore. the President
will never become a beneficiary of the
fund. at least not for many years. He
is distinctly not a candidate for re-
nomination by his party four years
from now. but conditions within his
party and the country may again
bring him to the front for the suffrage
Of his fellOw-citizens. Having fu-
ture as a bread Garner. even it the
political side Is left out, Mr.. Taft will
not call on the Carnegie fund for any
of its gold.
The President recently broadly hinted
that the United States government should
provide for ex-Presidents SO that they
need not lower the dignity of the posi-
ton they held when they enter into
private life. He touched on this SUBJ
ject in a speech at the Lotus Club in
New York last Saturday night, in which
he said:
"I consider that the President of the
United States is we'll paid. The salary
by no means measures the contribution
to his means Of living. which the gen.
erosity Of Congress has afforded. and
unless it is the policy of Congress to
enable him in his four years to. save
money enough to live in adequate dig
nifty and comfort thereafter then the
salary Is all that 1t ought to be-
his retirement from the presidency. wrote
an article for magazine, commenting
on the low salary paid the President of
the United States.
Gov. Wilson, the President-to-be, served
for twenty-five years as a professor and
as president of Princeton University, and
when he finally resigned from the uni
versity was refused a pension under the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment Of Learning, although he made for
NAL application for 1t. Under the rules
Of the foundation his resignation kept
him from being entitled to the pension.
Pay Of Other Rulers.
Foreign nations pay their rulers sums
| that are tremendous in comparison with
| the salary Of Presidents of the United
| States. The Car of Russia gets salary
| OF S. 179. 600 year, and he is said to also
| have private income of about $1,000, OO0
| a year. Kaiser Wilhelm Of Germany re-
| ceives a salary Of S2OOO.OOO a year from
| various sources. AS King of Prussia he
| also receives salary Of 1928, S24 q year
| The King Of Italy has a civil list of $3.-
| 100000. The late King Edward OF Eng
| land got s., 900 for himself and $780,
| coo in allowances for his relatives. The
| King OF Spain gets $SJO.OOO year. The
| king Of the Belgians gets $S75.OO0 year
| the King of Sweden 1861, 600 and the King
| of Denmark $34j. 900.
| The Queen of Holland receives $525 ,0O(
/ year, the King of Norway $163, 500 and
the President of France $4,000, in addi
| ton to an allowance for travelling and en-.
| tertainment Of $50 900 year.
/ The deposed Abdul Hamid Of Turkey
| now in exile, gets large pension. Wher
| he was ruler he received almost as much
| as the Car of Russia, although the sal
| airy Of the sultan has been now reduced
| to 500, 900 a year. The present sultan has
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