The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-28
District of Columbia Highly
Favored i'm Consular Serv-
ice as Constituted
SAYS EXAMINATIONS
HAVE FAVORED PETS
Alabama Senator Submits List to
Show How Certain States and
Sections Are Favored in the
Appointments


washington, April 2T.-(specia1.)-s
tor Johnston has presented the astound-
ing evidence to the Senate that in the
diplomatic service of the United states
| almost every section OF the country mas
| some recognition except the south The
consular service is almost as bad In
fact the District of Columbia is repre-
sented by 65 employees in the diplomatic
and consular service with a total com
pensatlon of sos $50, while Alabama has
three employees in the same service with
compensation of $500
The senator presented the following
resolution: Resolved, That the commit
tee on foreign relations is hereby di-
rected to inquire into and report to the
Senate the number of men in the diplo-
matte service of the United States and
in the consular service, the states from
which appointed, and the aggregate sal
aries of the appointees from the sew
eral states and the District of Column
bia."
Johnston's Speech
In presenting the resolution Senator
Johnston said:
'Mr. President wish to present q
resolution and then I wish to ask unani-
nous consent for its present consideration.
In this connection 1 desire to say that
I have certain information in regard to
the men employed in the diplomatic and
consular service which is very astound-
ing to me.
IN the diplomatic service of the Uni
ted States there are 10 ambassadors-two
from the klstrict of Columbia, two from
New York, and one each from Massa-
chusetts. PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Michigan,
Missouri and Washington-the salary or
each being S17,5oo.
"In the same service there are two
classes of ENJOYS extraordinary and min
listers plenipotentiary, one class re-
ceiving a salary of $4,000. and the other
$4,000
"of the first class of ministers there
ORC eight-tvo each from New York,
MARYLAND. and Illinois, and one each from
Vermont and Pennsylvania
'tOf the second class there are 27--1lve
from New York, four each from New
Jersey and Illinois, three from the DIS
trict of Columbia, two each from Pennsyl-
yania and minnesota, and one each from
Delaware. Indiana. Massachusetts, Ken
lucky, Missouri Kansas, anu Nesl VI
ginia. !, -, or
a ,oba dors and ministers there are none
from the south, counting Kentucky as
border state, while the District of Column
bia has five.
THE consular service is divided lhlo
classes. with consuls general ranking
highest.
saThe consuls general of Glass l. with
salary of $4,000, are but two in number,
located at London and Paris, respectively
one being from Indiana and the other
from Ohio. .oooo
"Of Glass II, with a salary of SsOw
there are seven in allrtwo from the Dis
trict OF Columbia, two from ohio, and one
each from Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wis
consin. .oooo
cor Glass III, with a salary of $1,000
| there are nine In alone each from IN
diana. Illinois, Vermont, Missouri, South
| Dakota, and washington, with three va
| cancies. a--on
| there are 12 in all-two from Ohio, two
| from, I.otlisiana, two from West Virginia
and one each from the District OF Co
! lunbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. North Dakota, Wisconsin, ana
| West Virginia. -.
| "Of Class V, with salary of $500 there
ore II in all-three each from the District
| ~ Columbia and New York. two from
| Massachusetts, and one each from IN
| diana virginia, Wisconsin, New Jersey.
| california, Tennessee and Oregon, with
| one vacancy. oo
| "Of Class vi, with a salary of $1,000,
| there are nine in all-two from limos.
and one each from Oklahoma, Iowa, ana
| Missouri with four vacanies-
| VII with a salary or S-Ubf,
there are three in all--one each from New
York. Colorado and Illinois
..Of consuls general at large, with
a salary of $4,000. there are five in
all-ofie each from New York, Maine.
Kansas and North Carolina, with one
| aCancy.
| .Out of the GA consuls general only
| five. or per cent, are from south
avn states. while the District of Co
| lumbia alone is favored with six. The
aggregate salary of the five from the
/ southern states is $4,000, while the
six from the District of Columbia have
an aggregate salary of s45,Ooo.
F, Under the consuls general there are
o41 consuls, divided into nine classes,
with salaries ranging from $4,000 down
| to $4,000. OF those who receive over
| $4,000 90 only are from southern states,
" lille the District of Columbia has ~,
more than half of the least paid con,
| SulS being from southern states.
| 1.-THE salaries in the aggregate OF con-
suls general and of consuls from all
the southern states amount to $4,000,
while the aggregate salaries of those
from Ohio alone amount to s103, 500:
| those from the District of Columbia
alone to S72,5o0; New York, s64,5O0;
Illinois, $4,000; Pennsylvania, $4,000.
Pitifully Few in Number
posts in the consular service. held
by democrats, especially southern DEM
| ocrats, pitifully few in number, not
withstanding the insistent professions
| Of recent republican administrations OF
the nonpartisan character of the meth
| cd employed in the selection of appli-
cants for admission, subjecting' them
| TO fair examination without regard
TO party affiliation or state of resi-
dence. are comparatively insignificant
| and inconsequential. and most certainly
out of keeping with the Importance OF
| the communities and commemorative
from which they come. An investiga-
ton of the consular list. with the sal
ary class, will show this, An investi-
cation of the departments method of
examination in recent years Will show
that of 2S2 persons in the consular
| service, taking no account of vacancies.
only so, or 2s per cent, have ever taken