Washington, 14th March.
The Consular Reform Convention today added the following to the! Executive Committoe:—R. W, Gates of Los Angeles, Horace MeCluro of Seattle, Joseph T. Soaras of Rich-Toador Strause of New York, and Loomis of Cincinn: A and promotion commit jed on It was also decided to riy Congr district minent individual in the district To enable our readers to reali caused by the eruption of Vesuvius we area from the "Timos" atlas, The cal more clearly the widespread destructio™ Feproiluce the above mgp of the affected 8 miles to the inch, will be designated as a member.
The delegates called in a body thi afternoon at the White House. The President addressed them as follow hardly say that the one chance ing the consular service put on basis lies with just such gov eral scheme of business development of the country.
"One point Let me dwell on. You cannot expect to get permanently good service when that service is unattractive and ill-protected. e had a great deal of ditticulty with our consular service in China. It came partly because were appointed for political r ascus meant regard to their qual fications, pri cipally because men found themselves in remote Eastern ports, where there was no: much that made life attrac ive, where there was very little supervision over them and yet great temptation. We know that under such conditions necessarily difficult to secure honest and Aficlnt service. A, protiy, thorough dean-up there is needed. But we ean-not keep the service as high as it should be kept unless we have adequate sala "Remember that the dearest kind of public servant is a servant who is paid fo cheaply that he must render cheap service. Also, I fool moat strongly that in the consular service, which stands epirely apart from the diplomatic ervies proper, ent ance should bs made by law into the lower grades, and that the higher should be filled by " gradual process of we.ding out and promotion, Tememberinz, gentlemen, that. the weeding ovt process must not be interfered with. It is not any too easy to get rid of ahindly natured, elderly incompetent at best, and if you add to the difficulty by law, be then permanently stays. Make the' entrance to the service, as fares possible, non-partisan, and make it at the lowest grades, so that desirable positi my shall come to those who have rendered goyd and faithful service in the ower grades, and seo that those entering the lower grades shill fee! that if they do well they long and worthy career
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