BUTLERS OF BOTH PARTIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 6

BUTLERS OF BOTH PARTIES.

a PUBLIC POSTS FOR MINISTERS' (SERVANTS. i . v - ' '.<!■ ' i- Colonel Yate 1 asked tlio Home Sccrotary a in the House of Common 6 on November 3 an ex-soldier of icxainplary e character was recommended for tlio post it- of assistant., usher at Old- Street lonco if Court in August last, but the appointit ment was given , to. a Mr. Talbot, an ex- -- butler of a'Cab'net Minister ; whether in January last the appointment of assistant,,. i- usher to Lambeth Police Court was sum- . n lorly flJiled ly the appointment of, a Mr. , )t Elyruvorth, another of the samo , is Cabinet; Minister; and, if 60, whcther tha >f practic 'of' appointing Eesorvo; or dis)f charged! ftfldiersto such posts is now to ■■ io be discontinued." - . ?- Beforo the question wis put. Mr. \\ ylIk Ham Moore,. interposing,, asked .sarcasticid- ally if it was in order for a member under iy C over ofvtt question to make; an attack , e ; upon a member of to-Government for >y pensioning off > his domestic officials at id tho public expense. (Laughter.). , Mr. M'Kenna, after.- observing thatthere ' appeared to be no reply. to this, point of. order, read tlio following replyl do i not know to -what particular- c&ndidftto f the momber 'refers, ,as there, are many , „ ! applications for -'assistant ushorships.. m t the -Metropolitan, police courto from cm- /. 1 -lians and ex-soldiers alike; When making .. it tho last two appointments, I considered .carefully,, the, r candidates •who, had applied., .W» hon- . „ ourable;inember.has been misinformed as retards, tho practice in ■ previous \ years, t? During tlio.last, ten yoars eighteen asJ ristant ushers .were appointed, ole\en of ft whom were /x-soldiers and wven oivihans. ;f I am, fully alivo; to. the' desirability of t finding, when practicable, stable, work iu to Government service for discharged , ' soldiers of good character, and. I do not propose to dopart'from to practoco of, ; filling not; less' than' half.' to; appoint- , meiits with ox-soldiors when suitable can--2 didates aw forthcoming. - ■■■-, . . f Lord Helmsley : Can Clio right hon.. gen■l tloman say how; many, of the oivilians appointed, in previous years .have, also 1 ." )jgen ex-butlors of the Homo Secretary, s ' or other Ministers? . . , Mr M'Kenna: I bave made inquiries on - tlio point, and I find th ft t w tho public service-tliat is,-sajv as messengers and in n- posts of that kind—a very .large number io of ex-butlers'of Ministers of Iwth sides t of'to House—(laughter)—have .beon^aijv minted, and lam bound.to 6ay expel* »n S has proved the butlers, show themselves'far and away better qualified ill for thoso particular, posts than any. other class of men. (Laughter. 1 ) . h ■ Mr. Moore: Is a position reserved for ji th 6 present butler?. ( Laughter,andflf?es n of ."Jobs": and "Tammany. ). -. ! ' Tho assistant ushers at courts ° commence at-a clary of,between and and riso to .£l2O, • .