The Washington critic., 1890-02-15

INCpItsCHlhllVe H. u. I.Wart oil NOfln
Carolina, who introduced the resolution
calling for an investigation OF the Civil
Service Commission, said to THE CRITIC
reporter today that he had furnished
the investigating committee with list
of witnesses. and that subp9nas had
been Issued.
1T will be mighty interesting in
vestigation," said Colonel Ewart, "aud
] believe it will bring out some very
damaging facts that will not be pleasant
for one of the Commissioners to hear.
The committee will probably begin the
investigation next week. You may dc
pend on 1t that the testimony of the
witnesses will be well worth hearing"
Congressman NJ. NJ. Boothman of
Ohio, author of the Boothman Civil
Service Reform bill, which has for its
object the SECURING of a purely non
partisan civil service by having ap.
pointments made alternately from the
two political parties, the appointments
to run for four years only, will
be given hearing next week before
the sub committee of the Committee to
Reform the Civil Service. Mr.. Booth
man has received letters from all parts
of the country indorsing his bill. His
correspondents say that il non partisan
civil service Is to be secured no better
method could be adopted than that pro
posed by the Boothman bill
Hon. Charles O'Neill has written a
report TO accompany favorable recon-
mendation of bill appropriating
Xt OO0 for tha va,,1nvol nf tla ra,,o,vg
of Joel Barlow TO the United States.
This bill was referred to the House
Committee on Library, of which Mr..
less but few people who are familiar
with the name of Joel Barlow. He
was an actor in the historical scene Of
so many years ago, but posterity has
forgotten him, as it has forgotten many
another man. Yet he was figure in
the long struggle that led TO American
independence. He was an author of
rank and diplomat, who possessed
the confidence and esteem Of Wash
ington and Madison.
In his report Mr. O'Neil tells the in
teresting story of Joel Barlow's busy
life. He was born in Western Connect.
icut, March "a, 1754, while Paul Re
we're was making his famous midnight
ride out of Boston toward Concord,
spreading the alarm that the red coats
were coming. Young Barlow was
student at Yale. The fight at Concord
and the battle of Bunker Hill fired his
patriotism. and he joined the Colonial
Army. At the battle of White Plains
he fought side by side with his two
brothers, and later was appointed a
chaplain in Poor's brigade, his mind
having religious bent.
Barlow went abroad in 17SS to com
plete his education, and remained in
France until 1905. His "Nision of Co
lumbus," the earliest notable poem,
was first published in this country in
1881, and was republished in France
and England. President Washington
appointed Mr.. Barlow the agent of the
United States to Algiers in 1880, and
in 1911 President Madison induced him
to accept the post of American Minister
to France. He measured his wit with
Napoleon when he was trying to win
the advantage in regard to commercial
privileges, and the attempt of France
TO evade the payment of the in.
demnity for spoliation upon the mer-
chant marine of the United States.
Mr. Barlow died December "a, 1919, at
Iaruiwica, Poland, where he now fills
an obscure grave.