The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-26
Remedy for Civil Service Difficulties.

ReUnt DIV for Civil Service Difficulties.
The condition Of things created 10y presi-
dent Cleveland, in Injunction with the
condition Of things created by President
Mckinley. leaves Senators and Representa-
tives in a state Of delicious peTpleXity
asto whether or not tLey are happy. MI
Cleveland put all Of the Offices, except
very. very few. under the civil service
system with enc stroke CT his pen. as tie
newspapers are fond OF saying Mr. Nc
Knley has limited that it is sweet to see
brethren dwell together in unity, and has
gently bW firmly stated that the gentlemen
from Ohio and the surrounding country are
paldto satisfy theirconstituents themselves,
and mus agree upon the test man without
bothemng their President, Thus the Sena-
tors and Members are left with only a very
limited number Of places TO iill, hut a toIde
Of hungry constituents who all want some
thing Civil service law is like a high
board fence around watermelon patch;
the people on the outside can't so much
as see over it.
There may be, however, loop-hole in
this fence, and ii is hereby respectfully
disclosed to these harassed public serv-
anybody he likes if a vacancy occurs; butts
once upon time the thing was managedi in
this way: A young foreigner came to this
country and wished clerks position in
department He was acquainted with
one OF the chiefs and told his story: Il can't
get you in here said the clief i have
no power beyond this desk; butthere is one
way can manage it, Go and take the ex-
animation in Russian (f that was the
young mans native tongueD land l will
make requisition FOR Russian translator.
or course, there won't the anybody else who
viii be eligible, and you will get the job
This the young man did. There was as
much need OF a Russian translator in that
department as there was of a rresh-caught
gorilla, SO he was given copyist's work TO
DO, and as he is faithful and efficient, he
still has the job.
Now. &c each Senator and each Reprc-
sentative will select the gentleman among
his office-seeking friends who seems best
fitted for department position, and will
take him aside and tell him TO get a gram
mar OF tie Russian, or the Swedish, or the
hungarian, or the Magyar, or the Gaelic.
or the Cboctaw language, and study it;
and then If he will go to the chief of Ill
vision with whom he has most influence.
and explain To him that he must make
requlsition at a fitting time for a trans
iator OF this, that or the other foreign
tongue; and then recommend TO all the
other gentlemen that they take the regu-
lar examination. he win settle the whole
matter out OF court. The department off
cial viii act within his province; the Con-
gresham will not have to bother the
President OF make peace with his breth-
ren, and the persevering, would-be lin
Eust will get his reward. IL might seem
that the civil service people would become
puzzled 10y the number of queer requiS-
tions that would ensue, but this viii not
happen, because the chiefs will net have
60 do anything till these gentlemen have
learned language, and long before that
time most OF them viii have given up in
disgust, or come to the end OF their money.
and gone home. Some who have espe-
saaily cantankercus tongues to master