The sun., 1898-02-13
House-A Story Of Eckels-Mr.
Gallinger and Whist.
Especial Correspondence

Tennessee referred to the "vociferous
and loud moutbed pledges Of certain
president for reform of tie civil serv-
ice' and reminded President Mckinley
that in his consideration of these
pledges he should have remembered an
old negro rhyme and have understood
that he was not obliged to stand by IA
"dishonest' civil service reform be-
cause he was committed to all honest
one.
Poetry and the Civil Service.
Here is Mr.. Brownlow's beautiful
poetic Establishments:
DE bigger dat you see de smoke
De less de fire will be,
And do l,astrst kind of possum
Climbs dc biggest kind of tree.
De leader at de old camp ground
Dat kin loudrst sing and shout
Is gwine to rob some hen roost
Bcfo' de week is out
Representative Gillett of Massachu-
setts has epitomized his views as to the
methods of getting Office under the civil
service rules in the following lines:
1t lies through two swing doors swung to.
The attendance is always full.
Some by the door marked 'push" go through
The rest by the door marked ''pull. "
Gallinger and Whist.
Senator Gallinger plays whist. He is
not a devotee. He does not study Caven-
dish from early morn until dewy eve,
according toa Washington Post reporter,
nor does he spend his idle moments in
calculating the benefits which may re-.
suit from leading deuce. Once a week,
and once a week only, he seeks con-
genial company and loses himself in the
intricacies of the game.
Whist however, is not Gallinger' S
recreation. He delights in the pension
bill and in smashing civil service. He
knows more about pension bills than
Spofford has ever learned about books
or Newton knew about mathematics
Like the father who recognized his
proaigal son afar off, Senator Gallinger
can spot pension bill when it lifts its
topmast above the horizon. He knows
the cut Of its jib When it bears down
upon him. he can tell at glance
whether it proposes to increase pen
sion or smEgs!e some one into the pen
sion paradise like blockade runner.
Woe be unto it if it is "A piratical bill
launched ~ loot the treasury. Then
tiallingcr fires IL broadside, and it sinks
in scuttled helplcsSi,css to the bottom OF
the files.
A Senator Who Really Works.
This does not often happen. CALM
gers heart is kindly, and his good na.
ture is proverbial. The pension bill
most generally finds warm spot at his
hearthstone. The senators and the old
soldiers know this, and they load Gal
lingcr down with pension bills. So it
happens that when Gallinger awakes
in the morning he finds pension bills
piled up high at his bedside. He break
fasts, lunches and dimes off them. He
carries his pockets full of them, a veri
table Santa Claus distributing pensions
to the poor and needy. When night
time comes and he lays his tired head
upon his pillow, he dreams of huge
stacks Of pension bills awaiting his
consideration. There are enough bills
now in the pension committee to line u
road from here to the north pole. They
are the pavement of GalliEger's path
to glory.
And in tho lrcf periods when Gal.
lingcr can escape tho jail engrossins
embrace of the pension bills he deals u
blow at tho civil service law. What
with pensions and attacks Oh civil serv-
ice reform he has his hands full. He be-
longs to the small coterie of senators
who really work.
Street Railroad Progress.
Pennsylvania avenue, the greatest OF
American city thoroughfares, is just now
the scene of notable street railroad coll
struction. An underground electric sys-
tenn is being installed. AS the roadbed
is being rebuilt the heaviest rails known
for street car traffic are going down.
They weigh So pounds to the yard and
are 60 feet long. Sixteen stout men tug
and strain to carry one of these rails
from the curbstonc to its place in the
roadbed. After the rails are down the
ends are welded so that they will be
continuous from end to end and will
carry the return current. The promise
is that when finished there will be no
street railroad in the worli to compare
with this.
a Story of Eckels.
Now that Mr.. Eckels is no longer
comptroller Of tho currency, saysa writ.
er in the Washington Post, hope am
net indiscreet in telling little story
about him. Two years ago he went on
u coaching trip through Switzerland
with Mr.. Ben Cable of Illinois and Il
party of Americans. One afternoon the
coach stopped in the midst of the most
wonderful of Alpine landscapes. Every
body sat in silence, entranced at the
beauty Of che scene. The ladies of the
party murmurcd their admiration. Mr..
Eckcls seemed the most deeply affected
of all, and everybody waited for him to
speak Wrapped in roverie, he seemed
to have forgotten his surroundings. At
length he spoke.
IL never saw anything he said SOL
emnly, "like those fish we had for
brCakfust.' CARL SCHOFIEI.D.
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