The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
General COrbin in Hard Luck.
Snaps of an Easy Sort.
BY r. NJ Larner.

Snaps of an Easy Sort.
BY r. NJ. Larner.
Washington, April 29.-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin is having more than his share
of personal affection. Recently he
was blackballed at the Metropolitan
Club in this city. and now he is re-
ported as being yellow logged" at st.
Louis.
This is indeed a terrible blow to the
Adjutant Generals pride to be thus
treated at home after his brilliant re-
ception by the crowned heads of
Europe a short time ago. He might
have survived the blackballing by the
Metropolitan Club. in view of the fact
that his rejection to membership in
that organization is said to have been
brought about by a round-robin signed
by only twenty persons out of mem
bership of l,4OO. If he had been at
tackled at st. Louis by a thoroughbred
bull pup or a prize winning setter the
incident might have been overlooked,
but to be attacked and bitten by
low down common, ordinary yellow
dog is indignity which the future
commanding general of the army is
justified in resenting. 1t is doubtful IL
he can overcome or suppress the play
full comment which naturally suggests
itself in connection with his triumph
ant entry into st. Louis as the chief
marshal of the ceremonies attending
the dedication of THE great exposition
Ii. is indeed a come-down, after hav-
ing received the homage of the King
of England, the Emperor of Germany,
and the greatest of the European
powers, to return-home and receive no
warmer welcome than a blackball
from the most exclusive social club at
the nations capital, in addition to be-
ing bitten by NANCY yellow. dog in
the presence of the multitude at the
fair. The sympathy and the commits
Grafton of all the friends of Gen. Cor
bin in Washington go out to him in
this, the most trying epoch in his
official and illustrious career.
1t is understood that Democratic
congressman are already engaged in
laying the foundation for a sweeping
investigation into the administration
of all of the departments of the gov
eminent. Representative Livingston
of Georgia, who is the ranking mem
he of the minority on the House Com
to the numerous scandals recently de-
veloped IN the Postoffice Department
at Porto Rico, in the Philippines and
in Cuba, said a congressional invesu-
CATION is inevitable. Already several
of the active members of the Demo-
cratic party are engaged in accumu-
lating data which will form the basis
of the proposed investigation.
mt txyi1 "a
Commission are being severely CEN
sured for their inefficiency and mat
tention to their legitimate duties.
Messrs Proctor and Foulke, MEM
bers of the commission, are seldom in
their office and they are totally igno-
rant of the methods of transacting
public business in the departments. 1t
is freely asserted by those who are
familiar with these two gentlemen that
neither could successfully pass an eX-
animation for first class clerkship in
the departmental service. Mr.. Proctor
spends the greater part of his time
lowering saround the White House,
playing nurse and companion to the
Roosevelt children. For a brief sea-
son he was permitted to accompany
President Roosevelt in some of the
latter's horseback expeditions into the
surrounding country. but being a tim
id horseman. Mr.. Proctor dropped out
of the presidential cavalcade and con-
tents himself with frequent canters
with little Archie Roosevelt on his
calico pony and an occasional stroll
through the monument lot with Ethel
and Kermit Roosevelt.
Commissioner Foulke is ambitious to
become an offensive partisan" not
withstanding one of the cardinal prin-
ciples of civil service refQEm is Wig
orous opposition to anything which
savors of pernicious political activity.
Commissioner Foulke is too busy look
ihg after the political conditions in In
diana to trouble his brain with the de-
tails of the Office of civil service COM
missioner.
Mr.. Heffelfinger, the famous foot
ball player. who was recently tender
ed the vacancy in the Civil Service
Commission, created by the transfer
of young Jimmie" Garfield to the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
declined to serve with Messrs. Proctor
and Foulke. The vigorous and siren
nous Heffelfinger is a personal friend
of President Roosevelt. He was ten
dered position as the civil service
commissioner while the President was
passing through the state of Mime
sofa. Heffelfinger came to Washing
ton several days ago and after sizing
up Messrs. Proctor, Foulke and the
local staff of the Civil Service Com
mission, finally concluded that he
didn't want the job. Up to date there
is more or less conjecture as to what
induced the famous football player to
decline what is generally known as a
soft snap" in the public service. The
salary is fair. the duties, according to
Messrs. Proctor and Foulke, are light
and the social recognition is up to the
limit. Notwithstanding these glamor-
ing inducements. Mr.. Heffelhnger
made personal survey of Commits
sioners Proctor and Foulke and quiet
ly said: II pass, and went back home
and notified the President that there
was nothin' dom " so far as Heffel-
finger was concerned in regard to the
Civil Service Commission.
LEGGETT WAS DAMAGED.