The sun., 1903-10-18
ALLSING THESONGOPTHEC.S.C.
VERSES THAT HAVE MADE A HIT
IN WASHINGTON.
Maybe They Arc the Product OF the Hon.
william Dudley Foulke's Lighter Vein
AT All Events, They Describe tho
March Of the Civil Service Commission.
WASHINGTON. Oct. II.

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March Of tho Civil Service Commission
WASHINGTON. Oct. II.
The butcher. tho baker. the candlestlck maker
Are all on the classified list.
The watchman and fireman tho cook and tho ME
Must do Just as we insist
The porter and painter. the plumber and waiter
Arc examined when We demand
Oh. we're getting them all: they como a our call,
And we're right up behind tho band.
That is one stanza of the Anthem Of the
Civil Service Commission" also known az
-The Song Of the G. 8. c. There are six
teen other stanzas, and they are all on the
same order and just as good. They set forth
the expansion policy Of the commission, J.,
and describe as fully as can be done in poe try
turned out with conscientious regard for
feet as well as sentiment the manner in
which this particular branch Of the Gov
ernment service is practising a new kind
Of benevolent assimilation.
According to the best authority-which
10 delicate way Of intimating that some
body is afraid Of getting hurt, II it became
known that he let out the secret-the an
them was left to the Civil Service Com
mission as legacy by the Hon. William
Dudley Foulke--our Dudley as he is
proudly and Familiarity called in Washing
ton-who resigned his. Office some months
ago in order to tighten the Indiana cinoh Of
the Republican Presidential saddle. As a
matter Of fact, the announcement OF Mr..
Foullke's authorship Of the .Song Of the
G. s. c." should not occasion even ripple
Of surprise.
1t is true that many Of the former Com
missioners contributions to contempora-
neous literature have been Of the prose
variety and Of a serious nature, one Of them
being q somewhat pretentious booklet
dealing with the present vexatious general
mix-up In Manchuria; but Mr.. Foulke is
better known to tho general public as the
possessor Of fund Of genial wit and snappy
humor that Is conceded to make the late
lamented Joe Miller sound like false
alarm, and as tho wielder Of an automatic
self filling fountain pen, which he tips with
honey or venom at will.
Almost all Of Mr.. Foulke's moments OF
relaxation and recreation from his arduous
duties as a member OF the Civil Service
future and undoing Of such critics of that
body as he considered worthy Of his ink
and steel. It was Mr.. Foulke who trifed
with the dignity OF United States Senator
at the last session Of Congress, just as his
friend, former Commissioner, now Presi-
dent, Roose welt didisome years ago, and it
was Mr.. Foulke who damned torrent Of
abusive eloquenoe from the pen Of an irate
virpinia editor with the now famous re-
mark that his critic argued like the man
who defined crab as "a small red fish that
walks backward" It is true that the
editor, in final letter, rude In tone and
chary Of wordn, insisted that small red
fish that went the wrong way had nothing
to do with tho administration OF the OWL
service laws, but Mr.. Foulke's admirers
and friends took This as q confession Of
weakness on the critics part, and as no
high class argument anyhow.
In the brief intervals when Mr.. Foulke
was not transacting business nor writing
lettsrs, he was thinking up ways and means
to extend the powers Of the commission.
He was the moving spirit In the blanketing
scheme which resulted In general orders
from President Roosevelt placing the en-