The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-24

lat the end of thr,' months they
would have mastered well amy little
idiosyucusics that This m,thodjcul
man might have brousUt with him
from his law office. ouI ny tnat time
thy would also hJ,. trained him
into working accordius 'o tH.. uo
houorcd ways Of DOING tnues The
ioyous riiurs or tho bureau chiefs
happy disappoutmcrr iu their new
secretary spread rapidly 'hroush the
Departments II was tn. a'k in eyer,
Office: 30 was the c9us, or much
hcar'rcla sclfccnrutuHUan 20 even
filled tho homes OF hu rank and
file or the partmor with Now
cheer. it lasted but a l1v
AZ $50 o'clock Of the second morn
ing Of his induction into o0ico Sec.
rc'ary Narcl was at his des. Thor"
had been an accumulation OF import
ant mat"r and the bureau chiefs
were soon ON hand with thcir ro-
ports and communication .hlt ro
Quircd only the Formally of being
signed hy the sccrciar, to become
tha official acts and dr,ls or tno
department. of cowWc,vo and hhor
The proper way for thc socrc'nr, 20
expedite this business according 'o
a bureau chief. is to glance 40 th"
subject matter. accept tho chiefs
m'gmcnt and sign his name I'm 'hc
allotted space. either with or witnou'
flourish. this being "a matter which
a bureau chief usually leaves on
iircly 10 ME taste and discretion of
the secretary Of the department
Secretary Nagcl apparently. was
not acquainted with this method of
expediting the public business A.
any rate he read carefully every
word I'm the documents before him.
Some he signed without raising q
question Some ne laid aside. 1--WE
will look into that after awhile. 4"
he would sav. In several instances
he handed the paper back 20 the
waiting chief with the comment,
This woullI not be legal"
But Mr.. Secretary" the bureau
chief would make answer. this has
| been the way We have been doing
ever since the department was or.
ganized"
"Thcrc is right and n wrong
way to do a thing" would be the
sccrctary's reply, "and tho depart.
ment will have to do II the right
way"
There would be- no further arru.
ment there could be- nothing furth.
or to say. Sometimes the secretary
would point way ont of the diff
Guilty, and sometimes the bureau
chief woull have 10 do the work an
| over again. 1t all consumes tim. and
the mcthodical secretary sometimes
does not leave his office until Z
o'clock I'm the cvuing The bureau
chiefs are lowering over their work
a little longer and their clerks are
not always able TO Jump from 'hcI
desks into their coats at the stroke
of half past four They are work.
ing overtime now learning to dc
things i'm a lawyers way. and the
dream Of breaking I'm the new sccrr
tary according 10 their accustomed
way has been shattered by the de-
termination Of the secretary tC
break them into doing things ac
4 cording TO his way.
OF the policies of his department
Secretary Nagcl IS not ready Il
/ speak. lie has supervision over q
/ number Of branches of the govern
mont lie has started ont to mast el
the more important details OF each
and he proposes 10 bring 10 every
branch the same respect for method
ical and legal ways Of doing thing,
which he started out to do al IN,
general headquarters of his depar.
ment on the morning after he me
the bureau chiefs.
Somehow there is a tcerng ,ra
Secretary Nagel will prove TO be on,
Of the big men in the cabinet Whel
he was nominated fears were ex
pressed in some quarters that hi
training and past professional asso
Citations would incline him 10 leal
to corporate interests over whicl
his department Is intended 10 keel
n watchful eye and exercise a cor
rectiyc influence, This suggestion
merely reflects n narrow, illogica
suspicion Of those, who while read
10 put their confidence in COZ
poation attorney who will figh
' some battle for the public for fec