Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
P|ECUTT|NGPLAN
DOES NOT SUIT
BARTLETT
|DeOartment Heads in Washing
ton Handing Out Efficiency
Talk Instead of Jobs.

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washington. progressive Democrat
..-.z ,oIitician. and one of the "origi-
v,.frson men" in this state, is su-
..,srv 5isgusted with the apparent
s,.frcriDation Of the department heads
tba national capital to turn the Re
,,,b1jcan rascals out" and make way
+1a Democratic faithful.
-orgressman Bartlett Is on his way
~ home in Macon, and only stopped
in Atlanta between trains. While ne
20 tara however, he unburdened his
.5zz 4reelv with respect to the dlstrl-
,..fon NJ patronage In Washington or
-. ,aol of it thus far. and what he
laid not only was peppery' out eA-
.rerelv interesting.
~ has great faith in President WIZ
49,, desire and purpose to see that the
80 and file is taken care OF properly
~. natter of Federal pie" but he
,s,rgs the cabinet heads need some
r,.ns- nIain talking from the white
houss if the present happy status OF
-. democracy throughout the nation is
10 be maintained.
,.rf there are those high in authority
H. washington who labor under the de-
,,.sion that the present Democratic es-
49,. mas established merely to pass a
.,sfg hill reform the currency ana
rhange the heads of the departments IN
washington" said Mr.. Bartlett, they
are woefully mistaken.
Efficiency Talk.
The SNUG and complacent assurance
5sirq handed out by certain cabinet Of
eca-s 10 the effect that efficiency alone
,riciencv. and nothing else, shall de-
,.-riDe nreferment in the service IS
h,s gr'6cent-maybe-bu it isn't war!
~ vent to one cabinet officer the
bihs- day to see about Democrat
faithful and true through all the dark
savs now an applicant for position,
Ind I vas blandly assured that the
PRESIDENT directs that party politics
HAL be dlsregarded in this matter
hat nothing but fitness shall govern
appointments
The dickens he does.' said /. !
iake the liberty Of doubling it-and
ehalI talk that matter over with him
AND I do doubt tin fact, l know
h. snter,ains no such exaggerated and
false notion, and l predict that the de-
partment heads will be given to under
staud as much, and that pretty soon.
q am the oldest member of the Geor-
gia delegation, in point Of service, and l
ihave seen a lot of things happen in
Washington. I saw Cleveland's ap-
continents turned out by the thousands
in 81 I can cite hundreds of cases,
ght here in Georgia, where Democratic
Federal officials with from six months
b. three years of service coming to
Them under their commissions were
shroWu out by Mckinley to make room
for Republicans Sometimes white men
Ners made to give way for negroes
and all appointments were made by d.
gection Of Republican referees-some-
fines. again, negroes.
Taft in building up a political ma
chine to bring about his denomination,
FILLED the Federal offices in Georgia with
his partisans-and Georgia's convention
Tote was delivered to him accordingly.
1hose Republicans still are In office
snd when l go 20 a cabinet officer in
Washington, seeking to dislodge some
of them, am met with the disappoint
Ping and disappearing assurance that l
can not dislodge them unless I make
put case of ineficiency' against them.
Hundreds Denoted.
Under the civil service in Washing
ton, l saw Mckinley, Roosevelt and
Taft denote hundreds of good Demo-
crats from $4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and
$4,000 jobs, TO $3.50, $500, $1,000 and
8L2o0 jobs-bureau heads and so forth
and their places given to Republicans.
III l want to reverse that process to-
Gay. / am met with a matchmaking
protest about efficiency
I am not a spokesman, but I do say
that the Democracy OF this country last
8November voted for a general house
cleaning I do contend that the Re
1ublicans should be ousted, and Demo-
Fats-efficient Democrats, of course
put in the good places. After we get
12e jobs filled with Democrats, then l
~. be strong for this efficiency bust
50. NOt now snail we ever hIuW tilub
democrats are efficient unless we put
The Republicans back where they be
2ns and give the faithful a try-out?
Here in Georgia, where we have
Fept The camp fires burning through
ne blacklist of the night, there are Of
pes In the hands OF Republicans, ac-
laIy some Of them being held unde1
NpfNa commissions. that ought to ne
led by Democrats. The party has
psen In power a month nearly, and
otning has come Georgia's way yet. IF
ms policy is to obtain, Georgia may
ot be so enthusiastic for the Democ
acy next time-not that Georgia will
port but that it may take to the woods
b disgust!
repeat, the fault is with the heads
the departments in Washington.
"ey nave the wrong impression of the
esiaents idea-and I am going to I'M
lake to get him to relieve them of
mere Is no use being fooled about
.s natter. or undertaking to play the
according to misdirected rules
democracy has voted a house clean
u.