Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
PIE
DOES NOT SUIT
BARTLETT
DEPARTMENT Heads in Washing
I'm Handing Out Efficiency
Talk Instead of Jobs.

No
aud nolitician. and one of the ''orlgi-
' FIJI, 7,,.rson men" in this state, is SUI
1T. disguised with the apparent
p,,.s-,iiration OF the department heads
~ .h, rational capital to turn the Re
j. .,I,,,n rascals out" and make way
Tho Democratic faithful.
~. .--r.ssnan Bartlett is on his way
t:- home i'm Macon, and only stopped
g., Atlanta between trains. While ne
u" r.re however, he unburdened his
", fraa1v with respect to the dlstrl-
,..t,r NJ patronage in Washington, or
- -. facl, of it thus far, and what ne
90 not only was peppery, but eN-
-remely interesting. W.,
us has great faith in President VII
Us desire and purpose to see that the
..nl, and file is taken care Of properly
.,s matter of Federal pie" but ne
.s,,ls the cabinet heads need some
-..bs. rIain talking from the white
80, if the present happy status OF
-. Ds,,ocracv throughout the nation Is
to be maintained .,.-,.,.
.rs ,bere are those high in authority
T.. Wellington who labor under the de-
,.,stor that the present Democratic es-
..t, oas established merely to pass
,.ry hill reform the currency ana
change the heads of the departments IN
zvss5frgton." said MI Bartlett, they
sra woefully mistaken.
Efficiency Talk.
The snug and complacent assurance
ssf,r handed out by certain cabinet OIL
rcarz 10 the effect that efficiency alone,
.@c,ercv. and nothing else, shall de-
,.-,,irs nreferment in the service s
agnifcent-maybe-bu 1t isn't war
~ went 10 one cabinet officer the
,+ha- 6av tc see about Democrat,
fsi-bfu, and true through all the dark
flaws now an applicant for position,
Ind I was blandly assured that the
resident directs that party politics
sban he disregarded in this matter
that nothing but fitness shall govern
appointments.
The dickens he does said I
fake the liberty Of doubling it-and
s1aU talk that matter over with him
And I do doubt tin fact, I know
re entertains no such exaggerated and
false notion, and I predict that the de-
rsrtment heads will be given to under
stand as much, and that pretty soon.
u am the oldest member of the Geor-
sfa delega ton. in point of service, and l
have seen a lot of things happen in
Washington. I saw Cleveland's ap-
pontments turned out by the thousands
IN 81. l can cite hundreds OF cases
asht here in Georgia, where Democratic
Federal officials with from six months
10 three wears of service coming to
them under their commissions were
thrown out by Mckinley to make room
for Republicans. Sometimes white men
were made to give way for negroes
and all appointments were made by d.
rection of Republican referees-some-
times, again, negroes.
Taft, in building up a political ma
chine to bring about his denomination,
filed the Federal offices in Georgia with
his partisans-and Georgia's convention
vote was delivered to him accordingly.
Those Republicans still are in Office
and when I go to a cabinet officer in
Washington, seeking TO dislodge some
Of them, am met with the disappoint-
ing ana disconcerting assurance that |
can not dislodge them unless l make
out case of fneficiency' against them.
Hundreds Denoted,
Under the civil service in Washing
ton ! saw Mckinley, Roosevelt and
Taft denote hundreds of good Demo-
Gratis from $4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and
$4,000 jobs, to $3.50, 5000, $1,000 and
$1,000 jobs-bureau heads and so forth
and their places given to Republicans.
If l want to reverse that process to-
day, l am met with a wet blanketing
protest about efficiency
q am not a spokesman, but do say
that the Democracy of this country last
November voted for a general house
cleaning I do contend that the Re
publicans should be ousted, and Demo
crats-efficient Democrats, of course
put in the good places. After we get
the jobs filed with Democrats, then /
viii be strong for this efficiency bust
ness. but how shall we ever know that
'~ii'NtdNS are eIllClenl ullltSS VIC PHN
the Republicans back where they be
long and give the faithful a try-out!
Here in Georgia, where we have
Aept the camp fires burning through
The blacklist Of the night, there are of
ices in the hands of Republicans, &C
'latiy some OF them being held upde.
'NpTN1 commissions. that ought to ne
MED by Democrats. The party has
oeen I'm power q month nearly, and
aotajng has come Georgia's way yet IF
'0ls policy is to obtain, Georgia may
not be so enthusiastic for the Democ-
lacy next time-not that Georgia will
oolt but that it may take to the woods
in disgust!
repeat, the fault is with the heads
:, the departments in Washington.
Iney have the wrong impression of the
residents idea-and l am going to un-
osFlake to get him to relieve them Of
the same.
There is no use being fooled about
'.-S matter, or undertaking to play the
'a",e according to misdirected rules
ne democracy has voted a house clean
S and nothing but a house cleaning
H.H