Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25
PIE CUTTINGPLAN
DOES NOT SUIT
BARTLETT
Department Heads in Washing
ton Handing Out Efficiency
Talk Instead of Jobs.

.-~a77a1y disguised with tne dppdi eHt
,.fsinc1ination of the department heads
d, the national capital to turn the Re-
,,5rican rascals out" and make way
s,~ the Democratic faithful.
l-,ngressman Bartlett IS on his way
..ris home in Macon. and only stopped
Atlanta between trains. While he
- bare however he unburdened ms
mind freely with respect to the dlstrl-
LILO, NJ patronage in Washington, or
-, 1acl, of it thus far, and what he
-,f5 NOT only was peppery, but eN-
,ramey interesting.
He las great faith in President WI
..,r.s desire and purpose 20 see that the
..rr, and file is taken care of properly
- tho matter of Federal pie but he
,binI,s the cabinet. heads need some
r,+her plain talking from the Whlte
borse if the present happy status OF
.,e democracy throughout the nation Is
IN be maintained.
.1f there are those high in authority
in Washington who labor under the ue-
rusfon that the present Democratic es-
49, was established merely to pass
tariff bill. reform the currency ana
change the heads of the departments IN
washington" said Mr.. Bartlett they
are woefully mistaken.
Efficiency Talk.
The SNUG and complacent assurance
boing handed out by certain cabinet Of
s,.rs 70 the effect that efficiency alone,
efficiency, and nothing else, shall de-
.orn7ine preferment in the service $
gnificent-maybe-bu it isn't war.
u went to one cabinet officer the
other dav to see about Democrat,
faithful and true throagh all the dark
dayg now an applicant for position,
and 7 was blandly assured that the
president directs that party politics
shall be disregarded in this matter
that nothing but fitness shall govern
appointments
1.-The dickens he does said /. !
take the liberty of doubling it-and
shall talk that matter over with him.
And I do doubt tin fact, l know
he entertains no such exaggerated and
false notion, and predict that the de-
nartment heads will be given to UNDER
stand as much, and that pretty soon.
q am the oldest member of the Geor-
gia delegation, in point of service, and l
have seen a lot of things happen in
Washington. l saw Cleveland's ap-
continents turned out by the thousands
in 81. I can cite hundreds of cases,
right here in Georgia, where Democratic
Federal officials with from six months
10 three years 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 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 1 go to a cabinet officer in
Washington, seeking to dislodge some
of them, I am met with the disappotnt-
ing and disconcerting assurance that /
IAN not dislodge them unless 1 make
out a case Of Tneff1ciency' 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
$1,000 Jobs, to $3.50, 5000, $1,000 and
$1,000 jobs-bureau heads and so forth
and their places given to Republicans.
If I want to reverse that process to-
day. I am met with matchmaking
protest about efficiency
7 am not a spokesman. but I do say
that the Democracy of this country last
November voted for a general house
cleaning I do contend that the Re
pubIicans should be ousted, and Demo-
crats-eff1cient Democrats, of course
put in the good places. After we gel
the Jobs filed with Democrats, then l
will be strong for this efficiency Dusl-
ness, but how shall We ever know that
Democrats are efficient unless We put
the Republicans back where they be
long and give the faithful try-out?
Here in Georgia, where we have
kept the camp fires burning through
the blacklist of the night. there are OF
fees in the hands of Republicans. ac-
-ually some of them being held undes
eNpirNl commissions. that ought to De
filed by Democrats. The party has
been in power a month nearly, and
nothing has come Georgia's way yet. If
this policy is to obtain, Georgia may
not be so enthusiastic for the Democ-
racv next time-not that Georgia will
bolt, but that it may take to the woods
In disgust!
Il repeat, the fault is with the heads
Of the departments in Washington
They have the wrong impression of the
PRESIDENTS idea-and l am going to IN
dertake to get him to relieve them of
the same.
There is no use being fooled about
lhls matter. or undertaking to play the
game according TO misdirected rules
l4e Democracy has voted a house clean
ing and nothing but a house cleaning
W.. satisfy the rank and file Wash
.hston should get busy and turn the
.asea.s out ANY other policy is fraught