Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

arguments presented The other fell
low, the fellow who merely has to pay
taxes. has neither the time nor the
chance to present his point Of view at
Washington. The whole system is un-
democratic.
LAS 1 have said, 1 am opposed to all
secrecy in government. l am against
caucuses, secret sessions and star
bulletin should be issued by the Senate
every week, stating accurately and
concisely what it has done and why
it did it. The Congressional Record.
long and dry with the reports of idle
debates, and loaded up with mass OF
view of what actually has been done.
A bulletin would be far better.
But. after all. the faults of the Sen.
ate are no greater than the faults OF
and you will find that this government
of ours always has had singularly bad
business management.
"It is not too much to say that sound
business methods in the admtnfstra-
ton would save quite SO cents on every
dollar expended. We have an excess
of bureaucracy in our government ana
a multiplicity of officials and commis-
sions. The result is an appalling du.
plication of work and conoition u
stagnation in many activitles.
at is almost useless to expect re-
forms to come from within the service.
The head man, whether he be capinet
officer of bureau chief, is kept SO busy
signing letters, orders and oocuIn ehat
prepared for him Tim by 1;yti sup esa He will
sign what amounts to the death war
rant of people with no idea OF VIVA
he is signing. The real business "
governing is turned over 70 eie ~
and civil service empioyss, their
urally are more intent on noioihs
johs fban on ANYTHING else.
as the government overcentralized!
mo. It isn't centralization; 1t Is dis
sipation of authority. scattering au-
thority too widely. failure to insist
upon cooperation and coordination OF
effort. that lies at the root of our
troubles.
"Of course one of our evils is in the
fact that the people do not take enough
interest in their own government. The
cure lies always with them. but in
these days of intense competition they
have not the time to give to the sub
ject They are busy hustling the coin
to keep up with the high cost of liv-
ing. Then, too, they do not know whom
to believe. In the clash OF partisan
politics it is difficult for them to pick
out the truth from the falsehoods.
at is for those who have the knowl-
edge of the facts. those who know
where the ills in government lie, to
give that knowledge to the people.
have found that the people always will
respond when real evil in their po-
litical organization is presented to
them. You can get them interested in
their government when you have real
and tangible appeal to make to them.
1 learned that when I was mayor.
'The people do not shrink from a
feht for good government. In fact
they rather enjoy it. provided vide, that It is
the right sort of appeal to them and
they will come a-running.
zone thing that would help our whole
system UNNECESSARILY is the recall.
would have it applied to all our off,
recall you would see different sort
of legislation going through. and you
would see a different method of con-
Quoting business. There would be less
dealing with distractions and more at
tention to the real business"
In the light of history and tradition.
this is curious talk to come from q