Milford chronicle., 1920-10-22
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In most of the large cities throughout the United
States the to have cleanup day clean
up week" when the municipalities put in order and
everybody prepares for fresh start
Unless all Of the signs of the times wrong the
people of this country preparing for political and
national cleanup day November 2 lot of political
vagaries going to be swept into the dust heap and
number of incompetent and laundering public servants
going to be informed that their services will no longer
be required. Many of them have overstayed their time.
and all of them will have to face what former Justice
Hughes has called the National Day of Reckonng
will be cleanup day for the Department of State,
which under the control of that reless alker William
Jennings Bryan. made the dumping ground for a
varied assortment of deserving Democrats" Secretary
Lansing managed to restore of the ancient dignity
and order to this important branch of the govern
ment but when he attempted to be something than
chief clerk he was unceremoniously dismissed
It will be cleanup day for the War Department, which
is presided by amiabe pacist whose chief
claim history will be that assened to relegaon
to the of General Wood and Colonel Roosevelt dur
ing the great In this connection the people will
forget the Bergdo scandals and the extreme socitude
Of the department for and conscientious obectors
during the most critical period of our history
1t will be cleanup day for the Navy Department
medals honor to have distributed
cordng thepersona preferences Of those in charge of
the department rather than along the lines of vaor and
actual achievement It will not be forgotten that the
ercan Navy upheld its high traditions in spite of rather
than because of those who temporarily charge
its affairs
It will be cleanup day for the Postofice Department
which has been msmanaged cheerfuly by deserving
Democrat from Austin. Texas Business men from Maine
to California have complained about the neiciency the
service and the leading Democratic newspaper of the
country has called for the dismissal of the Postmaster
General whose purpose seems to have been accumu-
late surplus rather than give patrons rst-cass SER
The President declined act so that the peo-
pie will have to do so.
1t will be cleanup day for the Department Of Justice
which has sgnally failed halt criminal profteerng
We have had plenty of promises woeful lack of per-
formaRce. The latest instance action against the coal
profteers three weeks before election although
have been obliged submit gouging the last
twelve months.
will be cleanup day for the Department of Labor
where Assistant Secretary has refused the
law calling for the deportation radicas-simply be-
cause his private opinion does coincide the find
ngs of those who legally authorized to present the
evidence in the cases.
In a word those who have been intrusted with the
management of the government have and found
wanting The people have borne this patiently eight
years but the second of November they will exercise
heir constitutional rights by sweeping incompetents
md theorists of power and substituting new set
If public servants in place of those failed to
MEASURE up their Inquirer