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Show MAKE "A GLEAN ' SWEEP Washington, Jan. 1 Urging rejection re-jection of all ponding nnd futuro Federal appointments by President wilBonf'tho Republican Publicity Association, In a statefent ssued through tho President of that organization, or-ganization, Hon. Jonathon Dourne, Jr., says: ' "Almost Incredible waste and extravagance ex-travagance marked tho training,' Jequlplng, and maintaining of our army In Franco. It all look placo under tho eye of Secretary of War Baker and other appointees of President Presi-dent Wilson. The unspeakable mess in the Shipping Board occurred under tho. supervision of men whom Mr. ' Wilson had selected to look aftor the Interests of our merchant marina The Importance of tho department of justice to bring relief to a country suffering from profiteering, radicalism, radi-calism, an'd 'open do fiance of law Is 1 notoiIaUB, Again Mr. Wilson's, i I appointees must be held responsible, i The list might bo lengthened to In-, cludo other costly burdens that tho, people have compelled to endure be-1 cause of the men whomMr. Wilson placed In responsible positions and kept there after their Incompetency .had been piovon. I "Gross mismanagement of public trusts by Wilson appointees was qno of tbo principal causes that rolled up the huge majorities against Wilson- Ism on Nor. 2nd.- An excllclt command com-mand came from tho pcoplo tb put .now men In chargo of affairs at Washington, whoso concern for the i public welfare would bo paramount, A man was elected, to the presidency ' who, tlie voters believed, would mako appointments, of that character, I "Tho Senate has beforo It thous- , ands of co called recess appointments mado by tho president, appointments to vacancies occurrlug since the adjournment ad-journment of tho last session on Juno 5th. Under the constitution, all the civil appointees In that long list nntomatlcally go out of office at the close of congress on March 4 th unless they receive tho confirmation of tho senato beforo that date, included in-cluded In tho list nic several new mefbers of tho shipping board. Tho country has no reason to believe that they arc of a higher character than thoso othecr selections of Mr. Wilson under whom enormous wastes wore perpetrated. It Is announced tby Mr. Tumulty that tho" president has offered offer-ed him the chief Justiceship of the court of customs appeals, a life Job at $10,000 a year. What his qualifications quali-fications arc for the position arc not manifest. Fifteen thousand promotions promo-tions have been mado by tho president presi-dent among" tho officers of tho regular reg-ular array. It Is openly charged that favoritism Is apparent In many of the selections. "Now, what Is the lesson to bo learned from all this? Would not , the United Staaeo srnato be grossly recreant to tho mandate of the pco pie at tho polls If It permits those .Wilson appointees to be confirmed? Tho country has decrcod that on March 4 th Wllsonlsm shall end, and Is" It not tho plain duty of tho senate to make that decree a reality? If thoso appointments arc confirmed It will mean that tho baleful influence of Wllsonlsm will bo continued thrqugh a period of several years. President Harding would cntero uppp his administration with a handicap that ho could never snake 6ff. He would be forced -to deal through agencies ag-encies established by Mm predecessor, predeces-sor, owing no allegiance to him, and whose treachery might at any moment mo-ment hrlng disaster to his policies. "The long list or army promotions arc hardly less Important than tho Wilson civil appointments. The officers offi-cers In high command have It In their power to bring success or fall-i fall-i i a tililiuty piogiam foi which the Itcpubllcnn paity Is responsible Tvcrj man promoted nhould first receive re-ceive the endorsement of Viesldent Hauling who Is to be the commando! In chief of tho army for the next four 'coib. Ho will be denied the right of ptipslng upon his suboidlnnti-H If the bclectlona which President Wilson Wil-son has mado shall reecho the .ip-proval .ip-proval of the senate." |