Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform LeagueThe League, 1895 |
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... Spoils System , " was delivered at Metzerott's Hall at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 12th . It is as follows : * Page 51. + Page 60. + Page 63. § Page 76 . CONGRESS AND THE SPOILS SYSTEM . An Address delivered at 6.
... Spoils System , " was delivered at Metzerott's Hall at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 12th . It is as follows : * Page 51. + Page 60. + Page 63. § Page 76 . CONGRESS AND THE SPOILS SYSTEM . An Address delivered at 6.
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... spoils system , which allows that which belongs to the public , especially the public offices , to be diverted from public to private use . Without that system , political bossism , in the form at least in which we know it , would not ...
... spoils system , which allows that which belongs to the public , especially the public offices , to be diverted from public to private use . Without that system , political bossism , in the form at least in which we know it , would not ...
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... spoils system is totally abolished , and the new order of things has sup planted it in the ordinary ways of thinking and the po- litical habits of the people . We all know that , as we owe to our legislative bodies the enactment of the ...
... spoils system is totally abolished , and the new order of things has sup planted it in the ordinary ways of thinking and the po- litical habits of the people . We all know that , as we owe to our legislative bodies the enactment of the ...
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... spoils system imposes upon members of Congress , is by no means exhausted . But it is enough . Will you say that the picture I have drawn is , after all , only a creation of fancy ? I call it a picture of the possibilities brought forth ...
... spoils system imposes upon members of Congress , is by no means exhausted . But it is enough . Will you say that the picture I have drawn is , after all , only a creation of fancy ? I call it a picture of the possibilities brought forth ...
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... spoils system , and , I am sure , they are among the foremost to condemn it and to favor its abolition . Neither do I ignore the fact that there are members of Congress who , moved by the impulse of gratitude or by generous sym- pathy ...
... spoils system , and , I am sure , they are among the foremost to condemn it and to favor its abolition . Neither do I ignore the fact that there are members of Congress who , moved by the impulse of gratitude or by generous sym- pathy ...
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Page 50 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...
Page 48 - ... discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late civil war, who are citizens and residents of this state, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 58 - Under the Constitution the President and heads of departments are to make nominations for office, the Senate is to advise and consent to appointments, and the House of Representatives is to accuse and prosecute faithless officers. The best interest of the public service demands that these distinctions be respected; that Senators and Representatives who may be judges and accusers should not dictate appointments to office. The...
Page 51 - No person shall, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any officer or employee of the United States mentioned in this act, or in any navy yard, fort or arsenal, solicit in any manner whatever, or receive any contribution of money or any other thing of value for any political purpose whatever.
Page 25 - Loud, the 26 chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the House of Representatives...
Page 109 - All applicants for offices or places in said classified service, except those mentioned in Section 11, shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public, competitive and free to all citizens of the United States, with specified limitations as to residence, age, health, habits and moral character.
Page 51 - No officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the United States, or to any Senator or Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner...
Page 56 - the President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof...
Page 62 - Republican administration, should be completed by the further extension of the reform system already established by law, to all the grades of the service to which it is applicable. The spirit and purpose of the reform should be observed in all executive appointments; and all laws at variance with the...
Page 98 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act, act in the living present, Heart within, and God o'erhead.