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They pretend friendliness to a certain class of foreigners of the Protestant faith ; but it is a pretense only . ... tests to be applied to a candidate for public office shall be those laid down by Jefferson , namely : " Is he honest ?
They pretend friendliness to a certain class of foreigners of the Protestant faith ; but it is a pretense only . ... tests to be applied to a candidate for public office shall be those laid down by Jefferson , namely : " Is he honest ?
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Again , in his famous letter to the merchants of New Haven , he declared that the only questions concerning a candidate should be , — " Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful 1 to the Constitution ? " And Madison , Monroe and.
Again , in his famous letter to the merchants of New Haven , he declared that the only questions concerning a candidate should be , — " Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful 1 to the Constitution ? " And Madison , Monroe and.
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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.
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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.
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| Title | Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League |
| Author | National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.) |
| Publisher | The League, 1895 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
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