Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-six President of the United States: A Typical AmericanE. R. Du Mont, 1901 - 413 pages |
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... MERIT SYSTEM Roosevelt's Work in the New York Legislature Bears Fruit . Appointed Civil Service Commissioner by President Harrison . Shows Great Preparation for the Work . Offends Spoilsmen of Both Parties . Ably Supported in the Senate ...
... MERIT SYSTEM Roosevelt's Work in the New York Legislature Bears Fruit . Appointed Civil Service Commissioner by President Harrison . Shows Great Preparation for the Work . Offends Spoilsmen of Both Parties . Ably Supported in the Senate ...
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... system . It would have been more in accordance with the end aimed at to have employed the term " merit system . " For it was a known fact that most of the offices were por- tioned out to party followers on the basis of their party ...
... system . It would have been more in accordance with the end aimed at to have employed the term " merit system . " For it was a known fact that most of the offices were por- tioned out to party followers on the basis of their party ...
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... merit system , and his enmity to the spoilsmen had won him the objurgations of press and party on numberless occasions . He brought to the discharge of his new duties all the energy exhibited in his legislative career ... MERIT SYSTEM . 177.
... merit system , and his enmity to the spoilsmen had won him the objurgations of press and party on numberless occasions . He brought to the discharge of his new duties all the energy exhibited in his legislative career ... MERIT SYSTEM . 177.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS | 5 |
A TYPICAL AMERICAN introduction by OPIE READ | 25 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 33 |
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