The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace, 1938 - 760 pages A lively history of the parties and the great party leaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent years of the "Robber Barons." |
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Page 149
... civil service , Schurz worked night and day to found a political movement which would purify the American government bureaucracy , and turn the republic at last into the wonderful middle- class millennium which he visioned . On a few ...
... civil service , Schurz worked night and day to found a political movement which would purify the American government bureaucracy , and turn the republic at last into the wonderful middle- class millennium which he visioned . On a few ...
Page 155
... civil expenses which authorized the President " to prescribe such rules and regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service " as would " best promote the efficiency thereof , " also to appoint an advisory board , later ...
... civil expenses which authorized the President " to prescribe such rules and regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service " as would " best promote the efficiency thereof , " also to appoint an advisory board , later ...
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... Civil Service Act , the Pendleton Bill , which gave , though " with statesmanlike caution , " as George Hoar said , legislative support to reform . It was , if not perhaps " the Magna Charta of civil service reform " in America which ...
... Civil Service Act , the Pendleton Bill , which gave , though " with statesmanlike caution , " as George Hoar said , legislative support to reform . It was , if not perhaps " the Magna Charta of civil service reform " in America which ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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action Administration Altgeld American bankers banks Ben Butler bill Blaine Blaine's bosses Bryan Cabinet campaign candidate capitalists Carl Schurz Chandler Chicago civil-service reform Cleveland coinage committee Congress Conkling Conkling's convention delegates Demo Democratic Party election electoral favor Federal followed former Free Silver friends Garfield gold Governor Grant Harrison Hayes Henry Indiana industrial interests issue Jay Cooke John John Sherman labor Lamont leaders legislation letter Levi Morton machine Mark Hanna masses McKinley ment Morton nomination Ohio Oliver Morton Olney once Pacific party Organization party's patronage Platt political politicians Populist President presidential professional protective Radical railroad railway Republican National Committee Republican Party Roscoe Conkling Samuel Tilden Schurz secret Secretary Senator Sherman silver Sound Money South spoilsmen Stalwart Sumner tariff Tilden tion Treasury Union victory vote Washington West Western White House Whitelaw Reid Whitney William workers wrote York