Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883University of Illinois Press, 1968 - 306 pages |
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... Harper's Weekly and the future's stanchest champion of the merit system , did not immediately advocate competitive examinations as a cure for civil service abuses . Throughout 1866 he recommended a wider division of presidential ...
... Harper's Weekly and the future's stanchest champion of the merit system , did not immediately advocate competitive examinations as a cure for civil service abuses . Throughout 1866 he recommended a wider division of presidential ...
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... Harper's Weekly and the future's stanchest champion of the merit system , did not immediately advocate competitive examinations as a cure for civil service abuses . Throughout 1866 he recommended a wider division of presidential ...
... Harper's Weekly and the future's stanchest champion of the merit system , did not immediately advocate competitive examinations as a cure for civil service abuses . Throughout 1866 he recommended a wider division of presidential ...
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... Harper's Weekly edi- torial in good party spirit associated him with the " moral intelli- gence of the party ” and exhausted the usual supply of laudatory adjectives . Not only was he called " a man equal to the hour " but was also ...
... Harper's Weekly edi- torial in good party spirit associated him with the " moral intelli- gence of the party ” and exhausted the usual supply of laudatory adjectives . Not only was he called " a man equal to the hour " but was also ...
Contents
JENCKES ASSAULTS THE SPOILS SYSTEM | 13 |
REINFORCEMENTS FOR JENCKES | 33 |
GRANT FAILS REFORMERS | 50 |
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Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883 Ari Arthur Hoogenboom No preview available - 1982 |
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