American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 - 336 pages |
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Page 91
... Commission . This was a practical illustration of the workings of the merit system , and it made for Mr. Cleveland many friends among his former political enemies . By this move- ment the workings of the Commission were greatly ...
... Commission . This was a practical illustration of the workings of the merit system , and it made for Mr. Cleveland many friends among his former political enemies . By this move- ment the workings of the Commission were greatly ...
Page 92
Edward Stratemeyer. Theodore Roosevelt resigned , on May 5 , 1895 , the Commission had added twenty thousand places filled by government em- ployees to those coming under the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under ...
Edward Stratemeyer. Theodore Roosevelt resigned , on May 5 , 1895 , the Commission had added twenty thousand places filled by government em- ployees to those coming under the merit system . This number was larger than any placed under ...
Page 93
... Commission was attacked in Congress it always had , as a consequence , a support that could not be easily overthrown . ' " " When Theodore Roosevelt resigned , Presi- dent Cleveland wrote as follows to him : - " You are certainly to be ...
... Commission was attacked in Congress it always had , as a consequence , a support that could not be easily overthrown . ' " " When Theodore Roosevelt resigned , Presi- dent Cleveland wrote as follows to him : - " You are certainly to be ...
Page 108
... commission , " that is , laid up , generally for repairs , were put into commission with all speed . A thousand contracts had to be inspected , judged , and passed upon . Outwardly the Navy Depart- ment at Washington was moving along as ...
... commission , " that is , laid up , generally for repairs , were put into commission with all speed . A thousand contracts had to be inspected , judged , and passed upon . Outwardly the Navy Depart- ment at Washington was moving along as ...
Page 116
... Commission of Investigation of the Spanish War , Mr. Roosevelt has given us graphic pictures of how the First United States Volunteer Cavalry , commonly called the Rough Riders , happened to be organized , and what it tried to do and ...
... Commission of Investigation of the Spanish War , Mr. Roosevelt has given us graphic pictures of how the First United States Volunteer Cavalry , commonly called the Rough Riders , happened to be organized , and what it tried to do and ...
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