The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-fifth President of the United StatesG. Richards, 1903 - 391 pages |
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Page 66
... position to be , " If a party victory meant that all the offices already filled by the most competent members of the defeated party were to be thereafter filled by the most competent members of the vic- torious party , the system would ...
... position to be , " If a party victory meant that all the offices already filled by the most competent members of the defeated party were to be thereafter filled by the most competent members of the vic- torious party , the system would ...
Page 67
... position with regard to this reform is historic . There was certainly as strong reason why Civil Service reformers should have supported Mr. Roosevelt as why they should have supported Mr. Schurz himself if he had been running for the ...
... position with regard to this reform is historic . There was certainly as strong reason why Civil Service reformers should have supported Mr. Roosevelt as why they should have supported Mr. Schurz himself if he had been running for the ...
Page 69
... position in the Government service from these States are politically opposed to the party in power . " Touching the difficulties , there were named as particularly obstinate : First . " Facing the intense and interested hostility of the ...
... position in the Government service from these States are politically opposed to the party in power . " Touching the difficulties , there were named as particularly obstinate : First . " Facing the intense and interested hostility of the ...
Page 72
... positions could be accepted because the occupants were custodians of money . In one case , an incumbent spent about half an hour a day in attending the money order window , and the rest of the time he was mailing clerk . In another case ...
... positions could be accepted because the occupants were custodians of money . In one case , an incumbent spent about half an hour a day in attending the money order window , and the rest of the time he was mailing clerk . In another case ...
Page 73
... position in the navy a bill for furniture for the Monitor Terror came to him to pass upon . It was an old bill . The expense had been incurred ten years , and the cost was ten times as much as it should have been , and the work was done ...
... position in the navy a bill for furniture for the Monitor Terror came to him to pass upon . It was an old bill . The expense had been incurred ten years , and the cost was ten times as much as it should have been , and the work was done ...
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