Proceedings at the annual meeting of the national civil service reform, 9–18. number1889 |
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Page 10
... conceding that the party platform was a trick , and that the party sought power under false pretences . Still less an honorable President offer this plea when his party in can nominating him has prescribed his course , because , when 10.
... conceding that the party platform was a trick , and that the party sought power under false pretences . Still less an honorable President offer this plea when his party in can nominating him has prescribed his course , because , when 10.
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... less frequently than another . Still less is it a question of the comparative sagacity of the friends of reform in their party action . We meet not to explain or justify such action , not to defame or exalt any administration , but , as ...
... less frequently than another . Still less is it a question of the comparative sagacity of the friends of reform in their party action . We meet not to explain or justify such action , not to defame or exalt any administration , but , as ...
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... less true that the deter- mination no longer to treat the vast sums paid in public business salaries as a fund to reward partisan service would be the first serious check to the corruption which now threatens our political life ...
... less true that the deter- mination no longer to treat the vast sums paid in public business salaries as a fund to reward partisan service would be the first serious check to the corruption which now threatens our political life ...
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... less than two thousand places , ( supposing all the recent appointees , prior to the fourth of March to have been incompetent ) room for more than twenty - four hundred substi- tutes . He also called attention to the fact that the order ...
... less than two thousand places , ( supposing all the recent appointees , prior to the fourth of March to have been incompetent ) room for more than twenty - four hundred substi- tutes . He also called attention to the fact that the order ...
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... less than 6,000 having $ 500 or more a year ; the average salary of the remainder being about $ 90 a year . The chief pressure that would be brought to bear upon the inspectors would be for these 6,000 places ; and , if they could be ...
... less than 6,000 having $ 500 or more a year ; the average salary of the remainder being about $ 90 a year . The chief pressure that would be brought to bear upon the inspectors would be for these 6,000 places ; and , if they could be ...
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Popular passages
Page 96 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act, act in the living present, Heart within, and God o'erhead.
Page 68 - Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 19 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 106 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 50 - ... discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late civil war, who are citizens and residents of this state, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 27 - ... no removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other appointing officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense...
Page 72 - ... election, applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person, whether that name be that of a person living or dead or of a fictitious person, or who having voted once at any such election applies at the same election for a ballot paper in his own name.
Page 25 - ... extension of the reform system, already established by law, to all the grades of the service to which it is applicable. The spirit and purpose of the reform should be observed in all executive appointments, and all laws at variance with the...
Page 22 - ... in this: the President can displace from office a man whose merits require that he should be continued in it. What will be the motives which the President can feel for such abuse of his power, and the restraints that operate to prevent it? In the first place, he will be impeachable by this House, before the Senate, for such an act of mal-administration; for I contend that the wanton removal of meritorious officers would subject him to impeachment and removal from his own high trust.
Page 88 - No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties.