 I ask the attention of the public to the paramount necessity of reform in our civil service — a reform not merely as to certain abuses and practices of so-called official patronage which have come to have the sanction of usage in the several Departments...  Das Staatsarchiv - Seite 1661878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jacob Harris Patton, John Lord - 1903 - 566 Seiten
...schools." As a subject of reform he alluded to " certain abuses and practices of so-called official patronage, which have come to have the sanction of...usage in the several departments of our Government." He also expressed himself " in behalf of an early resumption of specie payments." The President called... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1913 - 544 Seiten
...legitimate duties. It ought to be abolished. The reform should be thorough, radical and complete. We should return to the principles and practices of the founders of the Government — supplying by legislation, when needed, that which was formerly the established custom. They neither... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1919 - 524 Seiten
...thorough, radical and complete" reform in our civil service was a "paramount necessity." Our need was "a return to the principles and practices of the founders of the government." Appointment to office should not be made merely as a reward for partisan service. Public officers should... | |
 | 1925 - 636 Seiten
...our Civil Service — a reform not merely as tc certain abuses and practices of so-called official patronage which have come to have the sanction of usage in the several departments of the government, but a change in the system of appointment itself ; a reform that shall be thorough,... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - 1925 - 844 Seiten
...our civil service — a reform not merely as to certain abuses and practices of so-called official patronage which have come to have the sanction of usage in the several departments of the government, but a change in the system of appointment itself ; a reform that shall be thorough,... | |
 | Raymond Garfield Gettell - 1928 - 652 Seiten
...states. Hayes then turned to civil service reform. In his letter of acceptance, he said: "We should return to the principles and practices of the founders...government. They neither expected nor desired from the "He had taken active part in the overthrow of the notorious "Tweed Ring" in New York City. "PL... | |
 | 1925 - 646 Seiten
...our Civil Service — a reform not merely as to certain abuses and practices of so-called official patronage which have come to have the sanction of usage in the several departments of the government, but a change in the system of appointment itself ; a reform that shall be thorough,... | |
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