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... mean all the people . I do not mean the machine politicians of the two parties , who live on spoils . I do not mean Tammany Hall . I do not mean those poor creatures in Congress and in other high places who know they have not ability ...
... mean all the people . I do not mean the machine politicians of the two parties , who live on spoils . I do not mean Tammany Hall . I do not mean those poor creatures in Congress and in other high places who know they have not ability ...
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... means is ob- viously implied . If " the system which distributes pub- lic positions purely as rewards for partisan service , " which debauches the suffrage and robs political ac- tion of its thoughtful and deliberative character , " the ...
... means is ob- viously implied . If " the system which distributes pub- lic positions purely as rewards for partisan service , " which debauches the suffrage and robs political ac- tion of its thoughtful and deliberative character , " the ...
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... mean ? Does it mean that they must be open only to those who have influence themselves , or who have the influence of powerful politicians behind them ? No ; according to true Democratic principle it means that the offices must be open ...
... mean ? Does it mean that they must be open only to those who have influence themselves , or who have the influence of powerful politicians behind them ? No ; according to true Democratic principle it means that the offices must be open ...
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... that it does not tolerate public place to be a means of bribery and an article of barter - this the spoils poli- tician will never forgive us , for it destroys his trade . The very democracy of Civil Service Reform makes the spoilsman's 17.
... that it does not tolerate public place to be a means of bribery and an article of barter - this the spoils poli- tician will never forgive us , for it destroys his trade . The very democracy of Civil Service Reform makes the spoilsman's 17.
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... means of partisan influence . Such was the Democracy of Jefferson , Madison and Gallatin , the greatest apostles of the Democratic church in America . And it may not be presumptuous to suggest that Jefferson , Madison and Gallatin are ...
... means of partisan influence . Such was the Democracy of Jefferson , Madison and Gallatin , the greatest apostles of the Democratic church in America . And it may not be presumptuous to suggest that Jefferson , Madison and Gallatin are ...
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Page 47 - 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 19 - It would have been to me a circumstance of great relief, had I found a moderate participation of office in the hands of the majority. I would gladly have left to time and accident to raise them to their just share. But their total exclusion calls for prompter corrections. I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the...
Page 48 - ... 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 72 - ... any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm, or loss upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 71 - Bribery, and shall be punishable accordingly: 1. Every Voter who shall, before or during any Election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other Person on his Behalf, receive, agree, or contract for any Money, Gift, Loan, or valuable Consideration, Office, Place, or Employment, for himself or for any other Person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, at any Election: 2.
Page 70 - ... (3.) Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure or endeavour to procure the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election...
Page 56 - Under the Constitution the President and heads of departments are to make nominations for office, the Senate is to advise and consent to appointments, and the House of Representatives is to accuse and prosecute faithless officers. The best interest of the public service demands that these distinctions be respected; that Senators and Representatives who may be judges and accusers should not dictate appointments to office. The...
Page 96 - The points of difference between Christianity and Judaism have very much to do with a man's fitness to be a bishop or a rabbi. But they have no more to do with his fitness to be a magistrate, a legislator, or a minister of finance, than with his fitness to be a cobbler.
Page 71 - ... to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election.
Page 72 - ... upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting at any election, or who shall by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device or contrivance impede...