The Civil-service Reform MovementPress of G. H. Ellis, 1882 - 76 páginas |
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... interest , ' but the chance of strengthening one's self , rewarding one's party friends , and punishing one's party opponents , the system is one of private pat- ronage , and not public service . The Nation well says : " Few persons are ...
... interest , ' but the chance of strengthening one's self , rewarding one's party friends , and punishing one's party opponents , the system is one of private pat- ronage , and not public service . The Nation well says : " Few persons are ...
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... interest in public affairs . " The proposed reform strikes at the root of these evils . It aims to introduce efficiency into administration , and to protect the exercise of each citizen's fundamental right of suffrage from official ...
... interest in public affairs . " The proposed reform strikes at the root of these evils . It aims to introduce efficiency into administration , and to protect the exercise of each citizen's fundamental right of suffrage from official ...
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... interest of the party . " And yet this is a custom house whose business exceeds that of any other in the world , requiring the collection of more than $ 480,000 every day of the year except Sundays . In 1879 the open competitive ...
... interest of the party . " And yet this is a custom house whose business exceeds that of any other in the world , requiring the collection of more than $ 480,000 every day of the year except Sundays . In 1879 the open competitive ...
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... interest of all doing business with the custom house demands the continuance and extension of the same system , as one which has resulted in more prompt and intelligent attention to the business both of the government and the merchant ...
... interest of all doing business with the custom house demands the continuance and extension of the same system , as one which has resulted in more prompt and intelligent attention to the business both of the government and the merchant ...
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... interest . The need of efficient and intelligent administration was no less urgent . When Mr. James was appointed post- master , in 1873 , " Hundreds of long - neglected bags of mail were found scattered or piled in various parts of the ...
... interest . The need of efficient and intelligent administration was no less urgent . When Mr. James was appointed post- master , in 1873 , " Hundreds of long - neglected bags of mail were found scattered or piled in various parts of the ...
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Página 68 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Página 70 - ... falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing...
Página 70 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined or to be examined being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Página 70 - That any said commissioner, examiner, copyist, or messenger, or any person in the public service who shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his or her right of examination...
Página 11 - The president is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof...
Página 68 - Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Página 69 - Columbia where examinations are directed by the President or by said board to be held, to allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.
Página 71 - Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed as a laborer or workman...
Página 68 - That it shall be the duty of said commissioners : "FIRST. To aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying this act into effect, and when said rules shall have been promulgated it shall be the duty of all officers of the United States in the departments and offices to which any such rules may relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, and any modifications thereof, into effect.
Página 68 - ... from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations, and removals, and of the date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission.