The Civil Service Law: A Defense of Its Principles, with Corroborative Evidence from the Works of Many Eminent American StatesmenM.T. Richardson Company, 1897 - 256 páginas |
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... necessary . The State is able to pay for integrity and talent . In the Excelsior State legislative offices should be posts of honor - not of reproach . The usurpatory proclamation and also the bill referred to on page 245 were printed ...
... necessary . The State is able to pay for integrity and talent . In the Excelsior State legislative offices should be posts of honor - not of reproach . The usurpatory proclamation and also the bill referred to on page 245 were printed ...
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... necessary , transfers may be made from one department to another . There are five chief branches of the clas- sified civil service - the departmental , customs , postal , government printing , and internal revenue services . ( For the ...
... necessary , transfers may be made from one department to another . There are five chief branches of the clas- sified civil service - the departmental , customs , postal , government printing , and internal revenue services . ( For the ...
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... necessary to say that Hamilton's plan is what he believed to be the Constitu- tion's plan . John Jay , the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court , did not , so far as I know , formulate any plan for or expatiate at ...
... necessary to say that Hamilton's plan is what he believed to be the Constitu- tion's plan . John Jay , the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court , did not , so far as I know , formulate any plan for or expatiate at ...
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... necessary and proper for carrying into execution the fore- going powers , and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the gov- ernment of the United States , or in any department or officer thereof . ” The United States Supreme ...
... necessary and proper for carrying into execution the fore- going powers , and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the gov- ernment of the United States , or in any department or officer thereof . ” The United States Supreme ...
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... necessary and what is proper . " In the practical application of government , the public functionaries must be left at liberty to exercise the powers with which the people by the Constitution and laws have intrusted them . They must ...
... necessary and what is proper . " In the practical application of government , the public functionaries must be left at liberty to exercise the powers with which the people by the Constitution and laws have intrusted them . They must ...
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Página 226 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Página 248 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Página 81 - It may be, sir, that the politicians of the United States are not so fastidious as some gentlemen are as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice. When they are contending for victory they avow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belong the spoils of...
Página 232 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever...
Página 230 - ... 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 226 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Página 11 - Senate, three persons, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same party, as Civil Service Commissioners, and said three commissioners shall constitute the United States Civil Service Commission.
Página 23 - ... regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their duties, and establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the civil service.
Página 232 - That whenever there are already two or more members of a family in the public service in the grades covered by this act, no other member of such family shall be eligible to appointment to any of said grades.
Página 168 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.