Word: partisans
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...these college figures there is proof that the lines are drawn differently on partisan and economic issues, and that, as regards the tariff, the leaven of reform is doing good work. Thus, at Columbia, we find fifteen Republicans and fifteen protectionists. That this parity of numbers is merely a coincidence, however, appears from the fact that, although there were only eight Democrats represented in the vote referred to, there were twenty-one free traders, or six more than the total of Republicans. At Yale the protectionists fall 20 per cent below the Republicans, and the freetraders outnumber the Democrats...
...Cleveland's pledges-(a) Guarded, limited and moderate; (b) to obey civil service law; (c) to make "no removals for partisan reasons solely": Transcript, Dec. 30, 1884; Nation, vol. 43, p. 68; Civil Service Record, June...
...expelled Republicans who were competent and who did not use their offices in "partisan activity": e. g., the Stone Case; Civil Service Record for August...
...partisan purposes appointed men unfit to fill the positions: American Feudalism...
...Meaning of civil service reform-(a) Not necessarily reappointment of same officials, but election of capable and efficient men; (b) the prevent civil service law does not present removals for partisan reasons, and applies only to one-eighth of the offices: Annual Report of U. S. Civil Service Commission, 1884, p. 26; 1885, p. 10; U. S. Statutes at large...