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Question, "Resolved, that President Cleveland has violated his pledges to further Civil Service Reform...
Resolved, that President Cleveland has violated his pledges to further civil service reform...
...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...
...President Cleveland has favored civil service reform-(a) has supported Civil Service Commission, and favored an extension of the rules; (b) has resisted constant and enormous pressure from office-seekers; (c) owes a duty to his party; (d) neither political party favors reform; (e) he has established a good precedent, and made a return to the spoils system impossible: Civil Service Record...
...upon the Yale faculty to induce them to abolish professional practice at that college. Here, it seems to us, the faculty is at fault. Even supposing such an arrangement could be made, which is a matter of great doubt, the faculty would find further obstacles in this path of reform. The gentlemen who compose the faculty at Yale know too well the advantages of athletic victories. President Dwight believes in athletics as a strong element in college life; in other words, he is as much delighted as any undergraduate at Yale when the college wins a victory. And, unless...