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...Pendleton Civil Service Act passed by the short session of the 47th Cong.: Civil Service R cord June. 1882; McPherson's Handbook of Politics for 1884; Nation. Jan. 11, 1883; Merriam's Bowles, II-230. b. Legislations of 1862; Blaine's "Twenty Years of Congress," Chap xvi. c. Repeal of the Embargo Act, 1809. d. Removal of the Deposits in 1883. 2. Commercial and business interests demand stability. 3 Since the McKinley bill must be repealed, it should be done at once: a To escape unfriendly retaliatory measures; b. To conduce to the success of the World's Fair: Nation...
...presumption is against the repeal of a bill which has not been fairly tried 1. It is barely two months since the bill was passed; Cong. Record 51st Cong., P. 11758. 2. Some of its most important provisions not yet in force; President's 2d message, Boston Jour...
...immediate repeal would be a. Unjust to its framers. b. Fatal to Republican harmony; Puplic Opinion, X. p. 122. c. Of no advantage to Democrats. d. Dangerous to merchants who are carrying very heavy stocks...
...paper on "Some Popular Objections to Civil Service Reform," by Governor Morton. The paper is in two parts, the first of which is given here. Governor Morton's position is clearly suggested in one of his earliest sentences, "political progress is mostly narrative, consisting mainly in the repeal of bad laws or in the abolition of bad customs." Some of the objections are taken from the records of congress, others from the newspaper and street. None of them stand up before Mr. Morton's vigorous blows...
ARTICLE V.Amendment or Repeal...