United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ning, ofNew York ; for sec-retary of the interi-or, Lucius Q. C. La-mar, of Mississippi;for secretary of war,Wm. C. Endicott, ofMassachusetts ; forsecretary of the na-vy, Wm. C. Whit-ney, of New York;for postmaster-gen-eral, Wm. F. Yilas,of Wisconsin ; for at-torney-general, Au-gustus H. Garland,of Arkansas. Thepeculiarity of the ap-pointments was thattwo of them werefrom NewYork; butthe prejudice whichmight arise on thisaccount was fullycounter-
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ning, ofNew York ; for sec-retary of the interi-or, Lucius Q. C. La-mar, of Mississippi;for secretary of war,Wm. C. Endicott, ofMassachusetts ; forsecretary of the na-vy, Wm. C. Whit-ney, of New York;for postmaster-gen-eral, Wm. F. Yilas,of Wisconsin ; for at-torney-general, Au-gustus H. Garland,of Arkansas. Thepeculiarity of the ap-pointments was thattwo of them werefrom NewYork; butthe prejudice whichmight arise on thisaccount was fullycounter-balanced bythe high characterand undoubted abil-ities of the menwhom the Presidenthad chosen as the responsible advisers of his administration. The most serious question which confronted the new President,was the distribution of official patronage. The Democratic party hadcome into power on a platform distinctly enunciating the doctrine ofreform in the civil service. From almost the beginning of the gov-ernment, it had been the custom of the party in power to distribute to its own partisans all the appointive offices. This usage, well estab-43. THOMAS F. BAYAKH. 074 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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