United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . -pathy, the growing phalanx ofcivil service reformers. They itwas who, in the late election, be-lieving in the sincerity of , had thrown their in-fluence in his favor and therebysecured his elevation to the pres-idency. He went into officepledged to carry out the views ofthose by whose suffrages he hadbeen raised to power. Theseviews, moreover, were his own,and it thus happened that thenew administration was launchedwith Civil Service
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . -pathy, the growing phalanx ofcivil service reformers. They itwas who, in the late election, be-lieving in the sincerity of , had thrown their in-fluence in his favor and therebysecured his elevation to the pres-idency. He went into officepledged to carry out the views ofthose by whose suffrages he hadbeen raised to power. Theseviews, moreover, were his own,and it thus happened that thenew administration was launchedwith Civil Service Reform in-scribed on its pennon. It was lished sine? the daysof President Jackson,had been the originand cause of the great-er part of the abuseswhich had existed inthe various depart-ments of the govern-ment. Extreme partymen had claimed al-ways that to the vic-tors belong the spoils of office. Of lateyears, however, thebest political opinionof the country hasturned with disgustfrom the gross practiceof rewarding men formere party services;and in the evenly bal-anced presidential con-tests of 1880 and 1884the dominant parties should concili-. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. CLEVELANDS ADMINISTRA TLON. 675
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