Word: civil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Expediency. There are two general kinds of offices, civil and political...
...Civil Sevice Record, vols 7 and 8; Nation, vols, 8, 13, 35, 37, 39, 41; W. E. Foster's Civil Service Reform Movement...
Best general reference: Fifth annual report of Civil Service commission...
...should not apply to civil officers (a) Confidential clerks should be chosen by those whom they serve. (b) Skilled artisans should be chosen not for knowledge but for efficiency in their art-recognized in Civil Service Report...
...would be contrary to the idea of American government. (a) There must always be a difference between civil and political officers; (b) The U. S. government is essentially a party government-Bryce, Am. Comm., I, 636-661; (c) good government demands that political officers should be in sympathy with the administration...