Word: civils
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Great Cities of the Republic. It is not exactly a history but as its title indicates, it presents in an interesting and not too minute a form the story of the early growth of the city. It is a study of the development of the free ideas, both civil and religious, with the innumerable conflicts between bigotry and tolerance, radicalism and conservatism, which have marked the history of Boston. The most interesting period was that just preceding the Revolution when Boston, under the leadership of Samuel Adams, was the centre of the resistance to the mother country. The exciting events...
Question: Resolved, That the Civil Service Act ought to be by law extended to all departments of public service...
Best general references-Civil Service Act (Statutes at Large...
...Right or Wrong" is an episode from the Civil War; although the idea is not new the story is related so charmingly that the reader cannot help enjoying it. "The Adventures of an Evening" is a curious bit of fancy; although well told, somehow or other is unsatisfactory, perhaps because the reader does not know what the pretty young woman said in a low tone. "The Death and Spoiling of Tiresias" it is a story from Thebeau history; as a story it recommends itself to the reader, but the style is rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort...
...Blaney, '90, introduced the question for the affirmative. His principal idea was to show the rapid downfall of the republican and the steady rise in power of the democratic party. The republican platform he considered under three heads: civil service, pensions and tariff. He closed his argument by urging all to vote for Russell if they wished for good government...