Word: partisanship
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...Cleveland has professed sympathy with civil service reform, especially condemning, (a) offensive partisanship, (b) contributions from office-holder, (c) removals except for cause. Cleveland's Inaugural Speech, Mch. 4, 1885, and his Letter of Acceptance...
Thirty-six candidates spoke last evening in the competitive debate for the choice of speakers to meet Yale next January. The question was, "Resolved, that independent action in politics is preferable to partisanship...
...stand which Mr. Lodge took. The way in which he treated the subject was probably a surprise to many. With the strict impartiality of a scholar who looks at a subject from the point of view of science and truth, Mr. Lodge reviewed historically and otherwise the benefits of partisanship and those of independence in politics. The whole speech was marked by a coolness and deliberation which was more than the product of a mere party man, and which brought out the characteristics of a highly educated scholar. By their warm reception last evening the college showed their appreciation...
...partisanship or independence in politics preferable...
...Robert P. Porter, President Harrison's unfortunate appointee to the superintendency of the last census, writes on "Partisanship and the Census," the article being an attempt to defend the recent count of the American people...