Word: spoilsman
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...complete change in human nature and an absolute revolution in the manner of conducting the city's affairs. If such a change is possible it ought to come before municipal ownership is adopted and the most valuable transportation system in the world has been turned over to the spoilsman and the grafter...
...reform should stand the following: "The personal and political history of the candidates of the Republican party should cause them to be preferred on this issue to the candidates of the Democratic-Populist party; for of the two candidates nominated by the latter party, the one is a notorious spoilsman, and the other, being a civilian without military experience, accepted a colonelcy in time of war. That act speaks louder than orations...