Word: spoilsman
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...Chester Alan Arthur (1830-86), New York widower-politician, polished, unfastidious, who was nominated for Vice President as running mate of James Abram Garfield to mollify and obtain the political support of Spoilsman Roscoe Conkling and his gangs of "Stalwarts." When Garfield died from Assassin Charles Guiteau's bullet, Arthur served for three years as "the only man of the world, in the best sense of the term, who has ever occupied the White House...
...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...
...Civil Service Reform Club will hold the second of its series of smoke talks tonight at 7.30 at the Colonial Club. Professor Albert Bushnell Hart will speak on "The Spoilsman's Point of View." Members of the club may bring friends...
Civil Service Reform Club. Smoke Talk. Professor Albert Bushnell Hart. "The Spoilsman's Point of View." Colonial Hall...