Identifier: politicalhistory00boyd (find matches)
Title: The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
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Publisher: Philadelphia Chicago : P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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dependent Republican supporters and admirers. Thuson all the vital issues the President showed himself far in advanceof his party and quite square with the measures which had takenshape within the past few years. In only one respect did heappear to be unequal to his professions, and that was in the prac-tical workings of the Civil Service act, which was not operatingso as to prevent rapid partisan changes in the offices, as was ex-pected by its framers. The House organized by the re-election of Mr. Carlisle, Ky.,as Speaker over Mr. Reed, Me. Though the Democrats had agood working majority, they did not make much haste withlegislation, and the session proved long and uninteresting. Anepisode occurred in the Senate which for a time ruffled thepolitical serenity and threatened a serious breach with the Presi-dent. Mr. Cleveland had made a removal of a prominent officialfor alleged cause, and had sent to the Senate the name of hissuccessor for confirmation. The Senate asked for the papers
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THOS. F. BAYARD. L. Q. C. LAMAR.

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