英语词汇“spoils system”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Many people were tired of the spoils system that rewarded corrupt politicians. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Garfield was pleased when President Hayes attempted reforms to the spoils system, but Hayes had little success. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Garfield’s assassination by a disgruntled job seeker spurred the public into demanding an end to the spoils system of hiring government employees. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the public's disdain for the spoils system, he called for a law regulating civil service jobs within the government. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Doing so risks further politicizing the body or making it part of the spoils system of federal appointments, which could impanel dilettantes and wealthy donors. Perspective | With most Trump appointees off the fine arts commission, Biden can put a progressive stamp on federal architecture 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

“It frightens me,” said Mary Guy, a professor of public administration at the University of Colorado, who warns the idea would bring a return to a political spoils system. Recruiting is underway for Trump-like ‘wrecking ball’ to shrink government and fire federal workers 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z

The racial/cultural/geographic/whatever spoils system is now so entrenched, it is too late for what would encourage a shared national identity: complete separation of race and state. Opinion | How racial preferences feed grasping grievance groups and grow ever more absurd 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Furthermore, because many Hispanics are upwardly mobile, they believe in upward American mobility, and hence are not attracted by the Biden administration’s enthusiasm for racial spoils systems, a.k.a., “equity.” Opinion | The 2022 campaign has taught us much about America, much of it unpalatable 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

The precept can block today’s expanding racial spoils system, which is perpetrated in the name of “equity.” Opinion | Colleges will racially discriminate no matter how the Supreme Court rules 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, after Harrison’s victory, the United States witnessed a brief return to higher tariffs and a strengthening of the spoils system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

Briefly explain the underlying reason for the emergence of the spoils system. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

Since the end of the spoils system in 1883, administrations have established an excepted service schedule only five times. Opinion | How to stop Trump’s sneak attack on the civil service 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

“The ability to unionize is a 140-year-old mechanism by which public employees dealt with what used to be the spoils system that still lives in Congress,” Mr. Schuman said. 8 U.S. House Offices File for the Right to Unionize 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

Charters must supply plans for “racially and socio-economically diverse” staff, effectively a mandate for a racial spoils system. Opinion | Biden has a tawdry new scheme to cripple charter schools 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

Jackson’s opponents were angered and took to calling the practice the spoils system, after the policies of Van Buren’s Bucktail Republican Party. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

Historically, at least since the end of the spoils system, elected leaders have struggled to maintain control over their bureaucracies. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

“To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy,” crowed William L. Marcy, and ever since, the “spoils system” has meant the use of government jobs to reward political operatives. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

That practice, often called the spoils system, was expanded by President Andrew Jackson. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new agency would be set up as a “patronage-style spoils system,” he wrote. Infrastructure bill would create new agency without job protections, angering federal unions still smarting from fights with Trump 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

As the 1884 election neared, the Republican Party again searched their ranks for a candidate who could restore some semblance of the spoils system while maintaining a reformist image. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

It was published just as the U.S. bureaucracy was being transformed from the spoils system to the merit system primarily in use today. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

A group called the Liberal Republicans believed their party was badly corrupted by business interests and the spoils system of awarding government jobs to pay for political services. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

The first goal of civil service reform—the elimination of the spoils system—was largely achieved in the early years of the last century. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “Government spoils systems, racial or otherwise, wound their beneficiaries.” Opinion | Advocating for equity 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

After electing the first Democratic president since 1856, the Democrats could actually make great use of the spoils system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

Severing the political ties common in the spoils system creates the potential for bureaucrats to steer actions toward their own preferences even if these contradict the designs of elected leaders. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

They wanted to fill government jobs through civil service exams instead of the spoils system, but they opposed efforts to overturn race relations or enforce the Reconstruction amendments. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

Government spoils systems, racial or otherwise, wound their beneficiaries. Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

The school principal, who is fluent in the flowery, obfuscating argot resorted to when recommending racial spoils systems, says TJ “is a rich tapestry of heritages” but does not “reflect” the county’s “racial composition.” Opinion | Today’s anti-Asian racism usually disguises itself as ‘diversity’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

The political issues of the day, including the spoils system versus civil service reform, high tariffs versus low, and business regulation, all influenced politicians more than the country at large. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

However, the spoils system also had a number of obvious disadvantages. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

Once raised, moreover, the issues of civil service reform and the spoils system did not disappear but agitated state and national politics for the rest of the Gilded Age. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

One of the last vestiges of the spoils system, cushy diplomatic posts routinely go to campaign patrons. Trump spawned a new group of mega-donors who now hold sway over the GOP’s future 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

Overshadowing what might otherwise look like a sectarian squabble over sharing the diminishing pie of Lebanon’s spoils system is the power of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shi’ite group that dominates Lebanon politics and underpins Aoun’s presidency. Analysis: Lebanon frozen by political intransigence as it hurtles towards collapse 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

The nation’s seventh president enslaved African Americans, oppressed Native Americans and infected the federal service with a spoils system that allowed him to favor cronies. Perspective | Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

“It shouldn’t be a spoils system for the party that wins an election – in a Democracy, they shouldn’t be picking their voters.” How a Republican plan to split a Black college campus backfired 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

Jackson did not invent the spoils system and he did not abuse it as badly as many of his successors, but he fought corruption with a practice that eventually increased it. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

“There was good reason to set this up as a permanent feature of government, getting rid of the spoils system,” Mr. Copland said of the vast federal bureaucracy. Unwitting federal bureaucrats at risk of violating vast laws 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

"Trump appears to be launching the biggest assault on the nation's civil service system since the 1883 Pendleton Act ended the spoils system," New York University professor Paul Light told the Times. Ginni Thomas leads purge of “disloyal” Trump aides, wants replace them with Fox News pundits: report 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

This is reminiscent of Jackson, whose “spoils system is the most obvious way in which he broke his promise to fight Washington corruption,” according to Michigan State University’s Young American Republic project. Perspective | Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

“The civil service is under greater assault than at any time since reforms of the eighteen-eighties, and we mustn’t go back to the spoils system back then,” Lake said. The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

A healthy dose of elitism drove Roosevelt’s crusade, as the spoils system had been the path to power for immigrant-driven political machines in big cities like New York. Opinion | The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

I mean, Jackson did pioneer the spoils system, on the one hand. Donald Trump's favorite president: Andrew Jackson as father of the "white republic" 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

This period was also the spoils system’s heyday, when parties rewarded their supporters by giving them jobs and contracts. Making money off of politics isn’t new — it was business as usual in the Gilded Age 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Under the spoils system, Jackson replaced many upstanding civil service agents . . . with his own friends and supporters, many of whom brought incompetence to their posts.” Perspective | Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, both our parties ignore this mandate, neither criticizes the other for doing so, and we continue to be the only advanced country with a diplomatic spoils system. Opinion | Our diplomatic spoils system 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

First as Civil Service commissioner and then as president, Roosevelt pushed to eradicate the spoils system. Opinion | The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

Under the spoils system, politicians rewarded supporters with federal jobs and removed people who did not agree with their policies. Opinion | Eliminating the OPM would be bad for federal workers 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

It seemed clear that he felt he needed to address how the partisan fights in Washington have turned the judiciary into something of a political spoils system. Roberts assures audience Supreme Court will serve ‘one nation,’ not one party or interest 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Now law-review membership at Harvard is part of a politicized spoils system and no longer acts as a reliable signaling device for academic ability or achievement.” Harvard, NYU law reviews sued over alleged discrimination 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

“Seeing him use words like ‘naked racial set-aside’ and ‘racial spoils system’ to refer to race-conscious measures intended to redress entrenched systemic racism is upsetting,” Wydra said. Kavanaugh hearing revealed the partisan divide, but not the nominee's real views on the law 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Harris wondered about his use of the term “racial spoils system” in a 2-decade-old column. Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings feature wild accusations 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

The executive branch has roughly 1,200 positions for political appointees that require Senate approval, far more than any other democracy — a "vestige of the spoils system," Stier said. Trump faults Democrats as top jobs remain unfilled, but he bears blame (and Senate Republicans too) 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

The corruption refers to the spoils system, the pattern of political patronage and kickbacks from employees to the New York Republican machine that Roscoe Conkling and his cronies dominated after the Civil War. An Unexpected President, and Expressions of Subway Therapy 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

He championed civil-service reform, hobbling the “spoils system” with which he had been so closely associated. Letter of Recommendation: Presidential Biographies 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The protections flow from the 1883 Pendleton Act, passed to counteract the spoils system that favored political cronies with government jobs. Trump plans to fire feds faster 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Controlling lobbyists, with all their arcane knowledge of government, is a challenge as old as the spoils system. Donald Trump’s Swamp Gets Murkier 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

The thousands of political appointees — there are about 3,200 according to OPM data — suggest vestiges of the spoils system, Stier said. Christie on Trump’s plan to fire feds faster and clean out Obama’s people 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Defending a racial spoils system in an increasingly diverse country gets more difficult by the day. Overturning Racial Preferences at the Ballot Box 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Without a passion for universal human dignity and worth — the commitment to a common good in which the powerless are valued — politics is a spoils system for the winners. The party of Lincoln is dying 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Due process is there to protect the public, more than public employees, from a government soiled by the spoils system. Bill hitting due process for VA staff is okay with union 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Although the term “spoils system” became popular during Jackson’s presidency, this isn’t because he introduced the practice of firing existing government employees and replacing them with his own friends and supporters. Why Andrew Jackson never should have been on the $20 to begin with 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Government workplace protections guard against a spoils system. VA, Hill aims to further cut workplace protections 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, it’s a political movement, the inevitable extension of a racial and ethnic spoils system that helps Democrats get elected. ‘Black Lives Matter’—but Reality, Not So Much 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

“Due process is a constitutional requirement and a small price to pay to ensure the American people receive a merit based civil service rather than a corrupt spoils system.” Due process for feds protects against spoils system, report says 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Yet he spoke eloquently at the hearing about the need both to discipline wayward senior executives and to guard against a spoils system. House hearing examines ‘viability’ of federal senior executive service

The House bill “essentially returns us to a centuries-old spoils system,” said Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service. Congress wants to make it easier for VA executives’ heads to role

The political appointees are part of the "spoils system", says Susan Johnson, president of the American Foreign Service Association. Should political fundraisers become ambassadors? 2013-06-27T23:11:37Z

“Now is the time to end the spoils system and the de facto ‘three-year rental’ of ambassadorships.” Top Obama campaign fundraisers slotted for diplomatic posts 2013-06-15T09:46:13Z

Worse, the bulk of the money flowed to inefficient state-owned enterprises like Vinalines, led by political apparatchiks and the well-connected beneficiaries of a party spoils system. From Tiger to Pussycat 2012-10-01T05:00:00Z

He also attacked the spoils system, paving the way for his successor, Rutherford B. Hayes to adopt civil service reforms that made Federal bureaucratic positions ones of merit, not political favor. The Geek Playlist: Presidents Day 2012-02-20T15:31:02Z

In January 1843 Green established in New York City a short-lived journal, The Republic, to combat the spoils system and to advocate free trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

When they did accept it, they determined to overthrow the man who robbed the spoils system of its largest perquisite where it was most effective in numbers. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z

Both these men came early into collision with the "spoils system," which afflicted the whole of Grant's administration with ever-increasing virulence. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z

The chief advantage of the examination system of filling civil service positions is that it eliminates the evils of the spoils system and places the public service on a merit basis. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z

My space does not admit of telling you how deeply Calhoun loathed the spoils system. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z

For many years the course of politics throughout the country had been preparing and foreshadowing the advent of the "spoils system." Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z

Just where the spoils system had worked its deepest degradation it received its most effective lesson. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z

Part of the problem was that executive appointments had become part of the spoils system for powerful senators. Ugly Senate Confirmation Hearings Are the American Way 2011-06-09T21:00:00Z

Nevertheless, it is much better than the old method known as the "spoils system," under which appointments were made for party services; and it will in time, no doubt, be adopted in all the states. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z

Thus was introduced into our national civil service the "spoils system." American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z

He viewed with the greatest alarm and hostility the growth of the "spoils system," and early introduced, as chairman of a special committee, a bill to repeal the harmful four years' limitation act. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z

To the shame of the city be it said that it had so long been accustomed to the spoils system that it could not accept the theory of Colonel Waring. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z

Jackson appointed him minister to Russia, a diplomatic post that placed Buchanan as far away from Washington as the spoils system could manage. Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z

After the Civil War, a movement was started which had for its purpose the establishment of the merit system in the public service and the elimination of the spoils system. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z

We shall have a new searching of our whole system of party government, with its arbitrary exits and entrances, and its despicable spoils system. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z

Aaron Burr introduced the "spoils system" into her state affairs, and his methods were followed and improved upon by Marcy, Wright, Van Buren, and all the "Albany Regency." Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z

We cannot hope for success if we carry the spoils system into the difficult administration of foreign lands and people. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z

Under the modern spoils system it would be regarded as a precious plum which a political party would be justified in making almost any sacrifices to secure. The True Benjamin Franklin

He was the inventor and discoverer of the spoils system. The Ifs of History

Its revocation left those and all branches of the civil service to be the prey of the spoils system. The History of Cuba, vol. 4

Burr, Aaron: introduces "spoils system" in New York, 81; compared with Benedict Arnold, 163. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z

It is a trick to nullify the merit principle in appointments to public office, and it opens the way for a full restoration of the spoils system. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897

Unfortunately, under our stupid spoils system, postmasters are appointed merely for political reasons, and are changed with every change of party, no matter what their services to the community have been. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895

He attacked the “spoils system” inaugurated by President Jackson, opposed the removal of the government deposits from the Bank of the United States, and in general was a severe critic of Jackson’s administration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens"

Having sought thus to trace the steps by which our form of administration has begotten the spoils system, let us endeavor to prove the conclusion by another process of reasoning. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889

The Jacksonian Democracy was already completely ruled by a machine, of which the most important cogs were the countless office-holders, whom the spoils system had already converted into a band of well-drilled political mercenaries. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z

In the congressional election of November 1882, following the assassination of President Garfield as an incident in the operation of the spoils system, the voice of the people commanding reform was unmistakable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

To such an extent has this prevailed that it has come to be known as the "spoils system." History of Human Society

Sir William Berkeley was accused of destroying the representative character of the Assembly, of initiating a notorious spoils system, of intimidating Burgesses, of winking at embezzlement of public funds. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688

What is known as the spoils system of politics, in a measure common to all times and all forms of government, seems to have reached its highest development in our Republic. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889

Just civil service laws in all cities and States now under the spoils system; amendments to existing civil service laws to enable men and women to have equal rights in examinations and appointments. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V

It was a time when the old spoils system was recognized in its pristine simplicity. When the West Was Young

The spoils system did not enter the army or navy, the only extensive technical departments of the United States. The New Nation

Large fields of wheat were cultivated by them, with but little assistance, which have since gone back to wild land under the "spoils system," and over which, ten years ago, I hunted prairie chickens. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American

The spoils system having thus been established, the causes that bred it were in their turn intensified by its reaction, and the evil round was complete. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889

United States, and the 'spoils system,' 88; railway development in, 91; Howe's recruiting mission in, 131; and the Reciprocity Treaty, 142-3. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe

His administration began the employment of the spoils system; and it "handled intricate financial problems as a monkey might handle the works of a watch." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement

Nor is it without significance that this typical man of the new democracy will always be associated with the triumph of the spoils system in national politics. The Frontier in American History

The Whigs, now that they were in power, saw nothing amiss in the spoils system inaugurated by Gen. Jackson, which was in full blast. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872

In every Department the worst traditions of the spoils system prevalent before 1909 were revived and reinvigorated. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922

A subsequent paragraph stated clearly that this was not meant to introduce the 'spoils system,' but to apply only to the heads of departments and to the other members of the Executive Council. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe

The abuses of the spoils system had then become so flagrant that Congress created a civil service commission, which instituted competitive examinations to test the merits of candidates for office in the departments at Washington. History of the United States, Volume 4

Individualism in America has allowed a laxity in regard to governmental affairs which has rendered possible the spoils system and all the manifest evils that follow from the lack of a highly developed civic spirit. The Frontier in American History

It cannot be denied that Jefferson opened the door to the spoils system; but it should be stated also that he endeavored to make fitness a qualification for office. Union and Democracy

Every thoughtful citizen perceives and laments the evils attendant on the present spoils system. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891

Statesmen of both great political parties had long seen the injustice of the spoils system, but few cared to take the matter up for fear of offending their political friends. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt

He believes that "the spoils system" is bad government and that no stone should be left unturned to elevate the living conditions of the Average Citizen to the highest possible plane. Deep Furrows

Now Van Buren was to inherit the evils of the spoils system, and Adams, Clay, and Webster were leading the attack upon him both in Congress and in the country. Expansion and Conflict

When civil service reformers plead the urgent necessity of political reform, they are irrelevantly charged by the adherents of the spoils system with being "hypocrites and pharisees." A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel

The "spoils system" is notorious in America, but in England it has become practically impossible for a man to take any serious part in politics except by becoming part of the machine. The Rise of the Democracy

For seventy or eighty years these various positions had been under what is commonly called the "spoils system." American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt

Once started, the "spoils system" could hardly be stopped. Abraham Lincoln

A bureaucracy rose and flourished; the spoils systems and corruption matched those of ancient Earth. The Universe — or Nothing

It gone, then would follow the chiefer evils of governmental mechanism—class rule, ring rule, extravagance, jobbery, nepotism, the spoils system, every jot of the professional trading politician's influence. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum

The platform of the party, however, embraced all the old Federalist principles: protection for American industry; internal improvements; respect for the Supreme Court; resistance to executive tyranny; and denunciation of the spoils system. History of the United States

By the eternal, Senator, can't you fellows leave one department clear of the spoils system? The Enchanted Canyon

But the spoils system has inflicted upon the American people injuries far greater than these. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

"We guarantee to the sovereign electors of the First district, and to the whole population of the nation a reform of the civil service and an entire abolition of the spoils system." David Lockwin—The People's Idol

They stood for anarchy, civil war, and the old spoils system.—Down him then! said they. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19

It approved his policy of parceling out government offices among party workers—"the spoils system" in all its fullness. History of the United States

Since then two great parties have been maintained, even though their existence involves the spoils system and machine organization. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government

Was there no public spirit before spoils systems and clean sweeps cursed us, none between the battle of Lexington and Jackson's inauguration as President? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

In the long run the effect of the spoils system was, of course, just the opposite of that anticipated by the early Jacksonian Democrats. The Promise of American Life

Fourth, lack of civil service has perpetuated the spoils system. Elements of Debating

In the lower ranges of official life, the spoils system became more virulent as the number of federal employees increased. History of the United States

The class of professional politicians was therefore the first crop which the spoils system—the system of using public office as private prize of war—bore. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government

With Jackson's administration in 1830 the deluge of the spoils system burst over our national politics. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

But the introduction of the spoils system had a meaning superior to its results. The Promise of American Life

Jackson was not the author of the spoils system. The Reign of Andrew Jackson

By wholesale removals and the frank selection of officers on party grounds—a practice already well intrenched in New York—Jackson established the "spoils system" at Washington. History of the United States

In other words, the spoils system is the price which the United States pay for maintaining the Union under the present Constitution. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government

It is this extraordinary but sincere misconception of the function of party in a free government that leads to the serious defence of the spoils system. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

Reënforced by the introduction of the spoils system first into the state and then into the Federal civil services, a process of local political organization began after 1830 to make rapid headway. The Promise of American Life

But with the coming in of President Jackson the "spoils system" was introduced. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition

The spoils system, inaugurated by Jacksonian Democracy, in turn placed all the federal offices in Republican hands, furnishing an army of party workers to be counted on for loyal service in every campaign. History of the United States

How was it connected with the "spoils system"? e. A Short History of the United States

The great and radical evil of the spoils system was carefully fostered by the apparent absolute necessity to the public welfare of making political opinion and sympathy a condition of appointment to the smallest place. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

The reforms for which he has stood have been economic, and he has had little sympathy with any thorough-going attempt to disturb even such an equivocally Democratic institution as the spoils system. The Promise of American Life

Civil Service Reform.—While the evils had been pointed out at various times, little was done to remedy the spoils system until Congress, in 1883, passed the Civil Service Law, known as the Pendleton Bill. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition

From 1880 until his death in 1892, George William Curtis, as president of the Civil Service Reform Association, kept up a running fire upon the abuses of the spoils system. History of the United States

Under the spoils system what would naturally follow? b. A Short History of the United States

And now, if such are the evils of the spoils system, what are, by way of compensation, the virtues it possesses, and the benefits it confers? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

The early reformers believed that the eradication of the spoils system would deal a deadly blow at political corruption and professional politics. The Promise of American Life

In 1828 Jackson inaugurated the so-called spoils system, which means that to the victor belongs the spoils. Government and Administration of the United States

On the one side they struck at the spoils system; at the right of the politicians to use public offices as mere rewards for partisan work. History of the United States

The spoils system may be lightly treated here. A Short History of the United States

First, then, in what sense can the spoils system be called essentially American? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

The introduction of the spoils system was due to the perverted application of kindred ideas. The Promise of American Life

The spirit of ragtime is not confined to music: graft is the ragtime of business, the spoils system the ragtime of politics, adulteration the ragtime of manufacture. Life's Enthusiasms

The connection opens a limitless field for "log-rolling," and rivets upon cities the "spoils system," which is always and everywhere incompatible with good government. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins

One of the defects in the American way of government is the spoils system, in accordance with the maxim, "To the victor belongs the spoils." America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

If not in origin, is the spoils system essentially American in any other sense? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

While these conditions were by no means wholly due to the spoils system, the method of appointment in the civil service made a bad matter worse. The United States Since the Civil War

This came to be called the "spoils system," from the maxim once quoted in defense of it, that "to the victors belong the spoils." Outline of Universal History

The "spoils system" has helped to sustain all manner of abominations, from grasping monopolies and civic jobbery down to political rum-shops. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins

This spoils system has been adopted by almost every state and municipality; it forms indeed the corner-stone of practical politics in the United States. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

The school of the spoils system, as it has been in operation since 1829, has educated thousands of political loafers, but not one political sage. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)

In the same spirit, he devoted his later years to the overthrow of the spoils system. Unitarianism in America

He is by instinct, as well as by conviction, utterly opposed to the "spoils system." Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him

Such a change is desirable, but to obtain a thoroughly satisfactory result, it will be necessary to destroy the "spoils system" root and branch, and to adopt effective measures of ballot reform. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins

He might even have been forgiven for his spoils system and unprecedented removals from office. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders

The evil of the spoils system is not that one gets something for something,—it is that one gets something for something less, or for nothing. The Warriors

This "spoils system" was new in national politics and created immense excitement. A Brief History of the United States

The term of office enjoyed by diplomatic representatives is not fixed by law, but due to the influence of the spoils system, it often terminates when a new President assumes office. Problems in American Democracy

The speaker skilfully selected the spoils system in diplomatic appointments. Public Opinion

This "spoils system" which Jackson inaugurated has proved fatal to all dignity of office, and all honesty in elections. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders

Soon after President Taylor was inaugurated in 1849, the spoils system again secured Hawthorne's removal. History of American Literature

The inauguration of Jackson was followed by the introduction of the "spoils system" into national politics. A Brief History of the United States

These officials are largely experts, who happily are sufficiently exempt from the spoils system to stand a fair chance of surviving a change of administration. Problems in American Democracy

Whatever its defects, the merit system is certainly to be preferred to the spoils system. State of the Union Address

He regarded the measure as a part of the "spoils system" which marked Jackson's departure from the policy of his predecessors. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders

In Pennsylvania, where the spoils system and the nominating convention developed contemporaneously with the movement in New York, there were even fewer men of the highest political rank. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829

When Senator Lodge entered public life the flagrant spoils system was rampant. The Mirrors of Washington

To what extent will civic education remedy the evils of the spoils system? Problems in American Democracy

This has removed the clerical force of the Nation from the wasteful effects of the spoils system and made it more stable and efficient. State of the Union Address

The best thing to remember him for is his fight against the "spoils system." This Country of Ours

On the other hand, the spoils system breeds a class of men whose financial interest it is to take this necessary time and trouble. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

The manifest object of these maneuvers was to exhibit the President as acting upon the "spoils system" of distributing offices. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics

The spoils system still constitutes a defect in American government. Problems in American Democracy

If Jackson did not inaugurate the spoils system, he at least gave it a mission. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization

Garfield's sad death made many people who had not thought of it before see that the "spoils system" was bad. This Country of Ours

Moreover, there are numbers of States and municipalities where very little has as yet been done to do away with the spoils system. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

All right; Tammany is for the spoils system, and when we go in we fire every anti-Tammany man from office that can be fired under the law. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon

What effect has the merit plan had upon the spoils system? Problems in American Democracy

The spoils system had become habitual and traditional in American public life by sixty years of practice. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times

He began what is known as the "spoils system." This Country of Ours

One of the worst features of the old spoils system was the ruthless cruelty and brutality it so often bred in the treatment of faithful public servants without political influence. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

But with the spoils system, no sooner is a candidate elected than, as has been well observed, for every office which he bestows he makes ``ninety-nine enemies and one ingrate.'' Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

The spoils system has encouraged the holders of executive offices to pay more attention to the political fortunes of their party than to their public duties. Problems in American Democracy

The spoils system is a serious evil for which party spirit must be held accountable. Problems in American Democracy

In time this became known as the "spoils system," because in a speech a senator talking of this matter said, "to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy." This Country of Ours

President Hayes also tried to lessen the evil of the "spoils system." This Country of Ours

Being entirely of the old school, he could not imagine the government carried on without the spoils system. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

Such contracts have been secured by these corporations because of favoritism shown them by political henchmen holding office under the spoils system. Problems in American Democracy

But in spite of all this worrying the new President determined to do what he could to end the "spoils system," and appoint people only for the sake of the public good. This Country of Ours

For the spoils system being once begun, every President was almost forced to continue it. This Country of Ours

单词	spoils system
例句	spoils system Many people were tired of the spoils system that rewarded corrupt politicians. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Garfield was pleased when President Hayes attempted reforms to the spoils system, but Hayes had little success. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Garfield’s assassination by a disgruntled job seeker spurred the public into demanding an end to the spoils system of hiring government employees. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Recognizing the public's disdain for the spoils system, he called for a law regulating civil service jobs within the government. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Doing so risks further politicizing the body or making it part of the spoils system of federal appointments, which could impanel dilettantes and wealthy donors. Perspective \| With most Trump appointees off the fine arts commission, Biden can put a progressive stamp on federal architecture 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “It frightens me,” said Mary Guy, a professor of public administration at the University of Colorado, who warns the idea would bring a return to a political spoils system. Recruiting is underway for Trump-like ‘wrecking ball’ to shrink government and fire federal workers 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The racial/cultural/geographic/whatever spoils system is now so entrenched, it is too late for what would encourage a shared national identity: complete separation of race and state. Opinion \| How racial preferences feed grasping grievance groups and grow ever more absurd 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Furthermore, because many Hispanics are upwardly mobile, they believe in upward American mobility, and hence are not attracted by the Biden administration’s enthusiasm for racial spoils systems, a.k.a., “equity.” Opinion \| The 2022 campaign has taught us much about America, much of it unpalatable 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The precept can block today’s expanding racial spoils system, which is perpetrated in the name of “equity.” Opinion \| Colleges will racially discriminate no matter how the Supreme Court rules 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, after Harrison’s victory, the United States witnessed a brief return to higher tariffs and a strengthening of the spoils system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Briefly explain the underlying reason for the emergence of the spoils system. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Since the end of the spoils system in 1883, administrations have established an excepted service schedule only five times. Opinion \| How to stop Trump’s sneak attack on the civil service 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “The ability to unionize is a 140-year-old mechanism by which public employees dealt with what used to be the spoils system that still lives in Congress,” Mr. Schuman said. 8 U.S. House Offices File for the Right to Unionize 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Charters must supply plans for “racially and socio-economically diverse” staff, effectively a mandate for a racial spoils system. Opinion \| Biden has a tawdry new scheme to cripple charter schools 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Jackson’s opponents were angered and took to calling the practice the spoils system, after the policies of Van Buren’s Bucktail Republican Party. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Historically, at least since the end of the spoils system, elected leaders have struggled to maintain control over their bureaucracies. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy,” crowed William L. Marcy, and ever since, the “spoils system” has meant the use of government jobs to reward political operatives. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z That practice, often called the spoils system, was expanded by President Andrew Jackson. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The new agency would be set up as a “patronage-style spoils system,” he wrote. Infrastructure bill would create new agency without job protections, angering federal unions still smarting from fights with Trump 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As the 1884 election neared, the Republican Party again searched their ranks for a candidate who could restore some semblance of the spoils system while maintaining a reformist image. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It was published just as the U.S. bureaucracy was being transformed from the spoils system to the merit system primarily in use today. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z A group called the Liberal Republicans believed their party was badly corrupted by business interests and the spoils system of awarding government jobs to pay for political services. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The first goal of civil service reform—the elimination of the spoils system—was largely achieved in the early years of the last century. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote, “Government spoils systems, racial or otherwise, wound their beneficiaries.” Opinion \| Advocating for equity 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z After electing the first Democratic president since 1856, the Democrats could actually make great use of the spoils system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Severing the political ties common in the spoils system creates the potential for bureaucrats to steer actions toward their own preferences even if these contradict the designs of elected leaders. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z They wanted to fill government jobs through civil service exams instead of the spoils system, but they opposed efforts to overturn race relations or enforce the Reconstruction amendments. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Government spoils systems, racial or otherwise, wound their beneficiaries. Opinion \| Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The school principal, who is fluent in the flowery, obfuscating argot resorted to when recommending racial spoils systems, says TJ “is a rich tapestry of heritages” but does not “reflect” the county’s “racial composition.” Opinion \| Today’s anti-Asian racism usually disguises itself as ‘diversity’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The political issues of the day, including the spoils system versus civil service reform, high tariffs versus low, and business regulation, all influenced politicians more than the country at large. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z However, the spoils system also had a number of obvious disadvantages. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Once raised, moreover, the issues of civil service reform and the spoils system did not disappear but agitated state and national politics for the rest of the Gilded Age. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z One of the last vestiges of the spoils system, cushy diplomatic posts routinely go to campaign patrons. Trump spawned a new group of mega-donors who now hold sway over the GOP’s future 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Overshadowing what might otherwise look like a sectarian squabble over sharing the diminishing pie of Lebanon’s spoils system is the power of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shi’ite group that dominates Lebanon politics and underpins Aoun’s presidency. Analysis: Lebanon frozen by political intransigence as it hurtles towards collapse 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The nation’s seventh president enslaved African Americans, oppressed Native Americans and infected the federal service with a spoils system that allowed him to favor cronies. Perspective \| Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “It shouldn’t be a spoils system for the party that wins an election – in a Democracy, they shouldn’t be picking their voters.” How a Republican plan to split a Black college campus backfired 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Jackson did not invent the spoils system and he did not abuse it as badly as many of his successors, but he fought corruption with a practice that eventually increased it. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “There was good reason to set this up as a permanent feature of government, getting rid of the spoils system,” Mr. Copland said of the vast federal bureaucracy. Unwitting federal bureaucrats at risk of violating vast laws 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z "Trump appears to be launching the biggest assault on the nation's civil service system since the 1883 Pendleton Act ended the spoils system," New York University professor Paul Light told the Times. Ginni Thomas leads purge of “disloyal” Trump aides, wants replace them with Fox News pundits: report 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z This is reminiscent of Jackson, whose “spoils system is the most obvious way in which he broke his promise to fight Washington corruption,” according to Michigan State University’s Young American Republic project. Perspective \| Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “The civil service is under greater assault than at any time since reforms of the eighteen-eighties, and we mustn’t go back to the spoils system back then,” Lake said. The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z A healthy dose of elitism drove Roosevelt’s crusade, as the spoils system had been the path to power for immigrant-driven political machines in big cities like New York. Opinion \| The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z I mean, Jackson did pioneer the spoils system, on the one hand. Donald Trump's favorite president: Andrew Jackson as father of the "white republic" 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z This period was also the spoils system’s heyday, when parties rewarded their supporters by giving them jobs and contracts. Making money off of politics isn’t new — it was business as usual in the Gilded Age 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “Under the spoils system, Jackson replaced many upstanding civil service agents . . . with his own friends and supporters, many of whom brought incompetence to their posts.” Perspective \| Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, both our parties ignore this mandate, neither criticizes the other for doing so, and we continue to be the only advanced country with a diplomatic spoils system. Opinion \| Our diplomatic spoils system 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z First as Civil Service commissioner and then as president, Roosevelt pushed to eradicate the spoils system. Opinion \| The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Under the spoils system, politicians rewarded supporters with federal jobs and removed people who did not agree with their policies. Opinion \| Eliminating the OPM would be bad for federal workers 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z It seemed clear that he felt he needed to address how the partisan fights in Washington have turned the judiciary into something of a political spoils system. Roberts assures audience Supreme Court will serve ‘one nation,’ not one party or interest 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “Now law-review membership at Harvard is part of a politicized spoils system and no longer acts as a reliable signaling device for academic ability or achievement.” Harvard, NYU law reviews sued over alleged discrimination 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “Seeing him use words like ‘naked racial set-aside’ and ‘racial spoils system’ to refer to race-conscious measures intended to redress entrenched systemic racism is upsetting,” Wydra said. Kavanaugh hearing revealed the partisan divide, but not the nominee's real views on the law 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Harris wondered about his use of the term “racial spoils system” in a 2-decade-old column. Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings feature wild accusations 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The executive branch has roughly 1,200 positions for political appointees that require Senate approval, far more than any other democracy — a "vestige of the spoils system," Stier said. Trump faults Democrats as top jobs remain unfilled, but he bears blame (and Senate Republicans too) 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The corruption refers to the spoils system, the pattern of political patronage and kickbacks from employees to the New York Republican machine that Roscoe Conkling and his cronies dominated after the Civil War. An Unexpected President, and Expressions of Subway Therapy 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He championed civil-service reform, hobbling the “spoils system” with which he had been so closely associated. Letter of Recommendation: Presidential Biographies 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The protections flow from the 1883 Pendleton Act, passed to counteract the spoils system that favored political cronies with government jobs. Trump plans to fire feds faster 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Controlling lobbyists, with all their arcane knowledge of government, is a challenge as old as the spoils system. Donald Trump’s Swamp Gets Murkier 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The thousands of political appointees — there are about 3,200 according to OPM data — suggest vestiges of the spoils system, Stier said. Christie on Trump’s plan to fire feds faster and clean out Obama’s people 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Defending a racial spoils system in an increasingly diverse country gets more difficult by the day. Overturning Racial Preferences at the Ballot Box 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Without a passion for universal human dignity and worth — the commitment to a common good in which the powerless are valued — politics is a spoils system for the winners. The party of Lincoln is dying 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Due process is there to protect the public, more than public employees, from a government soiled by the spoils system. Bill hitting due process for VA staff is okay with union 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Although the term “spoils system” became popular during Jackson’s presidency, this isn’t because he introduced the practice of firing existing government employees and replacing them with his own friends and supporters. Why Andrew Jackson never should have been on the $20 to begin with 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Government workplace protections guard against a spoils system. VA, Hill aims to further cut workplace protections 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Ultimately, it’s a political movement, the inevitable extension of a racial and ethnic spoils system that helps Democrats get elected. ‘Black Lives Matter’—but Reality, Not So Much 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “Due process is a constitutional requirement and a small price to pay to ensure the American people receive a merit based civil service rather than a corrupt spoils system.” Due process for feds protects against spoils system, report says 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Yet he spoke eloquently at the hearing about the need both to discipline wayward senior executives and to guard against a spoils system. House hearing examines ‘viability’ of federal senior executive service The House bill “essentially returns us to a centuries-old spoils system,” said Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service. Congress wants to make it easier for VA executives’ heads to role The political appointees are part of the "spoils system", says Susan Johnson, president of the American Foreign Service Association. Should political fundraisers become ambassadors? 2013-06-27T23:11:37Z “Now is the time to end the spoils system and the de facto ‘three-year rental’ of ambassadorships.” Top Obama campaign fundraisers slotted for diplomatic posts 2013-06-15T09:46:13Z Worse, the bulk of the money flowed to inefficient state-owned enterprises like Vinalines, led by political apparatchiks and the well-connected beneficiaries of a party spoils system. From Tiger to Pussycat 2012-10-01T05:00:00Z He also attacked the spoils system, paving the way for his successor, Rutherford B. Hayes to adopt civil service reforms that made Federal bureaucratic positions ones of merit, not political favor. The Geek Playlist: Presidents Day 2012-02-20T15:31:02Z In January 1843 Green established in New York City a short-lived journal, The Republic, to combat the spoils system and to advocate free trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z When they did accept it, they determined to overthrow the man who robbed the spoils system of its largest perquisite where it was most effective in numbers. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Both these men came early into collision with the "spoils system," which afflicted the whole of Grant's administration with ever-increasing virulence. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The chief advantage of the examination system of filling civil service positions is that it eliminates the evils of the spoils system and places the public service on a merit basis. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z My space does not admit of telling you how deeply Calhoun loathed the spoils system. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z For many years the course of politics throughout the country had been preparing and foreshadowing the advent of the "spoils system." Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Just where the spoils system had worked its deepest degradation it received its most effective lesson. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Part of the problem was that executive appointments had become part of the spoils system for powerful senators. Ugly Senate Confirmation Hearings Are the American Way 2011-06-09T21:00:00Z Nevertheless, it is much better than the old method known as the "spoils system," under which appointments were made for party services; and it will in time, no doubt, be adopted in all the states. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z Thus was introduced into our national civil service the "spoils system." American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z He viewed with the greatest alarm and hostility the growth of the "spoils system," and early introduced, as chairman of a special committee, a bill to repeal the harmful four years' limitation act. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z To the shame of the city be it said that it had so long been accustomed to the spoils system that it could not accept the theory of Colonel Waring. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Jackson appointed him minister to Russia, a diplomatic post that placed Buchanan as far away from Washington as the spoils system could manage. Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z After the Civil War, a movement was started which had for its purpose the establishment of the merit system in the public service and the elimination of the spoils system. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z We shall have a new searching of our whole system of party government, with its arbitrary exits and entrances, and its despicable spoils system. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z Aaron Burr introduced the "spoils system" into her state affairs, and his methods were followed and improved upon by Marcy, Wright, Van Buren, and all the "Albany Regency." Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z We cannot hope for success if we carry the spoils system into the difficult administration of foreign lands and people. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z Under the modern spoils system it would be regarded as a precious plum which a political party would be justified in making almost any sacrifices to secure. The True Benjamin Franklin He was the inventor and discoverer of the spoils system. The Ifs of History Its revocation left those and all branches of the civil service to be the prey of the spoils system. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Burr, Aaron: introduces "spoils system" in New York, 81; compared with Benedict Arnold, 163. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z It is a trick to nullify the merit principle in appointments to public office, and it opens the way for a full restoration of the spoils system. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Unfortunately, under our stupid spoils system, postmasters are appointed merely for political reasons, and are changed with every change of party, no matter what their services to the community have been. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 He attacked the “spoils system” inaugurated by President Jackson, opposed the removal of the government deposits from the Bank of the United States, and in general was a severe critic of Jackson’s administration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Having sought thus to trace the steps by which our form of administration has begotten the spoils system, let us endeavor to prove the conclusion by another process of reasoning. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 The Jacksonian Democracy was already completely ruled by a machine, of which the most important cogs were the countless office-holders, whom the spoils system had already converted into a band of well-drilled political mercenaries. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z In the congressional election of November 1882, following the assassination of President Garfield as an incident in the operation of the spoils system, the voice of the people commanding reform was unmistakable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" To such an extent has this prevailed that it has come to be known as the "spoils system." History of Human Society Sir William Berkeley was accused of destroying the representative character of the Assembly, of initiating a notorious spoils system, of intimidating Burgesses, of winking at embezzlement of public funds. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 What is known as the spoils system of politics, in a measure common to all times and all forms of government, seems to have reached its highest development in our Republic. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Just civil service laws in all cities and States now under the spoils system; amendments to existing civil service laws to enable men and women to have equal rights in examinations and appointments. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V It was a time when the old spoils system was recognized in its pristine simplicity. When the West Was Young The spoils system did not enter the army or navy, the only extensive technical departments of the United States. The New Nation Large fields of wheat were cultivated by them, with but little assistance, which have since gone back to wild land under the "spoils system," and over which, ten years ago, I hunted prairie chickens. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American The spoils system having thus been established, the causes that bred it were in their turn intensified by its reaction, and the evil round was complete. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 United States, and the 'spoils system,' 88; railway development in, 91; Howe's recruiting mission in, 131; and the Reciprocity Treaty, 142-3. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe His administration began the employment of the spoils system; and it "handled intricate financial problems as a monkey might handle the works of a watch." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Nor is it without significance that this typical man of the new democracy will always be associated with the triumph of the spoils system in national politics. The Frontier in American History The Whigs, now that they were in power, saw nothing amiss in the spoils system inaugurated by Gen. Jackson, which was in full blast. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 In every Department the worst traditions of the spoils system prevalent before 1909 were revived and reinvigorated. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 A subsequent paragraph stated clearly that this was not meant to introduce the 'spoils system,' but to apply only to the heads of departments and to the other members of the Executive Council. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe The abuses of the spoils system had then become so flagrant that Congress created a civil service commission, which instituted competitive examinations to test the merits of candidates for office in the departments at Washington. History of the United States, Volume 4 Individualism in America has allowed a laxity in regard to governmental affairs which has rendered possible the spoils system and all the manifest evils that follow from the lack of a highly developed civic spirit. The Frontier in American History It cannot be denied that Jefferson opened the door to the spoils system; but it should be stated also that he endeavored to make fitness a qualification for office. Union and Democracy Every thoughtful citizen perceives and laments the evils attendant on the present spoils system. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 Statesmen of both great political parties had long seen the injustice of the spoils system, but few cared to take the matter up for fear of offending their political friends. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt He believes that "the spoils system" is bad government and that no stone should be left unturned to elevate the living conditions of the Average Citizen to the highest possible plane. Deep Furrows Now Van Buren was to inherit the evils of the spoils system, and Adams, Clay, and Webster were leading the attack upon him both in Congress and in the country. Expansion and Conflict When civil service reformers plead the urgent necessity of political reform, they are irrelevantly charged by the adherents of the spoils system with being "hypocrites and pharisees." A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel The "spoils system" is notorious in America, but in England it has become practically impossible for a man to take any serious part in politics except by becoming part of the machine. The Rise of the Democracy For seventy or eighty years these various positions had been under what is commonly called the "spoils system." American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Once started, the "spoils system" could hardly be stopped. Abraham Lincoln A bureaucracy rose and flourished; the spoils systems and corruption matched those of ancient Earth. The Universe — or Nothing It gone, then would follow the chiefer evils of governmental mechanism—class rule, ring rule, extravagance, jobbery, nepotism, the spoils system, every jot of the professional trading politician's influence. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum The platform of the party, however, embraced all the old Federalist principles: protection for American industry; internal improvements; respect for the Supreme Court; resistance to executive tyranny; and denunciation of the spoils system. History of the United States By the eternal, Senator, can't you fellows leave one department clear of the spoils system? The Enchanted Canyon But the spoils system has inflicted upon the American people injuries far greater than these. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) "We guarantee to the sovereign electors of the First district, and to the whole population of the nation a reform of the civil service and an entire abolition of the spoils system." David Lockwin—The People's Idol They stood for anarchy, civil war, and the old spoils system.—Down him then! said they. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 It approved his policy of parceling out government offices among party workers—"the spoils system" in all its fullness. History of the United States Since then two great parties have been maintained, even though their existence involves the spoils system and machine organization. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government Was there no public spirit before spoils systems and clean sweeps cursed us, none between the battle of Lexington and Jackson's inauguration as President? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) In the long run the effect of the spoils system was, of course, just the opposite of that anticipated by the early Jacksonian Democrats. The Promise of American Life Fourth, lack of civil service has perpetuated the spoils system. Elements of Debating In the lower ranges of official life, the spoils system became more virulent as the number of federal employees increased. History of the United States The class of professional politicians was therefore the first crop which the spoils system—the system of using public office as private prize of war—bore. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government With Jackson's administration in 1830 the deluge of the spoils system burst over our national politics. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) But the introduction of the spoils system had a meaning superior to its results. The Promise of American Life Jackson was not the author of the spoils system. The Reign of Andrew Jackson By wholesale removals and the frank selection of officers on party grounds—a practice already well intrenched in New York—Jackson established the "spoils system" at Washington. History of the United States In other words, the spoils system is the price which the United States pay for maintaining the Union under the present Constitution. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government It is this extraordinary but sincere misconception of the function of party in a free government that leads to the serious defence of the spoils system. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Reënforced by the introduction of the spoils system first into the state and then into the Federal civil services, a process of local political organization began after 1830 to make rapid headway. The Promise of American Life But with the coming in of President Jackson the "spoils system" was introduced. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition The spoils system, inaugurated by Jacksonian Democracy, in turn placed all the federal offices in Republican hands, furnishing an army of party workers to be counted on for loyal service in every campaign. History of the United States How was it connected with the "spoils system"? e. A Short History of the United States The great and radical evil of the spoils system was carefully fostered by the apparent absolute necessity to the public welfare of making political opinion and sympathy a condition of appointment to the smallest place. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) The reforms for which he has stood have been economic, and he has had little sympathy with any thorough-going attempt to disturb even such an equivocally Democratic institution as the spoils system. The Promise of American Life Civil Service Reform.—While the evils had been pointed out at various times, little was done to remedy the spoils system until Congress, in 1883, passed the Civil Service Law, known as the Pendleton Bill. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition From 1880 until his death in 1892, George William Curtis, as president of the Civil Service Reform Association, kept up a running fire upon the abuses of the spoils system. History of the United States Under the spoils system what would naturally follow? b. A Short History of the United States And now, if such are the evils of the spoils system, what are, by way of compensation, the virtues it possesses, and the benefits it confers? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) The early reformers believed that the eradication of the spoils system would deal a deadly blow at political corruption and professional politics. The Promise of American Life In 1828 Jackson inaugurated the so-called spoils system, which means that to the victor belongs the spoils. Government and Administration of the United States On the one side they struck at the spoils system; at the right of the politicians to use public offices as mere rewards for partisan work. History of the United States The spoils system may be lightly treated here. A Short History of the United States First, then, in what sense can the spoils system be called essentially American? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) The introduction of the spoils system was due to the perverted application of kindred ideas. The Promise of American Life The spirit of ragtime is not confined to music: graft is the ragtime of business, the spoils system the ragtime of politics, adulteration the ragtime of manufacture. Life's Enthusiasms The connection opens a limitless field for "log-rolling," and rivets upon cities the "spoils system," which is always and everywhere incompatible with good government. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins One of the defects in the American way of government is the spoils system, in accordance with the maxim, "To the victor belongs the spoils." America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat If not in origin, is the spoils system essentially American in any other sense? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) While these conditions were by no means wholly due to the spoils system, the method of appointment in the civil service made a bad matter worse. The United States Since the Civil War This came to be called the "spoils system," from the maxim once quoted in defense of it, that "to the victors belong the spoils." Outline of Universal History The "spoils system" has helped to sustain all manner of abominations, from grasping monopolies and civic jobbery down to political rum-shops. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins This spoils system has been adopted by almost every state and municipality; it forms indeed the corner-stone of practical politics in the United States. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat The school of the spoils system, as it has been in operation since 1829, has educated thousands of political loafers, but not one political sage. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) In the same spirit, he devoted his later years to the overthrow of the spoils system. Unitarianism in America He is by instinct, as well as by conviction, utterly opposed to the "spoils system." Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Such a change is desirable, but to obtain a thoroughly satisfactory result, it will be necessary to destroy the "spoils system" root and branch, and to adopt effective measures of ballot reform. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins He might even have been forgiven for his spoils system and unprecedented removals from office. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders The evil of the spoils system is not that one gets something for something,—it is that one gets something for something less, or for nothing. The Warriors This "spoils system" was new in national politics and created immense excitement. A Brief History of the United States The term of office enjoyed by diplomatic representatives is not fixed by law, but due to the influence of the spoils system, it often terminates when a new President assumes office. Problems in American Democracy The speaker skilfully selected the spoils system in diplomatic appointments. Public Opinion This "spoils system" which Jackson inaugurated has proved fatal to all dignity of office, and all honesty in elections. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders Soon after President Taylor was inaugurated in 1849, the spoils system again secured Hawthorne's removal. History of American Literature The inauguration of Jackson was followed by the introduction of the "spoils system" into national politics. A Brief History of the United States These officials are largely experts, who happily are sufficiently exempt from the spoils system to stand a fair chance of surviving a change of administration. Problems in American Democracy Whatever its defects, the merit system is certainly to be preferred to the spoils system. State of the Union Address He regarded the measure as a part of the "spoils system" which marked Jackson's departure from the policy of his predecessors. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders In Pennsylvania, where the spoils system and the nominating convention developed contemporaneously with the movement in New York, there were even fewer men of the highest political rank. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 When Senator Lodge entered public life the flagrant spoils system was rampant. The Mirrors of Washington To what extent will civic education remedy the evils of the spoils system? Problems in American Democracy This has removed the clerical force of the Nation from the wasteful effects of the spoils system and made it more stable and efficient. State of the Union Address The best thing to remember him for is his fight against the "spoils system." This Country of Ours On the other hand, the spoils system breeds a class of men whose financial interest it is to take this necessary time and trouble. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The manifest object of these maneuvers was to exhibit the President as acting upon the "spoils system" of distributing offices. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics The spoils system still constitutes a defect in American government. Problems in American Democracy If Jackson did not inaugurate the spoils system, he at least gave it a mission. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization Garfield's sad death made many people who had not thought of it before see that the "spoils system" was bad. This Country of Ours Moreover, there are numbers of States and municipalities where very little has as yet been done to do away with the spoils system. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography All right; Tammany is for the spoils system, and when we go in we fire every anti-Tammany man from office that can be fired under the law. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon What effect has the merit plan had upon the spoils system? Problems in American Democracy The spoils system had become habitual and traditional in American public life by sixty years of practice. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times He began what is known as the "spoils system." This Country of Ours One of the worst features of the old spoils system was the ruthless cruelty and brutality it so often bred in the treatment of faithful public servants without political influence. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography But with the spoils system, no sooner is a candidate elected than, as has been well observed, for every office which he bestows he makes ``ninety-nine enemies and one ingrate.'' Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 The spoils system has encouraged the holders of executive offices to pay more attention to the political fortunes of their party than to their public duties. Problems in American Democracy The spoils system is a serious evil for which party spirit must be held accountable. Problems in American Democracy In time this became known as the "spoils system," because in a speech a senator talking of this matter said, "to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy." This Country of Ours President Hayes also tried to lessen the evil of the "spoils system." This Country of Ours Being entirely of the old school, he could not imagine the government carried on without the spoils system. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 Such contracts have been secured by these corporations because of favoritism shown them by political henchmen holding office under the spoils system. Problems in American Democracy But in spite of all this worrying the new President determined to do what he could to end the "spoils system," and appoint people only for the sake of the public good. This Country of Ours For the spoils system being once begun, every President was almost forced to continue it. This Country of Ours
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