 To the victors belong the spoils." After we have won the race, as we will, •we will give those who are entitled to positions office. What are we up here for? I mean that members of the Republican party are entitled to office, and if we are victorious...  Scribner's Magazine ... - Página 2931911Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1881 - 354 páginas
...After we have won the race, as we will, •we will give those who are entitled to positions office. What are we up here for? I mean that members of the...office, and if we are victorious we will have office. I, therefore, move to lay the amendment on the table. The PRESIDENT. The Chair desires the gentleman... | |
 | William Livingstone - 1900 - 596 páginas
...race, as we will, we will give those who are entitled to positions office. What are we up here for? 1 mean that members of the Republican party are entitled...office, and if we are victorious, we will have office." The order of naming candidates for the Presidency was not reached until Sat urda v afternoon, the fourth... | |
 | 1903 - 704 páginas
...spoils." After we have won the race, as we will, we will give those who are entitled to positions office. What are we up here for? I mean that members of the...office, and if we are victorious we will have office. I, therefore, move to lay the amendment on the table. The PRESIDENT. The Chair desires the gentleman... | |
 | Ernest Joseph Phillipp - 1917 - 236 páginas
...viewpoint of the average professional politician when he said, "Y/hat are we up here for? I mean that the members of the Republican party are entitled to office, and if we are victorious we will have office." In spite of the enlightening speech of the Texan, however, the 23 platform, with the amendment added,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1919 - 524 páginas
...a resolution, declaring for it in no uncertain terms. This gave rise to one of the best remembered sayings of this Convention. Flanagan of Texas sprang...indicated tendency to shelve the subject, and, after some further discussion, the Civil Service Reform plank was adopted by a viva voce vote. made which,... | |
 | Justus D. Doenecke - 1981 - 252 páginas
...sought "thorough, radical, and complete" reform, one Texas delegate to the Chicago convention retorted, "What are we up here for? I mean that members of the...entitled to office, and if we are victorious we will have office."19 As the race began, Garfield retreated to his homestead at Mentor, Ohio, a village some twenty... | |
 | Allan Peskin - 1978 - 748 páginas
...frustrated Grant supporter finally lost patience. "What are we up here for?" he indignantly asked. "I mean that members of the Republican party are entitled...office, and if we are victorious we will have office." The delighted cheers that greeted this outburst showed where the delegates' hearts were, but prudence... | |
 | Gregory J. Dehler - 2007 - 222 páginas
...civil service reform. 8 Stalwarts, however, were not that impressed either. One Grant supporter said, "What are we up here for? I mean that members of the Republican Party are entitled office, and if we are victorious we will have office."188 The Democratic candidates were no stronger... | |
 | 1903 - 694 páginas
...won the race, as we will, we will give those who are entitled to positions office. What are we tip here for? I mean that members of the Republican party...office, and if we are victorious we will have office. I, therefore, move to lay the amendment on the table. The PRESIDENT. The Chair desires the gentleman... | |
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