Proceedings At The Annual Meeting Of The National Civil Service Reform League Held At Pittsburgh Pa Dec 17 And 18 1908

Author : George William Curtis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656140169
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League written by George William Curtis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League: Held at Newport, Rhode Island, August 2, 1882 In singular contrast with the amazing apathy and ribaldry of Congress, the petitions that were presented from every part of the country, the organization of reform associations, and the wide dis cassion in the press showed the general and increasing interest of the public mind in the question. On the 27th of December, 1881, the New York Association called the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to the violation by Gen. N. M. Curtis, an employee of the Government, and Treasurer of the New York Republican Com mittee, of the law which prohibits certain employees of the Govern ment, from asking, giving to, or receiving from certain other em ployees money for political purposes. The Secretary replied that Gen. Curtis's employment would cease with the month of F ebruary, and that without deciding the question of misdemeanor he had referred the papers to the District Attorney. Upon evidence furnished by the Association, an indictment was drawn, but owing to the inability of the District Attorney to ascertain the name of Gen. Curtis it was quashed. The Association pressed for a new indictment, and after an effort of Gen. Curtis's counsel to evade the issue by trivial and technical excuses, Gen. Curtis was convicted in the United States Circuit Court on the 25th of May. His counsel appealed in arrest of judgment, upon the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law. But on the 20th of July the full bench of the Circuit Court of the United States, by a unanimous Opinion, lucidly and conclusively affirmed the constitutionality of the law, and the question will be now carried to the Supreme Court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.