Proceedings of the conference for good city government and the annual meeting of the national municipal league1910 |
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Página 252 - Many officials therefore are elected without adequate public scrutiny and owe their selection not to the people but to the makers of the party ticket, who thus acquire an influence that is capable of great abuse.
Página 191 - Yes, many of our men have grown rich in politics. I have myself. I've made a big fortune out of the game, and I'm gettin' richer every day, but I've not gone in for dishonest graft — blackmailin' gamblers, saloonkeepers, disorderly people, etc.
Página 575 - There shall be elected at the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, three members of a State board of education ; one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years...
Página 69 - We will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the City both alone and with many. We will revere and obey the City's laws and do our best to incite a like respect and reverence in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught.
Página 305 - Appointments * * * in the civil service of the State and of all the civil divisions thereof, shall be made according to merit and fitness * * to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by competitive examination.
Página 191 - I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that makes its plan public, and there is a rush to get my land, which nobody cared particular for before.
Página 69 - We will revere and obey the City's laws and do our best to incite a like respect and reverence in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught. We will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty. Thus, in all these ways, we will transmit this City not only not less but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.
Página 577 - ... is impracticable, and that the position can best be filled by the selection of some designated person of high and recognized attainments in such qualities...
Página 577 - ... suspend the provisions of the rule requiring competition in such case, but no such suspension shall be general in its application to such place, and all such cases of suspension shall be reported in the annual reports of such commissions with the reasons for the same.
Página 191 - I've not gone in for dishonest graft - blackmailin' gamblers, saloonkeepers, disorderly people, etc. and neither has any of the men who have made big fortunes in politics. There's an honest graft, and I'm an example of how it works. I might sum up the whole thing by sayin': "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.