...positions came to him without solicitation on his part. He believed in the principle, and acted on it, that "the office should seek the man, and not the man the office." Personally and socially, he was democratic; politically, he was conservative to a degree which would...

...however, the maintenance of the commission in power. It is a theory of the government of Galveston that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. Consequently the City Club has undertaken to relieve the city commissioners of all responsibilities...

...apt to show no higher standards than did the men they usually denounced. One of their shibboleths was that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. This is entirely true of certain offices at certain times. It is entirely untrue when the circumstances...

...that he made the nomination without consulting Greeley, for the latter kept away from Albany believing that the office should seek the man and not the man the office.3 A friend nominated Judge Ransom Balcom, of Binghamton. The nominations having been completed,...

...force you from your cherished seclusion, and bestow upon you some office of trust and distinction. " The office should seek the man and not the man the office " is a beautiful but Utopian maxim, a maxim so antiquated as to deserve a place in the cabinet of national...

...nominated for all positions of trust; and to have carried out the principle which should characterize every Patron, that the office should seek the man...by differences of opinion," while the fault lies in bitterness of controversy. We desire a proper equality, equity and fairness; protection for the weak,...

...for all positions of trust; and to have carried out the principle which should always characterize every Patron, that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. Last, but not least, we proclaim it among our purposes to inculcate a proper appreciation of the abilities...

...candidates for official favour is reprehensible in the highest degree. If there is any place where the office should seek the man and not the man the office, it is here. So obvious is this danger that it has been urged as a sufficient reason for condemning...

...by delegates directly elected on primary day. It is inherent in the functions of the judicial office that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. We have given careful consideration to the question of direct primaries, and submit as a part of this...

...man, and not the man the office. I wonder how many of you here would have to plead guilty under that. We acknowledge the broad principle that difference...crime, and hold that progress toward truth is made by difference of opinion, while the fault lies in the bitterness of argument. We desire equality, protection...