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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil service reform. (search)
e present system does not secure the best men, and often not even fit men, for public place. The elevation and purification of the civil service of the government will be hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States. Following this was a bill called the civil service bill, which carried out the spirit of President Grant's recommendation. The first civil service commission consisted of G. W. Curtis, of New York: Joseph Medill, of Chicago; A. J. Cattell, of New Jersey; D. A. Walker, of Pennsylvania; S. B. Elliott, and J. H. Blackfair. A second commission was appointed March 1, 1883, consisting of Dorman B. Eaton, of New York; Leroy D. Thoman, of Ohio; and Dr. John B. Gregory, of Illinois. In 1900 the commission consisted of John R. Procter, John B. Harlow, and Mark S. Brewer. At the end of 1898 the number of persons in the classified civil service of the national government was estimated at 83,817. See address on the Spoils system, under Curtis, George William.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montana, (search)
marck in the steamer Josephine, June 15, ascending to Huntley, 418 miles......June, 1875 Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull, near the Little Big Horn River, massacre Gen. George A. Custer, with five companies (276 men) of the 7th Cavalry, no man escaping......June 25, 1876 Fort Assiniboine, near the Milk River, established......May 9, 1879 Uncalled territorial bonds, amounting to $45,000, redeemed and cancelled, thus extinguishing all registered indebtedness of the Territory......March 1, 1883 Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, completes the work on that road, by driving the last spike opposite the entrance of Gold Creek into Deer Lodge River......Sept. 8, 1883 Settlement in Deer Lodge and Gallatin counties of monogamic Mormons ex pelled from Utah for apostasy......1883 Constitutional convention meets Jan. 14, 1884, and adjourns Feb. 9; its constitution was ratified by the people Nov. 4, and submitted to Congress, asking admission into the Unio