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All these efforts are adverse to the public interests and often the proceedings are tainted with corruption.
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Boutwell warns that corrupt practices often arise from inadequate public officer salaries.
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I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interests of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned, that the proposition should be received favorably.
He possessed wit, sarcasm and irony in every form.
Not infrequently a statement would be the occasion of scandal and of suffering by innocent parties.
He had no policy to impose upon the country against the popular will.
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