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On the other hand the evil of which President Harrison spoke--the employment of the patronage by the Executive to influence legislation--is far the greatest abuse to which the civil service has ever been perverted.
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Blaine identifies the misuse of patronage by the Executive as a significant corruption in civil service.
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