Political Quotes

It is most gratifying to note the satisfactory results that have followed the inauguration of the new system provided for...certain Federal officials are compensated by salaries instead of fees.

I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of correspondence concerning the arrest, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to perpetual imprisonment in chains of Jules Sanguily, a citizen of the United States, by the authorities of Spain in Cuba.

It is also ordered,That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of the classes above designated until he shall have passed an appropriate examination prepared by the United States Civil Service Commission and his eligibility has been certified to this office by said Commission.

The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized.