Theodore Roosevelt said...

The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with t...

I do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the sp...

This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.

The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.