Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 25, 1880
In reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish all information which he may have in his possession bearing upon the culture of the sugar beet, etc., the accompanying letter and report, received from the Acting Commissioner of Agriculture for this purpose, are herewith transmitted.
Said by
Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Special Message

Share & report

More from Rutherford B. Hayes

Oct 31, 1880

At no period in their history since the United States became a nation has this people had so abundant and so universal reasons for joy and gratitude at the favor of Almighty God or been subject to so profound an obligation to give thanks…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Dec 5, 1880

The provision of regular steam postal communication by aid from government has been the forerunner of the commercial predominance of Great Britain on all these coasts and seas, a greater share in whose trade is now the desire and the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Dec 5, 1880

The most serious obstacle, however, to an improvement of the civil service, and especially to a reform in the method of appointment and removal, has been found to be the practice, under what is known as the spoils system, by which the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jun 14, 1880

It is made a crime punishable with fine or imprisonment to hinder, assault, or otherwise interfere with the marshal or 'his special deputies,' or to threaten or to attempt so to do.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation