 | Anthony Banning Norton - Presidents - 1888 - 494 pages
...for all this. The good old Jeffersonian interrogatories have not been put to those seeking office. " Is he honest — is he capable, is he faithful .to the Constitution" — have not been asked, but a new rule has been adopted. " Is he boisterous at the polls — is he... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 466 pages
...shall return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be : Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" With a degree of deference to his critics which was perhaps unnecessary, and was certainly unfortunate,... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 468 pages
...shall return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be : Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" With a degree of deference to his critics which was perhaps unnecessary, and was certainly unfortunate,... | |
 | 1889 - 1104 pages
...tests to be applied to a candidate for public office shall be those laid down by Jefferson, namely : "Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" In this way, and only in this way, can we make our government republican and worthy of the high destiny... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Knox - 1892 - 618 pages
...that he should return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate should be: is he honest? is he capable? is he faithful to the Constitution ? Consequently, we may consider that Jefferson was a friend of civil service, which is not generally... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1892 - 324 pages
...shall return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " Adams was promptly rebuked by the removal of twentyfour persons appointed in the two months previous.... | |
 | John Wilford Overall - Constitutional history - 1892 - 206 pages
...of assessment ? Are the questions of Thomas Jefferson now asked of an aspirant to public office : " Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" The only question asked as to a presidential candidate, or an aspirant to such candidacy, is this one:... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - United States - 1893 - 566 pages
...I will return with joy to that state of things when the only question concerning a candidate shall be : Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " In 1802 a new naturalization law was passed, requiring a residence of five years before an alien... | |
 | James Schouler - 1893 - 266 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, ' Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution?' " One should further observe that in the course of his administrative reforms Jefferson's constant... | |
 | Carl Schurz - Civil service reform - 1893 - 48 pages
...done shall return with joy to that state of things when the only question concerning a candidate shall be, Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I invite the modern Democrat to contemplate in a spirit of candor and soberness, and perhaps with... | |
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I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect. 
