Mr. President. my experience in the matter of appointments has been slight. and that of the Senator from West Virginia. who was at the head of a large executive bureau. has been great. but I have seen the process in the employment of clerks of the immigration commission. who were appointed by recommendation. I am sure we could have gotten a better force from the eligible list. and I am perfectly certain. from the instances that I have seen. that clerks were recommended for employment under that commission without any fitness at all for the place. but from importunity or from personal interest. There was no improper motive whatever. but it was done because the men who urged the appointments had no responsibility.
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