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The Life Of Joseph A. Wright, Mary F. Thornton
The Life Of Joseph A. Wright, Mary F. Thornton
Graduate Thesis Collection
This work has been designed to give a short but accurate sketch of the life of Joseph Albert Wright, who presided over the State of Indiana from 1849-1857. I have endeavored to give an unbiased appraisal of his character as is reflected through his efforts and achievements.
Indiana Treason Trials, Dorothy Lambert
Indiana Treason Trials, Dorothy Lambert
Graduate Thesis Collection
The noble purposes, lofty ideals, and chivalric deeds of the knights of the days of Arthur are in striking contrast to the base principles, evil designs, and traitorous actions of that secret body of knights which flourished many centuries later in our own State of Indiana. The very spirit of these later knights was antagonistic to the constitution and government of their country.
The Madison And Indianapolis Railroad, Freda L. Bridenstine
The Madison And Indianapolis Railroad, Freda L. Bridenstine
Graduate Thesis Collection
Accustomed as we are today to paved highways, motor cars, steam railways, and airplanes it is difficult for us to picture the conditions of travel and transportation prevailing in Indiana in the early years of the last century. There were no canals, railroads, or pikes. All the streams except the Ohio were seriously obstructed by fallen trees, debris, snags, and sand bars. What wagon roads existed were frequently impassable and practically always bad.
The Defects Of The Civil Service System, Josephine B. Herron
The Defects Of The Civil Service System, Josephine B. Herron
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When the new government of the United States was put into operation, one of the first tasks with which it had to deal was that of filling offices, in order that the Constitution and the laws passed under it might be enforced. President Washington, whose chief characteristics were good judgment and punctilious exactness, was allowed to use his discretion in the question of qualifications. He realized the difference between appointing men barely fit to fill their offices, and appointing those who were most fit.