CONTENTS.

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List of Delegates.

First Session: November 19-Minutes..

Annual Report of the Council..

Reports from Local Associations :

Buffalo Association....

Cambridge Association..

Chicago Association..

Cincinnati Association..

Connecticut Association...

Indiana Association ....

Luzerne County Association.

Maryland Association....

Massachusetts Association.

Missouri Association....

New York Association..

Pennsylvania Association.

Wisconsin Association....

Reports from Women's Associations :

Buffalo Women's Association...

Maryland Auxiliary .....

Massachusetts Auxiliary.

New York Auxiliary...

Second Session: November 19— Minutes...

Addresses by

Dr. Arthur T. Hadley.

Dr. Daniel C. Gilman.

Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte....

Resolution in Memory of Carl Schurz....

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Third Session: November 20– -Minutes.

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Election of Officers....

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Annual Report of Treasurer...

51, 54

Report of Committee on Consular Reform...

Report of Committee on Removals....

Report of Committee on Resolutions..

51, 70

Preliminary Report of Committee on the Appli-

cation of the Merit System to the Higher

Municipal Officers.....

Discussion ..

52, 94

Fourth Session : November 20-Minutes...

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Papers :

The Birth of the Pendleton Bill Twenty-five

Years Ago_Hon. Everett P. Wheeler......52, 120

Civil Service Reform in Connecticut-Hon.

William F. Henney...

-52, 127

The Slow Progress of Civil Service Reform in

New Territory- Frederic Almy..

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Discussion ...

52, 144

The Enforcement of the Provisions of the Civil

Service Law in Regard to Political Assess-

ments-Hon. Henry F. Greene....

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The Best Method of Regulating the Political

Activity of Public Employees-Hon. Cyrus

D. Foss, Jr..

·52, 170

Discussion

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Discussions-Remarks of

Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte...

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R. H. Dana....

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Horace E. Deming.

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W. H. Hale.....

52, 150 Henry A. Richmond...

52, 150 Hon. Everett P. Wheeler...

52,96,151 Charles B. Wilby..

169 Ansley Wilcox.

52,152,168 Speeches at the Banquet by

President Flavel S. Luther..
Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte....

-53, 185 Report of the Special Committee on Superanuation in the Civil Service....

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