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An article in the Civil Service Reformer for April, 1889, and reprinted as No. 4 of Notes Supplementary to Johns Hopkins University Studies.
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An address before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, N. Y., January 20, 1885.
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This is a very able report. The commission was appointed by Governor Tilden, with Wm. M. Evarts as chairman. The amendment to the constitution proposed by the commission was discussed by E. L. Godkin in the “Nation,” vol. 26, p. 108.