FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. A TRUE HISTORY OF THE WEST POINT CADETSHIP OUTRAGE! TO THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF THE TWENTIETH OHIO DISTRICT. READ! READ! READ!
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[np, 1879. 16pp, stitched. Title page lightly dusted, with light blindstamp and an ink spot, else Very Good.
Townsend was a Republican Congressman from Cleveland. This pamphlet assails him for a "notorious" abuse of his power to appoint constituents to West Point. The scandal erupted when he "selected a member of his business household for an appointment to which he was in no way entitled." In a "blow" that "reached to the remotest corners of the Twentieth Congressional District, any hope based upon merit as a passport to position was dashed to the ground."
This rare pamphlet explains the history of the cadetship appointment, names the various applicants for the position, and the results of the tests completed by each applicant. Resolutions, signed by Carroll H. Parmalee and nine other Young Republicans of Townsend's district, charge that the deck was stacked from the beginning: Townsend "was guilty of gross deception when he invited the young men of this district to compete for the cadetship, when he had previously determined to give the appointment to" his favored candidate.
OCLC 38210265 [2- Ohio Hist. Soc., W. Res. Hist. Soc.].
Townsend was a Republican Congressman from Cleveland. This pamphlet assails him for a "notorious" abuse of his power to appoint constituents to West Point. The scandal erupted when he "selected a member of his business household for an appointment to which he was in no way entitled." In a "blow" that "reached to the remotest corners of the Twentieth Congressional District, any hope based upon merit as a passport to position was dashed to the ground."
This rare pamphlet explains the history of the cadetship appointment, names the various applicants for the position, and the results of the tests completed by each applicant. Resolutions, signed by Carroll H. Parmalee and nine other Young Republicans of Townsend's district, charge that the deck was stacked from the beginning: Townsend "was guilty of gross deception when he invited the young men of this district to compete for the cadetship, when he had previously determined to give the appointment to" his favored candidate.
OCLC 38210265 [2- Ohio Hist. Soc., W. Res. Hist. Soc.].
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Title
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. A TRUE HISTORY OF THE WEST POINT CADETSHIP OUTRAGE! TO THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF THE TWENTIETH OHIO DISTRICT. READ! READ! READ!
Author
[Townsend, Amos]
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Unknown
Publisher
[np
Date
1879