“The office of the vice president is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining” and now I am president. Becoming president comes with many hardships, the death of my wife, contractions of Bright’s disease, and the fact that I only achieved it from my president getting assassinated. Now, that I am president I have a couple of problems that immediately stand out and those are the factions called Stalwarts and Half-bloods. The Stalwarts are a group who heavily favor political machines and a spoils system, while the Half-bloods are a group favoring civil service reform and have the support of the American public. Since I am a Stalwart, both of the factions will have a view that I’m going to oppose civil service reform and even if I do
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The spoils system I am accustomed to as I was only elected to “appease the Boss of New York City political machine”(pg1 Chester Arthur), but being so easy to “appoint political supporters to positions ranging from cabinet secretaries to mail carriers” seemed corrupt. The corrupt nature of the spoils system made it distasteful to the American public. They desired reform, and it only continued to increase “after Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau, was portrayed as a disgruntled office-seeker.” The American public punished the Republicans that still opposed the reform. Many of the Congressmen lost in the congressional mid-term due to the public outcry. This resistance the American public forced on the Stalwarts is the reason I cannot support the Stalwarts cause. The Stalwarts being so few were only fighting for their own selfish needs and political agendas. The merit system, on the other hand, would promote hiring government employees on their abilities to perform and is appealing to Americans. There will be less resistance if I support the Pendleton act. Even many congress members are in a hurry to pass “the Pendleton act in an attempt to more effectively secure their elections”(pg3 content
The spoils system I am accustomed to as I was only elected to “appease the Boss of New York City political machine”(pg1 Chester Arthur), but being so easy to “appoint political supporters to positions ranging from cabinet secretaries to mail carriers” seemed corrupt. The corrupt nature of the spoils system made it distasteful to the American public. They desired reform, and it only continued to increase “after Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau, was portrayed as a disgruntled office-seeker.” The American public punished the Republicans that still opposed the reform. Many of the Congressmen lost in the congressional mid-term due to the public outcry. This resistance the American public forced on the Stalwarts is the reason I cannot support the Stalwarts cause. The Stalwarts being so few were only fighting for their own selfish needs and political agendas. The merit system, on the other hand, would promote hiring government employees on their abilities to perform and is appealing to Americans. There will be less resistance if I support the Pendleton act. Even many congress members are in a hurry to pass “the Pendleton act in an attempt to more effectively secure their elections”(pg3 content