The best method for selecting public servants is the merit system.

Maybe we should grandfather that sort of merit system into mainstream TV right now.

Explain what is meant by the " merit system" in the civil service.

The backbone of the merit system was the competitive examination.

A law was passed establishing a Commission which was to introduce the merit system.

The merit system is an attempt to secure efficiency without recognizing friendship or fear.

Ought the merit system in your state to be extended?

Whatever its defects, the merit system is certainly to be preferred to the spoils system.

President Cleveland had taken the first step toward introducing the merit system in the foreign service.

The merit system has long been recognized as the correct basis for employment in our, civil service.

Head teachers of faith-based schools in Fiji will continue to be appointed under the government's open merit system.

And as in the case of the National government, this evil has been attacked primarily through the merit system.

The merit system of making appointments is in its essence as democratic and American as the common school system itself.

This merit system is in operation to-day and is a most excellent thing, only becoming dangerous when extended too far.

The President and the Senate likewise choose consular officers, but from lists of persons who have qualified under the merit system.

Gratifying progress has been made during the year in the extension of the merit system of making appointments in the Government service.