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One of the slight variances between the Stalwarts and their fellow Republicans the Half-Breeds is that the Half-Breeds, partly out of frustration with the Civil War sainthood of Grant, were clean-shirt guys more interested in stumping for mild civil service reform--a platform whose merit would make for a less stirring campaign song. A bureaucrat should pass a test, hurrah, hurrah!