Their pattern all along has been to promote a council colleague in order to protect party patronage and power.

Major reduction in party patronage (1975-1980s)

A prime source of party patronage, the board employs about 55 Democrats.

Hayes had moved away from party patronage by offering government jobs to Southern Democrats instead of Northern Republicans.

But party patronage as much as philosophy appeared to be the dominant rank-and-file anxiety before the two-day plenum meeting.

It also administers party patronage.

Lloyd served as clerk when party patronage was still widely practiced in California government.

He distrusted reformers as busybodies who were interfering with party patronage.

Mr. Tananka influenced the selection of the next three Prime Ministers and controlled party patronage.

Party entrepreneurs were often newspaper editors and postmasters, and postmasterships quickly became a staple of party patronage.