The first bill advancing this cause banned (*)  alcoholics.
Magazine editors Edwin L. Godkin and George William Curtis were both leaders of a league devoted to this cause. Dorman Bridgman Eaton studied Great Britain to draft the first national legislation passed supporting this cause. The 1912 LloydÂ–La Follette Act further strengthened this platform by requiring just cause in removals. A 1978 act named for this cause created the OPM, an institution that was hacked in 2015. The first bill advancing this cause banned (*)  alcoholics. It was supported by James G. Blaine and the Half Breeds but opposed by Charles Guiteau, assassin of James Garfield. For 10 points, name this cause partially achieved with the passage of the 1883 Pendleton Act, ending the spoils system.
Magazine editors Edwin L. Godkin and George William Curtis were both leaders of a league devoted to this cause.
civil service reform  [accept  ending the spoils  system before the end]