Since 1884, and until to 1920, the political patronage in public employee's appointments was a main issue in Chilean political discussions. Not only politicians, but also the academia had focused in this topic, and had tried to present some solutions in order to correct the patronage evil. This paper studies a number of academic proposals in order to response questions such as: which kind of employees must have to be appointed in public administration, how select them, and how let them to develop careers in their jobs.