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Departments, heads of should
have seats in Congress, 226-
232.

Depositories, national, 475-476.
Des Moines Plan of Government,
356.

De Tocqueville, Alexis, 111.
Dewey, D. R., 448.

Direct legislation, value of, 303-
305, 309.

Dodd, W. F., 265, 295.
Dougherty, J. H., 184.
Durand, E. D., 349.

Election of judges, 312-314.
Election of senators, attempts to
change, 156-160; advantages of
popular, 160-162.
Elections, multiplicity of, 273-
275; primary, 378-384; reform
of 507-512; regulation of_in
Connecticut, 513-517; in Los
Angeles, 526; in Oregon, 118-

124.

Elective officers, reduction of, 386–
391, 507-509; recall system for,
526.

Electoral system, defects in, 184-

191.

Electors, presidential, district sys-

tem of choosing, 188; evils of
the general ticket system of
choosing, 189-191.

Executive supremacy, federal,
causes of, 196-200; significance
of, 200-202.
Extradition, 92–94.

Fairlie, J. A., 202, 211, 232, 452.
Federalism, present day, 77, 80.
Federalist, The, 171, 243.
Federalists, urge the adoption of
the Constitution, 46-50.
Filibuster, 137, 167.

Finance, defects in congressional,
435-440; municipal, 452-455.
Folk, J. W., 126.

Forest service, 407-408.

Fourteenth Amendment, 95, 96,
101, 113, 116.

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Gage, L., 464.

Garner, J. W., 303, 328.
Gerry, E., 222.

Gibbon vs. Ogden, 483.
Government, distinguished from
state, 7; special training re-
quired for, 305, 310; by igno-
rant, danger of, 310; proper
sphere of, 396-397; essential
and non-essential functions of,
397-402.

Government ownership, 409-410.
Governors, State, extension of
powers of, 263; administrative
powers of, 266; legislative
powers of, 266-268, 274; com-
pared to the President, 271-
272; general powers of, 273.

Habeas Corpus, writ of, origin,

105-109; Act of 1679, 109-110.
Hamilton, A., 39, 41, 44, 46, 243.
Harlan, J. M., 68.
Hart, M. K., 27.

Haynes, G. H., 118, 156.
Heads of Departments, federal,
president's control over, 207-
210; powers of, 215-218; ad-
mission to congress proposed in
Washington's administration,

219-222; admission to Congress
advocated, 226–231.

Hepburn Act, 486.
Herbert, H. A., 149.
Hinds, A. C., 129.
Hinsdale, M. L., 218.
Home Rule, municipal, develop-
ment of, 336-342; vs. State
control, 343; constitutional
provision for, in California, 339,

in Missouri, 339, in New York,
342; advantages of, 344-349;
law providing for in Iowa, 356.
House of Commons, 149.
House of Representatives, debate
in, 129-131, 144; rules of, 136-
144; committe s of, 145-148;
compared to House of Commons,
149-154.

Hughes, C. E., 26, 30.

Implied powers, doctrine of, 55.
Income tax, 433.

Income tax amendment, 434.
Incorporation, federal act for op-
posed, 78, 79; federal, recom-
mended, 500-501.

Independent Treasury, evils of,
465, 466-469, 475.
Initiative and Referendum, de-
velopment of, 295-296; in Ore-
gon, 120-123, 296-298; results
of in Oregon, 298-303; failure
of, 305-308; limitations of, 309.
Interstate commerce, limited view

of, 77-81, 89-91; broad view of,
82-88; power to regulate, 483-
485, 492-497, 499.

Interstate Commerce Act of 1906,
486.

Interstate Commerce Commission,
enlarged, 490; appeals from,
497-498.

Immunity laws, 519.

Jefferson, T., 232.

Judges, federal, term of, 243; du-
ties of, 245-246; character of,
247-250.

Judges, State, appointment of,
311; evils of election of, 312-
314; term of, 315-316; power
of in criminal trials, 332.
Judiciary, power of to interpret
the Constitution, in the United
States, 62; on the Continent,
63; character of, 243, 244.
Jurors, selection of, 316, 317; in-
struction of, 318.

Jury duty, desertion of, 321-323.

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McClain, E., 255, 316.
McConachie, L. G., 145, 223.
McCulloh vs. Maryland, 55, 72.
McGovern, F. E., 518.
Madison, James, 39, 219, 221.
Magna Charta, 10.
Maine, Henry, 112.
Maltbie, M. R., 344.
Marbury vs. Madison, 250.
Marshall, J., 55, 72, 250, 483.
Martin, J., 402.

Mayor government, development
of, 349; limitations of, 352-353;
failure of, in New York, 354, in

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, 441.
Pendleton Report, 226, 230.
Platform, party, 119, 381-383.
Political corruption, repression of,

518-525.

Politician, the, methods of, 376,
386-388, 504.

President, may sit in Senate, 177;
recent growth in power of, 196-
202; power of removal of, 203-
207; power of direction of, 207-
210.
Presidential government, 193, 196.
Primary elections, in Oregon, 118;

legislation on, 378-384; limita-
tions of, 507, 512; cost of, 511.
Public Service Commissions, 275,
278, 280.

Public Service corporations, mo-
nopolistic character of, 276-280.
Public utilities, ownership of,
409-410, 459-462; corruption
in, 504, 505.

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Scruggs, W. L., 95, 113.

Secretary of the Treasury, reports
to Congress, 219, 220; presence
in Congress opposed by Madison,
221; favored by Gerry, 222.
Self-government, meaning of, 17-
19; how acquired, 19-21.
Seligman, E. R., 411, 428.
Senate, committees of, 162-166;
freedom of, debate in, 167-169;
power of over money bills, 172,
173, 181; control of appoint-
ments, 173-175, 178-180; treaty-
making power of, 175-177, 180-
181; growth of power of, 182-
183.

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Senators, federal, legislative elec-
tion of opposed, 156-160;
vantages of popular election of,
160-162; election of in Oregon,
299, 302.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 490, 494.
Slaughter House Case, 98, 102.
Socialism, tendency toward, 399,
401; growth of in the United
States, 402-410.

Society, distinguished from the
state, 7.

Sovereignty, definition of, 6-7.
Speaker of the House of Repre-

sentatives, control of debate by,
129-130; character of, 131; ap-
pointment of committees by,
132, 133; and the committee on
rules, 133, 143; powers of legiti-
mate, 134-136, 142.
State constitutions, history of,
261-265; recent, 265–270.
State, definition of, 3-5; sphere of
action of, 397-398.

State regulation of public utili-

ties, 276-280; of industry, 398-
401.

States Rights, 77; danger of pres-
ent, 84-86.

State sovereignty, 89.
Strict construction, 65.
Suffrage, danger of extension of,
111-113; under the 14th and
15th amendments, 113-115, 116–
118; in the Southern States,
115-116; the Supreme Court on,
116-118.

Supreme Court, attitude of, to-
ward the Constitution, 67-68;
toward the rights of citizenship,
100-104; toward the suffrage,
116-118; toward trusts, 493,
496.

Taft, W. H., 497.

Taney, R. B., 69, 104.

Tariff Act of 1909, 441-448.
Tariff, maximum and minimum,
446, 447; Philippine, 447.
Taussig, F. W., 419.

Taxation of corporations, 426; ad-
vantages of, 427; methods of as-
sessing, 428-433.

Taxation of franchises, 456–459.
Taxation of incomes, 433-434.
Taxation of property, lack of uni-
formity in, 411; evasion of, 413;
dishonesty in, 415; regressive
forms of, 416; double, 417.
Taxation of securities, methods of,
419-420; exemption from, 421,
426-427; evasion of, 420; rates
of excessive, 423-426.
Taxes, basis of, 421-422.
Tenure of Office Act, 204, 205.
Treasury Department, organiza-
tion of, 207, 219.

Treasury, United States, policy of,
464-466.

Treaties, 175-177, 180, 181.
Trusts, prohibition of, 490–492;
Chicago conference on, 492, 493.

U'Ren, W. S., 298.

Verdict of jury, can be set aside,

319; character of, 323-324; evils
of unanimous, in civil trials,
325-328.

Veto, governor's power of, 267-
268; under the initiative and
referendum, 297.

Vote, the intelligent, 126; the
blind, 384-388; the independent,

390.

Voters, education of, 118-126.

Ways and Means, committee of,
223, 435.

Wilcox, D. F., 361, 456.
Williams, T., 492.

Willoughby, W. W., 111, 397.
Wilson, W., 9, 19, 89, 369.
Wise, J. S., 92, 97, 116, 483.
Woodburn, J. A., 192.

Young, J. T., 196.

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