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Naval academy, p. 349.

Navy, pp. 346 ff.; department of, 348.
Nebraska, popular election of Senators,

p. 242; suffrage, pp. 453, 455; resi-
dence requirement for voters, p. 454;
amendment process, pp. 458 f.; local
initiative and referendum, p. 465;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
impeachment process, p. 509; removal
process, p. 510; pay and terms of
legislators, p. 527; legislative reference,
p. 545; initiative and referendum for
cities, p. 597; ballot law, p. 581;
primary law, p. 694; state debt, 707;
railroad rate law, p. 727; control of
corporations, p. 726; labor law, p. 734;
education, p. 747.

Negro suffrage, pp. 84 ff., 426, 455.
Nevada, popular election of Senators, p.
242; term and salary of governor, p.
491; pay and term of legislators, p.
527; ballot law, p. 680.
New Hampshire, colonial government,
pp. 3-20 passim; formation of state
government, pp. 28, 30; suffrage, pp.
80 ff.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; ballot law, p. 681.
New Jersey, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 23-33 passim; formation of
state government, p. 31; suffrage and
qualifications for office, pp. 80 ff.;
amending process, p. 458 f.; term and
salary of governor, p. 491; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 679; primary law, p. 694.
Newlands act, p. 408.

New Mexico, p. 420.

New Orleans, council, p. 585; education
expenditure, p. 624; percentage own-
ing homes, p. 633.

New York City, pp. 578-637 passim.
New York (state), colonial government
in, pp. 3-20 passim; part in Revolu-
tion, pp. 22-33 passim; formation of
state government, p. 31; suffrage and
qualifications for office, pp. 80 ff.;
governor in, p. 88; elective offices in,
pp. 89 ff.; suffrage, p. 453; amend-
ment system, p. 459; salary and term
of governor, p. 491; power of governor,
pp. 495 ff.; special session, p. 497;
state administration, p. 501; civil
service, pp. 511 ff.; legislature of, pp.

518-545 passim; anti-lobby law, p.
543; party organization, pp. 657 ff.;
ballot, p. 681; primary law, pp. 686 ff.;
taxation in, pp. 715 ff.; control of
corporations, pp. 725 ff.; labor legis-
lation, pp. 733 ff.; public health, p.
743; education, p. 748.
Nominations, early methods, pp. 126 ff.;
direct, pp. 658 ff. See respective
offices, President, Senator, etc.
Non-partisanship, pp. 703 ff.
North Carolina, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; suffrage and qualifi-
cations for office, pp. 80 ff.; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 681.

North Dakota, popular election of Sena-
tors, p. 242; suffrage, p. 453; salary
and term of governor, p. 491; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; initiative
and referendum for cities, p. 597;
commission government, p. 599; bal-
lot law, p. 681; primary law, p. 694.
Notification speech, p. 172.

Officers, army and navy, appointment of,
p. 350; elective, pp. 89, 470; federal,
pp. 189 ff.; state, pp. 499 ff.
Ohio, suffrage in, p. 85; elective offices in,
p. 93; popular election of Senators,
p. 242; admission of, p. 444; residence
qualification for voters, p. 454; amend-
ment process, pp. 458 ff.; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; character
of legislature, p. 526; pay and term
of legislators, p. 527; ballot in, p. 681;
primary law, p. 694; accounting law,
pp. 655, 713; debt limit, p. 707; uni-
formity in taxation, p. 707.

Oklahoma, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; bill of rights, pp. 484 ff.; suf-
frage, p. 453; initiative and referen-
dum, pp. 460 ff.; term and salary of
governor, p. 491; pay and term of legis-
lators, p. 527; constitutional provision
for cities, p. 583; initiative and referen-
dum for cities, p. 597; commission gov-
ernment in, p. 599; ballot in, p. 680;
primary law, p. 694; law relative to
corporations and labor, pp. 727 f.
Order of business in House of Representa-
tives, pp. 284 ff.

Oregon, popular election of Senators, p.

243; suffrage, pp. 453, 455; initiative

and referendum, pp. 460 ff.; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; state admin-
istration, p. 504; removal and recall,
pp. 510 f.; pay and terms of legislators,
p. 527; legislative reference, p. 545;
limitations in behalf of cities, p. 583;
initiative and referendum for cities, p.
597; ballot law, p. 680; primary law,
pp. 686, 694, 697.
Overcrowding, in cities, p. 631.

Panama, pp. 425 f.

Parcels post, p. 397.

Pardon, President's power of, p. 198;
governor's, p. 498.

Parks, municipal, pp. 627 ff.
Parliamentary government, pp. 211 ff.
Parties, political, relation to government,
pp. 73, 99 ff., 206; origin of, pp. 103 ff.;
national organization, pp. 166 ff.;
state organization, pp. 657 ff.; abuses
and perversions, pp. 133, 139, 146, 477,
668; regulation of, pp. 672 ff. See
President, Congress, etc.
Patents, pp. 259 f.

Patronage, federal, pp. 190 ff.; p. 207.
Pennsylvania, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 23-33 passim; formation of
state government, pp. 31, 32; suffrage
and qualifications for office, pp. 80 ff.;
governor in, p. 87; suffrage, p. 455;
amendment process, pp. 458 f.; salary
and term of governor, p. 491; board
of pardons, p. 498; pay and terms of
legislators, p. 527; special and local
legislation, p. 581; ballot, p. 681;
primary law, p. 695; uniformity in
taxation, p. 707.
Pensions, military, p. 354.
Petition, nomination by, p. 598; right
of, p. 149.

Philadelphia, position, under state con-
stitution, p. 581; council, p. 585;
mayor's veto power, p. 591; civil ser-
vice, p. 597; children's courts, p. 612;
education, pp. 624 ff.; percentage
owning homes, p. 633; gas works
scandal, p. 636.

Philippine Islands, pp. 423 ff.

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Politics, world, pp. 330 ff.
Police, state, p. 607 and note 1; power, pp.
432, 440; city, pp. 607 ff.; corruption,
p. 671.

Popular election of Senators, pp. 242 ff.
Populists, p. 122.

Portland, Oregon, referendum in, pp.
473 f.

Porto Rico, government of, pp. 422 f.
Postage rates, pp. 395 f.

Postal savings banks, pp. 123, 398.
Postmaster-General, p. 399.
Post-office service, pp. 394 ff.; receipts
and expenditures, p. 395; department,
pp. 218, 222, 399.

Powers, separation of, pp. 152 ff.
President, origin of office, p. 53; nomi-
nation and election of, pp. 170 ff.;
powers of, pp. 187 ff.; director of the
administration, p. 187; powers of
appointment and removal, p. 189; war
powers, pp. 194, 344; and foreign
affairs, p. 196; and Congress, pp.
194, 208, 212; message, p. 199; veto,
p. 201; salary, p. 205; as party leader,
p. 206; pardon, p. 198; foreign affairs,

p. 315.

Presidency, succession to, p. 184 note.
Press, freedom of, p. 148.

Primary legislation, pp. 143 ff., 685 ff.;
for cities, pp. 598, 601; complexity of,
p. 472; direct, arguments on, pp. 693
ff. See Nominations.
Primogeniture, p. 723.
Private rights, under federal Constitution,
pp. 146 ff.

Privileges and immunities of citizens, pp.
157 f., 436 ff.

Probate courts, p. 548.

Procedure, civil, pp. 563 ff.; criminal,
p. 571.

Procedure, in Congress, pp. 267 ff.; in
state legislatures, pp. 536 ff.
Prohibition laws, pp. 433, 752.
Prohibitionists, pp. 119 ff.
Property, the basis of government, pp.
46 ff.; private, p. 151; protection of,
p. 164; law of, pp. 557 ff.
Proprietary colonies, p. 6.
Prosecution of criminals, p. 644.

Platform, national, preparation of, p. Puritans, p. 18.

170; state, pp. 690, 700.

Platt amendment, p. 427.

Political theory, p. 17.
Politics. See Party.

Qualifications, on suffrage, pp. 79 ff.,
ff.; for officers, pp. 81 ff.
Quorum in Congress, pp. 273, 275.

453

Railroads, federal regulation of, pp. 380 | Saloon in politics, p. 671.

ff.; state regulation, pp. 407, 440, 727 ff.
Rebates, p. 381.

Recall, general, p. 511; in cities, pp. 597,
601.

Reclamation work, p. 408.

Reconstruction in the South, p. 117.
Recorder, county, p. 648.
Recreation, in cities, p. 628.
Reference bureaus, p. 544.
Referendum. See Initiative.
Registration of voters, p. 673.
Registry mail service, p. 395.
Religion, freedom of, p. 148.
Removal, power of, in colonial times,
p. 4; President's power, p. 193; in
state governments, pp. 508 ff.
Rendition, interstate, p. 159.
Representatives, House of, gerrymander,
p. 236; term of members, p. 237;
elections to, p. 238; contested elections,
p. 238; quorum in, 247; at work, pp.
267 ff. See Congress.
Republicans (Jeffersonian), p. 106.
Republican party, origin of, pp. 114 ff.;
first national convention, p. 115;
first national campaign, p. 115; first
state ticket, p. 114; campaign of 1860,
p. 116; reconstruction of, pp. 116 f.;
platform of 1908, p. 123; tariff, p. 391.
Residence requirement for voting, p. 454.
Responsibility, official, pp. 90 ff.
Revenue. See Finance.
Revision of laws, p. 545.
Revolution, the American, pp. 21 ff.
Rhode Island, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; veto power in, p. 6
note; part in Revolution, pp. 23-33
passim; formation of state govern-
ment, p. 31; salary and term of gov-
ernor, p. 491; pay and term of legis-
lators, p. 527; ballot in, p. 681.
"Riders," to bills, p. 202.

River and harbor improvements, pp.
415 f.

Robbery, p. 569.

Rules of House of Representatives, pp.
272 ff.; Senate, 275; committee on,
pp. 283-287.

Rural free delivery, p. 397.

St. Louis, charter, p. 583; council, p.
585; children's court, p. 612; edu-
cation expenditure, p. 624.
Salary. See the several offices.

Samoa, p. 426 note 2.

San Francisco, charter, p. 583; council,
p. 585; mayor, p. 591; civil service,
p. 597; budget, p. 604; percentage
owning homes, p. 633.

Santo Domingo affair, p. 197.
Second-class mail, p. 396.

Secretaries, federal, pp. 215 ff.; salaries
of, p. 221 note; commonwealth, p.
499. See the several federal functions,
Commerce, Post-office, War, Foreign
affairs, etc.

Sedition Act, p. 107.
Selectmen, town, p. 650.

Senate, United States, patronage, pp. 189
ff.; representation in, pp. 239 f. ; quali-
fications of Senators, p. 240; election of
Senators, pp. 120, 125, 241 ff.; dead-
locks, p. 241; term, p. 244; compared
with House pp. 249 ff.; and appropria-
tions, pp. 251, 362.
Senate, state, p. 519.
Senatorial courtesy, p. 191.

Separation of powers, criticism of, p. 155;
defence of, p. 155.

Sessions, special, of Congress, p. 249;
state legislature, p. 528.

Sheriff, p. 645.

Sherman anti-trust act, p. 384.
Silver certificates, p. 376.

Silver, free coinage of, p. 122; purchase
of, p. 376.

Single tax, p. 632.

Slavery, abolition of, pp. 67 ff.
Socialism, p. 733.

Socialist labor party, p. 120.
Socialist party, p. 121.
Soil, conservation of, pp. 407 ff.
South Carolina, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; formation of state
government, p. 30; suffrage and
qualifications for office, pp. 80 ff.;
popular election of Senators, p. 242;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
pay and term of legislators, p. 527;
ballot law, p. 679; primary law, p. 694.
South Dakota, popular election of Sena-
tors, p. 694; suffrage in, p. 453; initia-
tive and referendum, pp. 463, 469;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
term and pay of legislators, p. 527;
initiative and referendum for cities, p.
597; commission government, p. 599;
ballot law, p. 681; primary law, p. 694.

Speaker, of House of Representatives, | Town government, pp. 649 ff.

pp. 73 f., 269, 280 ff.; in state legisla-

ture, p. 533.

Special legislation for cities, pp. 581 ff.
Special sessions, of Congress, p. 249;
of state legislature, p. 496.
Speech, freedom of, p. 148.
Spoils system, pp. 139 f., 668.
Standards, bureau of, p. 259.

State, federal department of, pp. 221,
315 ff.

States, origins of, pp. 2 ff.; establishment
of, pp. 28 ff. See Constitution, State.
Streets, municipal, pp. 616 ff.
Strict construction, p. 255.
Suffrage, colonial, pp. 8 ff.; negro, pp. 70,
426; early laws on, p. 79; federal
limitations, p. 163; present conditions
of, p. 453; woman's, pp. 453 f., 464.
Supreme Court. See Judiciary.

Tammany Hall, origin and development
of, pp. 135 ff.; organization, pp. 661 ff.
Tariff, protective, pp. 116, 117, 118, 123;
bills, pp. 361, 390.

Taxation. See Finance.

Temperance legislation, p. 752.

Town meeting, pp. 650 ff.

Township government, pp. 649 ff.
Treason, p. 149.

Treasurer, state, pp. 483, 493, 500;
county, p. 646.

Treasury, federal department of, pp. 188,
210, 221, 373, 377 f.

Treaties, power over, pp. 196 ff., 325 ff.;
negotiation of, pp. 327 ff.
Trustee, township, p. 652.

Trusts, federal regulation of, pp. 383 ff.;
state regulation of, pp. 724 ff.
Tutuila, p. 425.
Two-thirds rule, p. 172.

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P. 744.

Tennessee, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; suffrage, p. 455; amendment
process, p. 458; term and salary of
governor, p. 491; term and pay of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and refer-
endum for cities, p. 597; commission
government in, p. 599; ballot law, p.
680; primary law, p. 694.

Tenure of Office Act (1820), p. 154;
(1867), p. 193.

Territories, government of, pp. 263, 417
ff.; powers of Congress in, pp. 418 f.;
federal policy in, pp. 419 f.
Texas, popular election of Senators, p.
242; admission to the Union, p. 443;
amendment process, p. 458; term and
salary of governor, p. 491; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; initiative
and referendum for cities, 597; com-
mission government in p. 599; ballot
in, p. 681; primary law, p. 694 note.
Third term doctrine, p. 184.
Thirteenth Amendment, p. 208.
Timber lands, pp. 403 f.

Tonnage tax, p. 430.

Torts, p. 558.

ment process, p. 458; term and salary
of governor, p. 491; gerrymander in,
p. 521; character of legislature, p. 525;
pay and term of legislators, p. 527;
judiciary, p. 551; ballot law, p. 681.
Veto, colonial, pp. 5; President's, pp. 201
ff.; governor's, pp. 87, 498; mayor's,

p. 591.
Vice-President, nomination of, pp. 172,
180; salary of, p. 205.
Village government, p. 653.
Virginia, colonial government in, pp. 3-20
passim; part in the Revolution, pp.
22-33 passim; formation of state
government, p. 31; suffrage and
qualifications for office, pp. 80 ff.;
early election of governor, p. 88;
constitutions of, p. 98; suffrage in,
p. 457; amending process, pp. 458 ff.;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
pay and term of legislators, p. 527;
local government, p. 653; ballot law,
p. 680; primary law, p. 694; auditing
committee, p. 713.

Volunteers, army, p. 344.
Vote, percentage, exercising right to,
pp. 467, 476; party, p. 487.

Voters' League, Chicago, p. 704.

War, powers of President and Congress,
pp. 194 ff., 257; department, pp. 221,
347 ff.; cost of, p. 355.
War college, p. 350 note 1.
Ward politics, pp. 663 ff.
Warfare, conduct of, p. 350.
Washington (state), popular election of
Senators, p. 242; suffrage, p. 453;
amendment process, p. 459; term and
salary of governor, p. 491; term and
pay of legislators, p. 527; initiative
and referendum for cities, p. 597; ballot
law, p. 681; primary law, p. 694.
Water power, conservation and use of,
pp. 413 f.

Waterways, pp. 415 f.; commission,
p. 406.

Waterworks, municipal, p. 620.

Ways and means committee, in Congress,
p. 363.

Weights and measures, pp. 258, 259.
West Point, p. 349.

West Virgina, amendment process, pp.
458 f.; term and salary of governor,

p. 491; term and pay of legislators, p.

527; uniformity in taxation, p. 708;
ballot law, p. 682.

Whigs, pp. 121, 131, 132.
Wilson bill, p. 391.

Wisconsin, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; forestry service, p. 413; suf-
frage, pp. 453, 455; amendment process,
pp. 458 f.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; legislative output, p. 541;
legislative reference work, p. 544;
state revisor, p. 545; anti-lobby law,
p. 544; commission government, p.
599; ballot law, p. 681; primary law,
pp. 688 ff.; state committee, p. 690;
state platforms, p. 690; county com-
mittee, p. 692; valuation of railways,
p. 729.

Woman suffrage, pp. 453 ff., 464;
legal rights, p. 89; labor of, regulated,

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