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com-

Presidential Electors must vote tion of, 56, 59; centralized, 60;

for party candidates, 92; char- Federal, 60
acter and functions of, 121; | Republican Government, defined,
method of choosing, 124; quali- 54; Madison on, 54; constitu-
fications of, 125. See Electoral tional guarantee of, 54, 56, 172
College.

sq.; definition of, 56, 57
Presidential Government

Republican Party, 328
pared with Parliamentary, 95 Requisitions, system of, 7
Presidential Succession Act, 119, Resulting powers, 76, 86
141 sq.

Revolution of 1688, 8; Whig
Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, 318

theory of, 20; rights vindicated
Principles of the Republic, Ch. I.; by, 20, 21; Burke on, 21

the constitutional guarantees Revolution, right of, 11; Locke
the outgrowth of, 43 sq.; refer- on, 15; affirmed in Declara-
ences on, 45, 46

tion of Independence, 33, 34;
Proportional Representation, 126, conditions justifying, 34-35;
128

Bentham on, 35
Public office a public trust, 17 “Riders," Legislative, 295, 302–

305
Q

Rights of Colonies asserted, to

guarantees of the British Con-
Quartering policy of Great Brit- stitution, 3
ain, 1, 2, 5

Rights of Men, 11, 14
Quay, I39

Roberts, Brigham H., case of, 241
Õuorum, struggle over, in the Roosevelt, Theodore, American

House, 260 sqq.; definition of, Ideals, 139; on the Vice-Presi-
260, 262; Speaker Reed's deci- dency, 139, 140
sion on, 262, sqq.; old rule of, Root, Secretary Elihu, 380
262

Rules, House Committee on,
R
252 sq.; discussion of,

and

references on, 254, 255, 256.
Randall, Speaker, 133; resists See Speaker and House of
obstruction, 270

Representatives.
Randolph, C. F., Law and Policy
of Annexation, 89

S
Randolph, Edmund, 114
"Randolph Plan," 94

San Domingo Treaty, 165
Reconstruction Acts, test of, 105- Sayers, Representative, on
106

travagant appropriations, 286
Redistribution of seats, Act for, Schouler, James, History of the
244

United States, 160
Reed, Speaker, 249, 258; quo- Self-Government. See Govern-
rum decision of, 262 sqq.

ment by consent.
Referendum, 58, 111, 343, 344 Senate, French, 196
Reichstag, 244

Senate, United States, federal
Removal, power of, 183 899.

character of, 67, 207; as part of
Representative Democracy, 57, 58 the treaty-making power, 156
Representatives in Congress, who 599.; composition of, 196; presi-

may vote for, 240; qualifica- dent of, 196; permanence of,
tions of, 241; apportionment 197; vacancies in, 198; origin of,
of, 242; ratio to population, 201; equal vs. proportional vote
244; at large, 244; salary of, in, 202 599., 208; undemocrat-
247; tenure of, 248; rotation ic, 207; advantages of equal

in, 248; exempt from arrest, 307 representation in, 209; legis.
Republic, kinds of, 55, 56; defini- lative function of, 210;

ex-

ex-
on

Senate Continued

Spirit of Laws, The, 113
ecutive functions of, 210; execu- Spoils' System," 183
tive session of, 210; judicial Staatenbund, 63
functions of, 211; as an execu- Stamp Act of 1765, 3; enforced
tive council, 213; purposes in by Admiralty Courts, 5; a
creating, 213; and unwritten direct tax without representa-
constitution, 216; candidates' tion, 7; Mr. Lecky on, 8 sq.
methods, 217; cloture in, 218; Standing Army, colonial oppo-
filibustering in, 218; rules of,

sition to, 2
219; courtesy of, 220 sq., Stanwood, History of the Presi.
dignity of, 225; impeachment dency, 135
before, 225-226; permanence of, State constitutions, influence of,
236; stability of, 237; references

United States Constitu-
on, 238

III 599.

tion, 114; origin of, 339; how
Senators, qualifications of, 196; made, 342; method of amend-
chosen by popular vote, 196;

ing, 343
classes of, 197; method of elect- State Courts, judge of national
ing, 214; $99.; references on

law, 331
method of electing, 215, 238; State powers, 81; original, 82,
Oregon plan for choosing, 217; 86; prohibitions on, 85

term of, 234; instruction of, 234 States, government of, 338 599.;
Separation of governmental pow- relative importance of,. 338;
ers, 108 sq.; why established, functions of, 338 899.; limita-

tions on, 340; governmental
Septennial Act,
89

departments of, 341; original
Seven Years' War, result of, in powers of, 342; legislatures
America, I

of, 344; Senators and Repre-
Seward, Secretary, 181, 303

sentatives of, 345 sq.; electoral
Sherman, Roger, idea of Federal districts of, 345; executives, 348;
Executive, 94, 98

Governors'

powers and duties,
Sidgwick, Elements of Politics, 50 348 sq.; Lieutenant-governors,
Sidney, Algernon, opposes abso- 349; judiciary, 350; imposing
lutism, 15

conditions on, 363; violation of
Slaughterhouse Cases, 355, 356

terms of admission, 363
Social compact, theory of, 19 sq. States' Rights in domestic con-
Sovereignty, in Federal govern. cerns, 5; controversy on, 73;

ment, 63, 64; 76; distinguished defined, 341

from supremacy,71; nature of, 72 States' Rights School, 328
Spectator, London, 98; on the "Steering Committee," 292

American President, 109 sq. Stephen, Leslie, History of Eng-
Speaker, of House of Represen- lish Thought, 20

tatives, how chosen, 247; chair- Stevens, Sources of the Constitu-
man Committee on Rules, 252 tion, 147, 181 sq., 191
sq.; vote of, 255; importance of, Stewart, A. T., 221
264;_of English Commons, 264 Strict construction, 74 sq.
sq.; English and American, com- Suffrage, not an inherent right,
pared, 264 sq.; sources of his 22 sq.; regulated by State law,
power, 265 899.; power of ap- 346; tests for, 346; “Grand-
pointment, 265; power of recog- father" clause, 347; and Four-
nition, 267; unwritten law on, teenth Amendment, 347; wom-
268; as a party leader, 269; one-

an's, 347
man power of, 270; limits to Sumner, Charles, on Executive
power of, 270; early Speakers, independence, 102 sq.; on For-
271; Clay, 271; Winthrop, 272; eign Affairs Committee, 157,
Blaine, 272; Giddings on, 272 165, 223; 328

a

on, 6

Supreme Court, in Barron vs. Trade Laws of Britain, as

Baltimore, 79; in Marbury vs. cause of the American Revo-
Madison, 99; in McCulloch lution, 1, 2; enacted for com-
vs. Maryland, 100; decision mercial, not for revenue pur-
binding on the Executive, 103 poses, 7
sq.; on the quorum in the Transportation Act, 6; Burke
House, 263; 301 sq.; size of,
313; sessions of, 314; and Treasury, Secretary of, and House
politics, 327; political oppo- Committees, 282, 283
sition to, 328; and Greenback Treaty Law, scope of, 164, 169;
decisions, 329; and Income abrogation of, 170, 171. See
Tax decisions, 329; weak point Treaty-making power.
in constitution of, 330; how Treaty-making power, 156 sqq.;
cases arise in, 332; references need of unity and harmony in,
on, 337; on citizenship, 353; 158; participation of House
in Slaughterhouse Cases, 355; in, 159; paralysis of, 167;
in Insular Cases, 372 599.;

Senator Lodge on, 167
382 599.

Twelfth Amendment, 117, 119
Suspension of Colonial Legisla- Tyler, President, Bank veto, 102;
tures, 5

138; use of veto, 152; 234
“Sweeping Clause" of Constitu- Tyranny. See Despotism.
tion, 74

Tyrant, 48

T

U

Unconstitutional Act, status of,

320
Unwritten Constitution, 86, 87,

88, 91, 92; laws of, in America,

92-93; 122, 268, 380
Utah, admission of, 363

V

Taney, Chief Justice, on Merry-

man Case, 179; 353, 354
Tariff of Abominations, 234
Taxation, without representa-

tion, 7; the old constitutional
system of, 7; American conten-
tion confirmed by English pre-
cedents, 8-9; Continental Con-
gress on, 9; American maxim

on, deduced from experience, 10
Tenth Amendment, 74
Tenure of Office Act, 106, 187;

Veto, Executive, 144_s99.; in

unconstitutionality of, 188
Territories, delegates in Congress,

245; admission of, to Statehood,
358 sqq.; anticipate Statehood,
360; how made into States,
362; conditions inposed, 363;
taxation in, 364; reference on,

386
Texas vs. White, 73
Thayer's Cases, 180
Theocracy, 51
“Third House," 309, 310
Thirteenth Amendment, 154, 382
Three-fifths compromise, 204
Tiedemann, Unwritten 'Constitu-

tion, 87; on distribution of
powers, 88
Tilden, S. J., 131, 133, 135

the Colonies, 147; Royal use
of, 147, 148; and the Judi-
ciary, 148; how used by the
Presidents, 149; written con-
stitutions and, 150; Bryce on,
150; decline of, in England,
151; Whig opposition to, 151;
Clay opposes growth of, 151,
152; proposals to limit, 153;
constitutional amendment and,
154; may the President recall
156; Senate and, 212; 297; of a

section of a bill, 306
Vice-President, final choice of,

118; functions of, 137; suc-
ceeding to the presidency, 138;

141, 264
Von Holst, Constitutional Law,

169, 363

185, 187; in Tyler's Cabinet,

193; 201

West, H. L., on growing powers
Wade, Senator, 146; on impeach- of President, 187

ment of Johnson, 197; 303 Wharton, State Trials, 228
Wade-Davis plan of Recon. Whigs, 138; opposition to the
struction, 146

veto, 153
Walpole, 111, 112

Whip, in English Commons, 265,
War for the Union, national 293
character of, 69

White, Justice, 368; in Insular
War Power of the President, Cases,

378
143, 336

White, William Allen, on Presi-
Washburn, C. C., on Alaskan dent Cleveland, 187
Treaty, 162

Willoughby, W. W., Theory of
Washington, President, use of the State, 63, 65, 66

veto, 149; in treaty-making, Wilson, James, 114, 120, 123, 135,
156; on Jay's Treaty, 159, 148; on basis of the Senate, 204
161; 192, 222

Wilson, Woodrow, on Congres-
Ways and Means Committee, sional Committees, 290, 291
283. See Committees.

Winthrop, Speaker, 272
Webster, on concurrent supreme Worcester vs. Georgia, 105

powers, 72; on Executive inde- Written Constitution defined, 90,
pendence, 103, 104, 105, 108; 91, 92

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