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NOTE. For additional references to states and cities, consult the several func-
tions of government, for example, finance, judiciary, etc.

Acceptance speech, p. 172.
Accessory to crime, p. 570.
Administration, national, pp. 215 ff.;
state, pp. 492 ff.; municipal, pp. 593
ff.; centralization of, p. 654.
Advisory initiative, p. 464.
Agriculture, department of, pp. 222, 408.
Alabama, constitutions of, p. 97; popu-
lar election of Senators, p. 242; suf-
frage, pp. 454 f.; amendment process,
p. 458 f.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; ballot, p. 681; primary law,
p. 694.

Alaska, p. 425.

Alien act, p. 107.

Aliens, admitted to suffrage, p. 454.
Ambassadors, appointment of, pp. 196,
317 ff.; functions of, p. 319; immuni-
ties of, p. 319.

ff.;

Amendment clause, of federal Constitu-
tion, pp. 56, 60 ff.
Amendment, Thirteenth, pp. 68
Fourteenth, pp. 69 ff., 436 ff.; pro-
posed Sixteenth, p. 71.
Amendment process in state constitu-
tions, evolution of, pp. 96 ff.; charac-
ter of, pp. 458 ff.

Amendments, to federal Constitution,
adoption of, pp. 63 ff., 201 note.
American republics, bureau of, p. 222.
Annapolis, convention of (1786), p. 43.
Anti-federalists, pp. 106 ff.
Anti-lobby legislation, pp. 543 f.
Anti-masons, p. 131.
Anti-trust Act (1890), p. 383.
Appeals, in colonial courts, p. 13; in
civil cases, p. 566; in criminal cases,
p. 576.

Appointment, to office, pp. 89 ff.; federal,
p. 216; state, pp. 494, 508, 511; city,
p. 592.

Appropriations, federal, pp. 365 ff.;
state, pp. 508 ff.

Arbitration, international, pp. 339 ff.;
labor and capital, p. 741.
Arizona, p. 420.

Arkansas, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; suffrage, p. 455; amendment
process, p. 458; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; ballot law, p. 680;
primary law, p. 694.

Army, United States, pp. 342 ff.
Arrest, warrant for, p. 571.
Articles of Confederation, failure of,
pp. 28, 36 ff.

Assessments, state and local, p. 714.
Assessor, county, p. 647.
Attainder, bill of, p. 434.
Attorney-general, federal, pp. 189, 198,
204, 210, 219, 221, 300; state, pp. 483,
501.

Attorney, prosecuting, pp. 549, 572, 643.
Auditor, state, pp. 483, 500; county,
p. 647.

Australian ballot, pp. 675 ff.

Ballot, popular control through, pp.
469 ff.; Australian, p. 675; Massachu-
setts, p. 677; party column, p. 678.
Banks, national, p. 377.

Banking associations, p. 376.
Banking (state), supervision of, p. 731.
Bankruptcy, p. 259.

Baths, municipal, p. 630.

Bicameral legislature, pp. 53 ff., 505, 519.
Bill of attainder, p. 434.
Bill of credit, pp. 40, 375.

Bill of rights, federal, p. 147 ff.; state,

p. 447.

Bills, introduction of, into Congress,
p. 271; drafting of, p. 497; in state
legislature, pp. 537, 542, 545.

Apportionment, for state legislatures, Board of estimate and apportionment

p. 520.

in Nt. York City, p. 595.

Board system in cities, pp. 593 ff.
Boards, county, p. 640.

Boston, council, p. 585; mayor, p. 591;
budget, pp. 592, 604; civil service, p.
602; charter revision of 1909, p. 602;
street paving, p. 616; education ex-
penditure, p. 624; libraries, p. 626;
parks, p. 627; percentage owning
homes, p. 633; "1915 movement,"
p. 634 note.

Bribery in elections, p. 671.

p. 585; mayor, p. 591; civil service,
p. 597; children's courts, p. 612; hous-
ing, p. 615; street railway mileage,
p. 619; transportation, p. 619; edu-
cation expenditures, p. 624; public
lecture system, p. 626; libraries, p.
627; parks and playgrounds, pp. 628
ff.; percentage owning homes, p. 633;
voters' league, p. 704.

Child labor, p. 734.

Chinese exclusion, pp. 120, 122, 387.

Budget, city, preparation of, pp. 604 ff.; Chisholm v. Georgia, pp. 65, 76.

state, pp. 708 ff.

Business taxes, p. 717.

Cabinet, appointment of, pp. 185, 190;
character of, pp. 219 ff.; proposed
f.

state, pp. 504

Calendar Wednesday, p. 290.
California, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; prosecution by information in,
p.

439; constitution of, p. 446;
residence qualification for voters, p.
454; educational test for voters, p.
455; amending process, p. 459; term
and salary of governor, p. 491; new
state offices in, p. 508; pay and terms
of legislators, p. 527; legislative refer-
ence, p. 545; code in, p. 556; con-
stitutional provisions for cities, p. 583;
initiative and referendum for cities,
p. 597; commission government in, p.
599; ballot in, p. 681; primary law,
694; land law, p. 723.
Campaign, national, pp. 174 ff.; contri-
butions by corporations, p. 176 note;
character of contributions, p. 669;
expenses regulated, p. 701.
Candidates, presidential, tours by, p.

178; assessment of, p. 668. See
Convention and Primary.
Capital punishment, pp. 575 f.
Caucus, legislative, p. 128; congressional
nominating, p. 129; congressional,
p. 268; in state legislature, p. 533.
Centralization, federal, p. 386.
Chairman. See Committee, national;
state, p. 657.
Chancellor, p. 4.

Chancery courts, p. 548.
Charities, public, p. 745.
Charter-making for cities, pp. 581 ff.
Chicago, elections in, p. 471; percentage
of foreign-born inhabitants, p. 578;
charter revision, p. 584; council,

Circuit court. See Judiciary, federal.
Citizens, rights of, in war time, p. 352.
Citizens Union of New York, pp. 546, 704.
Citizenship, p. 160.

City government, elective offices in, p.
481; difficulties of, p. 578; and the
state legislature, p. 579; home rule, p.
579; special legislation for, pp. 580 ff.;
classification of cities, p. 582; charter-
making and amendment, pp. 682 ff.;
council, pp. 584 ff.; taxation, p. 589;
franchises, p. 590; mayor, pp. 591 ff.;
finances, pp. 591 f., 603 ff.; adminis-
tration, p. 593; departments of, p. 595;
civil service, p. 596; suffrage, p. 597;
initiative and referendum, p. 597; re-
call, p. 597; party nominations, p. 598;
commission government, pp. 598 ff.;
budget, pp. 604 ff.; police, pp. 607 ff.;
courts, pp. 611 ff.; health, tenement, and
fire departments, pp. 614 ff.; streets,
pp. 616 ff.; transportation, p. 619;
waterworks, p. 620; education in, p.
624; libraries, p. 627; parks, pp. 627
ff.; baths, p. 630; death-rate, p. 631;
land problem, p. 631; home-owning, p.
633; municipal ownership, pp. 634 ff.
Civil service, federal, reform of, pp. 120,
222 ff.; act, p. 223; commission, pp.
222 ff.; examinations, pp. 225 ff.;
classified, p. 224; extension of, p. 224;
exceptions in, p. 226; appointment to,
p. 226; removal from, p. 227; politics
in, p. 228; pensions, p. 230.

Civil service, state, pp. 511 ff.; municipal,
are
p. 596.
Claims, federal court of, p. 300 note.
Classes, colonial, p. 16. See Labor.
Clerk, county, pp. 549, 648.
Cleveland, council, p. 585; mayor, p.
591; garbage disposal, p. 618; trans-
portation, p. 619; playgrounds and
parks, p. 628; franchises, p. 635.

Coal supply, pp. 409 f.
Codification of the law, pp. 555 ff.

Coins, p. 376.

Colorado, suffrage, pp. 453 f.; amend-
ment process, p. 458; salary and term
of governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and
referendum for cities, p. 597; commis-
sion government in, p. 599; ballot law,
p. 681; state support of campaigns,
p. 703.

Commander-in-chief, power of President
25, pp. 194 ff.

Commerce, under Articles of Confedera-
tion, pp. 37 ff.; interstate and foreign,
pp. 55, 258, 379; state interference,
p. 432; state regulation, pp. 724 ff.
Commerce and labor, department of,
pp. 222, 392.

Commission government, municipal, pp.
484, 598 ff.

Commissions, state, pp. 501 ff.; criticism
of, p. 502; proposals for reform, p.
504; public service, pp. 508, 730 f.
Committee (party), national, pp. 166,
172; state, pp. 657, 690 ff.; county,
р. 601.

qualifications for office in, pp. 80 ff.;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
representation in, p. 521; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 681.

Conservation commission, p. 406.
Conservation of natural resources, pp.
405 ff.

Constitution, federal, demand for, pp.
42 ff.; call of convention to frame, p.
44; the framing of, pp. 44 ff., 49 ff.;
compromises of, p. 52; contrasted
with Articles of Confederation, pp.
53 ff.; ratification, pp. 56 ff.; develop-
ment of, pp. 60 ff.; amendments to, pp.
63 ff.; principles of, pp. 145 ff. See
Amendments.

Constitutions, state, formation of, pp.
28 ff.; size of, p. 79; tendencies in
development of, pp. 78 ff.; principles
of, pp. 445 ff.

Consuls, appointment of, p. 196; func-
tions of, pp. 322 ff.

Contract, obligation of, pp. 40, 76, 434
ff.

Contract labor, exclusion of, p. 387.
Contracts, law of, p. 560.

Committee of the whole (Congress), p. Contributory negligence, pp. 560, 738.

274 and note.

Committees, correspondence, pp. 22 ff.
Committees in Congress, pp. 274, 276 ff.,
291 ff.; in state legislatures, pp. 534 ff.
Common law, p. 553.
Comptroller, state, p. 500.
Concurrent resolutions, pp. 201 note 2,
290 note.

Convention of 1787, pp. 43 ff.

Conventions (party), early, p. 127; rise
of national, p. 130 ff.; working of
national, pp. 166 ff.; state, pp. 128,
489, 659, 699.

Conventions, state constitutional, pp.
458 f.

Copyrights, pp. 259 f.
Coroner, p. 646.

Confederation, Articles of, pp. 26 ff.
Confederation, New England, p. 20. Corporations, federal regulation, pp.
Conference committee, p. 291.
380 ff.; state regulation, pp. 440, 451,
Congress, first Continental, pp. 23 ff.; 724 ff.; law of, p. 563; contributions
second Continental, pp. 25 ff.
to parties, p. 702; taxation of, p. 716.
Congress, United States, salary of Corrupt practices acts, p. 701.
members, p. 244; freedom of arrest, Council, city, pp. 584 ff.; form of, p.
p. 245; freedom of speech, p. 245; 585; size of, p. 585; elections for,
internal organization, p. 246; quorum, p. 586; decline in, p. 587; powers of,
p. 246; sessions, p. 248; powers, pp. 588 ff.; and administration, p.
pp. 253 ff.; debate in, p. 254; party 590; relation to mayor, p. 591.
organization in, pp. 267 ff.; business Council, colonial, pp. 7 f.; governor's,

in, p. 269; rules, pp. 272 ff.; Speaker
of House, pp. 272 ff.; committees of,
pp. 276 ff.; relation to President, pp.
205 ff.
Connecticut, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 22-33 passim; suffrage and

p. 88.

County, government, pp. 639 ff.; court,
pp. 13, 548, 642; elections in, p. 484;
party organization, p. 661.

Courts. See Judiciary.
Crimes, power of federal government
over, p. 262.

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Criminal law, pp. 568 ff.; procedure, | Executive, see President and Governor.

pp. 150, 571 ff.

Cuba, relation to United States, p. 427.
Cumulative voting in Illinois, p. 523.
Customs court, p. 300 note 1.

Executive agreements, p. 197.
Ex post facto, p. 434.
Extradition, p. 159.

Factory legislation, p. 735.
False imprisonment, p. 559.
Farmers' alliance, p. 122.
Farms, abandoned, p. 407.

Debate, limits on in House of Representa-
tives, p. 274; in the Senate, p. 275;
in state legislature, p. 538.
Debt, national, p. 373 note; state, p. 707. Federalist, the, pp. 51, 104 ff.
Debt limit, state, p. 450.
Delaware, colonial government in, pp.
3-20 passim; formation of state gov-
ernment, p. 31; 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.

Federal law, supremacy of, p. 156.
Fellow-servant doctrine, pp. 560, 738.
Felonies, p. 569.

Democracy, in colonial times, pp. 16 ff.;
in the national convention of 1787,
pp. 46 ff.; rise of political, pp. 79 ff.;
rise of western, pp. 108 ff.
Democratic party, pp. 106, 123, 134, 391.
Departments, heads of federal, pp. 210 ff.;
and Congress, pp. 210, 212, 213 note,
217, 215 ff.; state, 499 ff.

Des Moines, commission government,
pp. 600 ff.

Dilatory motions, p. 272.
Dingley bill, p. 391.

Direct nomination, for Representatives,
p. 238; for Senators, pp. 242 ff., 478,
489, 693 ff.

Disputed election, the, p. 182 note.
District of Columbia, courts of, p. 300

note 1; government of, p. 426.
District court. See Judiciary, federal.
Divorce, p. 562.

Domain, public, pp. 401 ff.

Domestic relations, p. 561.

Due process of law, pp. 147, 437 ff.

Education, in cities, p. 624; state and
local, p. 746 ff.

Educational tests for voting, p. 455.
Eight-hour day, p. 733.

Elections, theory of popular, p. 470; num-
ber of, pp. 471 ff.; separation of state
and local, p. 484; regulation of, pp.
672 ff.; primary, p. 685 ff.; money in,
p. 701.

Electors, presidential, pp. 179 ff.
Employer's liability, pp. 736 ff.
Enrollment, party, p. 687.

Equity, origin and character of, pp. 553 f.

Finance, federal, pp. 257, 210, 355;
taxing power, pp. 358 ff.; direct tax,
p. 359; indirect tax, p. 360; revenues,
pp. 360, 369; revenue bills, pp. 361 ff.;
appropriations, pp. 365 ff.; collection
of revenues, pp. 373 ff.; money, pp.
374 ff.

Finance, municipal, pp. 589, 591, 592,
595, 603 ff.

Finance, state, limitations on legislatures,
pp. 706 ff.; state debts, p. 707; uni-
formity in taxation, p. 707; legislative
methods, p.708; appropriations, p. 710;
supervision of expenditures, p. 712;
accounting, p. 713; kinds of taxes,

p. 714.

Fire department, p. 615.
Florida, popular election of Senators.
p. 252; judges, p. 452; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; legislative
apportionment, p. 520; pay and term
of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 680; primary law, p. 694.
Foreign affairs, pp. 315 ff.
Forestry service, p. 412.
Forests, pp. 411 ff.

Fourteenth amendment, pp. 436 ff.
Franchises, corporate, p. 135; referen-
dum on, p. 465; municipal, pp. 590,
619, 634.

Fraud orders, pp. 218, 399.
Free delivery service, p. 397.
Full faith and credit clause, p. 158.

Galveston, commission government in,
p. 598.

General property tax, p. 714.
General staff, p. 348.

Georgia, colonial government in, pp. 3-20
passim; formation of state govern-
ment, p. 31; suffrage and qualification
for office, pp. 80 ff.; constitutions of,

p. 98; popular election of senators, p.
242; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; ballot in, p. 679; primary law,
p. 694.

Gerrymander, origin of term, p. 235 note;
in congressional districts, p. 235;
state, pp. 520, 523.
Gold basis, p. 376.

Governor, colonial, pp. 3 ff.; early, pp.
87 ff.; state, nomination and election,
p. 489; qualifications, terms, salary,
pp. 490 ff.; and militia, p. 492; power
of, over state administration, pp.
492 ff; appointing power, p. 494; and
the budget, p. 495; and martial law,
p. 495; and special sessions, p. 496;
growth of power, p. 497; veto power,
p. 498; pardoning power, p. 498;
proposals to increase power, pp.
504 ff.; removal power, p. 510.
Governors' conference, p. 406.
Greenback party, p. 122.
Greenbacks, p. 376.

Guan, p. 425.

Habeas corpus, suspension by President,
p. 194; writ of, p. 302; in war time,

p. 353; in states, p. 495.

Hague conferences, pp. 340 f.

Hawaii, pp. 420 ff.

system, pp. 458 f.; public opinion law,
P. 464; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; civil service law, p. 512;
cumulative voting in, p. 522; pay and
terms of legislators, p. 527; legislative
operations in, p. 539; legislative
reference, p. 545; restrictions in favor
of cities, p. 584; ballot in, pp. 681, 682;
primary law, pp. 690, 694 note;
railroad rates, p. 727.
Immigration, pp. 387 ff.
Impeachment, federal process, p. 264;
state process, p. 509.
Imports, tax on, p. 430.
Inauguration, presidential, p. 185.
Income tax, amendment, p. 71; federal,
pp. 122, 360 and note 1; state, p. 716.
Incorporation, federal, p. 386.
Indeterminate sentence, p. 575-
Indiana, residence requirement for voting,
p. 454; amendment process, p. 459;
local referendum, p. 465; eligibility of
governor, p. 490; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; civil service, p. 512;
pay and terms of legislators, p. 527;
ballot law, pp. 678 ff.; primary law,
p. 694 uniform accounting, p. 713;
railroad rate law, p. 727; travelling
libraries, p. 749; local option, p. 752.
Indians, p. 393 note.

Individualism, p. 722.

Health, municipal department, p. 614; Inferior officers, pp. 189, 190.

public, p. 742.

Home rule (municipal), pp. 579 ff.
Homes in cities, pp. 631, 633.
Homestead act, p. 402.

House of Representatives, organization of,
pp. 231 ff.; party organization in,
pp. 262 ff.; log-rolling in, p. 269;
rules of, p. 272; debate in, p. 274;
committees of, pp. 276 ff.; Speaker
of, p. 280; committee on rules, p. 283;
order of business, pp. 284 ff.; minority
in, p. 289.

Idaho, popular election of Senators, p.
242; suffrage, p. 453; initiative and
referendum, p. 463; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and refer-
endum for city government, p. 597;
commission government, p. 599;
ballot law, p. 682; primary law, p.
694; preferential voting, p. 696.
Illinois, suffrage, pp. 85, 453; amending

Inheritance, law of, p. 562.

Inheritance tax, federal, pp. 352, 360;
state, p. 715.

Initiative and referendum, state, pp.
460 ff.; municipal, p. 597.
Injunctions, pp. 124, 304., 449
Instrumentalities, federal, tax on, p. 431.
Insular cases, p. 419.

230

Insurance, regulation of, p. 732.
Interior, department of, p. 222.
International law, pp. 337 ff.
Interstate Commerce. See Commerce,
federal.

Interstate Commerce Commission, pp.
222, 292, 380 ff.

Iowa, negro suffrage, p. 86; popular
election of Senators, p. 242; prohibi-
tion law, p. 433; amendment process,
pp. 458 f.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; legislative reference, p. 545
note; initiative and referendum for
cities, p. 597; commission government

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