Galveston (Tex.), commission govern- ment, 619, 620. Galveston Railway, taxed, 535, 537. Garfield, James A., acquires leader- ship, 61.
Garner, Prof. James W., views on amendments to constitutions, 301,
George III, grants charter, 462. Georgia, and state sovereignty, 279, 280; direct primary in, 306; gov- ernor, 320; Republican delegates, 553. Germany, adopts federal constitution, 94; ambassador to, 23; bank of, 114; city managers in, 622; civil service, 598, 603, 604; educational system, 411; Great War in, 232; industrial insurance, 385; judicial education, 290, 291; legislature, 46, 79, 82; military execution in, 33; military organization, 237, 238, 241, 243; prohibits monopoly, 160. Gerry, Elbridge, originates gerry- mander, 48.
Gerrymander, described, 48. Gold standard. See Finances. Gompers, Samuel, labor leader, 292. Goodnow, F. J., Administrative Law in the United States, 41, 339; Politics and Administration, 572. Gorgas, Col. E. H., in Canal Zone,
Gould, Jay, railway owner, 148, 348. Government, increased business of, 6;
influence of science on, 298, 299. See also the several functions and organs of government. Governor of states, 314; appointing power, 315, 316; executive, 319, 320; extradition, 324; judicial power, 324, 326; legislative, 317, 318; military, 323, 324; political position, 322, 323; relation to party leader, 323; removal power, 318, 319; veto, 318.
Governors' Conference, 260, 261, 316,
329, 643; Proceedings, 316, 450. Grand Haven (Mich.), traffic, 134. Grand Rapids (Mich.), traffic, 134. Grand River, navigation, 134. Grand Trunk Railway, taxed, 535, 538. Grange. See National Grange. Grant, Ulysses S., relation to Senate, 85.
Graves, Henry S., forestry service, 263. Gray, Prof. John H., prepares report, 365.
Hall, James Parker, on deprivation of property, 476; Constitutional Law, 476, 491, 516, 545. Harlan, Justice John M., defines com- merce, 121; on control of immigra- tion, 189.
Harrington, C., State Rights and No- tional Health, 439.
Harrison, Benjamin, elected, 12; on appointments, 14; This Country of Ours, 41.
Hart, Á. B., and McLaughlin, Andrew C., Cyclopedia of American Govern- ment, 41, 417.
Haskins, Frederick J., The American Government, 41.
Hawaii, annexation, 245; army in,
238; citizenship conferred on, 253, 254; dealings with, 18, 100; gov- ernment, 246-250; in federal court district, 280; Governor's Annual Report, 258; Organic Act, 258. Hayes, Rutherford B., elected, 11. Haynes, G. H., Direct Election of Senators, 91.
Haynes, J. R., The Actual Workings of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall, 626.
Health, influenced by environment 497; protected by Police Power, 500, 503-505; state care for, 419- 432, 586.
Heisler, R. C., Federal Incorporation, 184.
Hepburn tariff bill, 50.
Heney, Francis J., prosecuting officer, 337-
Herrick, C. A., Commercial Education,
Highways, and state action, 442-444, 586. Hill, James J., criticizes Federal Trade Commission, 181.
Hoar, George F., views on legislative
interference, 19, 20. Hodges, George H., favors short ballot, 624; suggests commission government for states, 332-334, 643-651; The Distrust of State Legislatures, 340, 643-651. Holding companies, and anti-trust legislation, 146–148, 176, 177, 361. Holmes, Justice O. W., on control of immigration, 189; on interpreta- tion of the Constitution, 277; on social justice, 513.
Holyoke (Mass.), arbitration in, 394. Homestead Law, discussed, 267, 268; policy of, 270.
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, 246, 248. House of Representatives, apportion- ment of members, 47; caucus system, 57-60; committees, 60- 69; election, 46; floor leaders, 54-57, 59, 60; impeachment in, 49, 83; officers, 71, 72; organiza- tion, 4; originates tax bills, 48, 49, 82; popularity, 45, 46; pro- cedure, 69-71; qualifications of members, 46, 47; Rules Com- mittee, 50, 52-55, 555; salary, 72; sessions, 72-74, 582; size, 60, 72; treaties, relation to, 25.
Houston (Tex.), as railway center, 136. Houston, East and West Texas Rail- way, 349.
Huerta, Victorino, recognition of, 28. Hughes, Justice Charles, governor of New York, 317, 318; on federal control of commerce, 135; on police power, 514; on Pure Food and Drugs Act, 195; on state taxation, 526. Humphreys, W. H., impeached, 83. Hunt, Gov. George W. P., favors short ballot, 624.
Hunter, Prof. W. B., on industrial education, 412, 413, 417. Hurtado,
held for murder, 474.
Idaho, direct primary in, 306; forest reserves, 262, 264; mothers' pen- sions, 439; recall, 616; reclama- tion, 271, 272; woman suffrage, 304; Session Laws, 645. Illinois, borders on Mississippi, 148; civil service in, 601-603; commis- sion government, 359; constitu- tional amendment, 301; delegates, 553; direct primary in, 306; edu- cation, 401, 405; Food Commis-
sioner, 424; grants charter, 502; governor, 315, 319; legislature, 327, 649; railway law, 209, 210; rate regulation, 468; state budget, 448; steel company, 524, 525; taxation, 525, 540, 543, 544; woman's suffrage in, 304.
Immigration, restriction of, 51, 187, 188, 586.
Immigration Commissioner, 188, 189. Immigration Committee, in House of Representatives, 66.
Impeachment, formulated by House of Representatives, 49, 83; list of trials, 83; tried by Senate, 83. Implied powers of Congress, 254-257. Imports, federal taxation of, 104, 106; receipts from, 105, 106; states may not tax, 102.
Income tax, federal, 18, 19, 104; amended, 98-100, 462; collected, 107, 108; held unconstitutional, 97, 98, 283; revised, 98-100, 167. Income tax, state, 446-448. Incorporation, charters, 342; federal and state powers, 181-183, 342, 343, 542; state laws for, 362-365. Independents, in politics, 569. Indiana, ballot system, 309; candi- dates from, 559; constitutional amendment, 301; executive, 315; health conservation, 427, 428; radi- cal senators from, 91; Tax Board, 533; Session Laws, 645.
Indians, admitted to citizenship, 253; treatment of, 586.
Indirect election. See President and Senate.
Industrial education. See Vocational training.
Industrial Education Association, Pro- ceedings, 417.
Inheritance tax, in several states, 446,
Initiative, for legislation, 610-612, 643. Injunction, executive use of, 33, 34; in trust cases, 143, 174, 175; method of granting, 291; regulation of, 292-
Inland waters, protection of, 420-422, 586.
Inland waterways, improvement of, 40, 260.
Inland Waterways Commission, 260. Insular Affairs Bureau, Reports, 258. Insular Affairs Committee, in House of Representatives, 66.
Insurance, investigation, 564, 566;
regulated by States, 343-345, 469, 490; workmen's liability, 383-387.
Interior department, auditor, 108; president, 285; Manual of Rules, Land Office, 267, 268; Reclamation
Jersey City (N. J.), commission gov- ernment, 620.
John, King of England, signs Magna Charta, 471.
Bureau, 272, 604; Reports, 273;| Jerome, William T., prosecuting officer, Secretary, 38, 272; Reports, 273. Interlocking directorates and anti- trust legislation, 176, 177. Internal Revenue, collection organ- ized, 107, 108, 167; commissioner, 99, 106, 107; receipts, 105, 107. Internal Waters. See Inland Waters. International Harvester Company, lawsuit, 481.
Interpretation of Constitution. See Constitution.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, in House, 65. Interstate Commerce. See Commerce. Interstate Commerce Commission, 125, 128, 129, 135, 144, 161, 162, 282, 348; and Panama Canal Zone, 253; complaints received, 130; organiza- tion, 126, 127; prosecutions, 131, 280; rate regulation, 131, 132, 136- 138, 257, 476; Cases in the Federal Courts, 138.
Interstate Commerce Committee in Senate, 86; Hearings, 184. Inventions, influence of, 4.
Investor, protected by government,
Iowa, candidates from, 559; charities system, 434, 435; direct primary in, 306; initiative, 611, 612; pro- hibitory law, 212, 214; radical senators from, 91; Railway Com- mission, 283; railway liability, 513, 514; Applied History Series, 626; Board of Control, Report, 440. Irrigation, federal care for, 254, 271, 272, 586.
Irrigation Committee, in House of Representatives, 61, 66.
Italy, ambassador to, 23; imports from, 197; in Great War, 232. Ives v. South Buffalo Railway Com- pany, 380.
Jackson, Andrew, appointee, 473; spoils system, 592, 598; struggle with Senate, 85; suppressed nulli- fication, 570.
Japan, ambassador to, 23; declaration
of war with Russia, 231, 232; mili- tary organization, 237; subjects excluded from United States, 26, 569.
Jefferson, Thomas, candidate for presi- dent, 11; founder of party, 567;
Johns Hopkins University Studies, 91. Johnson, Andrew, and Reconstruc-
tion, 31; impeachment trial, 49, 83; presidential tour, 40; struggle with Senate, 85, 598. Johnson, E. R., and Huebner, G. G.,
Railway Rates and Traffic, 138, 365. Johnson, Hiram W., governor, 317. Johnson, Julia, pension for, 470. Johnson's Cancer Cure, prosecuted, 195, 196.
Jones, C. L., Readings on Parties and Elections, 312, 572.
Jones, S. P., on utilities commissions, 359.
Journalists, in consular service, 24; relation to presidency, 39. Judicial Committee of Senate, 86, 295, 580.
Judiciary, delays of, 337; relation to
executive, 34; to legislation, 284- 287; to national powers, 278, 279. Judiciary, federal, 275; criticism, 288; jurisdiction, 281, 282; organization, 279, 280; practical operation, 287; removal to, 475; simpler procedure, 289. See also Supreme Court. Judiciary, state, 335-339. Judson, F. N., Interstate Commerce, 138, 162, 184, 217; Regulation of Commerce, 201; The Law of Taxa- tion, 115, 545.
Justice, department of, 38; Reform in Administration of, 295.
Kales, A. M., Unpopular Government in the United States, 618, 626. Kansas, Blue Sky Law, 345, 346; charities system, 434, 435; direct primary in, 306; governor, 316, 332, 643; initiative and referendum, 643; insurance regulation, 469; legislative reference library, 650; Bulletin, 340; legislature, 646-648, 650; prohibition in, 213, 507; radical senators from, 91; recall in, 615, 616; refinery, 128; tax regulation, 519, 536; woman suf- frage in, 304; Session Laws, 645- 647.
Kansas City (Mo.), Live Stock Ex- | Liberty, definitions of, 496-499; dep-
Labor Department, 38; Bulletin, 396. La Crosse (Wis.), university extension in, 403.
La Follette, Robert M., governor, 317. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway, lawsuit, 209, 485. Land, for school purposes, 405; frauds detected by Secret Service, 110; reserves of, 265, 266. See also Homestead Laws.
Land Office, 267, 268; Commissioner's Reports, 273.
Latta (S. C.), railway station, 210, 211. Lawrence (Mass.), strike at, 390, 393. Lawyers Coöperative Association, 365. Leave to print, as a Congressional expedient, 71.
Lee, Gen. Henry, suppresses Whiskey Rebellion, 33. Legal tender, law for, 111. See also Currency. Legislation, methods of influencing, 582-584; president influences, 16- 18.
Legislative reference departments, 329- 332.
Legislatures. See House of Repre-
Libraries, extension of, 586. Lincoln, Abraham, a strong president, 41; anecdote of, 3; declares martial law, 455; saved the Union, 298, 570.
Lincoln (Neb.), Bryan's home, 559. Liquors, adulteration of, 193, 197; dispensary system, 96, 97; local option, 610; prohibition of, 105, 212-216, 462, 507; sales regulated, 95, 485, 586; taxation of, 104, 105, 107, 108, 446.
Literacy test, for immigrants, 51. Living wage, laws for, 388-391. Lobby, in state legislatures, 332, 583; beneficent efforts, 583, 584. Local government, and finance, 445, 449; and party organization, 561, 562; and school supervision, 402; supervision by state authority, 450. Local option, form of referendum, 610. Long and short haul, as railway dis- crimination, 128-130, 354.
Los Angeles (Cal.), electricity in, 269, 466; gas company, 466, 467. Lotteries, suppression of, 192, 193,
Louisiana, direct primary in, 306; franchise requirements, 303; lum- bering in, 261; negro discrimination, 461, 488, 489; Railway Commis- sion, 136; slaughter house cases in, 486, 487; swamp lands, 270. Louisiana province, purchased, 266, 278.
Lowell, A. L., Public Opinion and
Popular Government, 626.
Lowell (Mass.), manufacturing at, 503. Lowrie, S. G., suggestions on state budget, 451. Luxemburg, invasion of, 232.
McAdoo, William G., secretary of treasury, 32, 115.
McCarthy, Dr. Charles A., institutes legislative reference work, 330, 331; on university and state, 405, 406; The Wisconsin Idea, 405, 417. McConachie, L. C., Congressional Com- mittees, 60, 74.
McGeehee, Lucius P., Due Process of Law, 491, 516.
sentatives, Senate, and State legis-McGovern, Gov. Francis J., on Wis- latures.
Liability of directors of corporations,
consin income tax, 446, 447.
McKenna, Justice Joseph, on business regulation, 469, 470, 481, 482.
of Representatives, 132. Merriam, C. E., Nominating Elections, 312.
Message, president's annual, 35, 36. Metal Trades. See National Metal Trades Association.
Mackenzie-King, Canadian Commis- | Merchant Marine Committee, of House sioner of Labor, 394. "McKenzie," steamboat, 260. McKinley, William, advocates treaties, 84; appointments, 24, 246; gold standard adopted, 112, 570; hinders declaration of war, 27; influence on legislation, 18; nominated, 559; Southern tour, 40; tariff bill, when in House, 50; tariff message, 36. Macy, R. H. & Company, suit against,
Magazines and postage rates, 225. Magna Charta, in England, 48, 471, 509.
Maine, direct primary in, 306; elec- tion system, 316; railway in, 535; Session Laws, 645. Manchuria, trade with, 29. Mann White Slave Traffic Act, of
1910, 189-192, 200; text, 190, 191. Manufactures, and anti-trust legisla- tion, 143, 146; not a part of com- merce, 121, 143; rise of, 30, 95; taxation of, 103. See also National Associations.
Marshall, Chief Justice John, decision on state tax of United States bank, 102, 278; definition of commerce, 120, 121, 277; enlarges federal power, 278, 279, 285, 286; on ob- ligation of contracts, 462, 464, 465; on powers of Congress, 255-257,
Maryland and United States bank, 102, 255; bond taxation in, 522; direct primary in, 554; Public Service Commission, 351, 352; Tax Commission, Report, 450. Massachusetts, arbitration law, 392- 395; ballot, 309; civil service, 601, 602; congressman, 51; dele- gates, 557; direct primary, 306, 554; educational system, 400-402, 408, 410, 413; finances, 445, 520; gerry- mander in, 48; governor, 316; health regulations, 420, 421, 424, 425, 427; highway legislation, 442; labor laws, 371, 503; legislative bills, 645; oleomargarine law, 207, 208; supreme court, 284; taxation, 541, 542; wage commission, 387- 391; workmen's compensation, 383; Session Laws, 645.
Meat inspection, laws for, 193, 194, 198.
Meece, G. W., consignee, 215. Mellen, C. S., railway president, 348. Memphis (Tenn.), commerce, 526, 527; shipments to, 524, 525.
Mexico, adopts federal constitution, 94; ambassador to, 23; relations with, 22, 27, 28, 29.
Meyer, E. C., Nominating Systems, 305, 306, 312.
Michigan, commerce in, 134; direct primary, 306, 554; mothers' pen- sions, 439; recall, 616; Republican delegate, 553; swamp lands in, 270; Law Review, 339; Session Laws, 645.
Miles Medical Company, lawsuit, 158,
Mills, Gen. A. L., Report, 243. Milwaukee (Wis.), gas rates in, 359; Socialist member from, 72; tax investigation in, 447; university extension, 403. Mimeograph Case and Sherman Act, 155, 156.
Minerals, conservation of, 265, 266. Minimum wage, in United States, 387; for women, 389. Minneapolis (Minn.), voters' league, 359.
Minnesota, charities system, 434, 438, 439; direct primary in, 306; forest reserves in, 262; radical senators from, 91; railway rate cases, 135, 136, 282, 347; recall, 616; referen- dum, 611; Senate's size, 327; swamp lands, 270; taxation, 537- Mint, director of, 19. Mississippi, gerrymander in, 48; lot- tery, 501; railway, 206; Republican delegates, 553; swamp lands in,
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