Ableman v. Booth, 60-64 Accounting methods, national, 414- 416, 422-426; state, 824, 825- 827, 829, 830, 834-835
Arbitration courts, 805-807 Arizona, recall in, 649-650 Armed Merchant Ship Bill, filibus-
ter against, 352, 354 Articles of Confederation, 29-36 Association, Continental, 17, 20-24 Attorney General, nomination of C. B. Warren as, 159-162, 196-212; opinion of, on right of members of Congress to hold other publie office, 303-307
Australian ballot, 600-605
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Com- pany, 408-411
Ballot, presidential, 114-123; types of, 600, 605
Bank, Second United States, consti- tutionality of, 65-70; removal of deposits from, 241
Bar Association, of Cleveland, pro- posal with respect to selection of judges, 780-783
Barbier v. Connolly, 838-839 Barron v. Baltimore, 79-82 Bartlett, John H., Assistant Post- master General, on civil service, 287-289
Bayard, Thomas F., Senator, on nomination of C. B. Warren as Attorney General, 203-205 Berdahl, Clarence A., on proposal conventions in South Dakota, 620- 622
Berger, Victor, refused seat in House of Representatives, 296 Bicameral system, in state legisla- tures, 651-678
Bill of rights, federal, proposed by states, 46-503; application to states, 79-82; application to in- sular possessions, 491-496, 502 Billboards, constitutionality of leg- islation with respect to, 864 Boots, Ralph S., on initiative and referendum, 633-641
Borah, William E., Senator, on nom- ination of C. B. Warren as At- torney General, 207-210; on re- moval of Secretary Denby, 213- 217; and seniority rule, 342; pro-
Circuit Courts of Appeals, act creat- ing, 368-371
Circular Letter, of New York, with respect to ratification of U. S. Constitution, 49-50 City-county consolidation, 887-889 City manager plan, 902-905 Civil Administrative Code, of Illi-
nois, 754, 824-837 Civil Rights Act, 319
Civil service, act creating system, 271-275; classification act, 275- 279; extension of, 279-281; working of, 281-289
Clark, Champ, Representative, on powers of Speaker, 332-334 Clarke-McNary Act, 536 Classification Act, 271, 275-279 Clayton Act, 377-379, 842 Cleveland, city of, proposal of bar association with respect to selec- tion of judges, 780-783; recom- mendations of Survey of Criminal Justice with respect to same, 783- 785; city manager charter of, 902-905
Cleveland, Grover, President, and merit system, 279 Cloture, in Senate, 354, 355-356 Coker, F. W., on administrative re- organization, 771-774 Collector v. Day, 399 Colorado River Compact, 542-546 Colvin, D. L., on bicameral system in New York, 663-670
Confirmation, power of, 195-210 Congress, seats for Cabinet in, 237- 240; investigations by, 244-250; and administrative reorganiza- tion, 259; extension of merit system by, 279-280; lame duck sessions of, 290-296; power to seat members, 296-303; right of members to hold other public of- fice, 303-311; reapportionment of, 311-318; power to regulate federal elections, 318-322; right to instruct members of, 323-326; party caucus in, 327-331, 337- 338; revolution of 1910-11 in, 331-336; seniority rule in, 342- 343; conference committee in, "344-351; filibuster in, 351-354; debate rules in, 354-359; legis- lative reference service for, 359- 363; amount of legislation by, 363-367; power over courts, 368- 372; budgetary procedure in, 416-422; power over commerce, 427-442; resolution declaring end of war, 447; resolution authoriz- ing embargo on arms, 467; power over territorial possessions, 486- 496; power over District of Co- lumbia, 505-506; power with re- spect to admission, 517
Congressional Caucus, 124 Connecticut, suffrage qualifications in, 595-596
Conservation, 853-856, 864 Consolidation, of city and county,
Constitution, national, plans for, 40-46; amendment of, 50-55, 290-291; state, amendment and revision of, 561-594
Constitutional convention, national, 36-37, 40; state, 561-594 Consular service, 468-469 Contempt of court, 187-189, 274, 378-379
Continental Association, 17, 20-24 Continental Congress, First, 17-20; Second, 17, 24, 29 Convention, national, call for, 124- 129; selection of, 129-134; con- duct of, 134-146
Convict labor, constitutionality of legislation with respect to, 859 Cook County, local governments in,
Coolidge, Calvin, Vice President, as member of Cabinet, 233; Presi- dent, executive order with respect to prohibition enforcement, 73- 74; on the party system, 90; on third term, 104; nomination of C. B. Warren as Attorney Gen- eral, 159-162, 196-212; executive order with respect to the foreign service, 174-176; pardon lon of Philip Grossman, 187; on removal of Secretary Denby, 222-223; on congressional investigations, 246- 248; and Shipping Board, 252- 253, 256-259; and Tariff Com- mission, 254-256; recommends adhesion to World Court, 462; proclamation with respect to em- bargo on arms to Mexico, 467- 468; message on relations with Nicaragua, 475-479; on Philip- pine independence, 496; on fed- eral subsidies, 528 Correspondence, committee of, 13-
Crawford, F. G., on literacy test in New York, 597-600
Criminal procedure, reform of, 794-
Crum, W. D., recess appointment of, 158-159
Cuba, Platt amendment concerning,
Culbertson, William S., on control of Tariff Commission, 254-256 Cummins, Albert B., Senator, on nomination of C. B. Warren as Attorney General, 200-205 Cumulative voting, in Illinois, 680 Curtis, Charles, Senator, on recess appointment, 160-161
Daugherty, H. M., Attorney Gen- eral, opinion on appointment of Senator Smoot and Representative Burton to World War Foreign Debt Commission, 303-307; re- quests injunction against railway strikers, 379
Dawes, Charles G., Director of the Budget, 411; Vice President, on Vice President as member of Cab- inet, 235-237
Day, William R., Justice, on refer- endum on constitutional amend- ments, 50-52; on federal regula- tion of child labor, 437-439; on doctrine of formal and funda- mental constitutional provisions,
Debate, rules of, in Congress, 354- 359; in state constitutional con- ventions, 580-581
Debs, In re, 375-376
Debt limits, and special districts, 884
Declaration of Independence, 24-28 Democratic party, national commit- tee of, 101-102; national conven- tion of, 128-129, 134-135, 139- 144; on instruction of members of Congress, 325-326; House caucus of, 327-330
Demonstrations, in national conven- tion, 139-144
Denby, Edwin, Secretary of the Navy, and oil leases, 171; re- moval of, 212-224
Departmental order, of Secretary Hughes with respect to foreign service, 176-177
Dickinson, John, opposes Declara-
Farewell Address, of President Washington, 87-90, 104-105 Faust, M. L., on custody of state funds, 811-814 Federal subsidies, 525-526, 528-542 Federal supremacy, 60-64 Federalist, The, 56-57, 177-180 Fenn, E. H., Representative, reap- portionment bill, 313-315
Fergus v. Marks, 679 Ferguson, Miriam A., Governor, let- ter with respect to extradition,
Field, Stephen J., Justice, on priv- ileges and immunities, 78; on constitutionality of income tax, 392; on police power, 838-839 Fifteenth Amendment, and white primary, 83, 84; and negro suf- frage, 317-318: act for enforce- ment of, 319-322
Filibuster, in Congress, 351-354 Finance, methods of, in states, 759- 760, 811-837 Floor leader, 330 Force Acts, 319 Foreign affairs, 443-479 Foreign service, executive order of President Coolidge with respect to, 174-176; departmental order of Secretary Hughes with respect to, 176-177; reorganization of,
Gibbons v. Ogden, 427-429 Gillett, F. H., Senator, on nomina- tion of C. B. Warren as Attorney General, 205-207
Giovanni di Santo v. Pennsylvania, 441-442
Glass, Carter, Senator, on negro suffrage, 317-318 Governor, power with respect to con- stitutional convention, 567, 568- 569; veto power of, 632, 710, 713, 722-730; initiative in legis- lation, 712-713, 736-740; call for special session, 719-722; burdens of, 730-736; power of pardon, 740-753; administrative power, 754, 755, 758-759; power with respect to budget, 818-824 Governors' conferences, 546-555, 853-856
Grandfather clauses, 83 Grand jury, 807-810 Grant, U. S., President, and third term, 104
Gregg, A. W., on power to tax state instrumentalities, 398-405 Grossman, Ex parte, 187-189
Hadley, Herbert S., on reform of criminal procedure, 788, 794-797 Hall, John E., on bicameral system in New Mexico, 670-674 Hamilton, Alexander, proposes plan of union, 41; on constitutional construction, 64-65; on power, 177-180 Hammer v. Dagenhart, 437-441 Haney, Bert E., Commissioner, on control of Shipping Board, 256-
Hanford, A. C., on legislative pro- cedure in Massachusetts, 684-691
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