ON THE

AMERICAN LAW

OF

ELECTIONS.

BY

GEO. W. McCRARY,

JUDGE OF THE U. S. CIRCUIT Court, Eighth Circuit, late MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED

STATES, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

OF ELECTIONS OF THAT BODY.

Hedication

TO THE HONORABLE

SAMUEL F. MILLER LL. D.,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT UNITED STATES, THIS TREATISE IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

HIS GREAT LEARNING AND ABILITY AS A LAWYER, AND AS A
JUDGE; HIS HIGH CHARACTER AS A MAN AND AS A CITIZEN;
AND THE LASTING OBLIGATIONS I AM UNDER TO HIM FOR
GENEROUS AID AND INSTRUCTION AS MY TEACHER IN

THE LAW, AND FOR AN EARNEST FRIENDSHIP CON-
TINUING THROUGH MANY YEARS, ALL COMBINE

TO MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWL

EDGMENT BOTH A DUTY AND A PLEASURE,

ON THE PART OF HIS FRIEND AND

PUPIL.

THE AUTHOR.