Congressional government : $b a study in American politicsWilson, Woodrow
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Congressional government : $b a study in American politics
Wilson, Woodrow
Executive power -- United States; United States -- Politics and government; United States. Congress
Financial, officials, accessibility of English, in the Commons, 146,
147; officials, separation of, from Congress in the U. S., 147;
officials, mere witnesses in U. S., 164; officials, irresponsibility of,
for estimates in U. S., 164; system of U. S., contrasted with that of
Eng., 180; system of U. S., incoherency of, 180, 181; policy of
Congress, shifting character of, 181, 182; legislation, prominent place
of, in congressional business, 183; questions, control of, by Committees
in Senate, 212, n.; questions, confusion of public opinion regarding
action of Congress upon, 280.
Fish, Secretary, and treaty with Denmark, 51.
Foreign relations, principal concern of federal govt. during first
quarter century, 43; hand of Senate in, 49 _et seq_., 232 _et seq_.; no
real consultation between President and Senate concerning, 232; Senate
Committee on, 234.
France, public accounts, how kept in, 145; Ministry, how chosen in, 244.
French Assembly, organization of, 123; parties in, 124; proceedings of,
125 _et seq_.; compared with House of Representatives and House of
Commons, 127-129.
French Revolution, 20, 43.
Froude, J. A., on political orators, 215.
Gallatin, Albert, 181.
George III., 187, 308, 309.
Gladstone, Wm. E., 59; on direct and indirect taxes, 134; 209, 322.
Government, by chairmen of Standing Committees, 102; by Standing
Committees, contrasted with govt. by responsible Ministry, 116 _et
seq_.; conditions of perfect party, 267, 268; "by declamation," 318.
Grant, President, and treaty with Denmark, 51; nominates Smythe, 235.
Green, J. R., on Parliament and public opinion under Geo. III., 187,
188; on temper and embarrassments of the Parliament succeeding the
Revolution Settlement in England, 313, 314.
Grevy, President, 248.
Hall of House of Representatives, size of, 86 _et seq_.
Hamilton, Alex., on balance between state and national govts., 16, 17;
influence of, upon early policy of govt., 21; advocacy of protective
duties, 22; announces doctrine of "implied powers," 22; 181, 259, 306,
307.
Hampden, John, 208.
Henry, Patrick, 209.
Hoar, G. F., Senator, on time for reporting given to Committees, 72; on
suspension of the Rules in House, 111, 112.
House of Commons, _See_ 'Commons, House of.'
House of Lords, Bagehot on the, 220.
House of Representatives, _See_ 'Representatives, House of.'
Impeachment, 275, 276.
"Implied powers," enunciated by Hamilton, 22; sustained national bank,
22; McCulloch v. Maryland, 23; a vigorous principle of constitutional
growth, 23; effect of, upon status of States, 23, 24; practical issue of
doctrine of, 25 _et seq_.
Internal Improvements, 28; moral effect of, upon state policy, 29;
history of policy of, 165-167; sums appropriated for, 167; character of
opposition to, 197.
Jackson, President, 166, 204; why chosen President, 252; 259, 266.
James II., 213.
Jefferson, Thos., leads his party as President, 41, 204, 252.
Johnson, President, contest of, with Senate, 49.
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