. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. favors he returns with his approval in time, and sowith those he does not favor, if he wishes his reasons for aveto to become public. But sometime
. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. favors he returns with his approval in time, and sowith those he does not favor, if he wishes his reasons for aveto to become public. But sometimes he does not return thebill at all in time for adjournment, and thus kills it. This iscalled the pocket veto, the bill being in the Presidents pocket,as it were. It is not regarded as a very manly way of exercisingthe veto power, but must be excused sometimes to rush of busi-ness during the closing days of a session. Resolutions andJoint Resolutions follow the routine of Bills. CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.—An act of April 24, 1800,appropriated ;^5,ooo to buy necessary books for Members of theCongress. Act of Jan, 26, 1802, organized The Library ofCongress, located it in a room previously occupied by theHouse of Representatives, created the office of Librarian, madehim appointive by the President, and limited the use of books toMembers of Congress and the Departments. Up to 1814 therewere only 3,000 volumes in the library. It was burned Aug. 25,. Bronze Door in the National Capitol Connnnemorating the Events of theLife of George Washington. 199 200 POLITICAL HISTORY OF 1814, with the capitol, by the British. In September, 1814, Jef-ferson offered his library of 6,700 volumes, as the nucleus of anew lib-rary of Congress, at cost. It was accepted, and the sumof ;^23,950 paid for it. In 1818 the annual appropriation to theLibrary was raised to ;^2,ooo a year, and in 1824 to ;^5,000 ayear. This year it was moved to the central capitol. In 1851it had 55,000 volumes, and again met with a
Size: 1351px × 1849px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorboydjame, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookyear1888
