History of the United States Volume Vi Part 4

History of the United States Volume Vi Part 4

Personal Fitness of the Candidates.


Fear of the Power of Great Corporations.


Efficiency of President Roosevelts Administration.


Results of the Election.


CHAPTER XV. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT


Inauguration of President Taft.


His Cabinet.


Increase of Salaries of Princ.i.p.al Executive Officers.


Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.


Alaskan Products.


Hudson-Fulton Celebration.


Arctic Exploration.


Commander Pearys Expedition.


Dr. Cooks Claims.


State Const.i.tutions of Arizona and New Mexico Formed.


President Tafts Disapproval of Them.


New Mexico Admitted to the Union.


Population and Products of Arizona.


Of New Mexico.


The Aeroplane.


Tests and Records Made by Aviators.


The Federal Publicity Law.


President Tafts Recommendation Concerning Cla.s.sified Service.


His Advance Position on International Arbitration.


CHAPTER XVI. THE THIRTEENTH CENSUS, 1910


Permanent Census Bureau Established.


Work of the Enumerators.


Special Attention Given to Character of Questions.


Enormous Labor of Tabulation and Cla.s.sification.


Cost of Census.


Population of United States and Territorial Possessions.


Comparisons of Population with That of Previous Decade.


Rapid Growth of Cities.


Westward Advance of Centre of Population.


Emigration to Canada.


Congressional Reapportionment.


Farms of the United States.


Value of Foreign Commerce.


Of Exports.


CHAPTER XVII. THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT


Government by the People.


Att.i.tude Toward Senator La Follette, the First Progressive.


Number of Progressives in Senate.


Laws Annulled by Courts.


National Progressive Republican League Formed.


Its Platform.


The "Initiative."


The "Referendum."


The "Recall."