Election, Senate shielded by the method of its, [224]; of President, real method of, [243] et seq.; virtual, by nominating conventions, [245].
Electors, presidential, balanced against people, [40]; agents of nominating conventions, [245], [250]; history of action of, [246], [247], [250].
Ellsworth, Oliver, on veto power, [52].
Embargo, the, [21].
English Constitution, likeness between the, and that of U. S., [7], 307 et seq.; character of, when Constitution of U. S. was formed, [307], [308], [310], [311].
Estimates, in House of Commons, [137]; preparation of the federal, [148], [149]; federal, go to Committee on Appropriations, [149]; communications and conferences between Appropriation Committees and the departments concerning, [160-164]; thoroughness of later, [163].
Exchequer, Chancellor of, preparation and submission to Commons of budget by, [140-142]; represented by House Committee of Ways and Means, [170]; financial policy of, compared with policy of House Committee of Ways and Means, [171-175].
Executive, [242-293]; relations of, with Senate, [230] et seq.; really chosen by representative, deliberative body, [244]; and legislative service divorced in U. S., [251-253]; the President not all of the, [257]; elements constituting the, in U. S., [259]; functions bestowed upon the Secretaries, [260]; and Congress, party diversity between, [267]; Roger Sherman upon real character of, [268]; and Congress, defective means of coöperation between, [270] et seq.; responsibility of, and civil service reform, [285] et seq.; suspected because not clearly visible through Congress, [299], [300]; embarrassed by half-informed criticism, [305].
Expenditure, questions of, disconnected from questions of supply, [174], [175]; supervision of, by Congress, [175-179].
Federal govt., the, early weakness and timidity of, [18], [19]; growth in self-confidence and power of, [19], [20]; first questions that engaged the attention of, [20]; brought to every man's door, [25]; supervision of elections by, [27]; highest point of aggression of, [33]; advantage of indirect taxation to, [133]; necessity for two chambers in, [221], [222]; possible paralysis of, in emergencies, [282]; rapidly widening sphere of, [316], [317]; weakness of our present, [318].