The Wisconsin Idea/Index

by Charles McCarthy

INDEX

Addams, Jane, on social improvement, 299.

Administration, science of, 186.

Agricultural education, 126.

Agriculture, college of, see Wisconsin university, college of agriculture, 126,

Agriculture, county schools of, see County schools of agriculture, 126.

Appointive offices, 172.

Apprenticeship, 142.

Appropriations, continuing, 203.

continuing for commissions, 40.

procedure relative to, in legislature, 201.

Armstrong committee, 227.

Attorney general, limitations of powers of, 240.

Australian ballot, 123.

Bankers' mutual insurance companies for protection of depositors, 78.

Banking law, 87.

Bascom, John, influence of, 21,

Bills, introduction of, in legislature, 229.

rules for drafting in legislative reference department, 197.

Board of public affairs, see Public affairs, state board of.

Bonaparte, Charles, on judges as law makers, 238.

Bookkeeping, public, 46.

Boston Transcript, editorial on social improvement, 296.

Budget, 201.

Campaign expenses, 101.

Civil service, 174, 190.

exemption from, 176.

College of agriculture, see Wisconsin university, college of agriculture.

Commerce court, 235.

Commissions, appointive, 45, 172.

dangers of, 179.

devices used in, 45.

Common schools, tax for, 86,

Comparative legislation, 216, 248.

Competition, 1.

Conservation, 153.

Constitution, state, 208.

Constitutional amendments, 274.

initiative applied to, 118.

Constitutionality of laws, power of courts to pass upon, 208.

Contract, right of, 2.

Corporations, abuses of, against individuals, 47.

inability of individual to contend with, 46.

Corrupt practices, 100.

procedure, 106.

Cost of service, 59.

County schools of agriculture, 126.

Courts, assumption of legislative power by, 267.

inability to handle economic cases, 235.

power to pass on constitutionality of laws, 208.

procedure in, 239.

Criminal procedure, 253.

Decisions of judges, see Judicial decisions, recall.

Delegates to national convention, primary election of, 93.

Depreciation, 61.

Direct election of United States senators, 122.

Efficiency, 192.

Ekern, H. L., on advance in insurance legislation, 73.

Elections, limitation of expenditure of money to secure, 101.

non-partisan in cities, 123.

offences, 100.

United States senators, 122.

Electric light companies, taxation of, 82.

Ely, R. T., on inability of small city to contend with corporations, 47.

on trusts, 5.

teachings of, 27.

Employers' liability, 156, 165.

Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, withdrawal of, from Wisconsin, 75.

Experts, trained, on commissions, 46.

wrong type of, 188.

Extension division of the university, see Wisconsin university, extension division.

Fire insurance, investigation on, 80.

state fund to provide for loss on state property, 79.

Food, pure, 171.

Forestry, 153.

Fraternal insurance, 76.

Freight line companies, taxation of, 82.

Freund, Ernst, on legislation and jurisprudence, 242, 247.

Germans in Wisconsin, 20.

Germany, development of legislation in, 24.

influence of scholars upon legislation in, 186.

Going value, 59.

Government insurance, see State insurance.

Granger movement in Wisconsin, 37.

Guarantee of bank deposits, 76.

Hall, A. R., early advocate of ad valorem taxation of railroads, 38.

Hatton, W. H., on plans for railroad commission law, 41.

on relation of municipalities and public utilities, 69.

Health and public welfare, 156.

Health, board of, 170.

in relation to state hygienic laboratory, 170.

Hearings before committees of the legislature, 199.

Heating and power companies, taxation of, 82.

Home rule, 66.

Hornblower, Judge, on difficulties of law making, 209.

 

Ihering, Rudolph von, on the struggle for law, 266.

Illiterates, 142.

Income tax, 83.

Indeterminate permits, 61, 64.

Individual, cases showing abuses of corporation against, 49.

diagram showing inability to contend with corporations, 47.

Industrial commission, 162.

Industrial education, 127, 141.

Industrial insurance, see Workmen's compensation.

Industrial liberty; doctrine of, in the United States, 25.

Initiative, see Referendum.

Insurance, commissioner, an appointive officer, 79.

regulation, 73.

Jameson, J. F., on dangers of prosperity, 301.

Judge-made law, see Law, judge-made.

Judges, 233, 255.

primary election law does not apply to, 92.

recall of, 122, 255, 269.

Judicial decisions, recall, 122, 255, 269.

Laissez faire, doctrine of, 25.

Law, how actually made, 218.

judge-made, 221, 233.

power of courts to pass upon constitutionality of, 208.

revisor of statutes to codify, 208.

Law schools, faulty instruction of, 238, 253.

Legislation, no delegation of, to railroad commission, 45.

in Wisconsin, influence of German ideas and ideals upon, 26.

Legislative reference department, 196, 214.

non-partisanship essential, 218.

Legislature, 194.

commissions appointed by, 170.

hearings before committees of, 199.

length of sessions of, 206.

notable legislation of, in 1911, 274.

Libraries, traveling, 152.

Lush, C. K., on second choice, 93.

Majority elections, see Second choice.

Marshall, Judge, on work of the courts, 263.

Mileage books, regulation of, 41.

Monopoly, 1.

Municipal ownership, 65, 67.

Municipalities, public utilities in relation to, 69.

Mutual employers' liability insurance companies, 76.

Mutual life insurance companies, 76.

Normal schools, tax for, 86.

Norwegians in Wisconsin, 20.

O'Reilly, J.B., on relation of wealth and poverty, 7.

Passes, regulation of, 41.

Physical connection of telephones, see Telephones, physical connection of.

Physical valuation, 59.

Political purposes, limitation of expenditure of money for, 101.

Potter law, 37.

Presidential preference, provision made for statement of, in primary election law, 93, 98.

Primary election law, 88.

Public affairs, state board of, 202, 253, 292.

Public utilities, act, 58.

home rule, 65.

increase of business of, under law, 286.

indeterminate permits, 61, 64.

opinion of Judge Marshall concerning validity of the Wisconsin act, 62.

physical valuation of, 59.

taxation of, 82.

use of uniform accounting in fixing rates in, 60.

Railroad commission, control of public utilities vested in, 58.

no delegation of legislation to, 45.

power of, to contend with corporations, 44.

elected, 38.

Railroads, early abuses of, in Wisconsin, 34.

physical valuation of, 59.

Potter law, 37.

rates, power to fix, vested in commission, 45.

regulation of, 34.

restrictive legislation, 38,

taxation of, 82.

Recall, 122.

Referendum, joint resolution for constitutional amendment concerning, 116, 309.

Oregon plan of, 116,

Refrigerator lines, regulation of, 41.

Roads, legislation concerning, 154.

Roemer, J. H., on work of the railroad commission, 59.

Ross, E, A. on precedent in law, 237.

Salaries, proper, for experts, 184.

Sanborn, A. W., on corrupt practices, 102.

Scandinavians, influence upon Wisconsin legislation, 29.

Second choice, 93.

Shippers, small, inability of, to contend with corporations, 46.

Sidings, regulation of, 41.

Sleeping car companies, taxation of, 82.

regulation of, 41.

Smith, H. L., on difficulty of interpretation of the law, 211.

Socialism, 299.

State insurance, 76.

fund to provide for fire loss on state and county property, 79.

State superintendent of public instruction, primary election law does not apply to, 92.

Statutes, revisor of, 201.

Stickney, A. B,, on early railroad history in Wisconsin, 35.

Stock watering in Wisconsin, 74.

Stocks and bonds, regulation of, 59, 71.

Street railways, companies, taxation of, 82.

law to regulate, 59.

placed under railway commission, 58.

Supreme court, limitation of power of, 240.

Switching, regulation of, 41.

 

Tax commission, 80.

Taxation of public utilities, 82.

Telegraph companies, placed under railway commission, 58.

taxation of, 82.

Telephones, physical connection of, 58.

Terminals, regulation of, 41.

Transportation and despatch companies, regulation of, 41.

Trusts, 1.

Tuberculosis, prevention of, 171.

Turner, E. J., on relation between university and state, 124, 139.

Uniform accounting, use of, in fixing rates, 60.

United States senators, direct election of, 122.

Water power law, declared unconstitutional, 273.

Wisconsin free library commission, legislative reference department, 197, 214.

traveling library department, 152.

Wisconsin legislature, see Legislature.

Wisconsin university, 124.

college of agriculture, 125.

continuing appropriations, 125.

criticisms of, 136.

extension division of, 127, 131, 143.

relation between state and, 136.

tax for, 86.

under what auspices founded, 20.

Workmen's compensation, 156, 164.

decision of Wisconsin court in law of, 256.

English form of, 160.

German form of, 160, 167.