New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-09
HANDBOOK OF POLITICS ron 7e4,
PREPARED BY
NOW IN PRESS:

PREPARED BIT
HON. EDWARD MCPHERSON, LII. D.
Clerk ofthe United States House ofRepresentatir..
Whose political works have always been cbarae
teIized by such thoroughness, accuracy and fp,nar
TALLY as to make them absolutely Indispensable
to American statesmen politicians, lawyers. SIN
dents of history, journalists and intelligent think.
ers OF all classes and all political parties by whom
| they are freely used and quoted as
UNDOUBTED AUTHORITY.
MePherson's Hand Book for 1872, in variety
scope and interest of matter suapasses all political
| guide books hitherto published It is work of
| about $40 pages 8vo., double column, handsomely
bound II durable cloth-size and shape very con
venient to carry while campaigning. 1t will be of
uniform style with Mr.. McPherson's other political
publications. and win form with them a continuous
series, illustrating by papers, votes and figures the
progress of political thought and action, and the
relations of parties to all important public ques.
lions. 1t will cover the two years which have
elapsed since the issue of his Hand Book of Politics
for 1879 no manual having been issued by Kim in
1871.
Besides much other invaluable political data the
following are embraced i'll its
CONTENTS:
List of members of the Cabinet of President
Lsit of Senators and Representatives in the Forty
fret and Forty second Congresses.
The second and third annual messages, and the
special MESA ges Of President Grant on san Do.
ningo, Test-oath, Lawlessuess in South Carolina,
ti0ns and orders issued since 1870.
Pull text of the enforcement acts of the Forty
first and Forty second Congresses, and the ku-
Klux act of the Forty second Congress- with the
various votes thereon,
teeuth constitutional amendments with votes IN
House respecting their validity.
Yea and nay votes in Congress on measures af-
tea, coffee salt, coal etc
Votes on the several propositions of amnesty.
and full record of the bills in Senate and House
to provide for the further security of the equal
rights of citizens.
The various propositions of amendment to the
constitution of the United States. made in the
Forty first and Forty-seeond Congresses.
The amendments proposed and made to State.
constitutions in IlliEois, Louisiana, Michigan
North Carolina, Nebraska Rhode Island. West Yir-
The rules OF the Civil Service Commission. and
the additional rules of the Advisory Board together
with action OF Congress and the President On this
subject.
Full text of the eight hour law, with opinion of
Attorney General Hoar to its effect, order of
President Grantto carry it out, and votes in Con.
gFess as to its meaning.
Textof the bill to promote the establishment of
common school systems i'll the various States, and
The reports of Judiciary Committees in the sen.
ate and House upon the right of women to vote
under the fourteenth amendment, with additional
facts respecting this movement including The re-
massachusetts '''-N
/ tabular statement giving the popular and
electoral vote of each State in 1868 together with
the aggregate popular vote for the two preceding
presidential elections; the vote at State elections
sentation of the several States in Congress and
the vote in the electoral college, by States and sec.
tons under the census of 1860 and 1873, together
with the population of each State under the census
of 1850 and 1870 and its relative rank ia the family
Also a tabular statement showing the re-
celPts OF the government from every source, for
each fiscal year from 1853 TO 1872, classified under
the respective heads of customs, internal revenue
d1rect taxes, pubic lands and miscellaneous.
sources.
Also, a tabulared exhibit of the expenditures Of
the government during the same period, under the
several heads of civil list, foreign intercourse
navy Department., War Department, pensions la
dams miscellaneous, and the amount of interest
on the public debt annually paid in those years;
accompanied by detailed statement taken from
official sources, of the leading items for each year
gong to make up the totals for the above heads,
With a table OF gold fluctuations exhibiting the
changes in value Of United States currency, nom
The period of its first issue until it reached the
comparatively settled standard it now enfoys and
other int esing details connected with the sa1tA
giving an opportunity for full comparison aid
an exhaustive examination of the sources Of ex-
Dendture.
The work will also contain the text Of the de-
5is!Qn OF the United States Supreme Court, known
ts the legal tender decision of 1871
An authentic copy of the treaty of Washington
md The Johnson Clarendon treaty viii be found in
Is Ilchly stored pages.
Also, the political platforms of 1871 and Ig72-i1.
IuQ4IS Uhe full text of those of the various
IdLl0l&I convent ions and the proceedings thereof
nd the main eat lures of the Republican and Demo-
ratio platfoi ms in many of the States including
he Missouri Liberal Republican and the Mont.
,ol2ery county, Ohio Democratic platform known
IS the new departure
!, The book also contains tabular statement of
he public debt of the United States up TO JIy of
ach year, from 1857 to 1872 inclusive foretber
Win the amount of debt due at the close OF every
since the formation of the present
oyernment. and table of revenue redIctiors
lVlIig the oHicial estimates OF the annual leduc-
ION IN internal and customs revenues by leGfsla-
ION since the act of 1856
Also table showing the wealth, local debt and
1hotmg Inc comparative quantities and vaiuag
! 9$6!cuitlral lands, products etc. in 1850 1850
n9 IStG prepared from advance sheets of tie cen.
Also, an accurate tahulated exhibit of tile total
ua!Ilmty OF public lands in this country-TTth the
ILiIoe5 OF acres Sold entered for homestead
ranted for military services agTienIf1T@5j col
, y, falIIroad9 canals wagon roads Companies,
luilNiuuaAs corporations, States and Territories
sylums, Indians for reservations private and &
+atas an n3 e Sta and the amount in each Of tie
ropriated together with estimate Of Az u Id5l
acres called for by all the railroad land Grants
,ed on Tv,nate OF t4e number of acres such rail.
AIso the text of the Texas Pacific and Bavae15
+st s,d III LaILoad acts considered in the Forty.
'tes thereon. o''e'' "I'N tAe various
also the yea and nay votes upon all the political
So Ilons-such as on the right of secession am
ssIy, the restoration of the Arlington estate II
s LES anu others-in the last session of the For.
,n nrTe anu second sessions Of the Forty second E
u &aaItion TO the above, will be found large
n4egy Of miscellaneous matter not necessary 70 NJ
+ tl1guiai ize-th9 whole forming volume abso
D1"FhNSAsShE TO THE POLITICIAN OF EVERY
PARTY
Issues af 10 ne thoroughly informed upon all
of b 1ha6 he can almost instantly turn to any
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