Surface Management of Federal Coal Resources (43 Cfr 3041) and Coal Mining Operating Regulations (30 Cfr 211).

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...held at Antwerp, in 1885. The doctrine is said to have made progress under various forms in Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Argentine Republic. France and Germany have not so far contributed very much in favor of the doctrine. On the whole, the agitation is at present nowhere as strong as in Switzerland, where the injustice of the representative system is graphically illustrated by the discrepancy between the results obtained by the legislators S voting in the federal houses, and the people voting by the Referendum. The latter often reject, by overwhelming majorities, bills which their own representatives have accepted by an equally strong majority. Nor is the doctrine of Proportional Representation by any means a new thing in the United States. In 1844, a Mr. Thomas Gilpin, of Philadelphia, issued a pamphlet in which the system of the Free List was advocated for the first time. A practical application of the Limited Vote was made in New York State in 1867 for electing delegates to a constitutional convention. The Cumulative Vote has been used for many years in Illinois to elect representatives to the lower house. For some reason or other the years 1870, 1871, and 1872 witnessed a sudden growth of interest in the subject in certain States, notably in Pennsylvania under the incentive of United States Senator Buckalew and Mr. S. Dana Horton. At the present time renewed interest is showing itself, growing out of particularly flagrant cases of gerrymandering. Prof. John R. Commons has distinguished himself by careful and scholarly agitation of the subject. Prof. M. R. Leverson has incorporated the principle in a pamphlet entitled "Constitution Making." Mr. Alfred Cridge, of San Francisco, publishes a little periodical devoted to the reform,...