Civil Government of Ohio BY FRANK H. H. ROBERTS, A.M. Principal of the Wyoming State Normal, Laramie, Wyoming, and author WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD, PH.D. Trustee of the University of Wyoming Around I see The powers that be; I stand by Empire's primal springs, In every street And hear the tread of uncrowned kings. - Whittier The History of the World is not intelligible apart from the government PREFACE My duties as teacher and examiner of teachers have impressed this fact upon my mind: As a rule teachers know less of civil government than of any other branch upon which they are examined. For ten years I have endeavored to find the reason. I am now convinced that our best texts pay too little attention to definition and close discrimination of terms. This book, which is the product of the class-room, is intended to supplant the better books in this particular, and to be used as a beginning book in the class-room. The plan of parallel statements of the state and nation has been tried for three years with such excellent results that I have put it in form for other teachers. It takes but little longer for the student to learn the government of both the nation and the state, and this form gives him a definite idea of the close relation existing between state and nation. In the text I have suggested that the present forms of law and government are the result of definite historical conditions. In the preparation of this work, I am under obligation to Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard for valuable suggestions and for help in reading and correcting proof. I also acknowledge my obligation to Dr. J. E. Le Rossignol of the University of Denver for criticisms of the text. This book is sent forth with the hope that it will be helpful to teacher and pupil and of value to the general reader. (5) FRANK H. H. ROBERTS. April 1, 1902. |