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Politics and economics in 513 659 472 640 657 301 301 475 266 284 319 492 486 475 The American Vol. VI FEBRUARY 1912 No. I THE PROGRESSIVE UNFOLDING OF THE POWERS OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION SIMEON E. BALDWIN When the Constitution of the United States was pending for ratification, its supporters, in their public utterances, were disposed to minimize the powers which it conferred. This was the general tone of the Federalist. How far they might reach, indeed, was a question that only the future could fully answer. A set of traditions and usages and precedents must first grow up, under the Constitution, but outside of it. Every one saw that much would depend on the views of Washington. Every one looked forward with confidence to his unanimous election as the first President. Every one saw that it would be left to him to decide whether he should be reelected. His refusal to stand for a third term founded a usage that has become as controlling as an express constitutional provision. Washington took care that the judiciary should be composed of men who believed that Congress was not confined to the exercise of the powers expressly granted to it. It is a remark of one of our associates, Mr. Herbert Croly, |