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Sovereign States and the Federal Government--California and the Senate--The Constitutional Powers of Congress and the President--Government by Interpretation--President Roosevelt as an Inspiration to the People--A New Conception of the Presidential Office--"Teddy" and the "fraid strap"--Mr. Roosevelt and the Corporations--As a Politician--His Imperiousness--The Negro Problem--The Americanism of the South.