American Legislatures And Legislative Methods

Boston Ma: The Century Co., 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. X, 337 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1907 Date On Title Page. A Near Fine Example. Engraved Bookplate And Ownership Signature Of Arnold Whitridge, Professor Of History At Yale. Paul Samuel Reinsch (1869 -1923), Was An American Political Scientist And Diplomat. Reinsch Graduated From The University Of Wisconsin In 1892, Attended The School Of Law There, And After Graduating In 1894, Was Admitted To The Bar And Practiced Law In Milwaukee. He Returned To The University Of Wisconsin For Additional Schooling In 1895, Earning A Ph.D. In Political Science Under Frederick Jackson Turner In 1898. He Was Employed There As An Assistant Professor Of Political Science. He Became A Full Professor Of Political Science At The University Of Wisconsin In 1901, And Remained In This Position Until 1913. Reinsch Was One Of The Organizers Of The American Political Science Association, Serving As Second Vice-President In 1904, And Becoming President In 1920. He Was One Of The First Educators To Offer Courses In World Politics. In 1911 And 1912, He Served As Roosevelt Exchange Professor At The Universities Of Berlin And Leipzig. Reinsch Was Introduced Into The World Of Practical Diplomacy By Serving On The United States Delegations To The Third Pan American Conference At Rio De Janeiro In 1906, The First Pan-American Scientific Conference At Santiago, Chile, In 1909, And The Fourth Pan-American Conference At Buenos Aires In 1910. This Experience, In Addition To His Reputation As A Student Of Far Eastern Affairs, Led To His Appointment As Minister To China By President Wilson On August 13, 1913. While Minister, Reinsch Encouraged Educational, Industrial, And Commercial Development In China. He Always Remained Sympathetic To The Democratic Movement, Despite Civil War, Political Intrigues, And Two Attempts To Restore The Empire. His Greatest Fault As A Diplomat Was An Inclination To "Make Policy"-- That Is, Act Without Concrete Instructions From Washington. The Most Serious Instance Of This Was His Promise To China That, If The Chinese Would Enter World War I Against The Central Powers, The United States Would Support China's Claim To Sovereignty In Shantung Province. When, Because Of Circumstances Of Which Reinsch Had No Knowledge, President Wilson Allowed Japanese Sovereignty Over Shantung To Be Written Into The Treaty Of Peace, Reinsch Resigned His Position As Minister. After His Resignation In August 1919, He Accepted An Appointment As Legal Counselor To China. In This Capacity, He Represented China At The Washington Conference, And Continued To Lecture And Write Until His Death On The Evils Of Secret Diplomacy And The Value Of Better Sino-American Relations. (Inasmuch As The Cardinal Rule Of Democrats Is To Never Criticize A Fellow Democrat, Particularly A President Victorious In War, Reinsch, And Wilson'S Support Of Japanese Territorial Acquisition In China, Is Largely Ignored By Modern Historians, Making American Understanding Of Modern Chinese Attitudes Problematic). In 1920, After His Friend Joseph E. Davies Persuaded Him To Run For The Office, Reinsch Won The Democratic Party Nomination For Senator From Wisconsin. His Campaign Was Not Very Actively Pursued, However, And He Was Defeated In The Election By Irvin Lenroot, The Republican Candidate. Reinsch Continued To Work For China, And Was In Shanghai, Working On Fiscal Reform For The Chinese Government, When He Died On January 24, 1923. His Publications Included (1899). The Common Law In The Early American Colonies, (1900). World Politics At The End Of The Nineteenth Century, (1902). Colonial Government, (1905). Colonial Administration, (1907). American Legislatures And Legislative Methods,(1909). Readings On American Federal Government,(1909) Civil Government, (1911). Readings On American State Government,(1911). Intellectual And Political Currents In The Far East, (1911). Public International Unions, (1922). An American Diplomat In China. He Also Wrote Many Articles.