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CONTENTS
I. BOYHOOD 3
II. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 16
III. A FAMILY MAN 20
IV. POLITICS IN THE FOURTH WARD OF NEW YORK
CITY 		25
V. THE SPRINGS OF HIS PERSONALITY 29
VI. THE KEY TO HIS PUBLIC CAREER 32
VII. HIS STAND FOR THE WAGE EARNER 36
VIII. SMITH IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 40
IX. IN THE LOCAL POLITICS OF NEW YORK CITY 43
X. SMITH FOR GOVERNOR 48
XI. THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST YEAR 51
XII. WOMAN SUFFRAGE 65
XIII. IN THE THROES OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS 67
XIV. A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM 71
XV. HIS RELIGION 74
XVI. RE-ELECTED 77
XVII. IN ALBANY AGAIN 81
XVIII. AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STEWARDSHIP 85
XIX. HIS APPOINTMENTS 86
XX. A TYPICAL CAMPAIGN ADDRESS 90
XXI. HIS CAMPAIGN SPELL 108
XXII. THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET 121
XXIII. REORGANIZING THE STATE GOVERNMENT -- RE-
TRENCHMENT 		145
XXIV. EX-GOVERNOR SMITH IN ALBANY 156
XXV. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DESPOTISM AND
DEMOCRACY 		173
XXVI. AGRICULTURE 185
XXVIL WELFARE LEGISLATION -- DEBATE ON THE BARNES
AMENDMENT 		193
XXVIII. ON THE PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE'S
WATER POWER 		196
XXIX. THE LITERACY TEST AND A HUMOROUS INCIDENT
IN THE CONVENTION 		199
XXX. DEFENSE OF SOCIAL LEGISLATION 201
XXXI. SMITH AND LABOR 205
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Publication Information: Book Title: Alfred E. Smith, an American Career. Contributors: Henry Moskowitz - author. Publisher: T. Seltzer. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1924. Page Number: *.
    
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