CONTENTS

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LIST OF PRESIDENTS .

AREA, POPULATION, AND DATE OF ADMISSION OF THE STATES

DATES OF SOME REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE

NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES AND UNITED STATES

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II. THE NATION AND THE STATES

III. THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION

IV. NATURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

V. THE PRESIDENT

VI. PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND DUTIES.

VII. OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENCY

VIII. WHY GREAT MEN ARE NOT CHOSEN PRESIDENTS

IX. THE CABINET .

x. THE SENATE .

XI. THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BODY

XII. THE SENATE : Irs WORKING AND INFLUENCE

XIII. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

XIV. THE HOUSE AT WORK

XV. THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

XVI. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION

XVII. CONGRESSIONAL FINANCE

XVIII. THE RELATIONS OF THE Two HOUSES

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XIX. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONGRESS

XX. THE RELATIONS OF CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT

XXI. THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE

XXII. THE FEDERAL COURTS

XXIII. THE COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION

XXIV. THE WORKING OF THE Courts

XXV. COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SYSTEMS.

XXVI, OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

XXVII. THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

XXVIII. WORKING RELATIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND THE STATE

GOVERNMENTS

XXIX. CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

XXX. MERITS OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

XXXI. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

XXXI. THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

XXXIII. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

XXXIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BY USAGE

xxxv. THE RESULTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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PART II.—THE STATE GOVERNMENTS

xxxvI. NATURE OF THE AMERICAN STATE .

XXXVII. STATE CONSTITUTIONS

XXXVIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS

xxxix. Direct LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE

XL. STATE LEGISLATURES

XLI. THE STATE EXECUTIVE

XLII. THE STATE JUDICIARY

XLIII. STATE FINANCE

XLIV. THE WORKING OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

XLV. REMEDIES FOR THE FAULTS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

XLVI. STATE POLITICS

XLVII. THE TERRITORIES

XLVIII. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

XLIX. OBSERVATIONS ON RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT

L. THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES

LI. THE WORKING OF City GOVERNMENTS

LII. AN AMERICAN VIEW OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE

UNITED STATES

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ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS

WHAT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OWES TO THE STATE CONSTITU-

TIONS

EXTRACTS FROM THE RULES OF THE SENATE

PRIVATE BILLS

THE LOBBY

THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES

CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1861-65

THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF CANADA

THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CASE

AN AMERICAN VIEW OF PARLIAMENT

SPECIMENS OF PROVISIONS IN STATE CONSTITUTIONS LIMITING TAXING

AND BORROWING POWERS

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, 1781-88

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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VOL. II

PART III—THE PARTY SYSTEM (Continued)

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LV. COMPOSITION OF THE PARTIES

LVI. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE PARTIES

LVII. THE POLITICIANS

LVIII. WHY THE BEST MEN DO NOT GO INTO Politics

LIX. PARTY ORGANIZATIONS

LX. THE MACHINE

LXI. WHAT THE MACHINE HAS TO DO

LXII. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS

LXIII. RINGS AND Bosses.

LXIV. LOCAL EXTENSION OF RINGS AND Bosses .

LXV. SPOILS

LXVI. ELECTIONS AND THEIR MACHINERY

LXVII. CORRUPTION

LXVII). THE WAR AGAINST BosspoM

LXIX. NOMINATING CONVENTIONS

Lxx. THE NOMINATING CONVENTION AT WORK

LXXI. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

LXXII. THE ISSUES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

LXXIII. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

LXXIV. TYPES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN

Lxxv. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK OF IT

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PART IV–PUBLIC OPINION

LXXVI. THE NATURE OF PUBLIC OPINION

LXXVII. GOVERNMENT BY PUBLIC OPINION

LXXVIII. How PUBLIC OPINION RULES IN AMERICA

LXXIX. ORGANS OF PUBLIC OPINION

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LXXX. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS As MOULDING PUBLIC OPINION 243

LXXXI. CLASSES AS INFLUENCING OPINION

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LXXXII. LOCAL TYPES OF OPINION-EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH

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LXXXIII. THE ACTION OF PUBLIC OPINION .

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LXXXIV. THE FATALISM OF THE MULTITUDE

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LXXXV. THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY.

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LXXXVI. WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION Fails.

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LXXXVII. WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION SUCCEEDS

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PART V—ILLUSTRATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

LXXXVIII. THE TWEED RING IN NEW YORK CITY

LXXXIX. THE PHILADELPHIA GAS RING

xc. KEARNEYISM IN CALIFORNIA

xci. THE PROBLEM OF TERRITORIAL EXTENSION

XCII. LAISSEZ FAIRE

XCIII. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

XCIV. THE SUPPOSED FAULTS OF DEMOCRACY

xcy. THE TRUE FAULTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

XCVI. THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

HOW FAR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE

EUROPE

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PART VI-SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

XCVIII, THE BAR

xcix. THE BENCH

C. RAILROADS .

CI. WALL STREET

CIT. THE UNIVERSITIES

CIII. THE CHURCHES AND THE CLERGY.

civ. THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION

CY. THE POSITION OF WOMEN.

CVI. EQUALITY .

CVII. THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THOUGHT

CVIII. CREATIVE INTELLECTUAL POWER .

cix. THE RELATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE

cx. THE ABSENCE OF A CAPITAL

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