C

TE PARTY SYSTEM -- PUBLIC OPINION – ILLUSTRATIONS

AND REFLECTIONS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

NEW EDITION
COMPLETELY REVISED THROUGHOUT

WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1927

All rights reserved

Set

up and electrotyped. Published November, 1910. Reprinted
August, 1911; March, September, 1912; March, November, 1913;
April, 1914; August, 1915; October, 1916 ; September, 1917; Octo-
ber, 1918; April, 1919; May, 1920; February, 1921; May, 1923;
April, 1924; January, 1927.

Norwood Press
J. 8. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co.

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

FEB 1% 1929
VU83

1920
CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAP.

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PART III — THE PARTY SYSTEM

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LII. POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR HISTORY

3

LIV. THE PARTIES OF TO-DAY

21

LÝ. COMPOSITION OF THE PARTIES

31

LVI. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE PARTIES

41

LVII. THE POLITICIANS

56

LVIII. WHY THE BEST MEN DO NOT GO INTO POLITICE

69

LIX. PARTY ORGANIZATIONS

76

LX. THE MACHINE

82

NOTE ON RECENT LEGISLATION REGARDING PRIMARIES .

89

LXI. WHAT THE MACHINE HAS TO DO

93

LXII. How THE MACHINE WORKS

101

LXIII. RINGS AND BOSSES

111

LXIV. LOCAL EXTENSION OF RINGS AND Bosses

124

LXV. SPOILS

136

LXVI. ELECTIONS AND THEIR MACHINERY

146

LXVII. CORRUPTION

156

LXVIII. THE WAR AGAINST BOSSDOM

168

LXIX. NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS

176

LXX. THE NOMINATING CONVENTION AT WORK

186

LXXI. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

204

LXXII. THE ISSUES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

214

LXXIII. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON NOMINATIONS AND ELEC-

TIONS

222

LXXIV. TYPES OF AMERICÁN STATESMEN

230

LXXV. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK OF IT

239

NOTE ON THE PARTY SYSTEM

246

PART IV - PUBLIC OPINION

LXXVI. THE NATURE OF PUBLIC OPINION

LXXVII. GOVERNMENT BY PUBLIC OPINION

CHAP.

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LXXVIII. How PUBLIC OPINION RULES IN AMERICA

267

LXXIX. ORGANS OF PUBLIC OPINION

274

LXXX. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS MOULDING PUBLIC

OPINION

285

LXXXI. CLASSES AS INFLUENCING OPINION

297

LXXXII. LOCAL TYPES OF OPINION — East, WEST, AND SOUTH 311

LXXXIII. THE ACTION OF PUBLIC OPINION

321

LXXXIV. THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY,

338

LXXXV. THE FATALISM OF THE MULTITUDE

347

LXXXVI. WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION FAILS

357

LXXXVII. WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION SUCCEEDS

366

PART V - ILLUSTRATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

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LXXXVIII. THE TAMMANY RING IN NEW YORK CITY

LXXXIX. THE PHILADELPHIA Gas Ring

xc. KEARNEYISM IN CALIFORNIA

XCI. THE HOME OF THE NATION

XCII. THE LATEST PHASE OF IMMIGRATION

XCIII. THE SOUTH SINCE THE WAR

XCIV. PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE NEGRO

xcv. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE NEGRO PROBLEM

XCVI. FOREIGN POLICY AND TERRITORIAL EXTENSION

XCVII. THE NEW TRANSMARINE DOMINIONS

XCVIII. LAISSEZ FAIRE

XCIX. WOMAN SUFFRAGE

c. THE SUPPOSED FAULTS OF DEMOCRACY

CI. THE TRUE FAULTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

CII. THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

CIII. HOW FAR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR

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EUROPE

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PART VI- SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CIV. THE BAR

cv. THE BENCH

CVI. RAILROADS

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CVII. WALL STREET

CVIII. THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

cix. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE UNIVERSITIES

cx. THE CHURCHES AND THE CLERGY .

CXI. THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION

CXII. THE POSITION OF WOMEN

CXIII. EQUALITY

CXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THOUGHT

cxv. CREATIVE INTELLECTUAL POWER

CXVI. THE RELATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE

CXVII. THE ABSENCE OF A CAPITAL

CXVIII. AMERICAN ORATORY

CXIX. THE PLEASANTNESS OF AMERICAN LIFE

cxx. THE UNIFORMITY OF AMERICAN LIFE

CXXI. TAE TEMPER OF THE WEST

CXXII. THE FUTURE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

CXXIII. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE

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