The national government ; The state governments

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Macmillan and Company, 1888

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENCY
65
RINGS AND BOSSES
67
WHY GREAT MEN ARE NOT CHOSEN PRESIDENTS
72
THE CABINET
81
LOCAL EXTENSION OF RINGS AND BOSSES
87
THE SENATE
92
SPOILS
97
THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BODY
102
ELECTIONS AND THEIR MACHINERY
107
ITS WORKING AND INFLUENCE
108
CORRUPTION
118
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
121
THE WAR AGAINST BOSSDOM
134
THE HOUSE AT WORK
138
THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS
150
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION
161
CONGRESSIONAL FINANCE
171
THE ISSUES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
179
THE RELATIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES
180
CHAP PAGE XIX GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONGRESS
186
TYPES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN
194
WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK OF
202
THE RELATIONS OF CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT
205
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE
212
THE FEDERAL COURTS
225
PART IVPUBLIC OPINION
236
THE COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
237
CHAP PAGE LXXX NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS MOULDING PUBLIC OPINION
243
THE WORKING OF THE COURTS
255
LOCAL TYPES OF OPINIONEAST WEST AND SOUTH
268
COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SYSTEMS
271
THE ACTION OF PUBLIC OPINION
281
OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
291
THE FATALISM OF THE MULTITUDE
297
THE NATURE OF PUBLIC OPINION
301
THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
305
THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY
307
WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION FAILS
315
WORKING RELATIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS
318
WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION SUCCEEDS
324
CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
334
THE TWEED RING IN NEW YORK CITY
335
MERITS OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
342
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
350
THE PHILADELPHIA GAS RING
354
THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
355
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
363

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