Government of the People: A Study in the American Political System

Table of contents

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• Title Page 3
• Foreword 7
• Preface 11
• Contents 13
• The Constitution and the Courts. 15
• The Character of the Constitution 15
• Judicial Review 20
• The Origin and Character of the Parties 37
• The Age of the Democrats 37
• The Age of the Republicans 49
• The Present Distribution of Party Strength 67
• Party Sections and the Direct Primary 76
• Illustrations of Sectionalism 93
• Economic Sectionalism 93
• Country Versus City 101
• The President 117

• Title Page 3
• Foreword 7
• Preface 11
• Contents 13
• The Constitution and the Courts. 15
• The Character of the Constitution 15
• Judicial Review 20
• The Origin and Character of the Parties 37
• The Age of the Democrats 37
• The Age of the Republicans 49
• The Present Distribution of Party Strength 67
• Party Sections and the Direct Primary 76
• Illustrations of Sectionalism 93
• Economic Sectionalism 93
• Country Versus City 101
• The President 117
• The Growth of the Presidency 117
• The President's Cabinet 125
• The President and Legislation 131
• Congress 137
• The House of Representatives 137
• The House at Work 147
• The Senate 163
• The Senate at Work 168
• The Spoils System 183
• The Rise and Decline of the System 183
• The Working of the System 200
• The Pension System 205
• The G.A.R. and the G.O.P. 205
• The Veteran Problem To-Day 211
• The Machine 217
• How the City Machine Makes Its Friends 217
• The Rural Machine 223
• The Machine and the Elections 227
• Spoils and Rewards 234
• Some of the Machine's Customers 238
• Tammany Hall 252
• What Some Reformers Learned 260
• The State Machine 273
• The Prospects of Reform 284
• Conventions and Candidates 297
• The Task of the Convention 297
• The Ticket 322
• The Campaign 343
• The Plan of Campaign 343
• Local and Personal Issues 351
• Advertising 361
• Vox Populpi" 368
• Conclusion 379
• Appendix I Constitution of the United States of America 387
• Appendix II Apportionment of Seats in the House of Representatives 401
• Appendix III Presidents of the United States 403
• Index 405