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...HOUSE and I. W. HOWERTH.Best general references: Nineteenth Cent., IV, 695 (Oct. 1878); New Englander XXXIV, 473 (July 1875); Ibid, 734 (Oct. 1875); Christian Examiner, LXXXVII 137 (Sept. 1869); Pol. Scl. Quar., III, 99 (M'ch. 1888); N. A. Rev., vol. 137, p. 257 (Sept. 1883); Atl. M. LII, 323 (Sept. 1883); Bryce, American Commonwealth, chaps. LVII - LXXIV; F. Whitridge, Econ. Tracts...
...fatal to good government. - (a) It corrupts the public service; Christian Ex., LXXXVII, 141. - (b) It drives good men out of politics: N. A. Rev. vol. 137, p. 257. - (c) It favors the politician: Nineteenth Cent., IV, 710. - (d) It puts government into the hands of irresponsible parties: Christian Ex., LXXXVII, 141. - (e) It kills politically those who oppose it: Nineteenth Cent...
...DALLINGER and S. A. MCINTIRE.Best general references: Ford's American Citizen's Manual, Part I. pp. 91-97; Polit. Sci. Quart. III. 106; The Nation, vol. 8 p. 86; Penn. Monthly, III. 177-192; Roosevelt, Essays on Practical Politics, No. 2; Speech, Hon. Adin Thayer, Boston Sunday Herald...
...caucus is a very old American institution; Gordon, Hist. of Am. Rev. vol. 1, p. 363. (a) It first appeared in New England because of the wide extension of suffrage, - (b) It has spread with the extension of the suffrage. - (c) Practically the only change has been the choice of delegates to conventions: Works of John Adams, Vol. 2, p. 144. - (d). This was a natural and necessary development: Am. Cit. Manual...
...evils complained of at present are not due to our present caucus system. - (a) These evils are nothing new: Niles' Register, vol. 31, pp. 85 and 363. - (b) The liability of their occurrence is inherent in human nature and in popular government. - (c) No system of nomination can make citizens do their duty...