OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT BY GAMALIEL BRADFORD “Let none objecte this is men's corruption, and nothing to COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. *88-94 Norwood Bress J. S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A. 738 Greater importance of the State governments They include absolute power over city government General uniformity in State governments National parties have absorbed State parties Tendency to remove government from the people Less frequent elections and sessions Anti-biennial campaign in Massachusetts Effect of State governments upon public life Increasing strife between classes. Political intercourse between States Security against executive power in public opinion Importance of training public opinion. Legislature assumed to be the whole government and looked to Professor Commons on proportional representation Admits failure of legislatures to govern But thinks they must be supreme |