Party organization, correspon-
dent to its tasks, 196.
Pearson, C. H., on Anglo-
Saxons, 69; on origin of
feudalism, 69.
Pepys' Diary, referred to, 120.
Philippines, budget conditions
in, 219.
Poland, Voltaire on, 22; Gib-
bon's allusion to, 27; its
European renown, 296.
Political prophecy, instances
of its futility, 296 et seq.
Polk, President, on represent-
ative character of pres-
idency, 282 n.
Porto Rico, budget conditions
in, 219.
Presbyterianism, its political
attitude, 13; loses control
of parliament, 17.
Presidential election, in U. S.,
285; in Switzerland, 286.
Protestant reformers, political
aims of, 19.
Prussia, once vassal of
Poland, 296.
Purse, power of the, 116.
Queen Anne's reign, budget
rule adopted in, 121.
Queensland, abolishes its sen-
ate, 278.
Quincy, Josiah, on Boston
town-meeting, 269 n.
Quorum, in British parlia-
ment, 208; in France, 208.
Rappard, W. E., studies of
Swiss politics, 289 n.
Recall, the, effects of, 287.
Referendum, the, impairs
representative government,
Reformers, professional, 264.
Representative government,
definition of, 3; spread of,
4; theories of its origin, 9;
attributed to Anglo-Saxons,
45; the Mark held to be
its germ, 48; theories of its
development, 50; views of
Freeman on, 51; genesis of,
88; movements toward in
Roman empire, 89; causa-
tion of in England, 95;
parliamentary beginnings
of, 99; its pattern supplied
by Dominicans, 109; started
by Simon de Montfort, 111;
adopted by Edward I, 111;
an organ of control, 116,
120; development of its
authority, 117; views of
Guizot on, 128; James Mill
on, 130; J. S. Mill's trea-
tise on, 135; criterion of
value of, 147; prerequisites
of, 149; essentials of, 153,
158; needs to be strictly
conditioned 156; as to
representation of minorities,
171; dependence on direct
contact with administration,
178; parliamentary tenure
of not essential to, 184;
susceptible to corruption,
199; on securities against
abuse, 202; effects on of
payment of representatives,
204; effects on of legisla-
tive budget, 210, 212, 225;
impairment of through loss
of budget control, 219;
effects on of multiple
agency system, 260; effects
on of divided representa-
tion, 273 et seq.; tends
toward single chamber, 279;
impaired by referendum,
287; reaction against, 295;
prospects of, 299 et seq.
Revolutions, the year of, 7.
Robertson, J. M., on Anglo-
Saxon data, 87 n.
Robertson, Wm., on the Ger-
man tribes, 25.
Roman empire, tendencies to
representative government,
Romantic movement, effects
of, 38.
Root, Senator, on flood of
legislation, 292 n.
Ross, Denman W., 83 n.
Rousseau, contract theory of,
18; indebtedness of to
Montesquieu, 31; advocates
return to nature, 32.
Sardinia, adopts parliamen-
tary institutions, 7.
Saxon Chronicle, extract from,
77.
Schiller, on the politics of
the Grisons, 193.
Seebohm, F., on Anglo-Sax-
ons, 84.
Senates, abolition of, 276;
functions of, 275; move-
ments away from, 279;
supremacy of in U. S.,
279.
Separation of the powers,
180 et seq.
Serfdom, origin of, 83; among
Anglo-Saxons, 85.
Seventeenth century, political
ideas of, 11.
Sidgwick, H., cited, 301.
Soviet system, 267, 269, 296.
Spencer, Herbert, on political
exuviation, 301.
Spoils system, orderly effects
of, 265.
State, primitive form of, 88;
modern character of, 265.
Stubbs, W., accepts the Mark
theory,
Saxons, 57.
Suffrage, woman, effects of,
170.
57; on Anglo-
Switzerland, ancient polity of,
8; 18th century conditions
in, 126; executive perma-
nence in, 190; once notori-
ous for venality, 193; con-
stitutional provisions of,
193 n.; its type feasible for
U. S., 198; frugal arrange-
ments of, 206; war ex-
perience of, 216; commit-
tee expenses in, 224; legis-
lative procedure in, 231,
281; folk-moots of, 267;
the senate in, 280; initiative
and referendum in, 288;
social security of, 303.
Tacitus, on German customs,
73, 75.
Talleyrand,
305.
on democracy,
Tammany Hall, 266, 267.
Term, of representative office,
discussed, 248 et seq.; one
year in Barbados, 250; five
years in England, 250.
Teutonic polity theory, state-
ment of, 9; unheard of in
17th century, 11, 19; advo-
cated in the Netherlands,
34; flourishes in England,
37; based on assumed exist-
ence of the Mark, 49.
Thucydides, cited 89 n.
Times, London, on British
race types, 65.
Tout, T. F., on administra-
tive history, 104 n.
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