Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum

by J. W. Sullivan

INDEX.

A
Aargau,[12],[13]
Abolition of the lawmaking monopoly,[100]
"A Concept of Political Justice", [i]
Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell ("The Swiss Confederation"), [iii]
Alcohol, State monopoly, Switzerland,[59]
Appenzell,[8],[13],[65]
Area of Switzerland,[14],[48]
"Arena",[27]
Army, a democratic,[41],[42]
Assembly, Federal, Switzerland,[22],[35]
B
Bâle,[12],[13],[61]
Banking, Switzerland,[54]
Berne,[10],[12],[13],[61],[115]
Bryce, James, "American Commonwealth",[85]
Bürkli, Carl,[16]
C
Canton, organization of the,[34]
Cantons (states), names of the twenty-two,[13]
Cigar-Makers' Union,[87],[88]
Climate, Switzerland,[48]
Communal lands,[63],[70]
Communal meeting, the,[7],[32],[33]
subjects covered at,[8]
organization,[32]
Communes (townships) 2,706 in number,[7]
Congress (Federal Assembly), Switzerland,[22],[35]
Congress, United States, at work,[92]
Considérant, Victor,[16]
Constitutions, revision of Swiss,[23]
spirit of Swiss,[31]
D
Dates—First Swiss Constitution,[14]
Federal Referendum began,[14]
Federal Initiative adopted,[14]
cantonal Referendum began,[14]
progress of cantonal Referendum,[15]
French theorists' discussion of Referendum,[14]
cantonal Referendum established in Zurich,[16]
New England town meeting,[80]
Debts, public, Switzerland,[57]
Democracy vs. representative government,[5]
Dicey, A.V.,[28]
Diet,[10],[37]
Droz, Numa,[19]
E
Elections, semi-annual,[20]
Environment of the Swiss citizen,[31]
Equal rights,[107]
Executive councils, Swiss,[36],[37],[40]
F
Facts established by this book,[95]
Fiske, John, on town meeting,[80]
Freedom in Switzerland,[57]
Freiburg,[12]
G
Garment Workers, United,[88]
Geneva,[12],[13],[61]
Glarus,[12],[13],[65],[66],[67]
Grand Council,[18],[20],[34]
Grisons,[12],[13],[61]
H
Highways, Switzerland,[50]
I
Illiteracy in Switzerland,[27]
Immigration into Switzerland,[70]
Initiative and Referendum in labor organizations,[87]
Initiative, cantonal,[11]
Federal,[22]
not a simple petition,[22]
what it is,[10]
Instruction in Switzerland,[27]
J
Jamin, P,[17]
Jesuits expelled from Switzerland,[58]
Judiciary, Swiss,[40]
Jurors, Swiss, elected,[40]
L
Land and climate, Switzerland,[47]
Land, tenure and distribution of, Switzerland,[63],[70]
Public,[64],[65]
Landsgemeinde,[8],[63]
Languages in Switzerland,[13]
Legislation by representatives,[92]

Legislators, pay of Swiss,[35]
Legislatures in Switzerland,[34]
Local self-government,[101]
Lucerne,[12],[13]
M
Machines kill third parties,[98]
McCrackan, W.D.,[27]
Military system, Swiss,[42],[43]
Moses, Prof. Bernard ("The Federal Government of Switzerland"), [iii]
Municipal land,[110]
N
Nelson, Henry Loomis, on the town meeting,[79]
Neuchâtel,[12],[13],[61]
New England town meeting,[72]
O
Oberholtzer, Ellis P., on Referendum in the United States,[82]
Objections to the optional Referendum,[18]
Obligatory and optional Referendum,[13],[17]
Obligatory Referendum in Zurich,[20]
One-man power unknown in Switzerland,[34]
P
Parliamentary government abolished,[30]
Political status in Switzerland,[25]
Population, Switzerland, cantons, cities,[13],[14]
Post-office, Switzerland,[49]
Poverty in Switzerland,[68]
President of the Confederation,[38]
Press, the Swiss,[26]
Principles of a free society,[25]
Proportional representation,[117]
R
Railroads, Switzerland,[49]
Referendum, Federal, Switzerland,[21],[22]
in labor organizations,[87]
instrument of the minority,[22]
in the United States,[72]
in various states, cities, etc.,[82]
not the plébiscite,[29]
obligatory,[13], 17,[20]
optional,[13],[17],[18]
what it is,[10]
Rittinghausen,[16]
Rockland, Mass., town meeting,[73]
Rotation in office a partisan idea,[39],[83]
S
Salaries of Swiss officials,[35],[36],[38]
Salvation Army, Switzerland,[58]
Schaffhausen,[12],[13]
Schwyz,[8],[12],[13],[65]
Senates, no cantonal,[34]
Soleure,[12],[13]
Stage routes, Switzerland,[52]
State religions, Switzerland,[33]
St. Gall,[12],[13],[65],[66]
Statistics as to Switzerland,[13],[14]
Summary of results of direct legislation in Switzerland,[70]
Sunday, votings and communal meetings on,[8]
Switzerland long undemocratic,[60]
T
Table—Population, languages, form of passing laws, year of entering Switzerland,[13]
Tariff, protective, Switzerland,[58]
Taxes, Switzerland,[52]
Telegraph and telephone, Switzerland,[50]
Thurgau,[12],[13]
Ticino,[12],[13],[59],[66],[67]
Typographical Union,[89]
U
Unterwald,[12],[13],[65],[66]
Urgence,[17]
Uri,[12],[13],[65]
V
Valais,[12],[13],[61],[66]
Vaud,[12],[13],[66]
Vincent, Prof. John Martin ("State and Federal Government of
Switzerland"), [iii]
references to,[8],[32],[34],[61]
Vote-buying,[20]
W
Wage-workers in the majority,[106]
Wages and political conditions,[103]
"Westminster Review",[28],[45]
Winchester, Boyd ("The Swiss Republic"), [iv]
reference to,[63]
Wuarin, Louis,[30]
Z
Zurich,[13],[16],[20],[21],[61],[65],[115]
Zug,[12],[13]

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