DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY

DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY

A STUDY IN WASHINGTON
SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS
AND COMPANY
MCMIII

Copyright, 1903, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS AND CO.
Copyright, 1903, by Curtis Publishing Co.
Published, June, 1903, R

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Men and Women [ 3]
II. The Rise of a Premier and Somethingabout Two Hearts[ 30]
III. Down among the Captains and theShouting[ 48]
IV. Government without the Consent ofthe Governed[ 73]
V. A Rapturous Hour which was RudelyInterrupted[ 91]
VI. Devils and Angels Fight for theSouls of Men[ 112]
VII. How Various Persons Spent a MaySunday in Washington[ 130]
VIII. A New Senator—A Railway Journey—TheRose of the Field andthe Roses of the Garden [ 148]
IX. Concerning Things not to be Mentionedin the Society Journals[ 172]
X. There are Men who can ResistEverything except Temptation[ 203]
XI. In the Sweet-Do-Nothing of theSummer-Time[ 229]
XII. What is it to be Honest in Politicsand True in Love?[ 256]
XIII. War and Peace[ 283]

DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY