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