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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"Dear Sir:—I have had the extreme pleasure of reading your book, 'Direct Legislation,' and beg to assure you that it made a deep impression upon my mind. The principles of the Initiative and Referendum so often proclaimed find sufficient elucidation in concise form. The facts that you have massed together of the practical application of these principles give the best evidence of thorough research and study. It is the first time that the labor reformers and thinkers generally have had this subject presented to them in so able and readable a manner. Every man who believes in minimizing the evil tendencies of politics as a trade or profession, cannot fail to be highly interested as well as pleased upon reading your book.

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