De Alexander: “I believe Tammany and the lofty coterie of Republican gentlemen in this city (New York) threw money into my district to…”

Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the senate and senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election.

Indeed, his administration admittedly ranked with the best that had adorned the State for a century, and his friends, including Independents and many Stalwarts, rallied with energy to his support.

In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires....

More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.