The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 186
... direct primary failed to accomplish the reforms which its backers so blithely predicted for it , but it has contributed on its own score to the debasement of American politics . The establishment of the direct pri- mary system was in ...
... direct primary failed to accomplish the reforms which its backers so blithely predicted for it , but it has contributed on its own score to the debasement of American politics . The establishment of the direct pri- mary system was in ...
Page 187
... direct pri- mary tends to bring about just the opposite result . It has planted the seeds of ambition in those who have abso- lutely no qualification for positions of public trust . By making the road so easy , it has encouraged the ...
... direct pri- mary tends to bring about just the opposite result . It has planted the seeds of ambition in those who have abso- lutely no qualification for positions of public trust . By making the road so easy , it has encouraged the ...
Page 192
... direct primary has broken down the spirit of Congress , has undermined its independence of thought , and injected into its proceed- ings the paralyzing element of fear . Under the whip and spur of the organ- ized minorities now afield ...
... direct primary has broken down the spirit of Congress , has undermined its independence of thought , and injected into its proceed- ings the paralyzing element of fear . Under the whip and spur of the organ- ized minorities now afield ...
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