Foreword vii Table of Contents ix List of Tables xvi List of Diagrams xxi Introduction xxiii CHAPTER I. OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL 1 These Are Our Voters! 2 Primitive Attitudes Toward Immigrants 3 Legal Position of the Alien 5 What Is an “American”? 7 The American Has No Racial Marks 10 Not Racial, but Cultural 12 Essentials of “Americanism” 14 II. NEW MEMBERS AND AN OLD GAME 17 Factors in Immigration 18 Politics Welcomes the Irish 21 They Always Have Been Democrats 21 Early Germans Became Republicans 24 Effects of the Gold Craze 25 Vast Naturalization Frauds 25 First Choice in Politics 30 The Politician Close to Humanity 33 Political Aspects of Social Clubs 35 Politics a Great Americanizing Force 37 III. CITIZENSHIP: UNDER THIS FLAG AND OTHERS 40