DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY A STUDY IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY AND POLITICS [Illustration] 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 SOMETHING ABOUT TWO HEARTS 30 III. DOWN AMONG THE CAPTAINS AND THE SHOUTING 48 IV. GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED 73 V. A RAPTUROUS HOUR WHICH WAS RUDELY INTERRUPTED 91 VI. DEVILS AND ANGELS FIGHT FOR THE SOULS OF MEN 112 VII. HOW VARIOUS PERSONS SPENT A MAY SUNDAY IN WASHINGTON 130 VIII. A NEW SENATOR--A RAILWAY JOURNEY--THE ROSE OF THE FIELD AND THE ROSES OF THE GARDEN 148 IX. CONCERNING THINGS NOT TO BE MENTIONED IN THE SOCIETY JOURNALS 172 X. THERE ARE MEN WHO CAN RESIST EVERYTHING EXCEPT TEMPTATION 203 XI. IN THE SWEET-DO-NOTHING OF THE SUMMER-TIME 229 XII. WHAT IS IT TO BE HONEST IN POLITICS AND TRUE IN LOVE? 256 XIII. WAR AND PEACE 283 DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY _Chapter One_ MEN AND WOMEN