PREFACE. IT is intended in this book to show the historical significance of the recent movement for Proportional Representation, and a detailed application of the reform to American politics. Special consideration is given to city government, where, at present, other reforms are being tried, and where, it is believed, this one, if it were understood, would also be heartily accepted. I am grateful for expert criticism on the proof, received from Professor J. W. Jenks of Cornell University, and Mr. Stoughton Cooley, Secretary of the American Proportional Representation League; and for helpful suggestions from Professor Richard T. Ely, the editor of this series. JOHN R. COMMONS. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, January, 1896. |