Excerpt from Selection of Public Officials in Iowa

Organization and methods are now everywhere emphasized in programs of political betterment. No one questions the fundamental proposition that public officials are agents of the sovereign people, but there is still considerable difference of opinion as to the best methods of selecting these agents. In the nineteenth century democracy declared in favor of popular election, but at present the same influence is demanding the short ballot.

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