They have not been thrown away, but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling some policies, blotting out others.

All has been lost, except office or the hope of it." That such a situation could actually exist in the face of public disapproval is a demonstration of the defects of Congress as an organ of national representation.

Normally, a representative assembly is a school of statesmanship which is drawn upon for filling the great posts of administration.

Not only is this the case under the parliamentary system in vogue in England, but it is equally the case in Switzerland whose constitution agrees with that of the United States in forbidding members of Congress to hold executive office.

But somehow the American Congress fails to produce capable statesmen.