the
part of both elements that only by fighting together might they hope
to win induced a fuller and more durable co-operation between the two.
For the time being the Socialists have subordinated to the establishment
of universal and equal suffrage all other features of their political and
industrial programme.[768] Upon the desirability of maintaining (p. 548)
proportional representation all parties are agreed, and it is probably
but a question of time until the principle will be applied fully, as
it is not to-day, in the elections of the provinces and communes.

[Footnote 768: August 15, 1911, Socialists and
Liberals combined in an anti-plural-vote
demonstration in Brussels in which 150,000 people
are estimated to have taken part. For an able
defense of plural voting under the system
prevailing in Belgium see L. Dupriez,
L'Organisation du suffrage universel en Belgique.
Cf. E. Van der Smissen, La question du suffrage
universel en Belgique, in _Annales des Sciences
Politiques_, Sept., 1902. On recent aspects of
Belgian politics consult L. Dupriez, L'evolution
des partis politiques en Belgique et les elections
de mai 1906, ibid., Sept., 1906; A. Kahn, Les
elections belges, in _Questions Diplomatiques et
Coloniales_, June 16, 1910; and J. Van den Heuvel,
Les elections belges, in _Le Correspondant_, June
25, 1912. J. H. Humphreys, Proportional
Representation in Belgium, in _Contemporary
Review_, Oct., 1908, contains a concrete account of
the elections of 1908. A useful volume is A.
Fromes, Code electoral belge (Brussels, 1908).]

*603. The Legislative Chambers: Organization and Procedure.*--The two
houses meet by established right on the second Tuesday in November of
each year, at the Palais de la Nation, in Brussels. A regular session
must continue through a period of at least forty days. The king may
convene the chambers in extraordinary session. He may adjourn them,
save that in no case may an adjournment exceed the term of one month;
nor may it be renewed during the same session, without the consent of
the houses. Finall