6-477;
in the opposition, 477-478;
return to power, 478-479.

--Germans, in Empire, 475.

--Hapsburgs, 442.

--_Herrenhaus_, composition, 465;
organization and powers, 466;
sessions and procedure, 472-473.

--House of Lords. See _Herrenhaus_.

--House of Representatives. See _Abgeordnetenhaus_.

--Hungary, establishment of power in, 443;
encroachment in, 449-450;
suppression of revolution in, 455-456;
constitutional experiments with, 457-458;
_Ausgleich_ established, 458-459.

--Italians, in Empire, 475.

--Joseph II., reforms, 444.

--Judiciary. See Courts.

--Karlowitz, Peace of, 443, 448.

--Koerber, ministry, 480-481.

--_Landesausschuss_, 485.

--_Landtag_, of province, 485-487.

--Maria Theresa, development of autocracy under, 444.

--Metternich, policies, 450-451;
combats liberalism, 452;
fall, 453.

--Ministry, composition, 464;
responsibility, 464-465.

--Parliament, composition, 465-466;
electoral system, 466-472;
sessions and procedure, 472-473;
powers, 473-474.

--Parliamentarism, nature of, 464-465;
nadir of, 480-481.

--Parties, centralism and federalism, 475-476;
rule of German Liberals, 476-477;
during Taaffe ministry, 477-478;
return of German Liberals to power, 478-479;
and parliamentary deadlock, 480-481;
and elections of 1907 and 1911, 481-483.

--Patent of 1861, 457.

--Plural Vote, under law of 1896, 468.

--Pragmatic Sanction, promulgated, 499.

--Province, executive officials, 485;
_Landtag_, 485-487.

--Race, political significance of, 470, 474-475, 479-480.

--_Reichsgericht_, 484.

--_Reichsrath_. See _Herrenhaus_ and _Abgeordnetenhaus_.

--Revolution of 1848, constitutionalism established, 454;
reaction, 455-456.

--Russia, intervenes in Austria, 455.

--Slavs, in Empire, 475.

--Social Democratic Party, demands for electoral reform, 469-470;
victory in 1911, 483.

--Succession, rules of, 449, 463.

--Taaffe, electoral bill of 1893, 467-468;
ministry, 477-478.

--Universal Suffrage Law, adoption, 469-470;
racial and geographical distribution of seats, 470;
electoral qualifications and procedure, 471-472.

--Vienna, Congress of, role of Austria in, 450.

--_Vorsteher_, 487.

Austria-Hungary (see also Austria and Hungary):--
--_Ausgleich_ established, 458-459