e English sovereign but has now, as
already observed, become practically obsolete. As a means of guarding
the country against unwise legislation, it has proved to be one of the
most valuable features of our Federal Constitution. In bad hands it
cannot do much harm, it can only delay for a short time a needed law.
But when properly used it can save the country from, laws that if once
enacted would sow seeds of disaster very hard to eradicate; and it has
repeatedly done so. A single man will often act intelligently where
a group of men act foolishly, and, as already observed, he is apt to
have a keener sense of responsibility.

QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.

What is to be said with regard to the following topics?

1. The House of Representatives:--

a. Its relation to the people.
b. The term of service.
c. Qualifications of those who may vote for representatives.
d. Qualifications for membership.
e. The three fifths compromise.

2. The Connecticut Compromise.

a. The powers of the different states in the House.
b. Opposition to the scheme of a new government.
c. What the advocates of a strong government wanted the Senate to
represent.
d. A peculiar Connecticut system.
e. The suggestion of the Connecticut delegates.
f. The effect of the compromise.

3. The Senate:--

a. The number of senators.
b. The method of electing senators.
c. The voting of senators.
d. The term of service.
e. The maintenance of a continuous existence.
f. A comparison with the House in respect to nearness to the people.
g. Qualifications for membership.

4. Elections for senators and representatives:--

a. Times, places, and manner of holding elections.
b. The power of Congress over state regulations.
c. Electoral districts.
d. The temptation to unfairness in laying out electoral districts.
e. Illustrations of unfair divisions.
f. "Gerrymandering."
g. Representatives at large.
h. The advantage of the district system.
i. The British system and its advantage.

5. The assembling of Congress:--

a. The time of assembling.
b. The interval between a member's election and the beginning of his
service.
c. The disadvantage of this long interval.

6. What is the duty of each house in respect (1) to its membership,
(2) its rules, (3) its records, and (4) its adjournment.

7. Give an account (1) of the pay of a congressman, (2) of his freedom
from arrest, (3) of his resp