ABSTRACT
The Caucus penetrates into their conscience, pries into their political opinions, in defiance of the secrecy of the vote, and having ascertained their feelings towards itself, is able to decide on the nature and the amount of the influence which must be brought to bear on the voters in view of the great battle on the polling-day. The efforts which must be made in this direction constitute the second great task of the Associations, that of the political education of the electorate. The party Organizations supply the education in three forms: public meetings and other large gatherings, lectures, and political literature gratuitously distributed. Public meetings became from the outset the favourite resource of the caucuses. A good many representatives of Associations hold that the Press explains political questions to the electorate so completely and satisfactorily as to make it unnecessary for them to take any thought for political education.
