ABSTRACT
All states are based more or less on the federal idea. That is, all states are made up of local communities which in many instances have their own needs separate from the needs of the state as a whole. The national and state political parties will have to give heed to the wishes of the urban population. The political parties, which on the Continent have by no means the same strength as in this country, have neither the same opportunity nor the same temptation as here to sacrifice the interests of the local communities. The national parties, therefore, have neither the same opportunity nor the same desire as formerly to control local politics in their own interest, and to the disadvantage of the localities themselves. This differentiation of the local from the state will, it is to be remembered, has been brought about in Europe without the adoption of a single constitutional provision forbidding action on the part of the legislature.
