In the United States, for example, the local caucuses, or conventions of the parties, and their methods of nominating candidates, have of late years been regulated by statute; while in Switzerland and Belgium, elaborate schemes of proportional representation have been put into operation to insure a fair share of seats to the groups in the minority.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
caucuses, insulated with intrigue and corruption, were then unknown.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
Committee rooms were not then diverted from their legitimate use by partisan caucuses.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson