Republican government

A government in the republican form; a government of the people; a government by representatives chosen by the people. Cooley, Const. 194. It is usually put in opposition to a monarchical or aristocratic government. But it is said to be, strictly speaking, by no means inconsistent with monarchical forms; tion was intended to throw off monarchical forms, a republican form of government in the constitution means a government in which the people choose, directly or indirectly, the executive. A blending of legislative and executive powers in the same official does not violate the constitutional guarantee; Village of Saratoga Springs v. Power Co., 191 N. Y. 123, 83 N. E. 093, 18 L. R. A. (N. S.) 713. Whether the government of a state is such is a political question; Kiernan v. Portland, 223 U. S. 151, 32 Sup. Ct. 231, 50 L. Ed. 380. See State; Government; Political Question; Constitution of the United States. See also Judge Baldwin’s article in Col. L. Rev. ( 1909); Rawle, Constit.