Should the present method of electing the president be superseded by some other method? Should electors for president and vice-president be elected by the vote of the congressional districts, with two at large for each state, instead of upon general ticket? Should the president be elected by a direct popular vote, counted by federal numbers? or should the president be elected by a majority of the nation"s voters, voting directly? Matson, p. 155: Briefs and references.
Should the president and the Senate of the United States be elected by a direct vote of the people? Craig, p. 258: Speeches.
=President.= Term of office.
The presidential term should consist of six years without subsequent re-election, instead of the present term of four years. C. L. of P.
Debates: References.
=Presidential system and parliamentary system.=
For the United States the presidential system is a better form of government than the parliamentary system. Pearson, p. 367: Report of debate, and references.--Speaker, v. 4, p. 248: Briefs and references.
=Press, Liberty of.= _See_ =Liberty of the press.=
=Press and pulpit.= _See_ =Pulpit and press.=
=Primaries.=
Nomination of officers by caucuses, or primaries, should be abandoned.
Thomas, p. 164: Briefs.
State, county and city officers should be nominated by conventions rather than by direct primaries. Speaker, v. 6, p. 82: Briefs and references.
State, district, county and city officers should be nominated by direct primaries held under state regulation rather than by delegate convention. Robbins, p. 158: Briefs and references.
The system of direct primary nominations is preferable to that of nomination by caucus and convention. Debaters" handbook ser., no. 5: Briefs, references and selected articles.
=Primitive man.= _See_ =Man.=
=Primitive religion.= _See_ =Religion.=
=Primogeniture.=
Abolition of the law of primogeniture. Askew, 1911, p. 186: Briefs.
=Printing-press and steam-engine.=
Which has done the greater service to mankind, the printing press or the steam engine? Rowton, p. 153: Speeches and references.
=Prison labor.= _See_ =Convict labor.=
=Prisons.=
Prison reform. Askew, 1906, p. 184: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 186: Briefs.
Should our prisons be reformed? Gibson, p. 150: Briefs and references.
Should the chief purpose of a prison be to punish or to reform? Matson, p. 162: Briefs and references.
_See also_ Indeterminate sentence.--Punishment.
=Private property at sea.=
Private property at sea; should it be exempt from capture? Askew, 1911, p. 187: Briefs.
=Probation after death.=
Is the hypothesis of a probation after death rational and probable? Does human probation terminate at death? Matson, p. 494: Briefs and references.
=Professionalism in foot-ball and in cricket.=
Askew, 1906, p. 185: Briefs.
=Profit-sharing.=
Askew, 1906, p. 186: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 191: Briefs.
Is profit-sharing the cure for labour-troubles? Gibson, p. 153: Briefs and references.
=Prohibition.= _See_ =Liquor question.=
=Proportional representation.=
Askew, 1906, p. 186: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 192: Briefs.
Legislative bodies should be chosen by a system of proportional representation. Ringwalt, p. 59: Briefs and references.
Members of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin should be chosen by a system of proportional representation. Wisconsin University, no. 225: References.
State legislatures should be elected by a system of proportional representation. Thomas, p. 168: Briefs and references.
=Protection and free trade.=
A high protective tariff raises wages. Brookings, p. 99: Briefs and references.
Imperial preferential tariffs. Askew, 1906, p. 177: Briefs and references.
Our legislation should be shaped toward the abandonment of the protective tariff. Pearson, p. 111: Synopsis of debate, and references.
Protection is preferable to free trade as a commercial policy for the United States. Ringwalt, p. 95: Briefs and references.
A protective tariff is a commercial and economic advantage to the United States. Thomas, p. 172: Briefs and references.
Shall we go back to protection? Gibson, p. 261: Briefs and references.
Tariff for revenue only is of greater benefit to the people of the United States than a protective tariff. Craig, p. 160: Speeches.
Tariff reform. Askew, 1911, p. 225: Briefs.