Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Part 33

Should the present method of electing the president be superseded by some other method?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.