Non-union laborers, 387-389;
effect on, of proposed constructive organization
of labor, 395.
O
Old age pensions in England, 239.
Opportunity,
necessity of enjoyment of, by individuals,
203.
Order,
maintenance of, as a state function, 344-345.
Oregon,
the initiative in, 328.
Ore lands,
lease of, to United States Steel Corporation,
114.
P
Pan-Americanism, 313-314.
Parker, Alton B., 163.
Paternalism, German, 250.
Patriotism,
national, 2;
American, contrasted with that of other
nations 2-3.
Peace,
democracy and, 308 ff.
Pensions,
old age, in England, 239;
military, in United States, 274.
Philippines,
questions concerning American acquisition
of, 308-309.
Poland,
partition of, 222.
Police force,
state, 344-345.
Political specialist.
See “Boss.”
Politics,
separation of the business man from, 117;
specialized organization of, 118-121.
Popular sovereignty,
Stephen A. Douglas’s theory of,
84-86;
criticism of democracy defined as, 176-178;
principle of, as represented by French
Revolutionaries, 223-224;
principle of national sovereignty not
to be confused with, 265-266;
the essential condition of democracy,
269-270;
definition of the phrase, 279 ff.;
is equivalent for Americans to the phrase
“national Sovereignty,” 280;
misconceptions of, notably Douglas’s
error, 281.
Porto Rico,
relations between United States and, 308.
Poverty,
as a social danger in a democratic state,
205.
Prisons,
improvement of, as a function of the state,
345.
Profits of corporations,
disposal of question of excessive, 370.
Property,
preservation of institution of private,
209.
Protection,
Whig policy of, and its defeat, 68;
Bismarck’s policy of, 250.
Public ownership, 366-367;
municipal, 372-375;
the portion of railroad property properly
subject to, 376-377;
another plan of, regarding railroads,
377-378.
Public Service Commissions of New York State, 360-361;
principal objection to, 368.
Public service corporations holding municipal franchises,
should be subject to cities only, 349;
municipal policy toward, 372-373.
Pure Food Bill,
class discrimination in, 191.