=Postal telegraph.=

The government should maintain and operate a telegraph system in connection with the post-office.  Ringwalt, p. 174:  Briefs and references.

Should our national government establish postal telegraphy?  Matson, p. 178:  Briefs and references.

=Poverty and wealth.=

It is better to be born to poverty than to wealth.  C. L. of P. Reference lists.

See also Crime.

=Preaching.=

Should all preaching be extempore?  Should the written sermon be permitted to hold the place it has gained in general preaching?  Matson, p. 501:  Briefs and references.

Should political subjects be introduced into the pulpit?  Matson, p. 502: 
Briefs and references.

Would not pulpit oratory become more effective if the clergy were to preach extemporaneously?  Rowton, p. 231:  References.

See also Pulpit and press.

=Premature burial.= See =Burial, Premature.=

=President.= Election.

The president of the United States should be elected by direct popular vote.  Pattee, p. 96:  Brief (affirmative).

Presidential electors should be chosen by districts instead of on a general ticket.  Brookings, p. 30:  Briefs and references.

Should the present method of electing the president be superseded by some other method?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