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Parker, Courtlandt, III., 380

Parker, Theodore, III., 24

Parker vs. Roosevelt, VI., 359; mutually accepted pecuniary benefits and the worship of wealth, force, power, or of mere success, fatal to true democracy, 360, 363; crime of a high protective tariff, 361; Republican party organization levies contributions openly, 364; gives the preference to rich men, 366; reaches out for foreign possessions, 367; corruption of Democratic party can be reached and corrected, 365; freedom from a standing army and a war navy, 368; liberation of Cuba, 374; but annexation of the Philippines, 375; what the Republican party has become, 377; Roosevelt as he was and as he is, 378; his love of war, 387; the Panama affair, 389; United States as paramount policeman, 350, 394; his argument for more ships and soldiers, 398; Judge Parker and the Democratic party, 400

Partridge, Colonel, I., 296

Patriotism, About, V., 459; honorable peace, if possible, 460; faithful devotion and loyal service should there be war, 462

Patronage, office of great, V., 126

Patterson, James W., II., 135, 136 “Pax Britannica,” VI. , 435 Payne, Henry B., IV., 356 Payne, Henry C., VI., Postmaster-General, 381

Payne, “Lou,” VI., 381

Peabody, VI. , interest of, aroused in Philippine matter, 306

Peace-and-Disarmament Conference, VI., 23

Peace commissioners, V., 518, 519

Peace Democrat, I., 235

Peace power of the world, V., 258, 266

Peace, The road to, a solid, durable peace, I., 419; different methods of the Republican and Democratic party, 419; principal causes of the civil war, 420; reconstruction problem, 421; Johnson and the South, 424; efforts toward restoration of slavery, 426; Congressional intervention, 427; Democrats asked to judge, 429; Democratic construction of the Constitution, 432; right of self-protection, 434; military rule in the South, 436; slavery upheld by Northern Democrats, 439; right to secede claimed by Southern Democrats, 442; negro suffrage, 443; why the freedmen are Republicans, 448; negro supremacy, 450; immigrants needed, but not encouraged, 452; political traditions of the South, 455; Grant and Lee, 457; Grant's election best for the South, 459; revenge basis of Democratic platform, 461; the Democratic ticket of 1868, 462; consequences of a Democratic victory, 465; the Democrats part in the rebellion, 469; their friendship for the South, 471; appeal to American patriots, 472

Pearl Harbor, V., may be utilized for coaling station, 460

Pearson, IV., and the postmastership of New York City, 350, 351, 360-367

Peck, Miles Lewis, VI., to, 423; from, 423 n.

Peckham, Wheeler H., VI., to, 298

Pendleton, George H., IV., and civil service reform, 87; V., the Samoan affair, 2, 16, 18

Pennsylvania, I., Republican governor of, 213

Pension claims, III., 490, 493

Pension scandal, The, V., 226; result of New York Times investigation, 226, 227, number of civil war pensioners steadily increasing, 227; “arrears-of-pensions act,” 228; greed of pension attorneys and cowardice of politicians, 229, 231

Pensions, VI. , circular to veterans not drawing, 441 and n.

People's movement, III., 112; party, 109

Perry, Horatio J., I., 196, 198, 199

Petrasch, Theodore, I., to, 248

Phelps, III., fascinated by Blaine, 218

Philadelphia, I., first impressions of, 3, III., Convention, 53; V., Exposition, Germany poorly represented at, 185, 186, 187