Persecution, Religious, in 16th and 17th centuries, 33-34; by Puritans in Massachusetts, 33; often really political, 33n, 34; in England, 36-37; of Catholics in America, 258-259. Petition of Right, relation to Magna Carta, 15, 23; procedure under, 99-102. Phelps, Edward J., 26n. Pilgrim Fathers, debt of America to, 29, 32, 34, 35; framed first written constitution, 30; their tolerance, 32, 33; their relation to the Puritans, 32, 34; hated by both Puritans and Cavaliers, 32; separated Church and State and established religious liberty, 32, 34; their experiment in communism, 37-39; established representative government in America, 39; military preparedness, 41. _See_ Mayflower Compact. Plymouth colony, government of, 23, 37, 39; Governor Bradford's annals of, 30n; freedom from religious persecution, 33; absorbed by Massachusetts in 1691, 37. Poindexter _vs._ Greenhow, 112. Police power, exercised by the legislature, 60; its just exercise not hindered by the courts, 81-82; very comprehensive, 211. Precedents, their value in the law, 22; judges bound by, 46; danger of establishing, 52. Primary elections, _see_ Elections. Progressive party, 183, 204, 211, 217. Prohibition, Writ of, 107. Prosecuting attorney, his work, 143, 144, 146. Prout _vs._ Starr, 110. Public service corporations, legislative oppression of, 120; right of appeal to the courts, 121-126; regulation necessary, 126. Puritans, their relation to the Pilgrims, 32, 34; their views, 32-33; our debt to them, 34; their influence in England, 34-35. Quakers, 33n. Quo warranto, Writ of, 107. Railroads, oppressed by legislation, 120, 121, 123. Recall, a menace to our republican governments, 39, 193, 205-207, 209-211; agitation for, 47; applied to judicial decisions, 211. Referendum, _see_ Initiative. Religion, growing disrespect for, 201; impracticable to teach it in the public schools, 248; the foundation of our social order, 250-252; should be taught systematically to school children, 252-254, 256; religious denominations in the United States, 255-256. _See_ Liberty and Persecution. Representative government, foundation laid by Magna Carta, 4, 16, 18; synonymous with the republican form of government guaranteed by the Constitution, 31, 39, 75, 76, 227; first established in America by the Pilgrims, 31, 39, 40; a development from democracy, 39; menaced by modern political nostrums, 39, 43, 204-211, 228, 245-246; the form may survive the substance, 46; depends upon the electorate, 206; involved in nominating conventions, 225 sqq.; contribution of English-speaking race, 226.