INDEX

Aguinaldo, 217

Alabama, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11

Aliens, proportion of, 248

Altgeld, Governor, 108, 160

American Civic Federation, 251

American Federation of Labor, 250

Anti-monopoly party, 138

Anti-trust cases, 331 ff.

Anti-trust law (1890), 134

Arbitration in labor disputes, federal law, 102

Arbitration, treaties, 1911, 329

Archbald, Judge, impeachment of, 326

Arizona, 41 ff.; contest over recall of judges, 287

Army. See Spanish War

Arthur, Chester A., nomination, 95; administration, 97

Ballinger, R. A., 328

Blaine, James G., 95; candidacy in 1884, 98; on silver question, 121

Bland-Allison bill, 123

Bonds, sales under Cleveland, 106

Bourne, Senator, attacks on convention system, 353 ff.

Bryan, W. J., speech in Democratic convention of 1896, 180; nomination of, 187; acceptance speech in 1896, 188; favors initiative and referendum, 284; candidacy in 1900, 227; candidacy in 1908, 318 ff.; program in 1908, 318; attacks Taft's judicial appointments, 330

Campaign funds, 239, 240 ff.; controversy over, in 1904, 268; in 1908, 320; in 1912, 357

Campaign, 1896, 195

Canada, reciprocity with, 342

Cannon, Speaker, overthrow of, 336 ff.

Capital, influence of, in politics, 33

Capitalism, in South, 48; evolution of, 229 ff. See Industry and Labor.

Cervera, Admiral, 210 ff.

China, opening of, 203; American interests in, 224

Chinese coolies, 35

Cities, growth of population, 34, 247

Civil rights act, 14 ff.

Civil rights cases, 15

Civil service, and Theodore Roosevelt, 104; law of 1883, 130

Clark, Champ, candidacy of, 365

Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 276

Cleveland, Grover, career of, 97; nomination and first administration, 98 ff.; second administration, 105 ff.; tariff message of 1887, 110; and income tax, 139; bond issues, 162; supports Gold Democrats, 193; and Venezuela affair, 199; and negotiations with Spain, 206

Coastwise vessels, exemption of, 276

Colombia, failure of negotiations with, 278

Combinations, in business, origin of, 36

Commerce, growth of, 202;

interstate, 312

Conkling, Roscoe, sketch of, 51 ff.; and Grant's candidacy, 95

Conservation, Roosevelt's policy, 275

Consolidated Gas case, 81

Constitution, provisions relative to money, 119; criticism of, 305 ff.

Convention, presidential, attacks on, 353 ff.

Corporations, growth of, 235; regulation of, 310. See Trusts.

Court, commerce, 326

Courts, criticism of, 89

Coxey's army, 107

Crédit Mobilier affair, 31

Cuba, conditions in, 204; war over, 209 ff.; settlement of, after the war, 221; interference in (1906), 222

Currency, law of 1908, 197

Dakota, 41 ff.

Daniel, J. W., temporary chairman of Democratic convention, 171

Debs, E. V., imprisonment of, 108; and injunctions, 160; candidate for President, 298

Debt, national, refunding of, 117

De Lôme incident, 207

Democrats, contest against election laws, 4 ff.; party platforms, 108 ff.; convention of 1896, 168 ff.; platform of 1896, 172; Gold, convention of 1896, 192 ff.; convention and platform of 1904, 267; victory in 1910, 339; in 1912, 372

Dewey, victory at Manila, 209

Dingley tariff, 229

Direct primary, 289

Due process. See Fourteenth amendment.

Economy and efficiency commission, 328

El Caney, 211

Election laws, federal, contest over repeal of, 4 ff.

Employers' liability, federal, 274

Erie Railway, capitalization of, 39

Farmers, discontent of, 162

Farmers' Alliance, 151

Farm population, 40

Farms, increase in number, 40; size of, in South, 47

Fifteenth amendment, nullification of, in the South, 1; schemes to avoid, 9 ff.

Finance, high, early experiments in, 39

Fourteenth Amendment, interpretation of, 54 ff.

Free silver, discussion by W. J. Bryan, 180 ff.

Free silver. See Bryan, W. J.

Garfield, nomination and administration of, 94 ff.; assassination, 96

Georgia, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11

Gold Democrats, 192 ff.

Gold standard, Republicans favor in 1896, 166; established by law (1900), 197; Parker telegram on, 267

Gompers, Samuel, 251

Gould, Jay, 38

Granger cases, 67 ff.

Granger movement, 147

Grant, third term contest, 94

Great Britain, and Venezuela affair, 199

Greenback party, on income tax, 137; doctrines of, 150

Greenbacks, amount of, 117; reissue of, 123

Guiteau, assassinates Garfield, 96

Hague conference, 281

Hancock, General, candidate for the Presidency, 96

Hanna, M. A., convention of 1895, 165; and campaign of 1900, 227; career and policies of, 239 ff.

Harriman, E. H., and controversy with Roosevelt, 270

Harrison, Benjamin, candidacy and administration, 103 ff.

Hawaiian Islands, 203

Hayes, and the South, 1 ff.; vetoes repeal of election laws, 5; administration of, 92 ff.

Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 276

Haywood, W. D., 301

Hepburn act, 271

Hill, D. B., in Democratic convention of 1896, 170 ff.

Hobson, R. P., 210

Idaho, 41 ff.

Immigration, 34, 248

Imperialism, 199 ff.; in American politics, 227

Income tax, law of 1894, 127; 137 ff.; annulled by Supreme Court, 152 ff.; W. J. Bryan on, 189; advocated by Roosevelt, 262; amendment to federal constitution, 325

Industry, in 1860, 29; in South, 48. See Labor.

Industrial Workers of the World, 301

Initiative and referendum, origin and growth of, 284 ff.; in Progressive platform, 371; favored by Wilson, 380

Injunctions, use of, in labor disputes, 36; an issue in politics, 158 ff.

Insular cases, 218 ff.

Insurance, regulation of, 310

Japan, opening of, 203; American interests in, 224

Jenks, J. W., on trusts, 238

Jim Crow cars, 19

Judicial review, growth of doctrine of, 67 ff.

Judiciary. See Supreme Court and Recall.

Knights of Labor, 35, 249

Ku Klux Klan, 1

Labor, number of wage earners, 34; in South, 48; in party platforms, 114; and tariff, 115; regulation of, 249 ff., 304, 308

Labor legislation and the courts, 87 ff.; Federal, 141

Labor movement, 249

Labor problem, rise of, 35

Labor, Knights of, 35, 249

Labor Reformers, 35, 145 ff.

La Follette, R. M., candidacy of, 344 ff.

Laissez faire, and the Constitution, 54 ff.; Gold Democrats defend, 192; decline of, 304; Wilson's view of, 377

Liberal Republicans, 109

Lincoln, on social equality for the negro, 21

Lochner v. New York, 87

Louisiana, Republican rule in, overthrown, 1 ff.; disfranchisement of negroes in, 11

Maine, the battleship, 207

Manila, naval battle of, 209

Massachusetts, primary law in, 356

McKinley, Wm., tariff bill, 126; and the gold standard, 167; election of, 197; administration of, 199 ff.; and Spanish war, 206 ff.; renomination in 1900, 227; election, 228; campaign funds of, 241

Merritt, General, 212

Mexico, relations with, 342

Miles, General, 212

Mills, tariff bill, 126

Minnesota rate case, 73 ff.

Mississippi, disfranchisement of negroes in, 10

Mitchell, John, 250

Money question. See Silver question.

Monroe Doctrine, 199 ff.; Roosevelt on, 262; 280

Montana, 41 ff.

Morgan, J. P., 231

Mormons, 42 ff.

Morrison, W. R., and tariff, 126

Mugwumps, 99

Munn v. Illinois, 67 ff.

Nebraska, primary law in, 356

Negro, disfranchisement of, 1 ff., 7 ff.; social discriminations against, 14 ff.; attitude of the North toward, 19 ff.; problem, 22 ff.; education of, 23; in industries, 24; movement, 25

New Mexico, 41 ff.

New nationalism, 314 ff.

North Carolina, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11

North Dakota, 41 ff.

Northern Pacific, 42

Oregon, primary law in, 354

Palmer, J. M., candidate for President, 192

Panama, canal, sketch of, 275 ff.; revolution in, 278

Paper money. See Greenbacks.

Parcels post, 327

Parker, Alton B., nomination and candidacy of, 267 ff.

Payne-Aldrich tariff, 323 ff.

Pensions, vetoes by Cleveland, 101; law of 1890, 105

Philippines, military operations in, 209 ff.; revolt against the United States, 217; government of, 223; in American politics, 227; Republican platform of 1904 on, 265; Democratic platform of 1904 on, 267

Platt amendment, 221

Poll tax, to disfranchise negroes, 9

Populist party, origin of, 149 ff.

Populists, and disfranchisement of negroes, 9; on income tax, 138

Porto Rico, conquest of, 212; government of, 222

Postal savings banks, 326

Primary, direct, origin and growth of, 288; presidential, 352 ff.; presidential, in 1912, 358

Progressive party, origin of, 357 ff.; 370 ff.

Progressive Republican League, 344

Prohibition party, 144 ff.

Pullman strike, 107

Pure food law, 273

Railways, construction of, 29 ff.; land grants to, 30; frauds connected with, 31; anarchy among, 39; state regulation of, 67 ff.; party platforms on, 113 ff.; regulation, federal, 133; state regulation of, 149; and stock watering, 234; regulation of, 272; physical valuation of, 273; consolidation of, 306

Reagan v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, 76 ff.

Recall, of judges, origin of, 89; origin and growth of, 287; Wilson on, 380

Reciprocity with Canada, 341

Reed, T. B., speakership, 104; candidate for President, 165

Republicans, platform of 1876, 2; radical school, 2; favor new "force" bill, 20; favor enforcing the Civil War amendments, 21; doctrines of, 1880-1896, 90 ff.; party platforms, 108 ff.; convention of 1896, 164 ff.; convention of 1900, 226; convention of 1904, 265; convention of 1912, 357 ff.

Resumption act, 118

Rockefeller, J. D., 37

Roosevelt, at San Juan Hill, 211; nominated for Vice President, 227; succeeds to the Presidency, 228; administrations of, 254 ff.; doctrines of, 255 ff.; characterization of, by Republicans in 1904, 266; Democratic criticism of, in 1904, 268; Parker charges as to campaign funds of, 269; La Follette's criticism of, 347; candidacy of, in 1912, 349 ff.; new nationalism, 350; breaks with Republicans, 360

Rough Riders, 211

Rules committee, powers of, 337

Russo-Japanese war, Roosevelt's part in ending, 281

Samoan Islands, 203

San Juan Hill, 211

Santiago, military and naval operations near, 210 ff.

Santo Domingo, affair of, 279

Senators, U. S., direct election of, 290 ff.; popular election favored by Wilson, 380

Shafter, General, 211 f.

Sherman, silver purchase act, 124; anti-trust law, 134

Silver question, party platforms on, 116, 162; origin and development of, 119 ff.; in campaign of 1896, 165 ff.

Sixteen to one. See Silver question.

Slaughter-House cases, 59 ff.

Smyth v. Ames, 78

Socialism, opposition to, 251; rise and growth of, 296 f.

Socialist Labor party, 147, 297

Socialist party, rise of, 298; vote in 1912, 372

Socialists, vote of, increase in 1904, 271

South, Republican rule in, 1 ff.; new constitutions providing for disfranchisement of negroes, 10 ff.; over-representation of, in Congress, 20; economic advance of, 46 ff.; Republican delegates from, 354

South Carolina, Republican rule in, overthrown, 1 ff.; disfranchisement of negroes in, 11

South Dakota, 41 ff.; initiative and referendum in, 284

Southern Pacific, 42

Spain, war with, 204 ff.

Spanish War, close of, 212 ff.

Speakership. See Reed and Cannon.

Standard Oil Company, 37

State socialism, 252

Steel trust, 230

Stock watering, 234

Strikes, of 1877, 35; Pullman, 107

Suffrage, woman, growth of, 294

Sugar trust, 239

Supreme Court, declares parts of election laws invalid, 6 f.; and disfranchisement of negroes, 13; civil rights cases, 15; and Fourteenth Amendment, 54 ff.; criticism of, 86; and income tax, 152; Democratic attack on, in 1806, 173 ff.; defense of, 178; W. J. Bryan on, 189; Gold Democrats defend, 193; Taft's appointments, 329

Taft, W. H., on recall of judges, 287; in Philippines 223; nomination and election of, 317 ff.; administration of, 322 ff.; nomination of, in 1912, 362; acceptance speech, 364; Progressive criticism of, 345

Tariff, in Cleveland's first administration, 103; Wilson bill, 108; party doctrines on, 1877-1896, 108 ff.; legislation, 1877-1896, 124 ff.; Republican platform of 1908 on, 318; Payne-Aldrich act, 323 ff.; board, 339 f.; Democratic attacks on in 1911-1912, 341

Third term contest, 94

Tillman, on negro suffrage, 8; attack on Cleveland in Democratic convention of 1896, 175

Trusts, origin of, 37; party platforms on, 112; law against (1890), 134; growth of, 229 ff.; views as to cause of, 237; Roosevelt on, 257 ff.; Bryan on, in 1908, 319; Republican platform of 1912, 363; Progressive party's platform, 371; Wilson's view of, 375 ff.

Unemployment, in 1894, 107

Union Labor party, 138, 146

Union Pacific, scandal of, 31

Unions, Trade, 301 ff.

United Labor Party, 146

United States v. Cruikshank, 7

United States v. Harris, 7

United States v. Reese, 7

Utah, 41 ff.; initiative and referendum in, 285

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 38

Venezuela affair, 199

Vetoes, by Cleveland, 101 f.

Vilas, Senator, in Democratic convention of 1896, 179

Virginia, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11; ex parte, 17

Wage earners, number of, 34

Washington, state of, 41 ff.

West, development of, 41

Wilson, Wm., tariff bill, 127

Wilson, Woodrow, candidacy of, 365; acceptance speech, 367; policies of, 373 ff.

Women in industries, 248

Woman suffrage, growth of, 294 ff.; endorsed by Progressives, 371

Wyoming, 41 ff.

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