FIRST ADMINISTRATION INDEX
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FIRST ADMINISTRATION INDEX
A
Achievement, cost of, 92
Adams, John Quincy, President, 12, 87, 745
quoted, 755
William, Rev., 45
Administration, qualities needed for, 352
requirements for a good, 5
Admiral of the Navy, 631
Agencies, Indian, reduction of, 595
Aggression by United States, no, 624
Agitation, ignorant, dangers of, 140
Agitators assist their own enemies, 541
Agricultural Association, New York State, 466
experiment stations, 128
prosperity, 251
questions, 438
Agriculture, Alaskan, 424
competition in, 563
Department of, 127, 249, 303, 305, 440, 557, 559, 681, 684
mining and, 437
work of, 303, 304, 557
work in, great, 557
Aguinaldian oligarchy, 65
Aguinaldo, Emilio, 317
Alabama, 511, 517
Alaska, 204, 243, 326, 328, 338, 393, 421, 638-639, 677-678
agriculture in, 424
boundaries of, 664-667
cable to, 678
coal-land laws in, 677
Congressional Committee in, 639
Delegate from, 639
Delegate from, a, 423
development of, 424-425, 677
Farming lands in, 677
fisheries in, 424, 677
Fisheries Commission in, 678
forests of, 638, 677
future of, 422, 428
gateway to, 428
hatcheries, salmon, 678
importance of, great, 426
Indians in, 678
interest in, 428
land laws of, 638, 677
land patents in, 678
laws on, 423, 638
light-houses in, 678
lumbering in, 424
mineral wealth of, 677
mines of, 424
mining interests in, 665
population of, future, 428
provisional boundary of, 665
purchase of, 422
railroads in, 678
resources of, 429, 638
revenue questions in, 665
roads and trails in, 678
salmon industry in, 424, 638, 678
settlers in, 425
stock-raising in, 677
transportation in, 425
Tribunal, appropriation for, 667
Alaskan Boundary Convention, 665
Boundary Tribunal, 665-666
Treaty, 1867, 664
Albany, New York, 758, 760, 770
Albuquerque, N. M., 368
Alcibiades, galleys of, the, 579
Alfalfa, cultivation of, 305
Alleghany Mountains, 202, 243, 338, 425, 453
Allotment Act, General, 594
Alma Mater, debt to one’s, 458
Alverstone, Lord, 665
America, business position of, 540
debt of, to soldiers, 14
debt of, to Virginia, 453
destiny of, 220
for all Americans, 18
future of, 186, 360, 471
glorious past of, 330
headship of, 297
importance of, growing, 86, 268
mercantile growth of, 393
not aggressive, 578
pre-eminence of, 213, 239
prosperity conditions in, 577
race strains in, 450
true ideals of, 380
united, proofs of, 19
unity of interests in, 373
American, the average, 157, 358, 472
blend of races, an, 450
character of average, 297
creed of the, 607
duty of each, 502
educational advantages, 406
fighting edge of, 487
Federation of Labor, 521
good, the, 136
government, genius of, 430, 434
heritage of valor, 452
humorist, an, quoted, 496
industries, market for, 297
influence, growth of, 395
Nation, founding of, 345
no physical defect in, 510
officer, typical, 589
primacy, 257
Republic, success of the, 287
seamen, 463
shipping, superiority of, 554
ships, need of, 554
spirit, 200, 487-488
steamship line, contract with, 656
true, ideals of the, 409
typical, McKinley a, 398
typical virtues of an, 398
Revolution, Sons of the, 36-39
Americanism, example of, 166
genuine, 124
meaning of, 38
Americans, union of, 168
Amnesty in Philippines, 96
Amusement, true ideal of, 453
Anarchists, Congress and, 535
dangerous criminals, 533
defenders of, 530
exclusion of, 549
Federal Courts and, 535
immigration of, 535
murderers and, 534
protected by law, 536
suppression of, 534
Anarchy, arguments for, foolish, 530
crime against humanity, 535
danger of, in Philippines, 569
despotism and, 534
encouraged by lynching, 527
forerunner of tyranny, 524
freedom and, 529-530
governmental, 17
mob violence a form of, 523
not social discontent, 533
triumph of, 534
war against, 17
Animosity, class and sectional, 619
Annapolis, Md., 38, 120, 412, 633
Naval Academy at, 581
Antagonism to industrial conditions, 538
Anthracite on the free list, 296, 617
Antietam, Md., 482
battle of, 482-488
battlefield of, 507
Antilles, Queen of the, 567
Anti-Rebate Law, 280
Anti-Trust Laws, 322, 649
Anti-Trust Laws, actions under, 283
appropriations for, 612, 660
enforcements of, 282, 284, 612
funds for enforcing, 280
ineffective, 781, 784
(See also Trusts, Corporations, Combinations, etc.)
Antung, China, 674
Appalachian Mountains, 255
Appointments, Civil Service, 680
fixed policy in, 518
merit system in, 591, 644
negro, defended, 516
negro, in South, 516
negro, fewness of, 512
policy in making, 514, 518
whites and negroes in, 511-512
Appomattox, battle of, 486
Appropriation Act (Feb. 25, 1903), 660
Appropriations, Anti-Trust Law, 612, 660
economy in, 654
fraud, 660-662
Arbitration, growth of, 662
international, triumph of, 669
International, Union, 672, 673
international, union for, 672
labor troubles and, 308
peace and, 622-623
The Hague Court of, 669
Architecture of the White House, 644
Arctic Brotherhood, the, 421
Arid lands, reclamation of, 679, 682
reservoirs in, 561
surveys in, 682
Western, 438
Arizona, 158, 362, 369
irrigation in, 370
land-reclamation in, 682
Arlington, D. C., 40, 56
Cemetery, 40
soldiers’ monument at, 53
Armaments, object of, 266
Armies as fighting machines, 492
Army, United States, the, 312, 487, 505, 584-590, 629-631
attacks on the, 313
attention deserved by, 10
camp sites for, 689
capacity demanded in, 587
commands in the, 629
constructive force, a, 590
criticisms of the, 61
debt to, public, 588
details in, four-year, 588
efficiency of the, 584, 588, 689
efforts for efficiency in, 587
elimination in, grade, 586
favorite subject of attack, 9
general staff law in, 689
grade elimination in, 586
increase of, not needed, 584
legislation on the, 319, 589
limits of, maximum and minimum, 588
manœuvre work in the, 629, 689
marksmanship in, 630
material in the, good, 629
merit sole rule in the, 586
minimum of the, 629
officers in, senior, 629
pay in, increased, 588
peace, an instrument of, 590
political influence in, 689
preference and seniority in, 586
promotions in, suggestions on, 689-690
reforms in, three prime, 588
regular, the, 319, 320, 492
Reorganization Act, 588
reorganization, benefits of, 589
senior grades in, men for, 586
seniority promotions in, 689
small size of the, 631-632
source of pride, a, 10
staff divisions in the, 588
staff of the, general, 585
standard of, high, 584
traducers of the, 313
training in the, 584, 587, 629
units of the, 584
volunteer, the, 492
wrongdoers in the, 494
Y. M. C. A. in the, 228
(See also under Soldiers, War, Philippines, etc.)
Army and Navy, the, 463
no politics in the, 209
pride in the, 492
value of the, 48-49
Arrogance, evils of, 472
Arthur, Chester A., President, 119
Artillery, chief of, 588
corps of, 588
Artificial powers, regulation of, 609
(See also under Trusts, Corporations, etc.)
Asia, cable to, need of, 573
trade with, 563
Asiatic barbarism in Philippines, 238
peoples and the Filipinos, 410
Associations, benefit of, 69
German, debt to, 452
good due to, 340
Athens, Ga., postmaster of, 515
Atlanta, Ga., surveyorship of, 515
“Constitution,” 518
Atlantic Ocean, 338, 372, 393
interests in, our, 97
line, coast, 393
Attorney-General, United States, 279, 281, 283, 331, 612, 623, 660, 662
report of the, 660
Auditor, United States, report of, 675
Augusta, Me., 124
Aycock, Charles B., Governor, 27
Aylesworth, A. B., 666
B
Babylon, 113, 151, 170
Baltimore, Maryland, 449
mingling of races in, 450
saved to the Union, 451
Turn Verein, 451
Bangor, Maine, 126
Banking Law, National, 554
Banks, circulation and the, 617
servants of commerce, 617
Savings, as corporations, 174
deposits in, 608
Barstow, California, 372
Battleships, crews for new, 583
need of more, 581
use for good, 582
Bayard, Thomas F., Secretary, 705
Beaupré, Arthur M., Consul, 699, 747
Beef Trust, injunction against, 282-283
investigation of, 283
Beirut, Syria, troubles at, 673
Belgium, 668, 669
Berkeley, California, 404
Betterment, progressive, 466
Blaine, James G., Secretary, 124, 622
Blake, Homer C., Admiral, 579
Blumenberg, General, 451
Board of Trade, National, 225
Body, strength in the, 30, 393
Bogota, American Minister at, 715 718
Colombian gunboat, 730
government, the, 721
insurrection at (1853), 700
Bookbinders, Brotherhood of, 519
Boston, Massachusetts, 108, 401
United States ship, 727
Boundaries, National, 676
Boxer uprising in China, 10, 601-602
Boynton, General, 165
Brakes, locomotive, law on, 310
Bravery expected, not praised, 463
Breckinridge, General, 39, 505
Bremerton, Washington, 420
Brest, France, cable from, 626
Bribery, corruption and, 662-664
enormity of, 663
extradition for, 662
popular government and, 663
treaties touching, 662
Briesen, Arthur von, 657
British Ambassador, the, 261
Empire, sympathy in the, 605
steamships, 656
Brooklyn, Borough of, N. Y., 29
Brotherhood, example of, an, 486
civil and military, 14
feeling of, decline in, 101
human, cause of, 449
international, 50
lesson of, 357
military and civil, 14
right of, the, 491
rule of, indispensable, 548
Brotherhood of Bookbinders, 519
“Brother Jonathan,” a descendant of, 37
Buchanan, James, President, 2
Buffalo, New York, 597
Bull Run, battle of, 141
Burden-bearing, blessing of,
need of, 498
Burleigh, Edwin C., Governor, 124
Burr, Aaron, 6
Business, changing needs of, 301
confidence, return of, 537
corporate, aids to, 650
cunning in, unscrupulous, 782
danger of upsetting, 614
delicate mechanism of, 105, 541
disasters, wide effects of, 540
energies, paralysis of, 614
interests at law, 477
interests in Washington, 225
interests, wise laws for, 541
interstate, corporations in, 609
interstate, regulation of, 611
machinery of, complicated, 781
mechanism of, delicate, 105, 541
supremacy in, 539
world, natural forces in, 538
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 27
Butte, Montana, 432
Byzantium, 337
C
Cabinet, 79, 503
advisory function of, 4
corruption rare in, 7
how chosen, 4
moral obliquity in, 7
Cable, China-Philippines, 626
Company, Commercial Pacific, 625
French, the, 626
lines, Oceanic, 393
Manila-Hongkong, 626
Cable, Pacific, 393
Congressional power in, 626
franchise for, 625
laying of, 98, 626
need of a, 573
practicable route for, 625
soundings for, 625
California, 97, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 383, 390, 393, 395, 397, 399, 401, 403, 404, 413, 426
beauties of, 383, 404
forest preservation in, 385
trees, preservation of, 385
University of, 404
Canal, Isthmian, 22
Company, French Panama, 623, 711
Company, new Panama, 749, 750
Isthmian, negotiations with
Colombia, 623
opinion of jurists on, 718
Panama, Act of 1902 on, 709
Panama, treaty on, 692
route, Panama, preferred, 693
route settled, 716
treaties, United States good faith in, 696
United States responsibilities in, 712
treaty, Colombian offer on, 703-704
treaty, New Granada, 693-700, 755, 756
treaty with Panama, 707
Canticle, dedication, 446
Canton, Ohio, 231
Capacity, individual, essential, 537
Cape Cod, cable station at, 626
Capital, combinations of, 26
combinations of, controlling, 610
fair treatment for, 618
good use of, 433
how beneficial, 433
organized, duty of, 619
ranges, invested in, 438
Capital and labor, community of, 651
equal treatment of, 652
foreign, taxing, in New York, 772
situation on, 618-619
unity of, 475
Capitalists, encouragement of, proper, 610
good done by, 651
greater opportunities for, 759
relations of, to workers, 780
services of, 103, 610, 761, 762
Capron, Allyn, 165
Caracas, United States representatives at, 668
“Carpet-bag” rule, 511
Carson City, Nevada, 414
Cartagena, United States ship, 730, 734, 737
Cartwright, Peter, 244
Cass, Lewis, Secretary, 698, 710, 711
quoted, 694-695, 710, 711
Cavalry horses, worn out, 631
Cavalry, increase in, 585
Cavalryman, ideal, the, 585
Census Office, administration of, 599
Chaffee, Adna, General, 67
Chagres, outbreak at (1851), 700
Chamber of Commerce, New York, 196-202
Character, defects in our, 510
in college graduates, 29
importance of, prime, 436
national, and laws, 487
national, standard of, 16
need of, supreme, 102
prime test for office, 515
type of, needed, 488
Charity and love, sermon on, 355
Charleston, South Carolina, 401, 596
Collector of port of, 516
colonial days in, 18
Exposition, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 596-597
in the Revolution, 18
outpost against Spain, 18
port of, 510
typical Southern city, 18
Charlottesville, Virginia, 453
Charybdis, Scylla and, 288
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 104, 156
Cheap labor in Hawaii, 566
Chicago, Illinois, 257
Chickmauga, 165, 166
Child labor, prohibition of, 307
Children, happiness in rearing, 509
training of, 290, 291
Chilean trouble, the (1892), 10
Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, 667
China, 391, 392
anti-foreign uprisings in, 601
attitude toward United States, 197, 603
Boxer murderers punished in, 602
Boxer uprising in, 10
cable connection with, 626
commercial relations with, 674
commercial treaty with, 673
defences in, dismantling of, 602
duties in, ad valorem, 603
Emperor of, edict by, 603
free imports in, 603
importation of arms in, forbidden, 603
indemnities paid by, 603
interior of, access to, 604
joint note from, 655
joint note to, 601
measures against disorder in, 602
military expeditions in, 603
mining enterprises in, 674
missionaries in, rights of, 674
“open door” in, 98, 604
relations of, with the powers, 604
reparations made by, 602
situation in, present, 601-604
tariff on imports in, 603
trade relations with, 604
trade with, foreign, 603
treaties on commerce with, 603
troubles in, settlement of, 601
United States attitude in, 197, 603
United States officials in, 674
United States plenipotentiary in, 602
United States soldiers in, 604
water approaches in, 603
China-Philippines cable, the, 626
Chinese Government, the, 603, 674
Exclusion Act, need of, 546
Christendom, nations of, 97
Christian associations, need of, 227
missions, importance of, 46
Christianity, applied, 499
cause of, 448
civilization and, 244
Church, leadership in the, 501
Churches, American, 242-243
immigrants and the, 442
mission of the, 449
work before the, 52
Cincinnati, Ohio, 169, 170, 275
Cinnabar, Montana, 324
Circuit Court, United States, 283
Circulation, great size of the, 476
and the banks, 617
Cities, growth of, unequal, 538
Citizen, American, duty of, 431
birthright of the, 451
character of average, 487
duties of the, 495
good, a good man, 459
good and bad, the, 473, 763
good, the, 473
good essentials of the, 487
good, qualities of the, 129
honesty of the, 499
qualities of the, 488, 493
requisite of a, first, 200
responsibilities of the, 493
rights of the, 446
that counts, 395
training of the, 381
useful, the most, 103
Citizenship an “inestimable heritage,” 661
best in, the, 494
decent, 481
duty of good, first, 109
education for, 289
essentials of, 135
good, the duty of, 406
high average of, 608
productive, 378
qualities of, 164
sermon on, a, 459
tests of, 389, 468, 486
City and country, conditions in, 306
Civic betterment, strife for, 30
righteousness, need of, 499
Civil life, brotherhood in, 14
problems of, 138
Civil Service, the, 686-687
Act, observance of, 687
appointments, 686
Commission, 519, 521, 687
decision, a, 519
efficiency under, 687
laborers and, 687
Law, 519, 592
rules, revision of, 686
veterans and, 687
Civil War, the, 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 32, 37, 40, 43, 55, 56, 61, 67, 72, 119, 141-142, 165, 186, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 217, 222, 223, 230, 232, 233, 308, 310, 311, 330, 377, 397, 433, 445, 451, 452, 478, 483, 486, 487, 489, 491, 492, 505, 507, 529, 607
abuses in the, 63
benefits of the, 491
difficulties of the, 489
generals of the, 489
heroes of the, 478
horrors of the, 452
importance of the, 72
issues of the, 483, 489
leaders of the, great, 491
memories of the, 591
men of the, 491, 607
passions produced by, 529
significance of the, 485
soldiers of the, 445
veterans of the, 489, 586, 590, 686
Civilians in the naval service, 582
Civilization, advance of, 113
Christianity and, 224
complexity of, 375
fundamental base of, 609
penalties of, 353
problems of, 375
weakening bonds of, 528
worth of, the, 133
Clark, George Rogers, 343, 454, 676, 677
Lewis and, memorial, 419
Class and nation, good for, 476
Class antagonism, foolish, 471
Class-distinctions, harmful, 473
wrong, 468-469
Class-government, 468-471
Classified service, 686
Clay, Henry, 87, 223
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 574, 751
Clearing House of Information, 650
Cleveland, Grover, President, 3, 10, 119
Coal, duty on, removal of, 616
Coal-land laws in Alaska, 677
Coal Strike Commission, 308, 322, 332-333, 521
benefits of, 309
College education, meaning of, 79-80
graduates, services of, 408
men and the State, 78-84
training, advantages of, 407
Colleges, duty of the, 32
preparing for service, 32
Collegians, duty of, 382
Collins, Patrick A., Mayor, 108
Colombia, United States of, 260, 693, 699, 705, 717
attitude of, on Panama, 707
canal negotiations with, 623
canal treaty with, 692
concessions to, 697
government of, 713
inefficiency of, in Panama, 703
Legislature of, 717
sovereignty of, over canal, 714
superseded in Panama, 694
treaty repudiated by, 697, 713
treaty with, 259, 697
United States recommendations to, 699
virtual war of, against United States, 731
Colombian revolutions, United States neutral in, 695
offer on canal treaty, 703, 716
Colon, capture of (1901), 702
United States control in, 708
Colonial Dames, Society of, 53
Colonization, Grecian, 345-346
Colorado, 361, 362, 364
River, Grand Canyon of, 326
Color no bar to office, 512, 515
Colored appointments in South, 516
Colored men, appointments of, 511
as office-holders, 510-514
in offices, 510-518
in United States offices, 511
opportunity for, 512
victims of lynching, 524
population, duty of the, 525
troops at Santiago, 446
Columbia, District of. See District of Columbia
Columbia University, 27-33
Columbus, Christopher, 151
Combination in restraint of trade, a, 282
Combinations, abuse of, unwarranted, 102
against evils, 100
benefit of, 26
labor, 26
necessity of, 542
need of regulating, 26
of capital, 26
controlling, 610
power of acting in, 548
reason for, 618
urban population and, 100
Commerce, American, development of, 656
Commission, Interstate, 649
currency and, 555
damage to, in war, 670
destruction of, in war, 672
farm products in, 557
foreign, growth of, 651
growing, in East, 98
in ancient times, 391-392
Interstate, Commission, 556
interstate, safety in, 685
interstate, situation on, 611-612
Commerce Law, Interstate, 545, 556
decisions on, 279
enforced, 660
ineffective, 279
strengthened, 280
Commerce, modern means in, 152, 170
Monroe Doctrine and, 576
needs of our, 617
old methods in, 113, 151
supervision of, 651
Commerce and Labor, Department of, 277, 476, 649-652
act establishing, 545
duties of, 620, 650
employees of, 649
importance of, 545
need for, 620
plea for, 620
Secretary of, 277, 519, 520, 545, 656, 658, 678
work of, 649
Commission, Coal Strike, 308
Fish and Fisheries, 639
International Exchange, 655
Land, recommended, 638
Land-Law, 681
Tariff, proposed, 616
Common school system, 591
Common-sense, 488
and honesty, 493
policy, a, 271
value of, 30
Communication, means of, 337
Community of welfare, 472
Commutation Clause, Homestead Law, 680
Competition, unjust and destructive, 556
Competitive examinations, written, 592
Complexity, present, of life, 101
Comradeship of soldiers, 14, 365
Concentration of population, 274
of wealth, 274
Conciliation in labor troubles, 308
Concord bridge, 83
Conditions, duty of facing, 111
irregularities in worldly, 101
present, superiority of, 101
Confederacy, the, 203
independence of, 484
Confederate armies, 42
navy, 209, 223
resolution of 1862, 63
soldiers, 19, 20, 21
soldiers, sons of, 512
Confidence, business, return of, 537
Congress, anarchists and, 535
Continental, 152, 243, 350
Cuban, 295
Library of, 598
neglect of War Department by, 9
power of, in interstate business, 611
Reed’s service to, 123
Treasury report to, 555
Washington City and, 225
Connecticut, 37, 44
Conscience, need of, 136
Constitution, United States, 2, 4, 57, 118, 141, 281, 344
amendments to, 276, 612
defects in, 544
limits set by, 611
operation of, 104
“Constitution,” Atlanta, the, 518
Consular service, cost of, reduced, 675
official tenure in, 593
promotions in, 593
reorganization of, 593
Consuls, United States, and commerce, 594
and foreign relations, 594
high standard for, 594
Continent, American, 606
Continental troops, 487
Contraband of war, 671
Control of corporations, object of, 610-611
Convict labor, competition of, 547
Co-operation, popular, 441
State and national, 363
Corporate fortunes, large, 538
misconduct, restraint of, 653
ownership and war problems, 672
wealth and the State, 777
wealth, natural causes of, 538
wealth not due to tariff, 538
Corporation control, lines of, 545
laws in Massachusetts, 116
sentiment on taxation, 763
taxation law recommended, 769
Corporations, 26
bureau of, 649
bureau of, work of, 650
caution in handling, 539
Commissioner of, 277
conditions on, changed, 545
Constitution on, United States, 544-545
control of, 272, 545
creatures of the State, 103, 275, 543
encouragement of, by law, 773
franchises to, 609
friendly attitude on, 651
growth of, 100
harm in checking, 140
honest, 650
honest, protection of, 785
honest, publicity and, 610
hostility to, improper, 610
independent of tariff, 613
inevitable development, an, 610
interstate control of, 543
laws on, benefit of, 784
national control of, 543
national control of, necessary, 544
national regulation of, 609
necessity of, 102
need of, 618
not to be destroyed, 610
publicity for, 476, 650, 785
publicity for, need of, 543
regulation of, 103, 609, 660
situation on, 609-617
State laws on, disagreement of, 544
subject to law, 543
supervision of, 103, 649
supervision of, extent of, 544
taxation of, 761-769
taxation of, difficulty in, 768
taxation of, percentage in, 768
taxation, share of, 765
taxed as realty, 769
taxes on, in foreign lands, 762
taxing, 786
troubles with, 147
variety of laws on, 153
violating the law, 280
wide field of, 153
wrongdoing by, 773
Corruption, 7
bribery and, 662-664
enormity of, 663
in public life, 502
no refuge for, 662
punishment of, 663
rare in Cabinets, 7
unknown with Presidents, 7
Cortelyou, George B., Secretary, 520
Costa Rica, Republic of, 707
Cotton, transportation of, 283
Cotton-growers, Southern, 364
Cotton-growing States, 684
Country, greatness of our, 484
and city, conditions in, 306
life, permanence of, 127
Couplings, car, law on, 310
Courage and resolution, 508
Courage, honesty, common-sense, 488
necessity of, 470, 500
value of, 30
Court of Appeals, New York, 476
Court, Supreme, United States, 505
Courtiers and demagogues, 472
Cowardice and dishonesty, 494
Crane, W. Murray, Governor, 108, 144
“Cranks,” letters from, 11
Crawford, George, 517
Creed of Americans, 607
of our forefathers, 480
Crime, apologies for, 533
law adequate to treat, 526
Crimes punished by lynching, 524
Criminals, no sentimentality for, 524
rights of, to fair trial, 526
Crises, great, of our history, 169
of American history, the, 57-58
produce leaders, 232
Crisis, need in a great, 288
Cromer, Lord, 80
Cromwell, Oliver, 499
Cruelties in the Philippines, 205
Cruelty, most destructive form of, 61
Cruisers, need of new, 581
Crum, Dr. W. A., 510
Cuba, 81, 185, 237, 294, 295, 408, 580, 590
administration of, 409
advantages of treaty to, 295
attitude toward, 197
before the Spanish War, 236
benefits brought to, 89-90
bonds to, our, 647
commercial treaty with, 645
constitution of, 568
dealings with, 265
difficulties of work in, 89, 411
duties toward, our, 621
faith with, 23
financial policy of, 646
governmental progress in, 567
independence of, 238, 567
interference in, United States, 753
liberation of, 22, 409, 621
market in, American, 647
Monroe Doctrine in, 576
Platt amendments on, 23
progress in, rapid, 646
protection of, 646
reciprocal relations with, 91
reciprocity with, 567, 647
Reciprocity Treaty with, 621-622
relations of, with United States, 568, 646
relations with, peculiar, 23, 24, 646
relations with, our, 87, 621
Republic of, 23, 47, 50, 54, 295
Spanish rule in, 23
strategic use of, 646
United States naval stations in, 646, 753
United States occupation of, 48, 238
Wood’s services to, 81, 411
work in, our, 408
wrongdoing in, 97
Cuban congress, 295
Government, 645
market, control of the, 622
market, greatness of, 647
policy, critics of the, 296
Reciprocity Treaty, 294, 296
treaty, advantages of, 647
war, Virginians in the, 457
Cumberland, army of the, 40, 42
Currency and domestic trade, 555
Currency, honest, advantages of, 190
integrity of the, 655
laws, 335
legislation, good, 477
sound, benefit of, 477
system, national, 476
values, permanent, 335-336
Customs, receipts from, 654
D
Da Gama, Vasco, 151
Dalton, Mass., 144
Danish Islands, 22
Danville, Va., 107
Dead, great, respect for the, 490
Deal, square, for all, 481
Debtor, poor, former hard lot of, 502
Decency, cause of, 497
spirit of, how applied, 482
strength and, 461
Declaration of Independence, 243, 349, 627
Dedication canticle, 446
Deeds and words, homage in, 491
Deficit, how to avoid, 555
Delivery, rural free, 600
benefits of, to farmers, 635
increased, 635
land values and, 635
Demagogic influence, 763
Demagogues, 9
courtiers and, 472
danger of, 25, 175
evil influence of, 533
reckless talk of, 533
Democratic office-holders, 517
Democrats, Gold, 512
Denver, Col., 361
Depression, periods of, 606
Deroux, Señor, speech of, 723
Desert-land law, 636, 680
Desert reclaimed in Utah, 436
Despotic monarchies, independence of, 65
Despotism,” “Gloomy Night of, 534
Despotism and republics, 257
Details, four-year, in Army, 588
Detroit, Mich., 185
Development, industrial, recent, 100
material, conditions of, 539
Dewey, George, Admiral, 401, 402, 465
fame of, 465
ships under, 402
Disaster, national, sure road to, 584
prophets of, false, 217
Disappointment of office-seekers, 11
Discontent, aimless, 533
righteous, 500
Discrimination, railroad, laws on, 322
un-American, 273
Dishonesty and cowardice, 494
Dissatisfaction, causes for, 9
District of Columbia, 511, 642
charities in, 688-689
classified service in, 592
commissioners of, 688
factory law in, 547
merit system in, 644
Disunion, spirit of, 17
Divisions, staff, in the Army, 588
Dixie, United States ship, 727, 734
Doane, William C., Bishop, 495
Domination, equal, of law, 481
Door,” “Open, in China, 98
Douglas, Stephen A., 505
Doves and serpents, 496
Duke, Basil, 517
Duncan, James, 522
Dutch Reformed Church, 44, 447, 505
Dues, “liken” and transit, in China, 674
Durbin, Winfield T., Governor, 523-528
Duties, Christian, 495
common, importance of, 412
earnest performance of, 412
Everyday, 493
home, vital, 493
importance of common, 55
life, 493
national and personal, 86
national, urgency of, 408
tariff, unnecessary, 552
to family and friends, 498
Duty, aim of life, the, 478
ideal of, 16
imperative, 31-32
infractions of, 59-60
national, our, 269
of the present, 43
responsibility of, 498
service and, 447
Duque, B. G., quoted, 721
E
East, growing commerce with the, 98
Economic conditions, complaints on, 214
conditions, facing, 111
evils, civilization and, 100
evils, treatment of, 101
evils, wisdom needed in treatment of, 100
forces in our affairs, 608
policy, stability in, 99, 193, 550, 613, 616
problems, 85-86
questions, 25
system, stability of, 302
Economy in expenditures, 555
Education, American, meaning of, 405
false ideals of, 290
importance of, 368
private benefaction in, 405
responsibilities of, 407
twofold, 289
twofold work in, 293
Educational body, significance of an, 287
Edward VII., King, 78
Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 516
Efficiency and honesty, public, 488
Efficiency in Army, efforts for, 587
Egean Sea, the, 391
Egypt, 374
war in, 80
Egyptians, the, 384
Ehrman, Consul, 698
Eight-hour law, enforcement of, 547
Electricity, “Centrifugal effect” of, 339
factor in civilization, a, 170
steam and, 339
Elimination, process of, in Army, 586
Eliot, Charles W., 78
Elk, senseless slaughter of, 636
Employer’s Liability Act, 643
Energy and prosperity, 99
England, 78, 260, 365
Lord Chief-Justice of, 666
Prime Minister of, 2
Sovereign of, 1
Enterprise, individual, benefits of, 539
successful, benefits of, 538-539
Enjoyment, benefits of, 452
capacity for, 452
Envy, evils of, 103, 173, 472
excited at prosperity, 98
foolishness of, 434
meanest form of admiration, 407
spirit of, 99
Euphrates, the, 391
valley of the, 384
Everett, Edward, quoted, 704
Everett, Washington, 426
Evil, forces of, 226
warfare against, 496
Evils, appearance of, 783
combinations against, 100
dealing with, wise, 608
economic, and civilization, 100
economic, treatment of, 101
social and economic, 99
Evolution vs. revolution, 148, 172, 611, 653, 780
Examinations, written competitive, 592
Example, force of, 461
Exchange, International, Commission, 655
Executive action and economic evils, 101
Expansion, critics of, 347, 422
destiny of United States, 422
first step in, our, 344, 676
greatest instance of, 596
immense, our, 393
national, 51
Roman, 346, 396
Expansionist, reasons for being, 390-391
Expansions, United States territorial, 454
Expenditures, dissatisfaction at, 8
economy in, 555, 655
management of, 7
national policy on, 555
purposes of, 8
revenue and, equal, 654
Export trade, great growth of, 647
with Cuba, 552
Extradition for bribery, 662
treaty with Mexico, 662
F
Factory laws, wise, 307
Faith and works, 448
Family, the, and the Nation, 493
Fargo, North Dakota, 310
Farmer, American, education of the, 305
Government help for the, 305
qualities of the, 128, 306, 466
Farmers, aid to, scientific, 641
standard of living of, 467
wage-workers and, 466-467
welfare of, important, 641
Farm life and rural free-delivery, 676
plants and cereals, new, 641
products, 303-304
in commerce, 557
Farm-owners, prosperity of, 608
Farming, advances in, 127
as an applied science, 128
lands in Alaska, 677
Farms, wealth invested in, 467
Farragut, David G., Admiral, 37, 203, 223, 230, 465
Federal Courts and anarchists, 535
Government, 141
grand jury, New York, 660
interference, instance of, 416
Library, 598
office-holders, 515-517
service departments, 3
service, high standard of, 518
Federal Salt Company, case against, 284
Federation and combination, era of, 652
Federation of Labor, American, 521
Federations of capital and labor, 618
Federations, reason for, 618
Fellowship, human, 355
Fighting and talking, 269
edge of Americans, 487
ship, use of a, 672
Filipino insurrectos, 571
ladrones, 571
insurrection condemned, 318
officials in Philippines, 95
Filipinos, advances among the, 96
beneficent government of, 96
Constitutional rights for, 207
co-operation of, 629
cruel wrong to the, 312
disadvantages to, some, 569
duty to the, our, 312
insurrection of the, 217
legislation favorable to, 315
measures used with, 571
officials among the, 314
prosperity of the, 218
rights of, 627
self-government for, 207
training of the, 679
treatment of, 60-62
unfit for independence, 204
war methods of the, 62
welfare of the, 314
Financial integrity preserved, 236
laws, suggestions on, 617
policy of Cuba, 646
situation, needs of, 655
system, reconstruction of, 617
Finland, 677
Fire claims, Hawaiian, 623
protection in forest reserves, 560
Fish and Fisheries, Commission of, 424, 639
Fish, Hamilton, Secretary, 705
Fisheries Commission, Alaskan, 678
Fisheries of Alaska, 424, 677
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 137
Flag, American, 21, 22, 36, 37, 42, 49, 59, 93, 94, 167, 205, 222, 230, 454, 464, 488, 495, 571, 572, 577, 588, 591
duties to the, 22
Flanders, Republic of, 471
Floods, prevention of, 251
Fools, virtuous, harmful, 290
Forage crops, new, introducing, 641
Foreigners and the patent laws, 684
Foreign nations, our trade with, 552
powers, friendship of, 270
Forest policy, United States, 249, 256
Forest preservation and land-reclamation, 683
duty of, 390
importance of, 441
need of, 327
object of, 387
scientific, 636
Forest problem, the, 251
Forest protection in Alaska, 638
not an end in itself, 558
wise policy of, 558
Forest reserves, additions to the, 558
as recreation camps, 560
as game preserves, 560
fire protection in, 560
for popular use, 560
injured by grazing, 560
lands for, 559
object of, 441
policy on, 440
situation on, 557-562
usefulness of, 558
Forest resources, need of preserving, 683
Foresters, Society of American, 249
Forestry, 426
aim of, 251
and lumbering, 253
and mining, 252
and water supply, 426
benefits of, 384
Bureau of, 559, 681, 684
practical, advance of, 559
progress in, 683
question of, 438
training in, need of, 254
work, division of, 684
Forestry work, Government, 683
Forests, Alaskan, 677
depletion of, 253
fire protection in, 683
Government and the, 250
injury to, by grazing, 439
natural reservoirs, 561
preservation of, necessary, 558
preservation of the, 305, 371
preserving, importance of, 250
public sentiment on, 558
rapid growth of, 427
value of, realized, 558
water supply and, 327, 418, 444, 559, 561
Forethought and preparation, need of, 580
Fort Leavenworth, school at, 689
Riley, War School at, 689
Fortune, good and bad, 98
success wrested from, 607
Fortunes, great, benefit of, 608
great, making of, 608
growth of corporate, 100
Founders of the Republic, spirit of, 396
France, 342, 668, 669
President of, 1
Franchises, corporate, 609
in the Philippines, 572
perpetual, evil of, 565
realty, treated as, 765
taxation of, 760-769
value of some great, 764
value of, varying, 766-767
Franchise taxation, bill on, 765-768
great advance in, 774
State right of, 762
Franchise Tax Law, 476
New York, object of, 775
Frankel, Lee K., 657
Franklin, Benjamin, 57
Frauds, appropriations on, 660-662
Frederick, Empress Dowager, 605
Freedom, 483
anarchy and, 529
and greatness combined, 287
has no discriminations, 528
Free government, requirements for, 488
Free list, anthracite on the, 296, 617
Freeport, Illinois, 444
Free trade, effects of, 180
Freight rates, discriminations in, 278
French cable lines, 626
Panama Canal Company, 623, 711
Friendship of foreign powers, 270
Fundamentals, Cromwell’s, 499
Future, confidence in the, 423
facing the, 607
G
Gamaliel, 29, 442
Gambling, danger of, 537
Game preserves, grazing and, 560
preserves, national, 636
protection, legislation for, 636
Gardiner, Montana, 324
Garfield, assassination of, 529
Gemüthlichkeit, capacity for, 452
General Allotment Act, the, 594
General Staff Law, 319
Generals, Civil War, 489
types of, 489
Generations, allotted tasks of, 502
Genius and all-around development, 288
Genoa, Italy, 151, 391
Geological Survey, United States, 559, 681
Georgia, 18, 164, 515, 516
appointments in, 517
Federal officers in, 517
German Ambassador, the, 261
-American citizens, 507
associations, debt to, 452
element, the, 506
Emperor, 262, 263
government, the, 262
immigration, 507
Reformed Church, 447
societies, 506-508
steamships, 656
strains, importance of, 506
Germany, 260, 365, 667, 669
Empress Dowager of, 605
first immigrants from, 450
Glacier Creek, Alaska, 667
Glory, ideal of, 16
God, fatherhood of, 449
service of, 447, 495, 497
Gold Democrats, 512
Gold standard, the, 476
advantages of the, 554
assured, 215
established, 554
vindicated, 236
Gompers, Samuel, 521, 522
Good, forces of, 226
Good roads, advantages of, 676
Convention, International, 336
question of, 305
Government, administration of, 26
American, genius of, 430, 434
and its employees, the, 522
and the people, 494
bonds, price of our, 554
by the mob, 470
by the people, 663
Chinese, the, 603, 674
class, 470
Constitutional powers of, 620
difficulties under our, 104
employees, standard of, 546
for all men, 434
free, 469
functions, how separated, 2
good, conditions of, 620
industries, reforms in, 547
National, the, 118, 309, 319, 493
nature of, 145
needed changes in, 152
of liberty, a, 474
popular, and bribery, 663
printing, limiting, 643
printing office, 518, 520
publications, useless, 643
receipts of the, 654
self, art of, 224
stability of the, 468
successful, 493
United States, the, 671
what the, can do, 443
what the, can not do, 145-146
what to expect of, 145
Governmental unit, the real, 109
Governors and State treasuries, 8
Graduate, college, prime quality in the, 29
Grain-raising communities, 335
Grand Army of the Republic, 14, 377, 482, 484
debt to the, 485
principles of the, 16
Grand Canyon, Arizona, 369
jury, Federal, on frauds, 660
Grant, Ulysses S., President, 18, 19, 137, 142, 166, 230, 232, 289, 329, 331, 399, 446, 452, 487, 489, 492
and the French cable, 626
messages of (1875, 1879), 626
soldiers of, 58, 487
Grass crop, the, 384
on ranges, the, 438
Grazing, forest reserves and, 558, 560
industry, importance of the, 366
injuries of, to game preserves, 560
injuries of, to forests, 439
injuries of, to water supply, 560
lands, large holdings in, 680
lands, question of using, 637
Great Britain, 78, 259, 667, 669
and Alaska, 664
canal negotiations with, 574
convention with, 622
friendliness with, 574
Greatness and freedom combined, 287
essentials of, 350, 354
lesson of true, 492
of the Nation’s destiny, 422
penalty of, 220
virtues of, 492
Great Northern Railroad, 281
Grecian colonization, 345-346
Greece, 151, 345
ancient, republics of, 471
Greed, cunning and violent, 307
Greek,” “The Americanized, 379
Greeks, ancient, 406
Greene, Francis V., 484
Growth of good and evil, 608
Guard, National, 319
Guard, National, training for the, 589
Gulf of Mexico, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351
Gun practice in the Navy, 631
Guns, men behind the, 464
H
Hague, The, Court of Arbitration, 264, 623, 669, 670, 673
Arbitration Union and, 673
Mexico and, 623
Peace Conference, 575
United States and, 623
Hamilcar, galleys of, 579
Hamilton, Alexander, 57
College, 80
Hancock, W. S., 489
Hanson, Major, 516
Happiness and usefulness, 478
and work, 356
Harlan, John M., Justice, 221, 505
Harmlessness not a great quality, 496
Harrison, Benjamin, President, 10, 119
Hartford, Connecticut, 85
frigate, 465
Harvard men, services of, 78-79
University, 78
Hatred, class and sectional, 334
Haverhill, Massachusetts, 118
Hawaii, 393
American community in, 566
an American Territory, 566
cable to, need of a, 573
cheap labor in, 566
large estates in, 566
legislation needed in, 566
light-houses in, 678
situation in, 566-567
Hawaiian cable, 625-627
fire claims, 623
Hay, John, Secretary, 79, 261, 263, 503, 504
Hay-Herran Treaty, the, 709, 712, 714, 715, 746,
-Pauncefote Treaty, the, 87, 259, 712, 714
Help, grudging, 497
to self-help, 549
true kind of, the, 130
Helpfulness, value of, 146
Henderson, D. B., Speaker, 40
Herbert, Sir Michael, 263
Herkimer, Nicholas, General, 507
Heroic qualities, need of, 68
Heroism and common duties, 412
nature of, 54
Herrera, Benjamin, General, 720
Historic associations, charm of, 455
History, great examples in, 408
great crises of our, 119
Hitt, Robert R., Congressman, 444
Hoar George F., Senator, 79
Holidays, significance of, 57
Holleben, Baron von, 261
Holy Name Society, 458-462
work of, 459
Homage in deeds and words, 491
Home-builders, public lands and, 680
Home life, highest joys of, 509
Home-making, importance of, 436
national upbuilding, 563
Homes, creation of, 441
Homestead Law, the, 567
and prosperity, 637
commutation clause, 636, 680
Homestead laws, good from, 389
Homesteads and ranges, 439
Honesty, common-sense, 138
common-sense and, 493
courage, common-sense, and, 488
efficiency and public, 488
importance of, 499-500
militant, 500
Honor, deserving, those, 479
National and personal, 396
rugged ways to, 395
Honor roll of our fathers, 492
of the Nation, 479
Horses, cavalry, worn-out, 631
in the arid region, 438
Household affairs, importance of, 648
Households, National and private, 648
Houston, Samuel, General, 203
Howell, Clark, 514-518
Hubbard, John, Commander, 724, 734
letters from, 731-740
services of, 740-744
Humbert, King, assassination of, 535
Humorist, an American, 496
Humphrey, C. B., Captain, 724
Hynes, Thomas W., 657
I
Idaho, 113, 324, 326, 327
Ideal, devotion to an, 230
striving for the, 478
Ideals for labor and capital, 619
Idler, no room for the, 478
Idlers useless in life, 356
Illinois, 113, 223, 335, 343, 444, 446
region, the, 343
Immigrants, anarchistic, exclusion of, 549
churches, the, and, 447
distribution of, 657
duty to, our, 448
educational test for, 549
good, need of, 549
immoral, exclusion of, 549
industrial test for, 550
need of caring for, 448
Immigration, committee on, 657
contract-labor, 546
German, 507
Law, 618
laws, defects in, 549
limiting, 657
recommendations on, 658
report on, 658
service, New York, 657
Importance, new, of United States, 268
Impossible, insistence on the, 611
Independence, cause of, 507
Day, 57, 96, 288, 380, 627
Declaration of, 243, 349, 627
desire for, 508
ideal of, true, 65
struggle for, 18
Indiana, 343
Indian absorption, first step in, 640
agencies, reduction of, 595
agents, bonded superintendents as, 684
agents, ex-Army officers as, 684
agents, non-partisan, 684
allotments, leasing of, 594
question, the, 594-596
schools, work in, 639
Indian Territory, education in, 639, 685
illiteracy in, 685
mixing races in, 639
Indian tribal funds, 594
tribal lands, 594
tribes, civilization of, 639
wars, 571
Indianola, 516
Indians, absorption of the, 639
agriculture among, 595
Alaskan, 678
aptitude of, natural, 640
as citizens, 594
dealings with the, 639-641
difficulties in dealing with, 640
education of, higher, 595
equality for, 369
hostile, in United States, 571
industrial education for, 595
industries among, 639, 640
in the Spanish War, 371
liquor traffic and the, 595
marriage laws of, 595
progress of, 368-369
progress of the, slow, 639
ration system for, 595
recognition of the, 594
reservation system for, 595
schools for, 595
stock-raising by, 595
teaching English to, 640
Indifference, Government, 306
Individual and Nation compared, 291
energy, need of, 609
initiative, 26
the, and the State, 107
Individual merit, standard of, 620
Industrial centres, upbuilding of, 538
Industrial conditions, 198, 435
antagonism to, 538
complaints on, 214
present, 351
Industrial convulsions, 10
abuses, 783
changes, recent, 274, 538
development, 100, 339, 537, 608
enterprises in Philippines, 572
expositions, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25
growth, 219
growth, use of, 359
laws, State and Federal, 548
peace, 198
problems, 143, 159, 274, 302, 332, 778-784
prosperity, 22, 147
prosperity, period of, 24
remedies, applying, 781
remedies, impossible, 541
solutions, 148-149, 175
system, present, 159
world, leadership in the, 611
Industrialism, modern, conditions of, 610
Industries, American, market for, 297
home, and reciprocity, 551
needs of our, 617
Industry, captains of, 539
leaders of, 298
Inequalities in worldly condition, 101
Influence, increasing, our, 393
political, in offices, 586
Influences, good and evil, 52
Information, clearing house of, 650
Inheritance, great, our, 480
Iniquity and high words, 449
Injunction, perpetual, a, 283
Inspection, Naval Board of, 692
Institutions of learning, 293
Instruction in the Navy, 582
progressive, in the Navy, 583
Insular possessions and politics, 593
our, 679
Insular possessions, duties to our, 759
Insurrectos, Filipino, 571
Interest, community of, 468
rates, equalization of, 617
Interference, benefits of our, 754
Federal, instance of, 416
Government, 306
invoking, time for, 307
Interior, Department of the, 249
Secretary of the, 416, 682
International attitude, normal, 197
Interstate business, corporations in, 609
regulation of, 611
Interstate commerce, 649
control of, 310
safety in, 685
Commission, 556, 649
Interstate Commerce Law, 545, 546, 556
amendments for, 556
decisions, 279
defects of, 556
enforced, 660
illegal practices under, 556
strengthened, 280
violations of, 556
wisdom of, 556
Iowa, 223, 335
Ireland, 365
Irrigation Act, the, 303, 361, 362, 370, 415
care in enforcing, 443
importance of, 442
National, 680
Irrigation, applying, 371
arid land (Western), 636
benefits of, 387
defective laws on, 564
development and the States, 561
development by, 367
effects of, 370
experience in, beneficent, 566
Federal aid of, 562
forest reserves and, 558
good beginnings in, 636
land-reclamation and, 682-684
mining and, 563
National aid in, demanded, 565
Nationally aided, 636
policy in, 418
private capital in, 564
question of, 441
reservoirs as public works, 562
reservoirs in Utah, 444
reservoirs, United States, control of, 561
saving waters for, 559
situation on, 562-566
State laws and, 682
Utah, 442-443
work of, 367, 415-416
works, control of, 443
works, ownership of, 363, 564
Isthmian Canal, 22, 87, 125, 258-260, 264, 393, 426, 577
benefits of, 573, 624
building, work of, 91
control of, 704
demand for, 577
feat, a great, 624
importance of, 91, 573, 696
Navy and the, 632
negotiations on, 574
neutrality of, 705
old project, an, 696
Panama, at, 623
policy in building, 624
question settled, 693
rights in, our, 694
situation on, 573-574, 623-624
treaties on the, 574, 693-700
United States attitude on, 711
Isthmus transit trade, protection of, 695
Italy, 260, 337, 535, 668, 669, 705
republics of, 471
J
Jackson, Andrew, President, 2, 13, 203, 232
Japan, 410
Japanese Government, the, 627
Jay, John, Secretary, 343, 391, 392
Jefferson, Thomas, President, 13, 232, 419, 454, 455
statesmanship of, 419
Jenkins, Micah, 20, 165
Jeshurun, days of, 99
Jetté, Louis Amable, Sir, 666
Johnson, Walter, 516
Jones, Judge, of Alabama, 517
Jordan, David Starr, 377, 380
Judas-like infamy, 531
Justice, bar of, 494
delayed, evils of, 526
Department of, 612, 660
National policy of, 396
speedy, vs. lynching, 525
Just man armed, the, 578
K
Kansas, 353
Kearsarge, battleship, 459, 463-464
Kent, James, Chancellor, 766
Kentucky, 37, 166, 222, 223, 506, 508, 517
founding of, 453
loyalty of, 222
Kitchener, Lord, 80
Knox, Philander C., Attorney-General, 117, 219, 281, 331
Korea, 674
L
La Abra award against Mexico, 605
Labor, American Federation of, 521
and capital, common ground of, 651
situation on, 618-619
cheap, influx of, 550
in Hawaii, 566
combinations of, 26
convict, competition of, 547
cost here and abroad, 615
fair treatment for, 618
harmed by violence, 475
interference with, no, 521
laws, model, 309
legislation, 321
organized, duty of, 619
problems, 332
protected by the tariff, 546
unions, 520-521
unions, great importance of, 652
Laborers and the Civil Service, 687
contract, importation of, 546
Ladrones, Filipino, 94, 207, 571
Land, arid, fund for reclaiming, 679
commission recommended, 638
frauds, public, 661
Land Law Commission, 681
revision in the West, 680
Land laws, Alaskan, 638, 677
changes in, 681
defects in, 389
effect of, 680-681
misuse of, 388
operation of, 680-681
perversion of, 636
public disagreements on, 681
State and National, 562
Land office, general, 558, 681
receipts of, 679
Land policy, clear government, a, 563
in Hawaii, 567
United States, 441
Land, President’s power on public, 559
Land-reclamation and forests, 638
and irrigation, 682-684
conduct of, 683
Lands, arid, reclamation of, 682
arid, surveys in, 682
farming, in Alaska, 677
grazing, large holdings in, 680
Indian tribal, 594
public, Alaskan, 677
extent of, 415
fences on, 637, 680
laws on, 661
proceeds from, 682
settlement in, retarded, 680
timber, large holdings in, 680
Lansdowne, Marquis of, 263
Law, administration of, proper, 433
advantages of enforcing, 112
asks no permissions, 474
caution in executing, 443
critics of the, 431
development of, 783
enforcement of, 26
equal domination of, 481
franchise tax, 476
majesty of, vindicated, 523
might of the, 536
obedience to, 474
obedience to a right, 653
obedience to, liberty and, 528
orderly liberty under, 523
work of, in securing fairness, 335
Laws, adjustable, need for, 99
ambiguity in, 117
anti-trust, 117
corporation, in Mass., 116
existing, enforcement of, 107
fair, beneficial to all, 476
fearless administration of, 323
fixity of, undesirable, 99
for political effect, 115
impartiality of, 522
interstate commerce, needed, 611
limitations of, 99
and national character, 487
inclusive, necessary, 114
old, insufficiency of, 538
perversion of, 636
good, significance of, 487
wise, benefit of, 99
Leaders born on occasion, 232
great American, 232
great, qualities of, 493
in peace and war, 289
Learning, institutions of, 293
Lee, Robert E., General, 19, 166, 483
Legal procedure, needs in, 525
Legislation, additional, needed, 118
Army, need of new, 589
betterment by, 330
currency, good, 477
equal opportunity by, 323
limits of, 213, 323, 331
nature of good, 323
revolutionary, bad, 477
unwise, effect of, 606
Legislative action and economic evils, 101
Legislature, the, symbol of free government, 287
Leisler, Jacob, 506
Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 377
Lesson of great lives, 492
Letters, personal, 508-528
to President, 11
Levees on Mississippi River, 154
Lewis and Clark, 454
centennial of, 677
memorial to, 419
Lewis, Meriwether, 676, 677
Liberty, civil, in Philippines, 96
crimes in name of, 449
despotism and, 469
devotion to, 213
guaranteed to all, 653
in deed, not word, 469
loss of, 471
love for, 15
obedience to law and, 528
order and, 488
orderly, 17, 523
orderly, in United States, 288
orderly, under law, 523
seeming, 470
spirit of, 41
strength and, in United States, 288
through law, 433
unfitness for, 470
union and, cause of, 507
Libraries, public, 598-599
in United States, 598
work of, 598
Library, Federal, 598
movement, the public, 598
of Congress, 598
work of, 599
Library, resources of, 599
Life, aim of, duty the, 478
American distinctions in, 486
complexity of, present, 101
duties of, 493
duty the aim of, 478
essentials of a true, 508-509
of hard work, 459
old conditions of, 100-101
-saving service, the, 685
seeing, 460
work, readiness for, 497
worthiness of, 493
worth living, the, 459
worthy sort of, 459
Light-houses in Alaska, 678
in Hawaii, 678
“Liken” dues in China, 674
Lincoln, Abraham, President, 11, 15, 18, 39, 57, 61, 63, 137, 211, 230, 232, 288, 290, 329, 331, 398, 399, 445, 451, 452, 470, 483, 488, 503, 506
and Washington, 445
assassination of, 529
birthday of, 19
birth State of, 506
days of, 607
-Douglas debates, 505
friend of the people, 531
greatness of, 445
guard at tomb of, 446
honoring memory of, 445
-like phrase, a, 504
magnanimity of, 505
martyrdom of, 17
monument to, 445
nobility of, 504
pew of, 503
piety of, 504
power of, 504
principles of, 212
private secretary of, 503
speech of, a, 504
statesmanship of, 58
war rules of, 62
words of, 444-445
“Lincoln’s hirelings,” 63
Line, where drawn in America, 431
Liquor traffic and the Indians, 595
Literature, Poe in world, 456
Lives, great, lesson of, 492
Locomotive brakes, law on, 310
Locomotive Firemen, Brotherhood of, 156-167
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Senator, 79, 665
Logan, John A., General, 489
Logansport, Indiana, 187
Logic, pure, restricted application of, 776-777
London, England, 666
Long, John D., Secretary, 79
Loomis, Francis B., Assistant Secretary, 729, 730
Loose tongue, evil of a, 271
Louisiana, 112, 304, 517
rice in, 641
Purchase, 341-353, 454, 596, 676
importance of, 342
Purchase Exposition, 341, 676
Territory of, 343
Louisville, Kentucky, 508
Love and charity, 355
and work, 356
for liberty and union, 15
need of a broad, 355
Low, Seth, 29
Loyalty and patriotism, 493
that counts, the, 44
Lumbering, 426
capital invested in, 427
conservative, 417
destructive, 417
forestry and, 426
importance of, 427
in Alaska, 425
mining and, 252
progressive, 683
railroads and, the, 252
Lutheran Church, 447, 507
Luxury, vicious and frivolous, 509
Lynching, 60, 61
action on, 523
alarm at, 524
anarchy encouraged by, 527
crimes punished by, 524
discouragement of, 528
duty of denouncing, 528
evil effects of, 526
growth of, in United States, 524
horror at, 526
letter on, 523-528
real objections to, 524
speedy justice and, 525
Lynn Canal, Alaska, 665, 666
M
Macabebes, Government aid for, 571
loyalty of the, 571
Macaroni wheat, introduction of, 641
Machinery, development of, 306
Madison, James, President, 455
Mail carriers, compensation for, 675
Mail delivery, extent of, 600
free, appropriations for, 635
free, benefits of, 676
free, extension of, 675
free, rural, 634, 675, 686
Mail matter, second-class, 600
Maine, 112
“Maladversion,” accusation of, 80
Malefactors, treatment of, 494
Malmros, Oscar, Consul, 729
Man, essentials of a true, 482
that counts, the, 395
value of the, in civilization, 133
worth of a, 481
Manchuria, capital of, 674
Manila, 119, 267, 421
battle of, 401, 463, 579, 580
Manila-Hongkong cable, British, 626
success at, reasons for, 403
Mankind, advance of, 106
Manliness, value of true, 134
Manœuvres, camp sites for, 689
Marine, merchant, condition of, 553
Market for American industries, 297
Markets, strengthening of, 651
wider, 553
Marksmanship, attention to, 630
in the Navy, 404
Marriage, avoidance of, 509
laws of Indians, 595
Marroquin, J. M., President, 722
Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 57
quoted, 764
Maryland, 504, 507
Germans in, 507-508
Massachusetts, 223
corporation laws of, 116, 544
Material prosperity, 50-51
Mathematics at West Point, 589
McClellan, George B., General, 489
McCook, Colonel, 353, 354
McCormick, Robert S., Ambassador, 457
McIlhenny, John, 517
McKinley, William, President, 39, 78, 119, 211, 213, 215, 231-242, 311, 397, 410, 515, 688
American, a typical, 398
and Lincoln, 398
anxiety of, for right, 531
appointees of, 515
assassin of, 532
assassination of, 529-533, 597
birthday of, 231
candidate for Presidency, 235
champion of workers, 531
choice of the people, 531
Civil War, in the, 233
Congress, in, 234
death of, 531, 605-606
desire of, for peace, 236
devotion of, to ideals, 234
elections of, 213, 214
Governor of Ohio, 234
grandeur of, 531
greatness of, 240-242
heroism of, 531
leadership of, 233
martyrdom of, 17, 240
memorial, 39
memory of, 400
message of (1898), 670
monument to, 397-400
national debt to, 409
nobility of, 530
Pan-American Congress and, 605
people, friend of the, 531
policy of, vindicated, 239
power of leadership of, 234
President of United States, 234
principles of, 212
quoted, 216, 311, 670
soldier, as a, 397-398, 530, 531
standard-bearer, popular, 531
triumph of, 240
wide love for, 530
McMaster, John Bach, 501
Medora, North Dakota, 320
Meade, George G., General, 489
Mediation in labor troubles, 308
Mediterranean, commerce on the, 391
Memorial Day, 56
Memphis, Egypt, 151
Tennessee, 202
Merchant Marine, building up, 651
condition of, 553
development of, 656
importance of, 553
Merchant princes, Phœnician, 201
Merit, individual, standard of, 620
sole rule in the Army, 586
Merit system, appointments under, 591, 644
benefits of the, 592
examinations and, 592
in Philippines, 593
in Porto Rico, 593
success of the, 687
Mesopotamia, 151, 374
Mesopotamian Valley, 113
Methodism in America, 242-248
Methodist Church, growth of the, 243
work of the, 243-246
Methodists, work of, 39
Mexican War, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746
Mexico, 668, 669
capital of, 604
extradition treaty with, 662
funds due to, 605
Gulf of, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351
joint note from, 655
Pan-American Congress in, 604
President of, 747
Republic of, 264
The Hague Tribunal and, 623
Weil and La Abra Awards in, 605
Michigan, 186
Midshipman, the title, 581
Military Academy, United States, 70
education, need of, 589
life, brotherhood in, 14
Surgeons’ Association, 68-70
training, value of, 77
Militia, action on, needed, 589
law, 319
law, new, 320
law, present, worthless, 589
laws, obsolete, 630
Naval, State, 583-584
system, reorganizing, 630
volunteer forces and, 630
Millennium, the, not yet come, 435
Miller, William A., 518, 520
case of, 518-523
Mills, Colonel, 70, 73, 74
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 272
Mind, strength of, 30
Mining, agriculture and, 437
conditions of, 252
enterprises in China, 674
forest reserves and, 558
forestry and, 252
interests in Alaska, 665
in Utah, 437
irrigation and, 563
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 292, 294
Minnesota, 286, 292, 311
Legislature of, 286
University of, 289, 292
Volunteers, 13th, 311
Misconduct and wealth, 610
Missionaries in China, rights of, 674
pioneer work of, 342
Missionary service, 495
work, 45-50
Mississippi, 343, 511, 517
River, 51, 148, 154, 281, 284,
341, 351, 419, 422, 425, 426,
454
Valley, 202, 364, 563
Missouri, 223, 336, 341, 451, 596
German loyalty in, 507
Germans in, 451
Mitchell, John, 522
Mob violence, consequences of, 528
evil of, 475
form of anarchy, 523
Modern life, good and evil in, 292
Mohammedans in Philippines, 96
Monetary system, elasticity of the, 617
Monopolies founded on railroad rates, 279
restraining trade, 612
Monopoly, tendency to, 609
Monroe Doctrine, the, 125, 257-268, 270, 575-577
affirmed, 575
benefits of, 576
commerce and, 576
defined, 261-262, 575
enunciation of, 690
in Cuba, 576
limits of the, 576
loyalty to the, 578
no hostile manifesto, 576
not international law, 265
our policy, 632
peace, a means of, 578
Monroe, James, President, 87, 455, 575
messages of, 575, 690
on the Monroe Doctrine, 575
quotation on Navy, 690
Montana, 324, 326, 327, 362, 432
Moody, Dwight L., 134
Moody, William H., Secretary, 118, 122, 728
Morality, social, a lesson of, 309
Moro campaign, 690
Moros, troubles with the, 96, 627
Morrison, Frank, 522
Mosquera, General, 701
Mounted rifleman, the, 585
Mount St. Alban, District of Columbia, 495
St. Elias, 664, 666
Vernon, 41
Vernon, preservation of, 644
Mohawk Valley, New York, 507
Muhlenburg, F. A., Representative, 450
Mukden, China, 674
Municipal ownership discussed, 776
Munsterberg, Hugo, Professor, 28
Murders of foreigners in China, 602
Murphy, Governor, 482, 483
Murphy, G. Mallet-Prevost, Lieut., 724
Museum, National, need of a, 598
proposed, 642
Music, enjoyment of, 453
N
Napoleon Bonaparte, 50
Napoleonic struggles, 489
Nashville, United States steamship, 727, 732, 734, 737
Nation, aggregate of families, 493
debt of, to Germans, 508
duty as a, our, 269
first thing for a, to do, 50
glory of the, 491
honor roll of the, 479
individual and, compared, 291
making a great, 480
opportunities for the, 396
peace as a, our, 396
preservation of the, 489
stock range of the, 438
strength of our, cramping the, 540
National Banking Law, 554
Board of Trade, 225
boundaries, our, 676
character, laws and the, 487
character, standard of, 16
expansion, 51
Fish Commission, 424
Government, the, 118, 309
National Guard, the, 319
appropriations for, 590
in war times, 590
manœuvres of, 689
organization of, 589
Regular Army and, 590
reorganizing, 630
training the, 77, 589
use of, 689
National life, cause of true, 448
museum, need of a, 598
powers, State and, 276
supervision, need for, 610
Naturalization offences, 661
Nature, beauties of, 376
Naval Academy, United States, 33-36, 581, 584
enlargement, needed, 633
graduates of the, 583
Naval base in Philippines, 691
cadet, the title, 581
efficiency, standard of, 583
gun-practice, funds for, 631
intelligence, office of, 692
manœuvres in peace, 582
militia, State, 583-584
militia, object of the, 583
officers, duties of, 34-36
Reserve, National, 584
Reserve, demand for, 584
shore duties, civilians in, 582
stations in Cuba, 646
vessels, need of new, 581
War College, 692
Navigation, Bureau of, 692
Navy, United States, the, 203, 401, 465
activity of, in peace, 121-122
admiral of the, 631
and Army, 463
auxiliary, 584
builders of the, 580
completing, no cessation in, 581
commercial importance of, 394
condition of, in 1882, 402, 579
Confederate, 209, 223
Congressional action on, late, 403
credit for the, 580
Department, 34, 266, 295, 559, 584, 691, 692
efficiency in the, 582, 691
efficient, need of an, 266, 394, 577
enlisted men of the, 465
first-class, need of a, 632
excellence of the, 34
General Board of the, 583, 592
General Staff in, 692
gunnery in the, 631
history of the, present, 579
importance of the, 577
improvised, impossible, 578, 632
inadequate, dangers of an, 632
instruction in the, 582, 583
Isthmian Canal and, 632
manœuvres in, extensive, 631
marksmanship in the, 691
memorial monument, 401-404
men for, need of good, 583, 632
men of the, 120
men of the, credit to, 421
men of the, training for, 403
mercantile, our, 394
military, our, 394
necessity of a good, 584
necessity of maintaining, 198
no politics in, 209
officers, additional, needed in, 633
officers and men for the, 581
officers in, credit due, 633
officers in, scarcity of, 633
officers of, work of, 691
peace, guarantee of, 267, 577, 578, 632
plea for the, 404
plea for, by President Monroe, 690
policy on, National, 402
preparation in, need of, 401, 578
pride in, 492
progressive instruction in the, 583
promotion in, fostering, 633
public debt to, 588
recruits in, raw, 633
retirement from, facility in, 633
Secretaries of the, 403
Secretary of, Advisory Board to, 692
Secretary of the, 79, 309, 579, 580, 581, 583, 656
services of the, great, 119
ships and crews in the, 632
ships for, providing new, 631
situation on the, 577-584
skill in the, need of, 120-121
Spanish, 580
standard of the, high, 465
Surgeon-General of, 457
target practice in the, 582
the new, 402
training in the, 119, 579-580
upbuilding of the, 402, 631, 691
war, not a provocation to, 578
Yard, Bremerton, Wash., 420
Nebraska, 329
Needs, National, laws for, 99
Negro appointments, attitude on, 513
defended, 516
fewness of, 512
Negro criminals, 524
“domination,” 511, 513, 516
office-holding, 510-518
rights of the, 446
Negroes appointed in South, 516
appointments of, 511
victims of lynching, 524
Nero, United States ship, soundings by, 625
Netherlands, the, 151, 668, 669
Nevada, 362, 414, 416
agriculture in, 417
development of, 417
irrigation in, 415-416
Land-reclamation in, 682
laws of, irrigation, 417
mineral products of, 417
public lands in, 415
stock-raising in, 417
water supply of, 415
Newell, F. H., 681
New England, 97, 113
town meeting, 533
Newfoundland, reciprocity with, 622
New Granada, 717
passing away of, 694
sovereignty guaranteed to, 696
New Jersey, 281, 482
veterans of, 482
New Mexico, 364, 365, 366, 368
New Orleans, La., 401, 511
Newspapers, reckless talk in, 533
sensational, 9
New York City, 29, 31, 196, 242, 401
America’s entry-port, 196
Chamber of Commerce, 196-202
government of, 506
“Herald,” quoted, 722, 723
National importance of, 196
“Times,” quoted, 722
New York State, 97, 113, 223, 466, 507, 518
Agricultural Association, 466
Federal Grand Jury, 660
negro office-holders in, 513
Nicaragua Canal route, 692, 710
Republic of, 707
Nichols law in Ohio, 767
Nile, River, 151, 391
Nineteenth Century, progress in, 537
Nineveh, 113, 151
North Carolina, 167
North Dakota, 310, 311, 320
Northern Pacific Railroad, 281
Northern Securities Company, 281
suit against, 282
Northfield, Mass., 134
Norway, 668, 669, 677
O
Obaldía, Governor, of Panama, 722
Obedience to law, 474
Ocean Mail Act of 1891, 656
O’Connell, James, 522
Office, character prime test for, 515
Office-holders, Democratic, 517
political influence in, 586
typical American, 589
Office-seekers disappointed, 11
Ohio River, 454
Valley, 563
Olympia, cruiser, 463, 465
Omaha, Neb., 329, 333
O’Neill, Bucky, 369
“Open door” in China, 98, 604
Opportunities, National, 396
present, 87
Opportunity for colored men, 512
Orderly liberty, 523
and virtue, 481
Oregon, 97, 112, 393, 419, 426, 677
country, acquisition of, 677
men in the Philippines, 419
pioneers of, 419
Organization, law of, 189
benefits of, 159
Organizations, labor, need of, 102
opposition to, 618
the public and, 619
Orient, the, 304
awakening of the, 97
duties in the, 92, 95
growing commerce in, 98
Oriental trade, 429
Over-capitalization, evils of, 172, 542
fraudulent, 612
Over-grazing, evils of, 439-441
Ownership, corporate, and war problems, 672
State and private, 777
Oyster Bay, N. Y., 458, 520, 523
P
Pacific cable, 393
action on the, 625
Congressional power in, 626
laying of, 98
need of a, 573
Pacific Coast, 51, 364, 385 line, 393
Pacific Ocean, the, 203, 243, 257, 281, 338, 343, 372, 393, 401, 419, 422, 454, 676
domination of, our, 393, 429
commerce in the, 392
importance of, future, 400
our interests in the, 97
power on, United States, 601
seaboard, 677
Pacific Slope, the, 205, 372, 373, 395, 420, 421, 423
Page, Thomas Nelson, 457, 517
Palma, Tomas Estrada, President, 295
Palmetto State, the, 20
Palo Alto, Cal., 377
Panama, arms imported into, 720,
attitude of United States in, explained, 698-707
Bay of, 708
bombardment of, 730
Canal Act of 1902, 709
Canal Company, French, 623, 711
Canal Company, New, 710, 749, 780
Canal, treaty on, 692-693
City of, and Colon, feeling in, 720
City of, United States control of, 708
continual revolutions in, 700
dissatisfaction in, cause of, 725
Government of, recognized, 699
guaranteed from invasion, 696
Hubbard’s work in, 731-744
independence of, guaranteed, 708
independence movement in, 719
independence newspapers on, 720-724
interference in, by United States, 707, 727
Isthmian Canal at, 623
Railway, 709
railway and canal rights in, 708
Railroad, disturbance on (1887), 702
revolutions, United States neutrality in, 695
route preferred by Congress, 259, 693
right of way in, 693
sentiment in, 715
sovereignty guaranteed in, 696
sovereignty in, 695
treaty with, 707
United States fortifications in, 709
United States grants in, 708
United States interventions in, frequent, 745
United States neutrality in, 694
United States warships at, 740
United States forces in, 703
Panama, Republic of, 693, 717
message on, 709-757
status of, 694
recognition of, justified, 750
recognized by the Powers, 752
unanimity in, 698
Panama Revolution of 1903, 698, 719-728
bloodless, 698, 743
despatches on, 727-729
duty of United States in, 698
interference of United States in, 698
occasion of the, 698
Pan-American Congress, 604-605, 751
United States Delegates to, 605
Pan-American Exposition, 529
Panics, 10
safeguards against, 555
Paralysis of business energies, 614
Parents, wishes of true, 395
Party system, true aim of, 191
Past, forgetfulness of the, 63
reverence for historic, 503
Pasturage, need of providing, 439
question of, 438
Patents, land, in Alaska, 678
Patents to foreigners, 684
Patience and resolution, 488
Patriotic societies, thoughts on, 55
value of, 36
Patriotism, spirit of, 492
variant of loyalty, 493
Peace, anxiety for, our, 578
and arbitration, 622-623
conditions of maintaining, 575
Conference, The Hague, 575
duties of, 492
effective plea for, 198
forces tending toward, 673
for the just man armed, 394
industrial, 198
naval manœuvres in, 582
safeguards for present, 634
situation on, 574-575
steady trend toward, 197
surest way of obtaining, 394
true conditions of, 578
war and, leaders in, 289
war and, spirit in, 488
work of, 22
world-wide, present, 606
Pearse Inlet, 666
Peckham, Rufus W., Justice, 671
quotation from, 671
Pekin, foreign quarter in, exclusive, 602
guards in, permanent military, 602
representatives in, safety of, 602
Pennsylvania, 205, 219, 333, 512
Germans in, 507
Pension Bureau, work of the, 686
People and the Government, 494
government by the, 663
plain, prosperity of, 608
responsibility of the, 441
right of the, to water, 418
Performance and Promise, 413-414
Pershing, Captain, services of, 690
Perez y Sotos, proposal by, 722
Peru, 705
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 211
Philbin, Eugene A., 657
Philippine cable, 625-627
Commission, 81
independence impossible, 93
policy, critics of the, 296, 318
Philippine War, 21, 39, 59, 85, 92, 217-218, 399, 488
aim of the, 314
conduct of, 59-67
difficulties of, 628
end of, 207, 316
hardships of, 313
justified, 98
McKinley on, 311
necessity of, 92, 204
object of, 64
outcry against, 311
veterans of, 591
Philippines, the, 59, 60, 82, 83, 185, 203, 204, 206, 210, 211, 223, 237, 311, 312, 313, 393, 394, 408, 410, 577, 580, 590
aims in the, our, 568
Americanism in the, 628
amnesty declared in, 96, 627
anarchy in, danger of, 569
appointments in the, 569
appropriation for the, 315
armies in the, 63
arms in, triumph of, 628
army in, praise for, 628
army in, reduction of, 94
banditti in the, 571
benefits from, 98
benefits of United States rule in, 92, 93
brigandage in the, 313, 315
business in the, 572
cable to, need of a, 573
cattle disease in the, 315
-China cable, 626
civil government in the, 95, 207, 314, 409, 569, 627
conditions in the, 568
constructive statesmanship in, 629
course in, our, unexampled, 569
cruelties in the, 64, 205, 217-218, 313, 628
development of the, 572
difficulties in the, 568
difficulties of war in, 93-94
duty in, our, 238, 569
“errors” in the, our, 570
fear in, our only, 570
Filipino officials in, 95
franchises in the, 572
freedom withdrawn in, 570
freest Asiatic country, 208
good government in, 210
Governors of, 21
holding the, 628
improved conditions in, 589
industrial enterprises in, 572
insurrection in the, 571
interests of, 67
ladrones in, 94, 207
laws made in the, 96
laws in, triumph of, 628
legislation for the, 571
liberty in the, 315
merit system in, 593
military rule in the, 314
mission, our, in the, 394
naval base, in, 691
new era in the, 627
officials in, choosing, 679
Oregon men in, 419
peace in the, 218
perplexing problems in, 238
policy in, proper, 318, 627
progress in, 679
prosperity in, 410, 568, 679
representative government, 96
results of “liberating,” 66, 92
restoring peace in, 312
retention of, necessary, 569
self-government in the, 93, 206, 570
situation in the, 567-573, 627
soldiers in the, 206, 628
statesmanship in the, 97
Taft’s services to, 410
tariff arrangements with, 679
tariff reduction to the, 296, 315
wealth of, natural, 572
wrongdoing in the, 97, 313, 628
Phœnician merchant-princes, 201
Phœnicians, 151
Physical development, need of, 293
Pilgrims, the, 365
Pinchot, Gifford, Bureau Chief, 249, 681
Pinckney, Charles, Secretary, 343
Pioneer preachers, work of, 245-246
settlers, watercourses and, 562
Pioneers, achievement of, 420
descendants of, 606
German, in America, 450
Western, 419
Western, work of, 414
Piracy, 535
Plagues, quarantine against, 641
Plain people, prosperity of, 608
Platt Amendment, 23, 295, 621, 645
Platt, Orville H., Senator, 85
Play and work, 379
relation of, 294
Plenipotentiaries, 601-602
Plutocracy, 470
Poe, Edgar Allan, 456
Policies, effect of continuous, 608
Policing, international, growing
need of, 624
Policy, common-sense, a, 271
economic, stability of, 190, 550
enforcing a, 441
fixity of, 113
foreign, a sound, 272
land, United States, 388, 441
Monroe Doctrine, our, 632
National, justice as the, 396
National, on the Navy, 402
public land, wise, 681
United States forest, 249
Political influence in offices, 586
Politicians, “bread-and-butter,” 9
Politics in insular possessions, 593
Polk, James K., President, 748
Poor and rich, legal equality of the, 620
Popular government and bribery, 663
Population, concentration of, 274
urban, evils in, 100
urban, growth of, 100
Porcupine River, Alaska, 667
Portland Canal, 664, 666
Portland, Me., 122
Portland, Ore., 419
exposition at, 677
Porto Rico, 22, 87, 185, 237, 577, 590
appropriation for, 315
difficulties in, 88
free trade with, 567
government of, 88-89, 567, 627
merit system in, 593
progress in, 679
prosperity in, 567, 627
public lands in, 567
situation in, 567
United States rule in, 237
Possible, achievement of the, delaying, 611
Postage, pound rate of, 600
Postal abuses, 601
crimes, 661
progress, recent, 600
service, 599-601
service, deficit of, 599
service, growth of, 599
Postmaster-General, 656
Post-office Department, 601
revenues, 634
frauds in, 661
Potomac, River, 483
Pound rate, postal, limiting the, 601
Preaching and practicing, 461-462, 481
Precepts, unintelligent, harmful, 289
Preferences in rates forbidden, 280
Preparation and forethought, need of, 580
Presbyterian Church, 44, 501
Present conditions, superiority of, 101
rejoicing in the, 607
Presidency, difficulties of, 5, 13
President accountable to Nation, 7
appointments by, 8
burden of the, 10-11
demand for capacity in, 9
dissatisfaction with, 9
duties of, on revenue, 7
duty of, to enforce laws, 281
Federal departments and, 3
friends, his difficulty with, 11
great tasks before, 7
importance of, 1
“ingratitude” of, 12
legislative functions of, 2
mail of, immense, 11
personality of, 2
policy of, criticising, 5-6
power of, 2, 5, 12
power of, to stop legislation, 3
protection of, proper, 535
recommending legislation, 2
reconciling interests, 9
requests made to, 11
respect due to, 6
responsibilities of, 5, 8
requisites for a good, 5
retired, the, 12, 13
Senate and, harmony of, 4
Treasury and the, 8
unable to answer letters, 11
veto power of, 2
work of, constant, 10
Presidents of United States, defects in, 6
high character of, 6
Tennesseean, 203
Pressure for promotions, 586
Principles, American, fundamental, 499, 620
Printer, public, 518, 519, 520
Printing, Government, great cost of, 643
Office, Government, 518
public, unnecessary, 643
Private property, exemption of, 671
in war time, 671-672
Prizes for naval gunnery, 631
Problem, forest, the, 251
Problems, attitude toward, 397
dealing with, 331
economic, solution of, 106
false remedies for, 274
industrial, 143, 159, 274, 302
industrial and economic, 292
industrial, how not solved, 199
industrial, solutions of, 175
industrial, treatment of, 307
in 20th century, 607
nature of, 173
present day, 137-144
qualities in solving, 334
social and economic, 85-86
social, solution of, 25
solving, certainty of, 607
temper in treating, 149-150
true spirit in meeting, 274
trust-control, 110
Procedure, legal, needs in, 525
“Productive scholarship,” 28, 456
Progress, conditions of, 357
sudden advance of, 152
universal, joy at, 271
Progressive regulation, 609
Promise and performance, 108, 413-414, 432
Promises, public and private, 414
Promotions, Army, on merit, 587
pressure for, 586
Property guaranteed to all, 653
inviolability of, 609
misuse of, 132
private, in war time, 671-672
rights conserved by law, 112
true use of, 476
Prosperity, advent of, 236
agricultural, 251
all share in, 467
American, conditions of, 577
attacks on, evil, 273
average of, 467
commercial, 98
common interest in, 286
conditions of, 98
continuance of, 201
defined, 418
destruction of, 99
energy and, 99
envy at, 98
evils in times of, 99, 214, 608
general, 613
high level of present, 552
Homestead Law and, 637
industrial, 147
industrial period of, 24
in Porto Rico, 567, 627
in the Philippines, 568
Prosperity, laws in, influence of, 606
material, 50-51, 352
material, necessary, 188
not created by law, 25, 214, 537, 606
of wage-workers, present, 538
present, abounding, marvelous, 302, 537
present, unbounded, 606
present, unique, 219
present, unparalleled, 296
protective tariff and, 614
requisite of, first, 550
return of, 215, 759
ruined by law, 25
source of envy, a, 24
times of, inequalities in, 540
under the tariff, 297
Protection, reciprocity and, 553
right of, for all, 477
Protective tariff and prosperity, 614
Protocol, Chinese, 601
Providence, Rhode Island, 98
Psalmist, the, 103
Public, the, and organizations, 619
Public honesty and efficiency, 488
land laws, disagreements on,
land policy, wise, 681
Public lands, Alaskan, 677
extent of, 415
fences on, 637, 680
for home-makers, 636
laws on, 661
President’s power on, 559
proceeds from, 682
reclamation of arid, 562
settlement on, retarded, 680
Public life, requisites for, 288
responsibilities of, 493
Public man, duty of, to tell truth, 288
qualities of the, 488
Public opinion in the United States, 557
printer, 518, 519, 520
ranges, best uses of, 440
servant, honesty of, 499
servants, attacks on, 6
service, how to regard, 412
works for public good, 563
Publicity and honest corporations, 610
in corporation affairs, 105-106, 116, 650
remedy for trust evils, 543
Puget Sound, 427, 428, 429
Punishment and reformation, 494
Puritans, the, 365
Q
Qualities, essential, of character, 493
great, need of, 509
Quebec, Supreme Court of, 666
Quincy, Illinois, 335
R
Race discriminations wrong, 512
no bar to office, 512
strains in America, 450
-suicide, question of, 508
Railroad discrimination, laws on, 322
Branch, Y. M. C. A., 353
employees, safety of, 685
men as soldiers, 157
men, bravery of, 157
men, heroism of, 229
men, qualities needed by, 163
men used to risks, 157
men, Y. M. C. A. work for, 229
problems, 332
systems, great, 429
Railroading, qualities needed in, 353
Railroads, Alaskan, 678
as developers, 338
as means of travel, 338
benefits of, 430
blocking frogs of, 643
Interstate, regulation of, 555
law regarding, 310
the, and lumbering, 252
rates on, 556
safety appliances on, 685
safety on, laws for, 643
Railway, a public servant, 556
foolish interference with, 557
Ranges as invested capital, 438
grazing, old system of, 438
homesteads and the, 439
public, best uses of, 440
public, exhaustion of, 637
moving cattle on, 439
stock, of the Nation, 438
summer and winter, 439
wise use of the, 439
Rapp, General, 451
Rates, preferences in, forbidden, 280
Readiness for life work, 497
Rebates, secret, granted, 282
Reciprocity, development of, natural, 553
field of, natural, 553
handmaid of protection, 551
home industries and, 551
tariff law and, 551, 615
treaties, need of, 615
Treaty, Cuban, 567, 622-623, 647
with Newfoundland, 622
Reclamation Law, the, 415, 682
Redwood manufacturers, 385
Reed, Thomas B., 123
Reformation and punishment, 494
Reformed Church, Dutch, 44, 447, 505
First, New York, 44
German, 447
Grace, D. C., 446
Churches, duty of, 447
Reforms in Army, three prime, 588
conditions of efficient, 565
unreasonable demand for, 110
Regulation and tariff, separation of, 613
of artificial powers, 609
progressive, 609
transportation, 280
Religion, crimes in name of, 449
Religious liberty in Philippines, 96
Reno, Nev., 416
Reorganization Act, Army, 588
Representative government in Philippines, 96
Representatives of the people, 7
Republic, American, 380, 484
destiny of the, 125, 353
greatest need of the, 56
needs of our, 481, 523
problems before, 14
ruin of the, 469
savers of the, 399
spirit of its founders, 396
success of United States as a, 287
Republics and despotism, 287
fate of old, 287, 470-471
ruin of, 471
Reserves, Naval, demand for, 584
Naval, National, 584
Reservoirs in arid regions, 561
irrigation, in Utah, 444
Resolution and patience, 488
Resources, National, developing, 188-190
Responsibility of duty, 498
personal, 501
Restraint of the unscrupulous man,
652
Retirements, privileges in, 586
Reunion, proofs of our, 203
Revenue and expenditure, equal, 654
Revenues not to be reduced, 555
to be adjusted, 555
Revolution, American, 18, 37, 41, 57, 212, 232, 233, 243, 343, 451, 454, 485, 487, 507
American, Germans in the, 507
American, Sons of the, 36-39
American, events of, in Charleston, 18
Revolution, industrial hardships in a, 780
Revolutionary legislation, evil of, 477
Rhine, river, 151
Rhode Island, growth of, 100
Rich and poor, contrast between, 778
legal equality of, 620
Rich man, the unscrupulous, 472
Richards, W. A., Commissioner, Land, 681
Richmond, Va., 141
Richmond Hill, N. Y., 481
Rifleman, mounted, the, 585
Righteousness and strength, 37
civic, need of, 499
the only test, 437
warfare for, 496
Rights of others, regard for, 575
Riis, Jacob A., 481
Rio Grande, 243
Rizal, José, 317, 318
quoted, 317
Road-building and civilization, 337
Roads and trails in Alaska, 678
good, advantages of, 340
Good, International Convention, 336
good, new interest in, 338
Rockhill, William Woodville, 602
Rocky Mountain region, 303
Rocky Mountain States, 372
Rocky Mountains, 205, 255, 327, 338, 351, 373, 415
Roman Empire, effects of the, 336
growth of the, 346
expansion, 346, 396
power, traces of, 396
roads, 336-337
Rome, 151, 336, 337, 345
fall of, 391
Roosevelt, Nicholas, Alderman, 506
Root, Elihu, Secretary, 80, 83, 84, 316, 665
services of, 84
Rosecrans, William S., General, 40-44
Rough-Rider Regiment, 365
Rough-Riders in Spanish War, 77
typically American, 365-366
Rural free mail delivery, 675
Rural carriers, Civil Service, 686
(See Mail, free-delivery of)
Ruskin, John, 31
Russia, Ambassador to, 457
S
Sacramento Valley, 387
Saengerfest Association, Baltimore, 450
Safety-Appliance Law, the, 643, 685
Safety appliances, inspection of, 685
St. Louis, Missouri, 336, 341, 596
arbitration union at, 672
bribe givers extradited, 663
corruption in, 662
Exposition, 596
loyal Germans in, 508
University of, 341
St. Paul, Minnesota, 286
Salmon hatcheries in Alaska, 678
industry in Alaska, 424
industry, protecting, 678
Salt Lake City, Utah, 435
Salt Trust, case against the, 284
San Bernardino, California, 373
San Francisco, California, 283, 385,
390, 397, 401, 403, 413
San Gabriel Valley, California, 387
San Juan, battle of, 73
Santa Fé, New Mexico, 364, 368
Santa Cruz, California, 375
Santiago, Cuba, 20, 65, 119, 166, 267, 421
battle of, 579, 580
colored troops at, 446
Satterlee, Henry Y., Bishop, 495
Savannah, collector of port of, 516
Savings Banks as corporations, 174
deposits in, 608
Scandinavia, 365, 421-422, 429
Schedules, tariff, examination of, 616
Scholarly achievement, 28
Scholarship and the Library of Congress, 599
productive, 28, 378, 456
productive, achievement in, 293
services to Nation, 28
true, 379
School system, common, 591
Scientific bureaus, control of, 559
study, importance of, 69
Scott, Nathan B., Senator, 146
Scott, Winfield, General, 203, 454
Scylla and Charybdis, 288
Sea habit, the, 35
Seamen, additional, demand for, 581
American, high type of, 632
American, praise due to, 632
training of, necessary, 581
Seattle, Washington, 421, 428
Second-class mail, abuses of, 601
mail matter, 600
Self-government, art of, 224
capacity for, 414
developing capacity for, 568
first requisite of, 664
qualities for, 470
success in, our, 568
taught to Filipinos, 96
Senate, advisory function of, 3, 4
executive functions of, 2
power of, to reject nominations, 3, 4
Senators, advisory privilege of, 3-4
Sequoias of California, 386
Servant, a faithful, 501
Service and duty, 447
Service, classified, in District of Columbia, 592
conditions of good, 31-32
Government, rules of, 522
the honor of true, 408
Services of scholarship to Nation, 28
Settlement in public lands retarded, 680
Settler, development of the, 439
Seward, William H., Secretary, 698
quoted, 695
Shanghai, China, 673
improvements at, 603
Sheridan, Philip, General, 142, 399, 489
Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 105, 280, 282
Sherman, William T., General, 142, 157, 158, 165, 230, 399, 489, 490, 492
high worth of, 495
homage to, 490
mighty feats of, 490
monument to, 489-495
Sincerity, proofs of, 447
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 302, 354
Sitka, Alaska, cable to, 678
Slave, emancipation of the, 483
trade, the, 536
Slavery, abolition of, 398
Slocum, Henry W., 483
“Smartness,” deification of, 135
Smithsonian Institution, the, 597
plans of, 642
Ship, fighting, use of a, 672
Shipper, large, favors to the, 556
Shipping, action needed on, 554
American, 656-657
American, commission on, 656
American, superiority of, 554
interests, upbuilding of, 553
lines, benefit of, 553
requirements in, 656-657
subsidized, a, 554
Ships, American, cost of, 554
American, standards on, 554
and National interests, 553
Shore duties, naval, civilians in, 582
Sigel, General Franz, 451
Siloam, Tower of, 98, 435
Social betterment, 227
conditions, 435
conditions, betterment of, 548
convulsions, 10
discontent, 533
equality, 516
morality, a lesson of, 309
order, inequalities in the, 533
problems, 85-86
problems, present, 538
questions, 25
Societies, mutual benefit, 608
patriotic, value of, 36
Society, right of, to regulate, 609
Soldier, American, high standard of, 588
best type of, the, 585
Confederate, the, 19, 21
essentials and non-essentials for, 77
hardships of the, 15, 137
ideals of the, 15
increased pay of, question of, 588
motives of the, 15
qualities of a good, 54-55
Soldierly qualities, development of, 630
Soldiers, American, men of iron, 19
Confederate, sons of, 512
debt to the, our, 491
example of American, 486
ex-Confederate, 516
in the Philippines, 206, 218, 628
of the Civil War, 445
of Grant, 487
of Washington, 487
railroad men as, 157
capacity of, scrutinized, 630
Solutions, industrial, unwise, 148-149
Sound currency, benefit of, 477
South, appointments in, 517
cotton interests of, 283
glory of the, 19
National pride in the, 27
South Africa, war in, 80
South Atlantic States, 97
South Carolina, 18, 113, 516
negro domination in, 511
negro officials in, 512
South Dakota, 302
Southern States, 311
Sovereignty, limitations on, in Panama, 695
Spain, 342, 668, 669, 705
Navy of, 119
Spanish Navy, 580
Spanish rule in Cuba, 23
Spanish War, 10, 14, 15, 54, 72, 84, 87, 92, 98, 119, 125, 203, 204, 215, 236, 239, 310, 320, 377, 397, 398, 399, 484, 579, 580, 646
college men in, 377
effects of, 646
lesson of, 54
naval victories in, 421
our success in, 402
problems after, 398
“Rough Riders” in, 77
ships in the, 579
veterans, 185
veterans of, 591
West Pointers in, 72-74
Speaker of the House, 450
Speculation, dangers of, 99, 438
Speculative frenzies, 468
Speech, cleanness of, 459
Speed, James, Attorney-General, 696
Spirit, American, 487-488
Spokane, Washington, 429
growth of, 430
Springfield, Illinois, 446
Stability, value of, 99
Staff divisions in Army, 588
Staff, general, law, 319
Standards of judging men, 468
State and private ownership, 777
State, college men and the, 78-84
Department of, 261, 662, 663, 675, 705, 727
individual and the, 107
intrusion of the, 200
laws, National and, 548
Naval Militia, 583-584
saving the, 498
service to, conditions of, 31
Secretary of, 124, 261, 503, 605, 622
supervision, limits of, 610
welfare of the, 499
States, border, debt to the, 223
States compared to Nation, 8
States, formation of new, 348
Statesman, ideal for the, 438
Washington as a, 232
Statesmanship, constructive, 545
constructive, in Philippines, 629
in the Philippines, 97
Steam, centripetal effect of, 339
electricity and, compared, 339
as a factor in prosperity, 100
factor in civilization, 170
Steamship companies, supervision of, 550
lines, service of, 430
Steamships, American, 393
German and British, 656
Stikine River, Alaska, 665, 667
Stock-raisers and the forests, 440
raising in arid region, 438
range of the Nation, 438
Streams, division of, laws on, 564
Government control of, 443
ownership of, abuses in, 565
private ownership of, 564
regulating the flow of, 562
Strength, decency and, 461
importance of physical, 30
prime need of, 136
righteousness and, 37
sweetness and, 482
Stump, reckless talk on the, 533
Subig Bay as a naval base, 691
Success, beneficent, conditions of, 539
chief factor in, 548
conditions of real, 106, 107
essentials of, 146
individual effort and, 55
National, spirit of, 247
personal equation in, 539
rugged ways to, 395
secret of, 479
varieties of, 200
wrested from fortune, 607
wrong kind of, 268-269
Sultan, Turkish, and Beirut troubles, 673
Sumter, Fort, bombardment of, 141
Supervision, corporation, 650
State and National, 610
Surgeons, Army, bravery of the
United States, 68-69
Supreme Bench, qualities for the, 223
Supreme Court, United States, 82, 224, 505, 671
importance of, 221
judges of, 221
Sweden, 668, 669, 677
Switzerland, President of, 1
Syracuse, New York, 466
T
Taft, William H., Governor, 80, 81, 83, 95, 207, 210, 314, 316, 317, 408, 409, 410, 412, 569
services of, to Philippines, 410
Talents, responsibility for, 501
Talking and fighting, 269
Target practice in the Navy, 582
Tariff Bill, Wilson-Gorman, 3
business proposition, a, 298
radical changes in, evil of, 551
commission, proposed, 616
conditions, 615
danger in radical changes of, 191-192
duties, broad significance of, 300
duties, unnecessary, 552
experts, practical, 616
good effects of, 299
high, where not needed, 553
imports, in China, 603
law, reciprocity and, 551, 615
on coal, removal of, 616
policy on the, 190-191, 297
prosperity under the, 297
protection for capital and labor, 297
protection of labor by the, 546
protective, benefits of, 194-195
protective, necessary, 193
protective, perpetual, 299
protective, prosperity and, 614
radical readjustments ruinous, 298
reduction, 177
reduction difficulties, 178
reduction, evils in, 613
reduction, futility of, 613
reduction in Philippines, 296
reduction, trusts and, 613
regulation and, apart, 613
remodeled, 215
revision of the, best course in, 193-194
radical revision disastrous to workers, 301
radical revision, hostile to business, 300
revision, low wages and, 301
revision, trusts and, 300
radical revision undesirable, 285
schedules, examination of, 616
situation on the, 612-617
system, acquiescence in, 550
theory of, American, 615
true way of treating, 191-192
wealth and growth of, 538
Tasks, allotted, of a generation, 502
Tax Commissioners, State Board of, N. Y., 769, 775
inheritance, collateral, 772
laws, failures in, 772
system, N. Y., confusion of, 760
Taxation, burden of, just shares in, 764
equality and justice in, absolute, 770
foreign capital, in N. Y., 772
great burden of, where it is, 772
problem of, difficult, 770
situation on, 760
Taxes, State and municipal, 771
Taylor, Zachary, President, 203, 454
Telephone, the, benefits of, 340
Tenant tracts undesirable, 388
Tennessee, 21, 67, 167, 202, 517
Tennesseean Presidents, 203
pioneers of, 202
Territorial development of Hawaii, 566
Territories, formation of, 347
Territory, United States, 631
United States, desire for, 576
Texas, 304
rice in, 641
Thanksgiving Day, 57
Thebes, Egypt, 151
Thomas, Geo. H., General, 142, 223, 230, 399, 489
Threats, bad policy of, 399
Thrift and energy, need of, 537
Tien-tsin, China, improvements at, 603
Tigris, River, 391
Timber and Stone Law, 636, 680
lands, large holdings in, 680
Tongass Inlet, 666
Topeka, Kansas, 353
Torpedo boats, exercise of, 582
Torture, degradation in using, 526-527
Town meeting, New England, 113, 533
Trade, combination in restraint of, 282
damage to, in war, 670
domestic, and currency, 555
export, with Cuba, 647
National Board of, 225
Oriental, 429
restrictions, petty, 552
with foreign nations, our, 552
Transportation facilities, perfecting, 651
in Alaska, 425
regulation of, 280
Trautmann, Ralph, 658
Treasury, United States, condition of, 476
report to Congress, 555
Secretary of the, 335, 555, 655
Treaties, canal, important, 260
reciprocity, need of, 615
touching bribery, 662
Treaty, Alaskan, of 1867, 664
Treaty, Canal, Colombian offer on, 703-704
frequent use of, 705
Treaty, Canal, Colombian, interpretations
of the, 694
perpetuity of, 694
repudiated by Colombia, 697
with Panama, 707
Treaty, Colombia, of 1903, 697
Commercial, with China, 673
New Granada, of 1846, 693-700
New Granada, rights given by, 694
Russo-British, of 1825, 664
with Mexico, extradition, 662
Trees, preservation of the, 376
Tribunal, The Hague, 264
Triumph of 1898; how it was secured, 580
Trolley lines, benefits of, 340
Tromp, Admiral, 579
Truckee River, 416
Trust, Beef, case against, 282-283
laws, enforcement of, 660
legislation, 321, 322
organizations, evils of, 612
problem, difficulties of, 301
problem, efforts to solve, 284
problems, 332
question, difficulties of, 106
Trusts, abuses of, chief, 785-787
attitude toward, 272-273
control of, 272
dealing with, 142
definition of, 169
difficulties of treating, 114-115
Department of Commerce and, 278
expensive way to restrain, 285-286
foolish zeal against, 139
hatred and fear of, 541
ignorant dealing with, 139
importance of issues on, 170
laws against, enforced, 154
legislation upon, 275-276
legislation on, mischievous, 541
machinery and the, 782
National control of, 104-105, 153, 154, 155, 173, 181-183
National legislation on, 141
nature of, 103-105
necessary elements in, 542
need of wise dealing with, 171
problem of, difficult, 172
problems of controlling, 110, 142, 147
publicity for, 155, 183, 476
question of, 219
rational treatment of, 183-185
sovereignty over, need of, 115
spirit in dealing with, 173
supervision of, 103, 172
treatment of, 108
unaffected by tariff, 179, 300, 613
wise treatment of, 175, 541
Truth telling in public men and critics, 288
Turkish Government, relations with, 673
Turner, George, ex-Senator, 665
Turn Verein, Baltimore, 451
Tyranny, anarchy forerunner of, 524
U
Unclassified laborers, 687
Union and liberty, cause of, 507
Union armies, 42
Union, crises of the, great, 233
establishment of the, 488
love for the, 15
preservation of the, 398, 483
restoration of, 234
salvation of the, 488
soldiers of the, 19, 20
struggle for the, 491
Unions, labor, 26
in Government Printing Office, 520
great importance of, 652
rules of, and United States laws, 520
when not recognized, 522
Union League Club, Philadelphia, 211
San Francisco, 413
United America, proofs of, 19
United States, 668, 669
affairs in, 29
and China, 602-603
Army, 43
Bench, 82
Circuit Court, 283
Courts, 660
critics of, 217
future of, 607
grants in Panama, 708
historian of, 502
land policy, 388
Military Academy, 70
Naval Academy, 33-36
Navy, 33
public opinion in, 557
Supreme Court, 82
The Hague Tribunal and, 623
Universities, duty of, 28
University, true object of a, 378
Unscrupulous man, restraint of the, 652
Urban population, the growth of our, 100
Usefulness and happiness, 478
Utah, 435, 442
cultivated area of, 443
development of, 436-444
“Gamaliel,” 442
Government help for, 442
irrigated region, first, 442
irrigation in, 442
irrigation reservoirs in, 444
mining in, 437
pioneers of, 436, 442
V
Valor, American heritage of, 452
Van Dyke, Henry, 50
Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 508-510
Vasco da Gama, 151
Venezuela, 669
blockade in, 260, 667-668
claims against, 668
Monroe Doctrine and, 260-263
Venezuelan Government, 262
trouble, 10, 260
Venice, 151, 391
Veteran soldiers, increased value of, 588
Veterans to the Civil Service, relation of, 687
Veterans, Civil War, 489, 586, 590, 686
debt to, National, 591
justice to the, 586
New Jersey, 482
tribute to the, 15
Veto power, when not exercised, 3
Victoria, Queen, death of, 605
Victory, secret of, 142
Vienna, international arbitration
union at, 672
Violence, ignorant, dangers of, 540
Virginia, 167, 169, 223, 453, 517
great sons of, 454
in American history, 453
University founded, 454
University in history, 453-456
University of, 453-458, 644
Virginians, great deeds of, 453
in public life, 454
in statecraft, 454
Virtue and orderly liberty, 481
and strength, 460
public and private, 413
Virtues, commonplace, value of, 289
of greatness, 492
no substitutes for, 508
softer and stronger, 480
value of, to State, 134
Volunteer forces, United States, 93
militia and, 630
provisions for, 599
raising of, 590
Volunteer soldiers, reliance on, 591
Voting, difficulties of, in Philippines, 95
Filipino method of, 95
W
Wages, the American standard of, 615
high rate of, present, 546
Wage-workers, interests of, 85
prosperity of, 475, 608
qualities of the, 466
well-being of, 615
Wagner, Charles, his philosophy, 131
Wales Island, 666
War and peace, leaders in, 289
spirit in, 488
War, character required in, 585
Civil, 10, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 32, 37, 40, 43, 55, 61, 67, 72, 119, 141-142, 145, 165, 186, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 217, 222, 223, 230, 232, 233, 308, 310, 311, 330, 344, 377, 397, 433, 451, 452, 478, 483, 486, 487, 489, 491, 492, 505, 507, 529, 591, 607, 686
Civil, abuses in, 63
College, Naval, 692
comradeship in, 365
conducting, lesson in, 399
contraband of, 671
decline of, 575, 622, 670
demands of, on men, 585
Department of, 9, 61, 316, 319, 559, 586, 589
duties of, 492
fleet, great, true meaning of, 583
hardships of, 62
individual in, the, 75, 630
Mexican, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746
modern conditions of, 74-75, 585, 630
moral and material interests in, 50
of 1812, 10, 119
Philippine, 92, 98, 185, 399
readiness for, 394
reasons for going to, 14
Revolutionary, 18
Secretary of, 10, 83, 571, 630, 631, 665
Spanish, 10, 54, 72, 84, 87, 92, 98, 119, 125, 203, 204, 215, 236, 239, 310, 320, 377, 397, 398, 399, 484, 579, 580, 646
Spanish, veterans of, 185
taxes, abolition of, 654
training in, value of, 585
United States Government on,
attitude of, 671
wicked folly of, 575
with uncivilized peoples, 622, 628
Warships, building of, 266
uses of, in peace, 582
Washington, District of Columbia, 39, 221-225, 226, 249, 261, 263, 309, 440, 446, 455, 489, 493, 495, 501, 649, 668
alleys in, 547
business interests of, 225
improvements in, 547
model city, a, 642
“Post” quoted, 720, 721
sanitary laws in, 642
Washington, George, President, 57, 70, 72, 138, 232, 289, 319, 329, 399, 470, 487, 488, 644
and Lincoln, 445
as a statesman, 232
days of, 607
soldiers of, 487
work of, 41
Washington, State of, 97, 393, 420, 421, 426, 427, 428, 429, 677
future of, 429
Water-craft inspection, 685
Water hoarding, laws against, 565
laws in Western States, 565
right of use to, 565
rights, perpetual, evil of, 565
rights to, in excess of use, 564
State ownership of, perpetual, 565
supply and the forests, 559
supply, evils of changing, 443
titles and court decisions, 564
titles to, stability in, 564
Waters, preservation of, 384
using, question of, 438
Watersheds and forests, 444
protecting the, 444
Waterways, Federal control of the, 561
Watson, John C, Rear-Admiral, 39
Waukesha, Wis., 268
Wealth, abuse of, 273
abuses of, 538
aggregate, increase of, 538
and misconduct, 610
cause of increased, 100
concentration of, 274
corporate, National causes of, 538
dangers of great, 102
expenditure of, proper, 778
legitimate, benefits of, 538
necessary reward of effort, 539
and Tariff Bill, 538
opportunities of, 51
outcry against, 275
outcry against, cause of, 773
regulation of, 538
United States, 631
unreasoning hostility to, 764
Weevil in cotton States, the, 684
Weil award against Mexico, 605
Welfare of community, 472
National, nature of, 537
of workers, vital moment of, 546
Well-being, causes of our, 608
of wage-workers, 615
our unique, 607
popular, 608
Wesley, John, 228, 242-248
secret of his power, 248
West, forestry sentiment in the, 558
land-law revision in the, 680
Methodists in the, 39
Western Hemisphere, 578, 597
colonies in, 450
peoples of, 597
Spain driven from, 758
Western States, water laws in, 565
West Indies, 22, 87
West Point, 70, 120, 412, 630
mathematics at, 589
men, services of, 71
promotions at, 690
training at, 589
training, value of, 76
unique character of, 71
Wheat, macaroni, introduction of, 641
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 404, 405, 408
Wheeler, Joseph, General, 20, 203
Wheeling, West Virginia, 146, 151
White House, the, 15, 203, 455, 504, 506, 606, 645, 648, 709
additions in, incongruous, 644
architecture of, 644
restoration of, 455, 644
Washington’s plans for, 644
White men, appointments of, 512, 516
White Pass, Alaska, 667
Wickedness not “smart,” 460
Wilson, Edgar S., 517
Wilson-Gorman tariff bill, 3
Wisconsin, 268, 272
Wisdom and strength, 496
Wisdom, human limits of, 537
true, nature of, 135
Wise treatment of trusts, 175, 541
Woman, the glory of a, 479
supreme duty of a, 510
who toils, article on the, 508
Wood, Leonard, General, 80, 81, 238, 408, 409, 412
criticisms of, undeserved, 411
sacrifices of, in Cuba, 411
services of, to Cuba, 81
work of, in Cuba, 411
Words and deeds, homage in, 491
Work, advantages of, 477
and love, 356
and play, 379
and play, relation of, 294
cost of any great, 91
duty and privilege in, 510
manner of doing, 478
necessity of, 356, 432
need of good, 355-356
value of good, 28
varieties of, 432
Workers, American, character of 547
welfare of, important, 546
well-being of, important, 551
Workingman defined, 432
Workingmen, American, conditions of, 298
and trusts, 178
World, part in, our large, 607
Worth of a man, 481
Wright, Luke E., 21, 67, 95, 202, 207, 208-211, 223
Wright, Luke E., efficient work of, 210
tribute to, 208
Wrong, condemnation of the, 500
Wyoming, 324, 326, 327, 362
Y
Yale University, 80, 81
Y. M. C. A. at, 229
Yalu River, 674
Yellowstone National Park, 324-328
game in the, 328
Yellowstone, wild life in the, 560
Yosemite Park, 326
Young, S. B. M., General, 724, 725
Young Men’s Christian Association, 226-231, 353-361
railroad branch of, 353
work of, 228
Young Women’s Christian Association, 227
Z
Zoölogical Park, National, 598