Adams, Charles Francis, 55, 56.
Agricultural colleges, beginning of, 17.
Agriculture, changes in, 14, 15;
in the South after the War, 39, 40;
Department of, created, 142, 157;
main reliance of Western pioneers, 149, 151;
discontent in North and West, 178, 179, 184;
depression of, in South, 195;
diversified by decline of cotton values, 204, 205.
Aguinaldo, Emilio, 267, 278.
Alabama Claims, the, 55, 56.
Alaska, gold mines in, 241;
settlement of boundary, 284, 285.
Aldrich, Nelson W., 118, 326.
Algeciras, United States in conference at, 318.
Alger, Russell A., 253, 274.
Allison, William B., 89, 255.
Altgeld, Gov. John P., 222, 279.
Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice, 285, 286.
Amendment, the Thirteenth, 33, 42, 48.
Amendment, the Fourteenth, 42, 43, 48, 196, 197.
Amendment, the Fifteenth, 46, 47, 48, 196, 198.
American diplomacy, 286.
American Federation of Labor, 121, 183, 208.
American Railroad Union, 222.
Ames, Adelbert, 47.
Angell, James B., 60.
Anti-Contract Labor Law, 135.
Anti-imperialism, 278, 279.
Anti-monopolists, 168, 169.
Anti-trust literature, 166.
Arbitration, 255, 256;
treaties refused by Senate, 331, 332.
Arizona, a Territory, 21, 152, 154;
becomes a State, 330.
Army of the United States, at outbreak of Spanish War, 266;
in poor condition during the war, 269-72, 274;
later service in Cuba, 282.
Arrears of Pension Act, 137.
Arthur, Chester A., removed from office by Hayes, 87, 98, 103;
Vice-President with Garfield, 99;
opposes Garfield, 103;
as President, reorganizes his Cabinet, 106, 109;
his first message, 109, 110;
recommends civil service reform, 113, 114;
approves revision of the tariff, 114;
vetoes River and Harbor Bill, 117, 127;
hopes for renomination, 126;
reasons for failure of his candidacy, 126, 127;
and the Panama Canal, 144.
Australian ballot, 248.
Ballinger, Richard A., 328, 329.
Ballot reform, 248, 249.
Bayard, Thomas F., 134.
Belknap, William W., 62.
Bellamy, Edward, 167, 168, 188.
Benton, Thomas H., 21.
Bimetallism, 226;
plea for international, 228, 234.
Black Belt, the, 202, 203.
Blaine, James G., improper official conduct of, 62, 81;
the Mulligan letters, 82;
and the proposal to extend pardon to Jefferson Davis, 83;
candidate for Presidential nomination (1880), 98;
his personal following large, 102;
Secretary of State under Garfield, 102, 103, 106;
plans for Pan-American Congress, 106;
his large following among Irish, 124, 133;
nominated for President (1884), 127, 128;
and the Mugwumps, 130;
caricatures of, 132;
defeated, 133;
replies to Cleveland's message on tariff reduction (1887), 169;
refuses to be Presidential candidate again, 169;
Secretary of State under Harrison, 171, 172;
urges reciprocity, 175;
exchanges views with Gladstone on protective tariff, 189;
in the seal fisheries controversy, 212;
resigns Secretaryship, 213;
death, 214.
Blair, Francis P., Jr., 31.
Bland, Richard P., 88, 89, 173, 217.
Bland-Allison Bill, 181, 217, 218.
"Bloody shirt," the, 83, 100, 201.
Bonaparte, Charles J., 320.
"Boss," the, 245, 246;
power of, 247, 248.
Boxer outbreak in China, 281.
Brady, Thomas J., 104, 105.
Bristow, Benjamin, 81.
Brown, B. Gratz, 56.
Bryan, William Jennings, nominated for President, 237;
wages vigorous campaign, 238;
defeated, 240;
colonel in Spanish War, 266;
renominated for President, 279;
denounces imperialism, 279;
again defeated, 280;
a lay preacher on political subjects, 305;
nominated for Presidency third time, 325;
made Secretary of State by Wilson, 338.
Bryce, James, his American Commonwealth, 188, 189, 246;
influence of, 247;
ambassador from Great Britain, 318.
Buckner, Simon B., 238.
Burchard, Rev. Samuel D., 133.
Bureau of Corporations, valuable reports of, 311, 312.
Butler, Benjamin F., advocates the Greenback movement, 30, 66;
aims at Governorship of Massachusetts, 61;
his relation to the "salary grab," 62;
Anti-Monopoly candidate for Presidency, 131, 132.
Canadian reciprocity, 332.
Cannon, Joseph G., defeated for Congress, 185;
Speaker of the House, 304, 305;
a stand-pat protectionist, 327;
ruling as Speaker defeated, 329;
returned to Congress, 342.
Carlisle, John G., 138, 139.
Carnegie, Andrew, 297.
"Carpet-baggers," 43, 45, 49, 194.
Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, 73.
Cervera, Admiral, 267, 268, 271, 272.
Chase, Salmon P., wishes to be President, 3, 4, 31, 56;
urges creation of bonded debt to provide for war expenses, 5;
inaugurates a system of national banks, 27.
Chile, threatened war with, 212, 213.
Chinese, coolies imported into California, 25;
and Irish, 94;
harried, 122.
Chinese Exclusion Bill, 122, 127.
Choate, Joseph H., 318.
Christian Science, rise of, 190.
Churchill, Winston, writes Coniston, 310, 311.
Cities, growth of, 14;
in the New South, 205;
government of, 246.
Civil Rights Bill, 196, 197.
Civil Service Act, 113, 117.
Civil Service reform, 86, 110;
growth of, 112, 184, 192, 193;
undermines Republicans in West, 185;
attempts union with Knights of Labor, 186, 187;
splits white vote in the South, 192, 193, 196;
used to express Southern discontent, 195;
holds national convention at St. Louis, 208;
merged in People's Party, 209.
Farms, American, size of, 40, 41, 95;
increase in number, 149, 150;
decrease in size of Southern, 194;
number of, 194.
Farragut, Admiral David G., 5.
Fava, Baron, Italian Minister at Washington, 213.
Federal Reserve Act, 339.
Federal Trade Commission, 339.
Field, James G., 211.
Fisk, James, Jr., 60.
Folger, Charles J., 127.

Folk, Joseph W., 311.
Force Bill, the, 200, 201.
Ford, Paul Leicester, The Honorable Peter Stirling, 132.
Ford, Worthington C., 254.
Forestry service, 328.
Free lands, disappearance of, marks new period, 154, 155.
Free passes, on interstate railroads, forbidden by law, 313.
Free silver, demanded by Populists, 209, 210;
agitation for, 226, 228;
textbook of, 229;
fight for, in Republican convention (1896), 234, 235;
demanded by Democratic convention, 236.
Freedmen's Bureau, 34, 201;
work of, 42, 43, 45.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., 106, 109, 134.
FrÉmont, John C., candidate for the Presidency, 3, 4;
arrested in France, 60;
charged with land frauds, 60, 61.
"Frenzied finance," 310.
Frick, Henry C., 299.
"Full dinner pail, the," 280.
Gage, Lyman J., 253.
Garfield, James A., nominated for Presidency (1880), 99;
forged letters against, 101, 104, 105, 122;
sketch of, 101;
his Cabinet, 102;
trouble with Conkling, 103;
death of, 105, 108;
and the Panama Canal, 144.
Garland, Augustus H., 133.
George, Henry, 188.
Georgia, difficulties with Congress, 47, 48.
Gilman, Daniel Coit, 60.
Gladden, Washington, 310.
Gladstone, William E., 189.
Godkin, Edwin L., editor of the Nation, 59, 67, 85;
and civil service reform, 112.
Goethals, Major George W., engineer of Canal Zone, 317.
Gold, at a premium, 27;
hoarded, 218;
great increase in production of, 241.
Gold dollar, ratio to silver, 9;
value in greenbacks, 10, 29.
Gorgas, Col. William C., chief sanitary officer of Canal Zone, 317.
Gould, Jay, 60, 294.
Grand Army of the Republic, used for procuring pensions, 136, 137.
Grandfather clause, the, 200.
Granger Laws, the, 68, 70, 157;
constitutionality of, 71, 72.
Granger movement, the, 67, 68, 183;
relations with the panic of 1873, 72;
doctrine established by, 157.
Grant, Ulysses S., the coveted candidate of both parties, 36;
general rejoicing in his election, 37;
inaugurated in 1869, 46;
his first term ends unsatisfactorily, 55;
success with the Alabama claims, 55, 56;
renominated, 57;
various unsavory episodes of his years as President, 60, 62;
vetoes the Inflation Bill, 66;
reËlection of (1872), 75;
receives scanty support for a third term, 81, 98, 99;
and civil service reform, 112.
Greeley, Horace, nominated for President by Liberal Republicans, 56;
a quaint political figure, 57;
quoted, 89.
Greenback movement, the, advocates of, 30, 65, 66;
Eastern opinion of, contrasted with Western, 68;
and silver inflation, 88, 180, 181.
Greenbacks, 9;
value of, 10;
depreciation of, 27;
withdrawal of, 28;
further retirement of, forbidden by law, 30;
rising in value, 65;
issued during panic of 1873, 66.
Guam, ceded to United States, 273.
Guiteau, William B., 105.
Hadley, Pres. Arthur T., 310.
Hague, the, court of arbitration at, 283;
Venezuelan claims referred to, 284;
second conference, 318.
Hancock, Gen. Winfield Scott, 80, 99, 100, 101.
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, raises funds for Republicans, 102, 233, 238, 239;
appointed Senator, 252;
helps settle coal strike, 300, 302;
grows in popularity, 302, 303;
death, 304.
Harmon, Gov. Judson, 336.
Harriman, Edward H., 294, 295.
Harrison, Benjamin, nominated for Presidency, 169;
elected as a minority President, 171, 211;
friction with Chile, 212, 213;
renominated, 214;
defeated, 215, 216.
Hawaiian Islands, 273, 274, 278.
Hay, John, on McKinley, 251;
Secretary of State, 273, 282;
career of, 281.
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, for Isthmian canal, 286, 287.
Hayes, Rutherford B., receives nomination for President, 82;
difficulties of his election, 83, 84;
alienates many Republicans by his attitude toward the South, 85;
his troubles with Democratic congress, 87;
removes Chester A. Arthur from office, 87, 98, 103;
financial policy of his administration, 89, 90;
a new period of growth begun during his term of office, 90, 92;
end of his term, 97, 102;
and the Panama Canal, 144;
becomes head of Slater fund, 201.
Hearst, William R., 305, 312.
Hendricks, Thomas A., candidate for Vice-President, 80, 81, 131.
Hepburn Railway Bill, the, 315.
Hill, Gov. David B., 214, 215, 248.
Hill, James J., 295, 296.
Hobart, Garrett P., Vice-President with McKinley, 234;
dies in office, 280.
Homestead Act, the, 21, 155.
Hopkins, Johns, 60.
Howells, William Dean, 188.
Huerta, Victoriano, President of Mexico, 340.
Hughes, Charles E., exposes wrongdoing of insurance companies, 312;
mentioned for Presidency, 324.
Hull House, 251.
Humphreys, Benjamin G., 46.
Husbandry, Patrons of, 193.
Idaho, becomes a Territory, 21;
admitted to the Union, 152.
Immigration movement, the, influences of, 123, 124.
Income tax, 221, 327, 338.

Indians, removal of, 22, 25;
outbreaks of, 25, 86;
Dawes Bill, 142, 151, 319.
Industrial Commission, 298.
Industrial consolidation, evolves new type of trust, 297, 299.
Industrial revival, after 1897, 293, 294.
Industrial revolution, effects of, 95.
Inflation Bill, the, 66.
Ingersoll, Robert G., quoted, 92.
Initiative and referendum, 249, 250.
Interstate Commerce Act, the, 142, 158, 159;
commission created, 159, 160;
influence of rebate system on, 165;
had little immediate effect, 180;
an imperfe ct statute, 314;
strengthened by Congress, 315, 330.
Irons, Martin, 135.
Irrigation, 142, 291.
Italians, lynched in New Orleans, 213.
Jackson, Andrew, 8, 111.
James, Thomas L., 102, 103, 104.
Japan, at war with Russia, 317.
Johnson, Andrew, candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 4;
becomes President upon death of Lincoln, 32;
opposition of Congress to, 33, 34;
impeached by House, 35;
acquitted, 36;
vetoes arbitrary acts of Congress, 48.
Johnson, Gov. Hiram, 337.
Johnson, Reverdy, 55.
Journalism, expansion of, 162;
reorganized in the later nineties, 311.
Kansas City, important as meeting place of railways, 150, 151.
Kearney, Dennis, 94, 124.
Keifer, J. Warren, 108.
Kelly, John, 131.
Kerr, Michael C., 108.
Kipling, Rudyard, The White Man's Burden, 274.
Knickerbocker Trust Company, suspension of, 322.
Knights of Labor, secret society in the East, 94;
meet with disfavor, 121;
demands of, 122;
fight the Gould railways, 135;
success of, 183;
union with Farmers' Alliance, 186, 187;
in Pullman strike, 222.
Knox, Philander C., 296, 320, 331.
Ku-Klux Klan, the, 52.
Labor, tariff supposed to protect, 119;
Commissioner of, 122;
Bureau of, 135;
danger from European pauper, 139;
becomes better united, 299.
See also Knights of Labor, Strikes.
La Follette, Robert M., defeated for Congress, 185;
works out a system of primaries, 249;
in the Senate debate on railroads, 315;
leader of Insurgent Republicans, 329;
possible Presidential candidate, 330, 335, 336.
La -5.htm.html#Page_201" class="pginternal">201, 202;
border traits of, 286.
Overproduction, menace of, 96.
Palmer, John M., 238.
Panama, Republic of, 288.
Panama Canal, begun by De Lesseps, 144, 286;
determined on by Congress and President Roosevelt, 287, 288;
Panama grants concession, 289;
first boats pass through, 289;
dispute over sea-level and lock systems, 316-17.
Pan-American Conference at Rio de Janeiro, 318.
Pan-American Congress, 106, 109.
Panic of 1857, the, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12.
Panic of 1873, the, 62-74;
Jay Cooke's connection with, 62-65;
real causes of, 64, 65;
reduces revenues, 115;
often attributed to low rates of Wilson Bill, 254.
Parker, Judge Alton B., Democratic candidate for President (1904), 305;
defeated, 306.
Payne, Sereno E., 326.
Peabody, George, creates fund to relieve negro illiteracy, 201.
Pendleton, George H., 30, 31.
Penrose, Boies, 253, 342.
Pension Bureau, 137;
important through alliance with the soldiers, 172.
Pensions, influence of soldier vote on, 136;
for service only, 137;
amounts spent on, 137, 138;
system criticized by Southern farmers, 178;
used millions of the national surplus, 216.
People's Party. 184;
to right all wrongs of the plain people, 186, 187;
becomes a finished organization, 208, 209;
demands of, 210.
Petroleum trust, 164, 165.
Philippine Islands, ceded to United States, 273;
revolt in, under Aguinaldo, 278.
Pierpont, Francis A., 47.
Pike, James S., author of The Prostrate State, 51.
Pinchot, Gifford, 328.

Pious Fund dispute, the, 283.
Platt, Thomas C., resigns from Senate, 103;
claims promise of Secretaryship under Harrison, 172;
offended by Harrison, 213;
Senator from New York, 253;
opposes nomination of Roosevelt for governor, 277;
aids Roosevelt boom for Vice-Presidency, 280.
Polygamy, in Utah, 154.
Populism, origin of, 208.
Populists, demands of, 210;
carry four States in Presidential election (1892), 216;
caricatures of, 223;
fuse with Democrats, 237, 238;
favor direct legislation, 249, 250.
Porto Rico, invaded by United States troops, 272;
ceded to United States, 273;
Territorial government provided, 278.
Post-office, the, corruption in, 103, 104, 105, 113, 114.
Potter, Bishop Henry C., 246.
Powderly, Terence V., 121, 122, 135.
Practical politics, 110.
PreËmption Law, the, 21, 155, 156.
Presidential Succession Act, 105.
Primaries, direct, 249, 335.
Progressive Republicans, revolt, 329;
organize a League, 330;
principles of, 333;
oppose renomination of Taft, 334;
urge Roosevelt to run, 335;
organize Progressive Party, 336;
nominate Roosevelt and Johnson, 337;
popular vote of, 338;
influence negligible in 1914, 342.
Protection, in Republican platform (1888), 170, 171;
earnestly discussed by both parties, 170;
enlarged by McKinley Bill, 174, 176;
of unborn industries, 175;
strongest in East, 177;
rampant spirit for, in 1897, 254.
Pure food movement, 313, 314, 328.
Quay, Matthew S., chairman of Harrison campaign committee, 170, 171, 174;
offended by Harrison, 213;
completes partnership of manufacturers and voters, 232;
selects Penrose for Senator, 253.
Railroads, development of, 10, 12, 68, 69, 92, 93;
importance of, 16, 69;
land grants to, 22, 148;
continental, 22, 25, 26, 143, 144, 145;
hostility of the Grange, 68, 70;
rate laws, 71, 72;
agree upon standard time, 148;
encourage immigration and colonization, 148, 149;
regarded as quasi-public, 157, 159;
national control of, 158;
bargaining in rates, 165;
and the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 173;
promote new settlements, 179;
in the South after the Civil War, 204;
controlled by a few men, 294.
Rainfall, importance of, 150, 179, 180, 182, 186.
Randall, Samuel J., 108, 138.
Rebates, railroad, forbidden by Elkins Law, 296.
Reciprocity, favorite scheme of Blaine, 175.
Reclamation of arid lands of the Southwest, 290, 291, 320.
Reconstruction, an inappropriate name for what took place, 39;
no constitutional theory adequate to meet problems of, 44;
must be judged by results, 44, 45;
completion of, in formal sense, 46;
not far advanced by 1870, 49;
dominant type of leaders, 78;
political superseded by constitutional, 85.
Reconstruction Acts of 1867, the, 43, 45, 47.

Reconstruction Governments, evils of, 50, 51, 61.
Reed, Thomas B., 172, 229, 240.
Referendum and initiative, 249, 250, 333, 334.
Regan, John H., 193.
Reid, Whitelaw, 56, 130.
Republican party, the, during the Civil War, 1, 2;
called itself Union, 4, 32;
paid for its disguise, 32;
in the South after 1876, 54;
new men in control, 78, 79;
regains control of the House (1880), 108;
but loses it again (1882), 117;
dissensions in, 128;
defeated in 1884, 133;
elects President and majority in both houses in 1888, 171;
suffers a landslide (1890), 185, 186;
regains control of Senate and House, (1894), 229;
platform in 1896, 234;
dominates every branch of National Government for fourteen years, 244;
the party of organized business, 252;
approves the Spanish War, 279;
elects Taft President (1908), 324, 325;
revises tariff, 326, 327;
dissatisfaction in, 327, 328;
loses the House (1910), 329;
renominates Taft (1912), 336.
Revels, Hiram R., negro Senator from Mississippi, 47.
River and Harbor Bill, 117.
Rockefeller, John D., gains chief control of petroleum traffic, 165, 166;
aids cause of education in South, 201;
methods of, 310, 321.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 128;
steps out of Blaine campaign, 130;
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 265, 277;
raises a regiment for Spanish War, 266;
in Cuba, 270;
early public career of, 276;
Governor of New York, 277;
a reformer of a new type, 277;
Vice-President with McKinley, 280;
succeeds to Presidency, 282;
and the Hague Court, 283, 284;
activity in securing Panama Canal, 286, 288;
questionable course toward Colombia, 286, 288;
attitude toward negroes, 289, 290;
widely popular, 291;
disliked by professional politicians, 291;
dissolves Northern Securities Company, 296, 299;
settles coal strike, 300;
alienates party leaders, 302;
wants nomination on his own account, 303;
tries to modify Dingley Tariff, 304;
nominated for President, 305;
and elected, 306;
declares he will not accept another nomination, 307;
goes outside of United States territory, 316-17;
receives the Nobel prize, 317;
promotes second Hague Conference, 318;
sends navy round the world, 319;
holds conference of state governors at White House, 320;
called "Theodore the Meddler," 322;
his policies those of the people, 323;
secures nomination of Taft for Presidency, 324, 325;
goes to Africa, 329;
formulates New Nationalism, 333;
defeated in Republican convention, 336;
nominated by Progressives, 337.
Root, Elihu, becomes Secretary of War, 274, 281;
Secretary of State, 318;
mentioned for Presidency, 324;
presides over Chicago convention, 336.
Rough Riders, the, 266, 270, 277.
"Rum, Romanism, and rebellion," 133.
Rusk, Jeremiah M., 136, 157.
Russia, at war with Japan, 317.
Sackville-West, Sir Lionel, 310.
Tariff, the favorite national tax, 6, 7;
basis of the rate of, 7;
at the end of the war, 8;
different views of, 97;
influence of, in Presidential campaigns, 100;
revision of, 114, 116, 117;
as a source of revenue, 114, 115;
attacks upon, 115, 116;
commission created to investigate needs of, 117, 118;
difficulties of constructing, 118, 119, 140;
revision demanded, 169;
McKinley Bill, 172-75;
opposition to the new law, 184;
a factor in political landslide of 1890, 186;
McKinley Bill in danger, 215;
tariff for revenue the winning issue in 1890 and 1892, 220;
financial interest of manufacturers in, 233;
the Dingley Bill, 253, 254, 255;
the "mother of trusts," 303;
revised by Republicans, 326, 327;
reduced by Democrats, 339.
Taxes, as means of raising money, 6, 114, 115;
authorized more reluctantly than loans, 6;

often revised and increased, 7;
difficulties of Congress with, 115.
Taylor, Hannis, 262.
Tennessee, readmitted to the Union, 45;
escapes negro domination, 54.
Tenure-of-Office Act, 34, 35.
Texas, readmitted to Union, 47;
through change in, after the Civil War, 204, 205.
Thurman, Allen G., 170.
Tilden, Samuel J., prosecutes the Tweed ring, 80;
Democratic candidate for President in 1876, 80, 81;
doubtful result of the election, 83, 84;
unwilling to run in 1880, 99.
Timber Culture Laws, 155.
Tobacco Trust, 330, 331.
Transportation, a fundamental factor, 162;
creates new standards of living, 162, 163;
relation to the trusts, 164, 165;
vital to frontier life, 180.
Treves, Sir Frederick, praises work in Canal Zone, 317.
Trusts, formation of, 163, 164;
logical outcome of, 164;
influence of transportation, 164, 165;
whiskey and sugar, 166;
evils of, social or political, 167;
difficulty of regulating, 168;
investigation ordered, 169;
the aim of, 297;
Chicago conference on, 298;
and strikes, 299, 300;
not all "bad," 302;
tariff the mother of, 303;
the menace of, 309;
prosecution of, 320, 321.
Tweed, William M., 50, 60.
Underwood, Oscar W., 329, 330, 336.
Union League, of freedmen, 45.
Union Pacific Railroad, building of, 22, 25;
celebration of completion, 25;
scandals of, 61;
extended to Denver, 74;
a national project, 142, 143;
extended to the Gulf and into Oregon, 145;
reconstructed by Harriman, 294.
United Mine Workers of America, 300.
United States Steel Corporation, 297, 298.
Utah, polygamy in, 154;
admitted to the Union, 240, 290.
Vallandigham, Clement L., 4.
Venezuela, boundary dispute with Great Britain, 230-32;
before the Hague Court, 284.
Villard, Henry, 144, 145.
Virginia, readmitted to Union, 47.
Waite, Gov. Davis H., 222, 228.
Wanamaker, John, 172, 253.
Washington, becomes a State, 152.
Washington, Booker T., 202, 290.
Watson, Thomas E., 193, 238.
Watterson, Henry, 56.
Weaver, James B., Greenback-Labor candidate for the Presidency, 101;
leader in the People's Party, 209;
Presidential candidate, 211, 216.
Wells, David A., 116.
Western Federation of Miners, in Cripple Creek strike, 301.
Weyler, Gen. Valeriano, 260, 261, 263.
Wheeler, William A., Vice-President with Hayes, 83.
Whiskey Ring, the, 62, 81.
Whiskey and Sugar Trusts, 166.
Wiley, Dr. Harvey, 314, 328.
Wilson, Henry, Vice-President in Grant's second term, 57.
Wilson, James, 314, 328.
Wilson, William L., 215;
leader in tariff revision, 139, 220, 221;
on free silver, 229.
Wilson, Woodrow, career of, 336, 337;
nominated by Democrats for Presidency, 337;
elected, 338;
delivers message to Congress in person, 339;
a coercive leader, 339;
attitude toward Mexico, 340;
neutrality in European war, 341, 342.
Windom, William L., 102, 172.
Woman suffrage, adopted by several States, 250, 334.
Wood, Gen. Leonard, 270, 282.
Woodford, Gen. Stewart L., Minister to Spain, 262, 263.
Wright, Carroll D., Commissioner of Labor, 122.
Wyoming, made a Territory, 149;
a State, 152, 250.
Yellow fever, suppressed in Cuba, 282.