Lincoln, 461-463; repudiated by
National Democratic Convention
of 1896, 494, 496; his Cuban mes-
sage, 532-534; proposed as head of
railway-mining commission, 697;
supports Judge Parker, 713; ap-
pearance and personality of, 1, 29-
31, 58-60, 95, 325; estimate of, 324-
326; quoted, 326, 332
Cleveland, Mrs. Grover (Frances
Folsom), 92, 93, 327-329
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 60, 62, 60,
61, 61, n.
"Cleveland's Map of the United
States," 326

Coal Trust, its relations with rail-
ways, 319

Cockran, Bourke, 293, 294; opposes
Mr. Cleveland in Chicago conven-
tion, 294

"Coffee boilers," 144
"Coffee-Pot Wallace," 262, n.
Coin, 453

his course, 334, 335, 386, 407; calls
extra session of Congress, 336; his
message, 339, 340; recommends re-
peal of Sherman Act, 340; anec-
dote regarding its repeal, 349;
forces its repeal, 349, 359, 461; his
message to Congress on tariff, 355,
356, 364; his letter to Mr. Wilson,
365, 366; his predicament, 368; his
letter to Mr. Catchings, 368; or-
ders General Miles to Chicago,
381, 382; his course in strikes ap-
proved, 385, 386; appoints com-
mission to investigate Chicago
strike, 388; his message on gold
standard, 390, 391, 393; vetoes bill
for coining seignorage, 399; adver-
tises bond sales, 394, 395; special Cobden, Richard, 443
message on bond sales, 397, 398; Cochran, The, 238
rebuffed by Congress, 402; Mr.
Bryan's views on, 400; public opin-
ion of his financial policy, 403, 404;
incurs odium of the West, 404, 405;
loses control of his party, 405; gen-
eral dissatisfaction with, 405, 406,
627; criticised for his foreign pol-
icy, 407-410; the Nicaragua inci- Coinage
dent, 410; his early messages on
Law
Venezuela, 412, 413; declares Mon- Coinage Act of Great Britain, 321
roe Doctrine violated by Great Brit- "Coining a vacuum," 399
ain, 418, 419; the Venezuela mes- Coin's Financial School, 453-456
sage, 423-445; suggests commission Cold Harbour, loss of Union soldiers
of investigation, 424; praised for
his patriotism, 425; effect of mes-
sage in England, 426; receives me-
morial from members of the House
of Commons, 427; appoints commis-
sion, 433; effects settlement by ar-
bitration, 433, 434; opinions on his
course, 435-439, 443-445; offends
Wall Street, 438; censured by Mr.
Godkin, 444; orders another bond
issue, 445-447; hated in the West,
447, 450; Congress fails to support,
456-461; his general unpopularity,
460; opinions regarding his pub-
lic career, 460, 461; compared with

Coin certificates, 323

at, 106

Act. See Bland-Allison

Colfax, Schuyler, connected with the
Crédit Mobilier, 14
Colombia, rejects canal treaty with
United States, 701, 702
Colon. See Aspinwall
Colon, The, taken from Prestan, 54
“Colonial policy," 645
Columbia, The, 432
Columbia University, 750
Columbia

University Quarterly,

quoted, 625, 626
Columbian Exposition, 198, 350-353
Commercial Appeal (Memphis),

542, n.

Commercial Tribune (Cincinnati),
542, n.

Commission, Venezuelan, 433
Committee, Democratic National, 53,

280

Committee of Republicans and Inde-

pendents in 1884, 32

Committee on Commerce, investigates

charges against railroads, 140
Committee on Ways and Means, 202
Committee, Republican National, 37,
47, 63, n., 158, 512, n.; campaign
expenses of, 511
"Commonwealers," 373

Hayes, 339; in 1885, 83; in 1891,
214; in 1893, 339; in 1895, 405-
407; in 1897, 522; in 1905,
715; passes Sherman Anti-Trust
Bill, 220, 221; passes Anti-
Lottery Bill, 220; passes bill or-
dering restoration of public lands,
224, 225; votes $25,000 Italian in-
demnity, 227; filled with corpora-
tion agents, 268; declines to act in
Hawaiian affair, 334; extra ses-
sion of summoned by President
Cleveland, 336; debates repeal of
Sherman Act, 340-349; repeals
Sherman Act, 349; appropriates
$2,250,000 for World's Fair, 198,
351; President Cleveland's mes-
sage to on tariff question, 355;
debate on Wilson Bill, 358-368;
passes Wilson Bill, 368; passes
Resumption Bill, 391, n.; passes
bill for coining seignorage, 399;
resolution regarding Venezuela,
417; passes Dingley Bill, 526;
creates rank of Ambassador, 530;
appropriates $50,000 for indigent
Americans in Cuba, 538; votes
$50,000,000 for national defence,
545; appropriates $39,000,000 for
navy, 545; authorises President to
demand Cuban independence,
556; declares war on Spain, 557;
meets financial demands of Span-
ish war, 591; makes Hawaii a
Territory of United States, 608; in-
creases regular army, 614; restores
rank of Admiral, 621; passes Cur-
rency Bill, 632; appropriates $170,
000,000 for Panama Canal, 701
Congress of American Republics, 234
Congress of Paris, 650
Congressional Globe, quoted, 203,

Communism of Capital," 404
Concord, The, 559, 565, 566, 567, 585
Confederate Congress, 53
Conference, Bimetallic, 81, 82
Congress, methods of work in com-
mittee, 64; authorises appointment
of Civil Service Commission, 67;
enacts the Pendleton Law, 68; au-
thorises "back pay" to pensioners,
90; settles question of presidential
succession, 94; provides for in-
crease of the navy, 94, 189, 198;
limits military arrests, 114; cre-
ates Electoral Commission, 15, 116;
attempts to regulate railway rate
discriminations, 139, 140; passes
Interstate Commerce Bill, 141;
passes Electoral Count Bill, 142;
passes Anti-Polygamy Bills, 54,
143; withdraws "trade dollar,"
142; extends postal free delivery,
142; refers private claims to
Court of Claims, 142; grants land
to Indians, 142; repeals Tenure of
Office Act, 142, 143; passes De-
pendent Pension Bill, 198, 201;
admits Idaho and Wyoming as
States, 201; repeals Bland-Allison
Act, 201; passes Sherman Silver 206
Law, 201; enacts tariff bill, 201;
repeals war taxes, 206; passes Mc-
Kinley Bill, 202, 211; composition
9f, in 1853, 339; under President

Congressional Record, quoted, 89, 366
Congressionalists, in Chile, proclaim
civil war, 229; accuse United States
of violation of neutrality, 230; in

paign manager in 1904, 714

the Itata affair, 231; succeed in re- Cortelyou, George B., 655; as cam
volt, 232; recognised by United
States, 232

Conkling, Roscoe, relations with Gar-
field and Arthur, 4, 5, 6, 7; his
hostility to Blaine, 41, 42
"Constitution follows the flag," 616
Constitutional Convention of Pennsyl-
vania, 137

Contreras, battle of, 122

Convention, Democratic National,

Counting a quorum," 200
Courier-Journal (Louisville), 758
Court of Claims, 142

Court of Honour, at World's Fair,
352

Coxey's army," 373-375

Crédit Mobilier, scandal of, 14;
builds Union Pacific Railroad, 223
"Crime of 1873," 513

of 1884, nominates Cleveland, 16; Crimean War, 439
of 1888, renominates Cleveland, Crisp, Charles F., 345

155, 156; of 1892, renominates Cristina, Queen-Regent of Spain,
Cleveland, 290-295; its bold plat- 546, 556, 607
form, 292, 293, 360; of 1896, insists
on free silver, 492-494, 502; its
platform, 495; repudiates Cleve-
land, 494, 496; minority report of
praises Cleveland, 496, 497; nomi-
nates Bryan for presidency, 503;
of 1900, 644-646; its platform, 645;
nominates Bryan and Stevenson,
646; of 1904, 710-713; nominates
Parker and Davis, 713

Cristóbal Colon, The, 592

Critic (Washington), publishes im-
aginary conversations with Presi-
dent Cleveland, 150

Croker, Richard, early life of, 302;
made head of Tammany Hall, 281,
302; compared to Grant, 302; op-
posed to Cleveland, 302; accused
of murder, 302; denounced by
Cleveland, 303; present at Cleve-
land's inauguration, 307
"Cross of gold," 501

Crusades, Populism compared with,

449

Convention, Republican National, of
1884, nominates Blaine, 16; of
1888, nominates Harrison, 156; of "Crown of thorns," 501
1892, makes McKinley its presi-
dent, 287; renominates Harrison,
287; of 1896, 484-490; its platform,
487, 488; nominates McKinley for
presidency, 490; nominates Ho-
bart for vice-presidency, 490; of
1900, renominates McKinley, 641-
644; nominates Roosevelt for vice-
presidency, 641-644; its platform,
543; of 1904, 708-710; nominates
Roosevelt and Fairbanks, 709, 710
Cooley, Thomas M., 141
Cooper, Peter, 268

Corinto Affair, The, 409, 410
Cornell, Alonzo B., Governor of New
York, 29, n.

Cornell University, 750
Corporation Trust Company of New
Jersey, 633

Cuba, cause of revolt in, 531, 664;
devastation of property in, 531;
reconcentrados in, 532; American
interests involved in, 532, 533;
sympathy of Americans with, 532-
534, 537; desire of Americans for
intervention in, 487, 537, 604, 610;
promise of self-government to, 538,
539; outbreaks by Spanish loyalists,
539; loss of Maine hastens crisis in,
541-544; preparations of United
States, 545; attitude of foreign na-
tions regarding, 545-554; naval
forces assemble near, 554, 555; its
western coast blockaded, 591; Cer-
vera arrives in, 593; General Shaf-
ter invades, 594; campaign in, 595-

Daily News (London), quoted, 80, n, Deer Park, 93
572, 573

Dana, Charles A., education of, 257;
at Brook Farm, 258; joins staff of
Tribune, 258; his dispute with
Horace Greeley, 258; as Assistant
Secretary of War, 258; his services
to Grant, 258; as editor of Chi-
cago Republican, 258; becomes edi-
tor of Sun, 258; his Life of Grant,
259; his disappointments, 259; his
hatred of Grant, 259, 260; personal
traits, 260, 261, 263; as a journal-
ist, 261; his power of invective,

regulations, 579, 580, 581, 605; re- Eagan, General Charles P., 622