Currency, 35, 133, 265

Republican bill of 1900, 336
resumption of specie payments,
164, 165

Debt, assumption of state, 41
extinction of public, 59, 75, 89,
133

Deposits, separation of govern-
ment from banks, 42, 75, 89
Economy, duty of the government,
41, 59, 75, 296

in conducting public affairs, 89,
133

Free trade, 62, 93
Freedmen's Bureau, 133
Fugitive Slave Law, 76, 91, 109,
111

Funds, separation of government
from banks, 75, 89

Gold and silver as currency, 35,
183, 205

free coinage, 16 to 1, 293, 336
resumption of spècie payments,
164

Sherman act of 1890, 264

standard money of the country,
265

Gold Democrats, 314

Government deposits. See Deposits
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 337
Home rule, 183, 206, 262, 268, 296
sympathy with Irish in struggle
for, 236

Homestead Laws, 135, 206, 233
Immigration, 166, 184, 207, 234,
266, 295, 338
Imperialism, 333
Income tax, 294

Injunction, government by, 296,
337

Institutions imperilled, our, 339
Internal improvements, 41, 89, 90,
207, 266, 297

Interstate Commerce Commission,
295, 336

Issue, the paramount, 333
Johnson, Andrew, endorsement of
administration, 135

Labor, 136, 185, 206, 207, 234, 268,
295

a Department of, 337

Land, ownership of, 42, 90, 135
arid, 338

waste of public, 165
for actual settlers, 185
giving away of, 203

restoration of, 206, 233, 264
for free homes, 297

Laws, limitations of, 35
sumptuary, 183, 206, 268

Legislation, resistance to exclu-
sive, 61

exclusive, 77, 92

sectional, 89

McKinley Bill.

See Tariff

Mexico, 60, 77

Nicaraguan canal, 267, 337
Oregon, 49

Origin and powers of government,
331

Paper money, opposition to, 35
convertible, 183

Paramount issue, the, 333

Pensions, 204, 205, 234, 266, 296,
337

Philippines, the, 332

Pierce, Franklin, endorsement of
administration, 94

Pledge to Cuba, 332
Pledges redeemed, 233

Polk, James K., endorsement of
administration, 62

Popular election, of Senators, 337
Porto Rico, 332, 338

Power, of Federal government lim-
ited, 88, 89

not granted by the Constitution,
122

Repeal, right of, 35

Republican party, criticism of,
134, 166, 167, 203, 208, 234, 262,
295, 335, 338

Resolutions, forwarded to France,
61

Kentucky, 76, 91
Virginia, 76, 91
Resumption, 164
Revenue, 89

internal, 133, 205

Rights of American citizens at
home and abroad, 108, 111, 133,
207

of the people, 234

Roads, military and postal, 94
Pacific rail, 108, 111, 296

Tariff, 41, 93 (see also Reform)
of 1842, 62

of 1846, 62

as a remedy for trusts, 335
Dingley law, 336

for revenue with incidental pro-
tection, 133

for revenue only, 165, 183, 263,
294

reduction, 233, 235

McKinley law, 263, 294
Taxation, equality of, 133
reform of, 165, 234
reduction of unnecessary
204, 339

of Porto Rico, 332
on state banks, 265
income, 294

Texas, 49, 60

Territories. See Admission
Third term, 297

Tilden, Samuel J., 184, 208
Treaty, Hay-Pauncefote, 337
Trusts, 235, 264, 295, 334
Union, adherence to, 122
maintenance of, 233

war,

Vested rights, opposition to, 35
Veto power, 49, 60, 90
War, with Mexico, 60, 77
of Secession, 122

accepting results of civil, 163
Spanish, 333

South African, 338

Waterways, 93, 207, 266, 267, 297

Admission of Territories, 242, 273,
304, 345

of Kansas, 97, 99, 115
of South Dakota, 242
Alaska, 304

Alien ownership of land, 213, 241
Alliances, 213, 271

Amendments to the Constitution,
on slavery, 125

on enforcement of, 150, 170
forbidding application of public
funds to sectarian schools,
etc.. 171, 188
nullification of, 344
Amnesty, 152

Appointments, 171, 213, 241, 273
Arbitration, international, 212
national, 304

The Hague conference, 346
Arid lands. See Public Lands
Armenia, 302

Army. See also Soldiers and Sail-
ors, 243

Ballot, free, 190, 214, 239, 271, 304