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Canals, action in regard to New York,
i. 115, 116

Cannon, Speaker Joe, i. 237, 263; ii.
10

Capital and Labor, views on, i. 257,
323; legislation concerning, urged,
ii. 80; new relations between, ii..
350
Capitalists, course followed in regard

to dishonest, ii. 42 ff.; attitude to-
ward attacks of, ii. 50; unfitness
of, for governing, ii. 70; inability
to sympathize with plain people, ii.

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Carnegie, Andrew, ii. 83, 111, 227,
228, 230, 252, 273-279; letter to, ii.
21

Carnegie Hall, New York City,
speeches in, ii. 320, 321, 419, 432,
466-468

Carow, Charles, i. 5

Carr, Comyns, i. 56

Cartagena, Colombian gunboat, i.
283, 285

Carter, James C., i. 119; letters to, i.
120, 132

Cartoons, on Roosevelt's city reform
bills, i. 29, 30; enjoyment of, i.
240

Cassini, Russian Ambassador, i. 377-
392, 395, 417, 481
Castro, President, Venezuelan Dicta-
tor, i. 222

Catholic Protectory, appropriation of
public funds for, i. 21
Catholics, friendly attitude toward,
ii. 195, 199

"Cawnpore," by G. O. Trevelyan, ii.

148

Century Magazine, ii. 30, 411
Cervera's fleet, i. 145

Chamber of Commerce, New York

City, address before, i. 230, 231
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, i. 259,
260

Champlin, "The Coal Mines and the
People" by, i. 205, 206

Chandler, i. 134

Chanler, William Astor, letter to, i.

102

Chaplains, selection of army and
navy, i. 190

Chaplin, Stewart, ii. 411

Chapman, F. M., books on birds by,
ii. 75, 113; letter to, ii. 113
"Charter of Democracy, A," ad-
dress on, ii. 318

Cheming, sinking of the, ii. 460
Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier Cele-
bration at, ii. 300

Chicago, labor strike in, i. 438-441;
investigation of stock yards in, ii.
16, 17

Child labor law, ii. 84, 131
"Children of the Crucible," ii. 435
China, attitude of, toward Russo-Jap-
anese peace, i. 377; plan to indem-
nify France and England with por-
tions of, opposed, i. 401, 402; Kai-
ser's belief concerning partition of,
i. 470; integrity of, and the open
door, ii. 83, 281, 282

Chipmunk, on tennis court during
game, ii. 76

Choate, Hon. Joseph H., tribute to,
on resignation from Ambassador-
ship, i. 354, 355; asked to represent
America at Algeciras Convention, i.
448, 503; position of Minister to
Japan offered to, i. 448; delegate
to Hague Conference, ii. 267
Christiania, the Royal Family at, ii.
238-240

Churchman, The, letter to editor of,
ii. 28

Cicero, philosophy of, ii. 156
Cigar-Makers' Union, decision

of

Court of Appeals regarding tene-
ment-house bill of, i. 30, 31
Cities, Committee on, i. 25
City Hall, New York, speech at, ii.
470

City reform bills, i. 25-31
City of Memphis, sinking of the, ii.
419

Civil Service, bill establishing merit
system in, i. 22, 27, 44, 50, 53, 62;
the spoils system in, i. 43, 48-51;
law of 1899, i. 124

Civil Service Advisory Board, ap-

pointed by President Grant, i. 43
Civil Service Commission, i. 43 ff.;

appointment of, i. 44; inefficiency
of, during first six years, i. 44-46;
salary of members of, i. 45; ideas
and purposes of, i. 47; investiga-
tion of, by Congress, i. 48-51;
Roosevelt's defense of, i. 49; Roose-
velt's resignation from, i. 53, 54
Civil Service Law of 1899, i. 124
Civil Service reform, i. 43, 114, 118;
obstructed by politicians, i. 44-46;
number of places included in clas-
sified service, i. 44, 53; in New
York Custom House, i. 46, 47; in
Baltimore Post Office, i. 47, 48;
value of Roosevelt's work for, i.
53

Civil Service Reform League, Na-
tional, i. 43

Civil War, the, South's position con-
cerning secession, i. 293, 294; pen-
sions to veterans of, i. 318-320;
South wholly wrong in, i. 349; he-
roes of, ii. 170

Civilization, analogies between mod-
ern and ancient, ii. 106
Clark, D. H., letter to, ii. 468
Clark, E. E., i. 213, 217
Clark, George Roberts, ii. 168

Clarke, John Proctor, letters to, i.
138, 147

Classes, value to a democracy of dif-
ferent, ii. 24

Clayton, Senator Powell, i. 33
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, i. 270, 271
Clemenceau, Georges, appeal of, to
Wilson to permit Roosevelt to take
volunteer division to France, ii.
427, 428; letter to, ii. 455
Cleveland, Grover, i. 150; veto of ele-
vated railway fare bill by, i. 17, 20;
civil service reform of, i. 44;
Roosevelt retained by, as Civil Ser-
vice Commissioner, i. 51-53; letter
of, on Venezuelan affair, i. 69;
free silver letter of, i. 145, 146;
tributes to, i. 145, 146; ii. 116,
117; Alabama judge recommended
by, i. 155; published letter of, con-
cerning Cuban reciprocity, i. 188;
letter from, regarding coal strike,
i. 204; requested to serve on coal
strike investigating committee, i.
209-211; refusal of operators to
accept as member of investigating

committee, i. 212-214; considera-
tion of, as third term candidate, i.
241;
Mexican War service pension
established by, i. 319; creation of
forest reserves by, ii. 115, 116; re-
action of public to, ii. 117; simplic-
ity and dignity of home-life as ex-
President, ii. 117; letters to, i. 145,
155, 205, 208, 209, 214
Cleveland, Mrs. Grover, letter to, ii.

115

Cleveland National Forest, ii. 115
Clinton, General, ii. 168

Clover field, cutting a, ii. 74, 75
Club-houses, built for Panama Canal
workers, i. 456-458

Clubs, district, in New York City, i.
7

Coal miners' strike. See Anthracite
coal strike

Coinage, new designs for, by Saint-

Gaudens, i. 359-361; use of "In
God We Trust" on, ii. 71-73
Coles, Russell J., ii. 422; letter to,
ii. 469

Colleges, teaching history in, ii. 140,

141

Collier, William M., letter to, i. 118
Colombia, treaty with, for acquisition
of Panama Canal territory, i. 189,
273, 274; amendments suggested
by, i. 275; rejection of Hay-Herran
treaty by, i. 276-280, 294, 302, 310;
effect of Secretary Hay's message
in regard to proposed amendments,
i. 280; secession of Panama from,
i. 280-282, 285; recommendation
that United States build canal
without further parley with, i. 276,
278, 289; the politicians of, i. 278,
279; transportation of troops of,
to Panama, i. 283-285; offer of, to
ratify treaty, i. 287, 288, 292; re-
quest to land troops at Colon and
Panama denied, i. 287; misrule of
Panama by, i. 294, 304; despotism
of, i. 295; the Constitution of
1886, i. 301-304; United States aid
to, in suppression of rebellions, i.
302; Maroquin dictator in, i. 303,
304; not rightful owner of canal
route, i. 304; letter to General
Reyes concerning, i. 309; purchase
of islands from, deemed inadvis.

of

able, i. 310; denunciation
"blackmail treaty" with, i. 311
Colorado, address before legislature
of, ii. 300, 301

Columbus, Ohio, speech at, ii. 318,
320

Commerce and Industries, creation of
office of Secretary of, i. 162
Commerce and Labor, Department of,
created, i. 242; ii. 131
Conciliation, Board of, i. 219; ii. 82
Congress, investigation of Civil Ser-
vice Commission by, i. 48-51; de-
lay of, in passing Cuban reciproc-
ity bill, i. 188, 189; character and
services of Republican leaders in,
i. 237; ii. 5, 6; prerogatives of, in
foreign affairs, i. 263; slowness of,
i. 366, 458; authorization of, to
build Panama canal, i. 449, 450;
opposition of, in Panama canal
project, i. 450, 464; character of
the Senate, ii. 5, 6; achievements
of session of 1906, ii. 17-19; Presi-
dent's action without assistance of,
ii. 131; opposition of, to simplified
spelling, ii. 33; statement of work
done by in 1908, ii. 83, 84; Roose-
velt's leadership of, ii. 84; disre-
gard of President at end of term,
ii. 134. See also Messages to Con-
gress
Conservation of natural resources,
value of services for, ii. 132
Constant, Baron d'Estournelles de,
letters to, i. 251, 424
Constitution, Roosevelt accused of
violating, ii. 52; amendment of, ii.
349; not a "strait jacket," ii.

352

Consular service, reforms in, ii. 17,
131

Conversation, extraordinary range of
subject in Roosevelt's, i. 337
Cornichi, the, drive over, abandoned,
ii. 208

Cornwallis, Lord, ii. 164, 165, 168
Corporations, legislative regulation
and control of, i. 31, 162, 182, 232,
233, 258, 425, 426; ii. 18, 19, 59-
61, 80, 131; campaign fund contri-
butions of, i. 114, 121, 135, 329-
331, 333, 334; ii. 32, 33; declara-
tion of policy concerning, i. 127,

159, 160, 323; desire of, to get
Roosevelt out of New York State,
i. 135-138; Republican policy con-
trolled by, i. 152; views about, in
message to Congress, i. 162; crea-
tion of a Bureau of, i. 242, 330; ii.
131; attacks of, ii. 51; conduct, not
size, important element, ii. 59; ef-
forts of, to discredit the laws, ii. 80-
82; amendments to laws concern-
ing, advocated, ii. 83
Correspondence, vast amount of
Roosevelt's, ii. 366; high standard
of, ii. 368
Cortelyou, George B., narrow escape
of, in accident, i. 197; head of De-
partment of Commerce and Labor,
i. 242; appointed chairman of Na-
tional Republican Committee, i.
317, 318; conduct of Republican
campaign of 1904 by, i. 325, 328
ff.; directed to return Standard Oil
Company's contribution, i. 329-331;
ii. 98; blackmail campaign fund
charges against, i. 333, 334; letters
to, i. 324, 329, 330

Court, Americans desiring to be pre-
sented at, ii. 111, 112

Cowles, Captain W. S., letters to, i.
88, 89

Cowles, Mrs. W. S., ii. 262; letter to,
ii. 469

Craig, William, i. 197

Crane, W. Murray, i. 197, 317; ii.
324, 325, 328

Criticism, honest, and malicious, i.
455; of Roosevelt's policy, answer
to, ii. 19, 20; hostile, toward Roose-
velt, in 1907, ii. 35 ff.

Crocker, George D., letter to, ii. 348
Croker, Richard, i. 143

"Cromwell, Life of Oliver," by Roose-
velt, i. 127, 337, 341; By John
Morley, i. 337
Crowninshield, Rear-Admiral A. S., i.
93, 94, 96; letter of, to Senator
Lodge concerning order to Dewey,
i. 97; Senator Lodge's reply to, i.

97
Cuba, i. 297; President McKinley's
attitude toward situation in, i. 70;
advocacy of American interference
in, i. 81, 84, 86-88; independence
of, established, i. 91; policy toward

appointments in, i. 153; treaty of
reciprocity with, i. 188, 189, 257,
273; United States intervention to
quell insurrection in, ii. 25-27, 130;
provisional government established
in, ii. 25

Cullom, Senator, letter to, i. 435
Currency, need of sound legislation
regarding, ii. 39; the Aldrich bill,
ii. 83

Curtis, George William, i. 13; civil
service reform under leadership of,
i. 43

Curzon, Lord, letter to, ii. 121
Cushing, Lieutenant, ii. 123
Custom House, New York City, civil
service reform in, i. 46, 47
Customs Stamp Cigar question, i. 328
Cutler, Arthur, i. 4

Czar. See Nicholas II.

Daniels, Secretary, ii. 388
Danton, ii. 21, 464

Dark horse in politics, ii. 143
Davis, Captain C. H., i. 101
Davis, Cushman K., ii. 116
Davis, Jefferson, letter from, i. 41;
reply to, i. 42

Davis, L. Clarke, letters to, i. 177,
251, 255

Davis, Richard Harding, letter to, i.
356

Dawson, Governor, ii. 84

Day, Judge, i. 83, 85, 87, 89, 90
Dayton, Alston G., letters to, ii. 84,
85

Death, thoughts on right feeling at,
i. 354

Debs, Eugene, ii. 61, 62, 344
Decadence in national life, ii. 104-
110

Delcassé, i. 476, 477, 487

Democracy, value of different ele-
ments in a, ii. 24; American ideal
of, ii. 74, 321; European attitude
toward American, ii. 246-248; of
Norway, ii. 238

Democratic party, challenge to, in
1904, i. 324

Denmark, at the palace in, ii. 236,
237; old age homes and coöperative
farming of, ii. 237; Socialism in,
ii. 237

Department of Commerce and Labor,
creation of, i. 242
Depew, Senator, i. 321

Desertion, from army or navy, i. 189
Devery, Chief of Police, steps taken
to prevent election frauds by, i.
141-143

Dewey, Admiral, i. 79; in command
of Asiatic Squadron, i. 92-98; his
own account of his appointment, i.
93, 94; news of blowing up of
Maine received by, i. 94, 95; or-
dered to the Philippines, i. 95-98;
parade in honor of, i. 126; in-
structed to hold fleet in readiness
to sail for Venezuela, i. 222, 223,
226-228; letter of, concerning order
in Venezuelan affair, i. 226; "Au-
tobiography" of, quoted, i. 93-96;
letter to, i. 239

Dickens, Charles, ii. 158; his Amer-
ican characters in "Martin Chuz-
zlewit," ii. 144, 145

Dill, on Roman society, ii. 160
Diplomacy, useless without force, i. 76
Direct primary bill, ii. 299, 300, 303,

304

Disputes, peaceful settlement of, be-
tween nations, i. 229; Conciliation

Board for settling labor, i. 219
District clubs, in New York City, i. 7
District of Columbia Law School, i.
147

Divorce colony, Reno, Nevada, denun-
ciation of, ii. 310

Dixie, battleship, i. 282, 286
"Dooley, Mr." See Dunne, Finley
Peter
Drama, ii. 359

Drinker, Dr. Henry S., letter to, ii.
394-396

Drinking, reply to false accusation
concerning, ii. 118; suit against
editor making charges concerning,
ii. 118, 119

"Durable Satisfactions

of Life,

The," by C. W. Eliot, i. 352-354
Durand, Sir Mortimer, diplomatic ne-
gotiations of, in Russo-Japanese
peace settlement, i. 378, 403, 474,
475, 481; ii. 262; message to, i.
407, 415

Dunne, Finley Peter ("Mr. Doo-
ley"), friendship with, i. 346;

protest of, against submarine trip,
i. 447; articles on Roosevelt by, ii.
34; on the Republican Convention,
ii. 328; letters to, i. 216, 346; ii.
34

Duque, Mr., i. 299

Dwight, Congressman, i. 321

East St. Louis, race rioting in, ii.

432-434

Eaton, Dorman B., i. 44

Economic questions, policy regarding,
i. 157

Edmunds, Senator George F., i. 33,
34, 36

Edward VII, King of England,
conversation with Whitelaw Reid
concerning Russo-Japanese peace, i.
396; praise of Roosevelt's achieve-
ment in Russo-Japanese agreement,
i. 413; death of, ii. 243, 244; Em-
peror William's feeling toward, ii.
255; friendly relations of, with
Roosevelt, ii. 260, 261, 263; minia-
ture of Hampden presented by, ii.
261, 262, 264; gift from, of book on
Sèvres Porcelain Collection, ii. 268,
270; world cruise of battle fleet
praised by, ii. 269; disapproval of
Hague Conference by, ii. 274;
Roosevelt's refusal to have corre-
spondence with German Emperor
shown to, ii. 278; Roosevelt, United
States envoy at funeral of, ii. 297;
letters from, ii. 261, 265, 269; let-
ters to, i. 376; ii. 262, 266-268
Egan, Maurice F., ii. 236, 237
Egypt, visit to, ii. 183 ff., anti-Eng-

lish movement in, ii. 187 ff., at
Khartoum, ii. 186; nationalist
movement in, ii. 188, 189; British
officials in, ii. 189, 190; feeling in,
toward Roosevelt, ii. 191-193
"Eikonoklastes," Milton's, ii. 160
Eitel Frederick, the, ii. 374
Election frauds, steps taken to pre-
vent, i. 141-143

Elections, Bureau of, attempt to
abolish, i. 27

Elevated Railway Company, New
York, taxation fraud of, defeated,
i. 14, 15; veto of fare-reducing
bill, i. 17-20

Eliot, Charles W., i. 46; tribute of,
to Roosevelt, i. 195, 196; "The
Durable Satisfactions of Life" by,
i. 352, 354; support of President
Wilson by, ii. 389

Elizabeth, Queen of Rumania (Car-
men Sylva), writings of, ii. 206;
letter from, ii. 293

Elkins Anti-Rebate law, ii. 18
Elstun, W. A., i. 321

Employers' Liability Act, ii. 17, 80,
83, 131

England, changed feeling toward, i.
80; attitude of, in Venezuelan dis-
pute, i. 222, 227; war vessels sent
to Venezuela by, i. 222; claims of,
concerning Alaskan boundary, i.
258-261; negotiation of Panama
Canal treaty with, i. 270, 271; atti-
tude of, toward United States, i.
348; an alliance against, feared by
in 1905, i. 378; consulted as to
terms of Russo-Japanese peace, i.
395, 396, 403; suggested as media-
tor in Russo-Japanese settlement, i.
401, 402; reluctance of, to bring
pressure on Japan, i. 403, 407, 408;
indirect assistance given by, i. 415;
support of France by, in Moroccan
affair, i. 468, 469, 475; anti-Ger-
man movement in, i. 470; Moroccan
conference opposed by, i. 471; at-
tack of Germany feared by in 1905,
i. 472; attitude toward Germany
in Moroccan affair, i. 472, 475;
Roosevelt's desire to visit as ex-
President, ii. 122; governmental
system of, ii. 143; attitude toward
limitation of armaments, ii. 229;
public men in, ii. 232, 233; Empe-
ror William's feeling toward in
1910, ii. 252-257; naval supremacy
of, ii. 256, 257; importance of
friendship between United States
and, ii. 261, 262, 268, 270; immi-
gration and competition of colored
races in, ii. 270; effort of, in Euro-
pean war, ii. 439

English Naval History, i. 40, 74
English rule in Africa, ii. 188 ff.
Enlisted men, respect for uniform of,
ii. 4

Episcopal Bishops, negro, i. 167,
168

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