THE UNITED STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE END OF 1902

BY

E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS

CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

With 550 Illustrations and Maps

VOLUME V.

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1903

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

JUL 1 1914.

CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS
MEMORIAL COLLECTION

COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

General Revision and Extension of State Constitutions.-Intro-

duction of Australian Ballot in Various States.-Woman Suffrage
in the West.-Negro Suffrage in the South.-Educational Qualifi-
cation.-"The Mississippi Plan."-South Carolina Registration
Act.-The "Grandfather" Clause in Louisiana Constitution.—
Alabama Suffrage.

CHAPTER II. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF

1888

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Tariff Reform Democratic Creed.-Republican Banner, High

Protection.-Republican Convention at Chicago.-Nomination of

Benjamin Harrison for President.-Biographical Sketch of Ben-

jamin Harrison. - Political Strength in the West. - National

Association of Democratic Clubs and Republican League.—Civil

Service as an Issue in Campaign.-Democratic Blunders.-The

"Murchison" Letter.-Lord Sackville-West Given His Passports.

-Use of Money in Campaign by Both Political Parties.-Tariff

the Main Issue.-Trusts.-" British Free Trade."-Popular Vote

at the Election.

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CHAPTER III. MR. HARRISON'S ADMINISTRATION 49

Steamship Subsidies Advocated.--Chinese Immigration and the
Geary Law.-Immigration Restriction.-Thomas B. Reed Insti-
tutes Parliamentary Innovations in the House of Representatives.—
Counting a Quorum.-The "Force Bill" in Congress.-Resent-
ment of the South.-Defeated in Senate.-The "Billion Dollar
Congress" and the Dependent Pensions Act.-Pension Payments.
-The McKinley Tariff Act and "Blaine" Reciprocity.—Interna-
tional Copyright Act Becomes a Law.—Mr. Blaine as Secretary of
State.-Murder by "Mafia" Italians Causes Riot in New Orleans.
-The Itata at San Diego, California.-The "Barrundia" In-
cident.-U. S. Assumes Sovereignty Over Tutuila, Samoa.-Con-
gressional Campaign, 1890.

CHAPTER IV.

NON-POLITICAL EVENTS OF PRESI-

DENT HARRISON'S TERM

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Commemorative Exercises of the Centennial Anniversary of
Washington's Inauguration as President.-Verse Added to Song
“America.”—Whittier Composes an Ode.—Unveiling of Lee
Monument.-Sectional Feeling Allayed.-The Louisiana Lottery
Put Down.-The Opening of Oklahoma.—Sum Paid Seminole In-
dians. The Messiah Craze of the Indians. - The Johnstown
Flood. The Steel Strike at Homestead, Pa.-Congressional In-
vestigation.-Riot in Tennessee Over Convict Labor in the Mines.
-Mormonism.-America Aids Russia in Famine.

Preparation for the World's Fair.-Columbus Day in Chicago.
-In New York.-Presidential Election of 1892.-The Campaign.
-Cleveland and Harrison Nominated by the Respective Parties.
-Populism.-Gen. Weaver Populistic Candidate.-Reciprocity in
the Campaign of 1892.-Result of the Election.-Opening Exer-
cises of the World's Fair.-The Buildings and Grounds.—The
Spanish Caravals.-The Court of Honor.-Burning of the Cold