THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE END OF 1902 BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA With 550 Illustrations and Maps VOLUME V. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1903 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY JUL 1 1914. CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS General Revision and Extension of State Constitutions.-Intro- duction of Australian Ballot in Various States.-Woman Suffrage 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 PAGE CHAPTER III. MR. HARRISON'S ADMINISTRATION 49 Steamship Subsidies Advocated.--Chinese Immigration and the CHAPTER IV. NON-POLITICAL EVENTS OF PRESI- DENT HARRISON'S TERM 69 Commemorative Exercises of the Centennial Anniversary of Preparation for the World's Fair.-Columbus Day in Chicago. |