Chapter M

Macabebes, Government aid for, 571
loyalty of the, 571

Macaroni wheat, introduction of, 641

Machinery, development of, 306

Madison, James, President, 455

Mail carriers, compensation for, 675

Mail delivery, extent of, 600
free, appropriations for, 635
free, benefits of, 676
free, extension of, 675
free, rural, 634, 675, 686

Mail matter, second-class, 600

Maine, 112

“Maladversion,” accusation of, 80

Malefactors, treatment of, 494

Malmros, Oscar, Consul, 729

Man, essentials of a true, 482
that counts, the, 395
value of the, in civilization, 133
worth of a, 481

Manchuria, capital of, 674

Manila, 119, 267, 421
battle of, 401, 463, 579, 580

Manila-Hongkong cable, British, 626
success at, reasons for, 403

Mankind, advance of, 106

Manliness, value of true, 134

Manœuvres, camp sites for, 689

Marine, merchant, condition of, 553

Market for American industries, 297

Markets, strengthening of, 651
wider, 553

Marksmanship, attention to, 630
in the Navy, 404

Marriage, avoidance of, 509
laws of Indians, 595

Marroquin, J. M., President, 722

Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 57
quoted, 764

Maryland, 504, 507
Germans in, 507-508

Massachusetts, 223
corporation laws of, 116, 544

Material prosperity, 50-51

Mathematics at West Point, 589

McClellan, George B., General, 489

McCook, Colonel, 353, 354

McCormick, Robert S., Ambassador, 457

McIlhenny, John, 517

McKinley, William, President, 39, 78, 119, 211, 213, 215, 231-242,
311, 397, 410, 515, 688
American, a typical, 398
and Lincoln, 398
anxiety of, for right, 531
appointees of, 515
assassin of, 532
assassination of, 529-533, 597
birthday of, 231
candidate for Presidency, 235
champion of workers, 531
choice of the people, 531
Civil War, in the, 233
Congress, in, 234
death of, 531, 605-606
desire of, for peace, 236
devotion of, to ideals, 234
elections of, 213, 214
Governor of Ohio, 234
grandeur of, 531
greatness of, 240-242
heroism of, 531
leadership of, 233
martyrdom of, 17, 240
memorial, 39
memory of, 400
message of (1898), 670
monument to, 397-400
national debt to, 409
nobility of, 530
Pan-American Congress and, 605
people, friend of the, 531
policy of, vindicated, 239
power of leadership of, 234
President of United States, 234
principles of, 212
quoted, 216, 311, 670
soldier, as a, 397-398, 530, 531
standard-bearer, popular, 531
triumph of, 240
wide love for, 530

McMaster, John Bach, 501

Medora, North Dakota, 320

Meade, George G., General, 489

Mediation in labor troubles, 308

Mediterranean, commerce on the, 391

Memorial Day, 56

Memphis, Egypt, 151
Tennessee, 202

Merchant Marine, building up, 651
condition of, 553
development of, 656
importance of, 553

Merchant princes, Phœnician, 201

Merit, individual, standard of, 620
sole rule in the Army, 586

Merit system, appointments under, 591, 644
benefits of the, 592
examinations and, 592
in Philippines, 593
in Porto Rico, 593
success of the, 687

Mesopotamia, 151, 374

Mesopotamian Valley, 113

Methodism in America, 242-248

Methodist Church, growth of the, 243
work of the, 243-246

Methodists, work of, 39

Mexican War, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746

Mexico, 668, 669
capital of, 604
extradition treaty with, 662
funds due to, 605
Gulf of, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351
joint note from, 655
Pan-American Congress in, 604
President of, 747
Republic of, 264
The Hague Tribunal and, 623
Weil and La Abra Awards in, 605

Michigan, 186

Midshipman, the title, 581

Military Academy, United States, 70
education, need of, 589
life, brotherhood in, 14
Surgeons’ Association, 68-70
training, value of, 77

Militia, action on, needed, 589
law, 319
law, new, 320
law, present, worthless, 589
laws, obsolete, 630
Naval, State, 583-584
system, reorganizing, 630
volunteer forces and, 630

Millennium, the, not yet come, 435

Miller, William A., 518, 520
case of, 518-523

Mills, Colonel, 70, 73, 74

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 272

Mind, strength of, 30

Mining, agriculture and, 437
conditions of, 252
enterprises in China, 674
forest reserves and, 558
forestry and, 252
interests in Alaska, 665
in Utah, 437
irrigation and, 563

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 292, 294

Minnesota, 286, 292, 311
Legislature of, 286
University of, 289, 292
Volunteers, 13th, 311

Misconduct and wealth, 610

Missionaries in China, rights of, 674
pioneer work of, 342

Missionary service, 495
work, 45-50

Mississippi, 343, 511, 517
River, 51, 148, 154, 281, 284,
341, 351, 419, 422, 425, 426,
454
Valley, 202, 364, 563

Missouri, 223, 336, 341, 451, 596
German loyalty in, 507
Germans in, 451

Mitchell, John, 522

Mob violence, consequences of, 528
evil of, 475
form of anarchy, 523

Modern life, good and evil in, 292

Mohammedans in Philippines, 96

Monetary system, elasticity of the, 617

Monopolies founded on railroad rates, 279
restraining trade, 612

Monopoly, tendency to, 609

Monroe Doctrine, the, 125, 257-268, 270, 575-577
affirmed, 575
benefits of, 576
commerce and, 576
defined, 261-262, 575
enunciation of, 690
in Cuba, 576
limits of the, 576
loyalty to the, 578
no hostile manifesto, 576
not international law, 265
our policy, 632
peace, a means of, 578

Monroe, James, President, 87, 455, 575
messages of, 575, 690
on the Monroe Doctrine, 575
quotation on Navy, 690

Montana, 324, 326, 327, 362, 432

Moody, Dwight L., 134

Moody, William H., Secretary, 118, 122, 728

Morality, social, a lesson of, 309

Moro campaign, 690

Moros, troubles with the, 96, 627

Morrison, Frank, 522

Mosquera, General, 701

Mounted rifleman, the, 585

Mount St. Alban, District of Columbia, 495
St. Elias, 664, 666
Vernon, 41
Vernon, preservation of, 644

Mohawk Valley, New York, 507

Muhlenburg, F. A., Representative, 450

Mukden, China, 674

Municipal ownership discussed, 776

Munsterberg, Hugo, Professor, 28

Murders of foreigners in China, 602

Murphy, Governor, 482, 483

Murphy, G. Mallet-Prevost, Lieut., 724

Museum, National, need of a, 598
proposed, 642

Music, enjoyment of, 453

N

Napoleon Bonaparte, 50

Napoleonic struggles, 489

_Nashville_, United States steamship, 727, 732, 734, 737

Nation, aggregate of families, 493
debt of, to Germans, 508
duty as a, our, 269
first thing for a, to do, 50
glory of the, 491
honor roll of the, 479
individual and, compared, 291
making a great, 480
opportunities for the, 396
peace as a, our, 396
preservation of the, 489
stock range of the, 438
strength of our, cramping the, 540

National Banking Law, 554
Board of Trade, 225
boundaries, our, 676
character, laws and the, 487
character, standard of, 16
expansion, 51
Fish Commission, 424
Government, the, 118, 309

National Guard, the, 319
appropriations for, 590
in war times, 590
manœuvres of, 689
organization of, 589
Regular Army and, 590
reorganizing, 630
training the, 77, 589
use of, 689

National life, cause of true, 448
museum, need of a, 598
powers, State and, 276
supervision, need for, 610

Naturalization offences, 661

Nature, beauties of, 376

Naval Academy, United States, 33-36, 581, 584
enlargement, needed, 633
graduates of the, 583

Naval base in Philippines, 691
cadet, the title, 581
efficiency, standard of, 583
gun-practice, funds for, 631
intelligence, office of, 692
manœuvres in peace, 582
militia, State, 583-584
militia, object of the, 583
officers, duties of, 34-36
Reserve, National, 584
Reserve, demand for, 584
shore duties, civilians in, 582
stations in Cuba, 646
vessels, need of new, 581
War College, 692

Navigation, Bureau of, 692

Navy, United States, the, 203, 401, 465
activity of, in peace, 121-122
admiral of the, 631
and Army, 463
auxiliary, 584
builders of the, 580
completing, no cessation in, 581
commercial importance of, 394
condition of, in 1882, 402, 579
Confederate, 209, 223
Congressional action on, late, 403
credit for the, 580
Department, 34, 266, 295, 559, 584, 691, 692
efficiency in the, 582, 691
efficient, need of an, 266, 394, 577
enlisted men of the, 465
first-class, need of a, 632
excellence of the, 34
General Board of the, 583, 592
General Staff in, 692
gunnery in the, 631
history of the, present, 579
importance of the, 577
improvised, impossible, 578, 632
inadequate, dangers of an, 632
instruction in the, 582, 583
Isthmian Canal and, 632
manœuvres in, extensive, 631
marksmanship in the, 691
memorial monument, 401-404
men for, need of good, 583, 632
men of the, 120
men of the, credit to, 421
men of the, training for, 403
mercantile, our, 394
military, our, 394
necessity of a good, 584
necessity of maintaining, 198
no politics in, 209
officers, additional, needed in, 633
officers and men for the, 581
officers in, credit due, 633
officers in, scarcity of, 633
officers of, work of, 691
peace, guarantee of, 267, 577, 578, 632
plea for the, 404
plea for, by President Monroe, 690
policy on, National, 402
preparation in, need of, 401, 578
pride in, 492
progressive instruction in the, 583
promotion in, fostering, 633
public debt to, 588
recruits in, raw, 633
retirement from, facility in, 633
Secretaries of the, 403
Secretary of, Advisory Board to, 692
Secretary of the, 79, 309, 579, 580, 581, 583, 656
services of the, great, 119
ships and crews in the, 632
ships for, providing new, 631
situation on the, 577-584
skill in the, need of, 120-121
Spanish, 580
standard of the, high, 465
Surgeon-General of, 457
target practice in the, 582
the new, 402
training in the, 119, 579-580
upbuilding of the, 402, 631, 691
war, not a provocation to, 578
Yard, Bremerton, Wash., 420

Nebraska, 329

Needs, National, laws for, 99

Negro appointments, attitude on, 513
defended, 516
fewness of, 512

Negro criminals, 524
“domination,” 511, 513, 516
office-holding, 510-518
rights of the, 446

Negroes appointed in South, 516
appointments of, 511
victims of lynching, 524

_Nero_, United States ship, soundings by, 625

Netherlands, the, 151, 668, 669

Nevada, 362, 414, 416
agriculture in, 417
development of, 417
irrigation in, 415-416
Land-reclamation in, 682
laws of, irrigation, 417
mineral products of, 417
public lands in, 415
stock-raising in, 417
water supply of, 415

Newell, F. H., 681

New England, 97, 113
town meeting, 533

Newfoundland, reciprocity with, 622

New Granada, 717
passing away of, 694
sovereignty guaranteed to, 696

New Jersey, 281, 482
veterans of, 482

New Mexico, 364, 365, 366, 368

New Orleans, La., 401, 511

Newspapers, reckless talk in, 533
sensational, 9

New York City, 29, 31, 196, 242, 401
America’s entry-port, 196
Chamber of Commerce, 196-202
government of, 506
“Herald,” quoted, 722, 723
National importance of, 196
“Times,” quoted, 722

New York State, 97, 113, 223, 466, 507, 518
Agricultural Association, 466
Federal Grand Jury, 660
negro office-holders in, 513

Nicaragua Canal route, 692, 710
Republic of, 707

Nichols law in Ohio, 767

Nile, River, 151, 391

Nineteenth Century, progress in, 537

Nineveh, 113, 151

North Carolina, 167

North Dakota, 310, 311, 320

Northern Pacific Railroad, 281

Northern Securities Company, 281
suit against, 282

Northfield, Mass., 134

Norway, 668, 669, 677

O

Obaldía, Governor, of Panama, 722

Obedience to law, 474

Ocean Mail Act of 1891, 656

O’Connell, James, 522

Office, character prime test for, 515

Office-holders, Democratic, 517
political influence in, 586
typical American, 589

Office-seekers disappointed, 11

Ohio River, 454
Valley, 563

_Olympia_, cruiser, 463, 465

Omaha, Neb., 329, 333

O’Neill, Bucky, 369

“Open door” in China, 98, 604

Opportunities, National, 396
present, 87

Opportunity for colored men, 512

Orderly liberty, 523
and virtue, 481

Oregon, 97, 112, 393, 419, 426, 677
country, acquisition of, 677
men in the Philippines, 419
pioneers of, 419

Organization, law of, 189
benefits of, 159

Organizations, labor, need of, 102
opposition to, 618
the public and, 619

Orient, the, 304
awakening of the, 97
duties in the, 92, 95
growing commerce in, 98

Oriental trade, 429

Over-capitalization, evils of, 172, 542
fraudulent, 612

Over-grazing, evils of, 439-441

Ownership, corporate, and war problems, 672
State and private, 777

Oyster Bay, N. Y., 458, 520, 523

P

Pacific cable, 393
action on the, 625
Congressional power in, 626
laying of, 98
need of a, 573

Pacific Coast, 51, 364, 385 line, 393

Pacific Ocean, the, 203, 243, 257, 281, 338, 343, 372, 393, 401, 419,
422, 454, 676
domination of, our, 393, 429
commerce in the, 392
importance of, future, 400
our interests in the, 97
power on, United States, 601
seaboard, 677

Pacific Slope, the, 205, 372, 373, 395, 420, 421, 423

Page, Thomas Nelson, 457, 517

Palma, Tomas Estrada, President, 295

Palmetto State, the, 20

Palo Alto, Cal., 377

Panama, arms imported into, 720,
attitude of United States in, explained, 698-707
Bay of, 708
bombardment of, 730
Canal Act of 1902, 709
Canal Company, French, 623, 711
Canal Company, New, 710, 749, 780
Canal, treaty on, 692-693
City of, and Colon, feeling in, 720
City of, United States control of, 708
continual revolutions in, 700
dissatisfaction in, cause of, 725
Government of, recognized, 699
guaranteed from invasion, 696
Hubbard’s work in, 731-744
independence of, guaranteed, 708
independence movement in, 719
independence newspapers on, 720-724
interference in, by United States, 707, 727
Isthmian Canal at, 623
Railway, 709
railway and canal rights in, 708
Railroad, disturbance on (1887), 702
revolutions, United States neutrality in, 695
route preferred by Congress, 259, 693
right of way in, 693
sentiment in, 715
sovereignty guaranteed in, 696
sovereignty in, 695
treaty with, 707
United States fortifications in, 709
United States grants in, 708
United States interventions in, frequent, 745
United States neutrality in, 694
United States warships at, 740
United States forces in, 703

Panama, Republic of, 693, 717
message on, 709-757
status of, 694
recognition of, justified, 750
recognized by the Powers, 752
unanimity in, 698

Panama Revolution of 1903, 698, 719-728
bloodless, 698, 743
despatches on, 727-729
duty of United States in, 698
interference of United States in, 698
occasion of the, 698

Pan-American Congress, 604-605, 751
United States Delegates to, 605

Pan-American Exposition, 529

Panics, 10
safeguards against, 555

Paralysis of business energies, 614

Parents, wishes of true, 395

Party system, true aim of, 191

Past, forgetfulness of the, 63
reverence for historic, 503

Pasturage, need of providing, 439
question of, 438

Patents, land, in Alaska, 678

Patents to foreigners, 684

Patience and resolution, 488

Patriotic societies, thoughts on, 55
value of, 36

Patriotism, spirit of, 492
variant of loyalty, 493

Peace, anxiety for, our, 578
and arbitration, 622-623
conditions of maintaining, 575
Conference, The Hague, 575
duties of, 492
effective plea for, 198
forces tending toward, 673
for the just man armed, 394
industrial, 198
naval manœuvres in, 582
safeguards for present, 634
situation on, 574-575
steady trend toward, 197
surest way of obtaining, 394
true conditions of, 578
war and, leaders in, 289
war and, spirit in, 488
work of, 22
world-wide, present, 606

Pearse Inlet, 666

Peckham, Rufus W., Justice, 671
quotation from, 671

Pekin, foreign quarter in, exclusive, 602
guards in, permanent military, 602
representatives in, safety of, 602

Pennsylvania, 205, 219, 333, 512
Germans in, 507

Pension Bureau, work of the, 686

People and the Government, 494
government by the, 663
plain, prosperity of, 608
responsibility of the, 441
right of the, to water, 418

Performance and Promise, 413-414

Pershing, Captain, services of, 690

Perez y Sotos, proposal by, 722

Peru, 705

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 211

Philbin, Eugene A., 657

Philippine cable, 625-627
Commission, 81
independence impossible, 93
policy, critics of the, 296, 318

Philippine War, 21, 39, 59, 85, 92, 217-218, 399, 488
aim of the, 314
conduct of, 59-67
difficulties of, 628
end of, 207, 316
hardships of, 313
justified, 98
McKinley on, 311
necessity of, 92, 204
object of, 64
outcry against, 311
veterans of, 591

Philippines, the, 59, 60, 82, 83, 185, 203, 204, 206, 210, 211, 223,
237, 311, 312, 313, 393, 394, 408, 410, 577, 580, 590
aims in the, our, 568
Americanism in the, 628
amnesty declared in, 96, 627
anarchy in, danger of, 569
appointments in the, 569
appropriation for the, 315
armies in the, 63
arms in, triumph of, 628
army in, praise for, 628
army in, reduction of, 94
banditti in the, 571
benefits from, 98
benefits of United States rule in, 92, 93
brigandage in the, 313, 315
business in the, 572
cable to, need of a, 573
cattle disease in the, 315
-China cable, 626
civil government in the, 95, 207, 314, 409, 569, 627
conditions in the, 568
constructive statesmanship in, 629
course in, our, unexampled, 569
cruelties in the, 64, 205, 217-218, 313, 628
development of the, 572
difficulties in the, 568
difficulties of war in, 93-94
duty in, our, 238, 569
“errors” in the, our, 570
fear in, our only, 570
Filipino officials in, 95
franchises in the, 572
freedom withdrawn in, 570
freest Asiatic country, 208
good government in, 210
Governors of, 21
holding the, 628
improved conditions in, 589
industrial enterprises in, 572
insurrection in the, 571
interests of, 67
ladrones in, 94, 207
laws made in the, 96
laws in, triumph of, 628
legislation for the, 571
liberty in the, 315
merit system in, 593
military rule in the, 314
mission, our, in the, 394
naval base, in, 691
new era in the, 627
officials in, choosing, 679
Oregon men in, 419
peace in the, 218
perplexing problems in, 238
policy in, proper, 318, 627
progress in, 679
prosperity in, 410, 568, 679
representative government, 96
results of “liberating,” 66, 92
restoring peace in, 312
retention of, necessary, 569
self-government in the, 93, 206, 570
situation in the, 567-573, 627
soldiers in the, 206, 628
statesmanship in the, 97
Taft’s services to, 410
tariff arrangements with, 679
tariff reduction to the, 296, 315
wealth of, natural, 572
wrongdoing in the, 97, 313, 628

Phœnician merchant-princes, 201

Phœnicians, 151

Physical development, need of, 293

Pilgrims, the, 365

Pinchot, Gifford, Bureau Chief, 249, 681

Pinckney, Charles, Secretary, 343

Pioneer preachers, work of, 245-246
settlers, watercourses and, 562

Pioneers, achievement of, 420
descendants of, 606
German, in America, 450
Western, 419
Western, work of, 414

Piracy, 535

Plagues, quarantine against, 641

Plain people, prosperity of, 608

Platt Amendment, 23, 295, 621, 645

Platt, Orville H., Senator, 85

Play and work, 379
relation of, 294

Plenipotentiaries, 601-602

Plutocracy, 470

Poe, Edgar Allan, 456

Policies, effect of continuous, 608

Policing, international, growing
need of, 624

Policy, common-sense, a, 271
economic, stability of, 190, 550
enforcing a, 441
fixity of, 113
foreign, a sound, 272
land, United States, 388, 441
Monroe Doctrine, our, 632
National, justice as the, 396
National, on the Navy, 402
public land, wise, 681
United States forest, 249

Political influence in offices, 586

Politicians, “bread-and-butter,” 9

Politics in insular possessions, 593

Polk, James K., President, 748

Poor and rich, legal equality of the, 620

Popular government and bribery, 663

Population, concentration of, 274
urban, evils in, 100
urban, growth of, 100

Porcupine River, Alaska, 667

Portland Canal, 664, 666

Portland, Me., 122

Portland, Ore., 419
exposition at, 677

Porto Rico, 22, 87, 185, 237, 577, 590
appropriation for, 315
difficulties in, 88
free trade with, 567
government of, 88-89, 567, 627
merit system in, 593
progress in, 679
prosperity in, 567, 627
public lands in, 567
situation in, 567
United States rule in, 237

Possible, achievement of the, delaying, 611

Postage, pound rate of, 600

Postal abuses, 601
crimes, 661
progress, recent, 600
service, 599-601
service, deficit of, 599
service, growth of, 599

Postmaster-General, 656

Post-office Department, 601
revenues, 634
frauds in, 661

Potomac, River, 483

Pound rate, postal, limiting the, 601

Preaching and practicing, 461-462, 481

Precepts, unintelligent, harmful, 289

Preferences in rates forbidden, 280

Preparation and forethought, need of, 580

Presbyterian Church, 44, 501

Present conditions, superiority of, 101
rejoicing in the, 607

Presidency, difficulties of, 5, 13

President accountable to Nation, 7
appointments by, 8
burden of the, 10-11
demand for capacity in, 9
dissatisfaction with, 9
duties of, on revenue, 7
duty of, to enforce laws, 281
Federal departments and, 3
friends, his difficulty with, 11
great tasks before, 7
importance of, 1
“ingratitude” of, 12
legislative functions of, 2
mail of, immense, 11
personality of, 2
policy of, criticising, 5-6
power of, 2, 5, 12
power of, to stop legislation, 3
protection of, proper, 535
recommending legislation, 2
reconciling interests, 9
requests made to, 11
respect due to, 6
responsibilities of, 5, 8
requisites for a good, 5
retired, the, 12, 13
Senate and, harmony of, 4
Treasury and the, 8
unable to answer letters, 11
veto power of, 2
work of, constant, 10

Presidents of United States, defects in, 6
high character of, 6
Tennesseean, 203

Pressure for promotions, 586

Principles, American, fundamental, 499, 620

Printer, public, 518, 519, 520

Printing, Government, great cost of, 643
Office, Government, 518
public, unnecessary, 643

Private property, exemption of, 671
in war time, 671-672

Prizes for naval gunnery, 631

Problem, forest, the, 251

Problems, attitude toward, 397
dealing with, 331
economic, solution of, 106
false remedies for, 274
industrial, 143, 159, 274, 302
industrial and economic, 292
industrial, how not solved, 199
industrial, solutions of, 175
industrial, treatment of, 307
in 20th century, 607
nature of, 173
present day, 137-144
qualities in solving, 334
social and economic, 85-86
social, solution of, 25
solving, certainty of, 607
temper in treating, 149-150
true spirit in meeting, 274
trust-control, 110

Procedure, legal, needs in, 525

“Productive scholarship,” 28, 456

Progress, conditions of, 357
sudden advance of, 152
universal, joy at, 271

Progressive regulation, 609

Promise and performance, 108, 413-414, 432

Promises, public and private, 414

Promotions, Army, on merit, 587
pressure for, 586

Property guaranteed to all, 653
inviolability of, 609
misuse of, 132
private, in war time, 671-672
rights conserved by law, 112
true use of, 476

Prosperity, advent of, 236
agricultural, 251
all share in, 467
American, conditions of, 577
attacks on, evil, 273
average of, 467
commercial, 98
common interest in, 286
conditions of, 98
continuance of, 201
defined, 418
destruction of, 99
energy and, 99
envy at, 98
evils in times of, 99, 214, 608
general, 613
high level of present, 552
Homestead Law and, 637
industrial, 147
industrial period of, 24
in Porto Rico, 567, 627
in the Philippines, 568

Prosperity, laws in, influence of, 606
material, 50-51, 352
material, necessary, 188
not created by law, 25, 214, 537, 606
of wage-workers, present, 538
present, abounding, marvelous, 302, 537
present, unbounded, 606
present, unique, 219
present, unparalleled, 296
protective tariff and, 614
requisite of, first, 550
return of, 215, 759
ruined by law, 25
source of envy, a, 24
times of, inequalities in, 540
under the tariff, 297

Protection, reciprocity and, 553
right of, for all, 477

Protective tariff and prosperity, 614

Protocol, Chinese, 601

Providence, Rhode Island, 98

Psalmist, the, 103

Public, the, and organizations, 619

Public honesty and efficiency, 488
land laws, disagreements on,
land policy, wise, 681

Public lands, Alaskan, 677
extent of, 415
fences on, 637, 680
for home-makers, 636
laws on, 661
President’s power on, 559
proceeds from, 682
reclamation of arid, 562
settlement on, retarded, 680

Public life, requisites for, 288
responsibilities of, 493

Public man, duty of, to tell truth, 288
qualities of the, 488

Public opinion in the United States, 557
printer, 518, 519, 520
ranges, best uses of, 440
servant, honesty of, 499
servants, attacks on, 6
service, how to regard, 412
works for public good, 563

Publicity and honest corporations, 610
in corporation affairs, 105-106, 116, 650
remedy for trust evils, 543

Puget Sound, 427, 428, 429

Punishment and reformation, 494

Puritans, the, 365

Q

Qualities, essential, of character, 493
great, need of, 509

Quebec, Supreme Court of, 666

Quincy, Illinois, 335

R

Race discriminations wrong, 512
no bar to office, 512
strains in America, 450
-suicide, question of, 508

Railroad discrimination, laws on, 322
Branch, Y. M. C. A., 353
employees, safety of, 685
men as soldiers, 157
men, bravery of, 157
men, heroism of, 229
men, qualities needed by, 163
men used to risks, 157
men, Y. M. C. A. work for, 229
problems, 332
systems, great, 429

Railroading, qualities needed in, 353

Railroads, Alaskan, 678
as developers, 338
as means of travel, 338
benefits of, 430
blocking frogs of, 643
Interstate, regulation of, 555
law regarding, 310
the, and lumbering, 252
rates on, 556
safety appliances on, 685
safety on, laws for, 643

Railway, a public servant, 556
foolish interference with, 557

Ranges as invested capital, 438
grazing, old system of, 438
homesteads and the, 439
public, best uses of, 440
public, exhaustion of, 637
moving cattle on, 439
stock, of the Nation, 438
summer and winter, 439
wise use of the, 439

Rapp, General, 451

Rates, preferences in, forbidden, 280

Readiness for life work, 497

Rebates, secret, granted, 282

Reciprocity, development of, natural, 553
field of, natural, 553
handmaid of protection, 551
home industries and, 551
tariff law and, 551, 615
treaties, need of, 615
Treaty, Cuban, 567, 622-623, 647
with Newfoundland, 622

Reclamation Law, the, 415, 682

Redwood manufacturers, 385

Reed, Thomas B., 123

Reformation and punishment, 494

Reformed Church, Dutch, 44, 447, 505
First, New York, 44
German, 447
Grace, D. C., 446
Churches, duty of, 447

Reforms in Army, three prime, 588
conditions of efficient, 565
unreasonable demand for, 110

Regulation and tariff, separation of, 613
of artificial powers, 609
progressive, 609
transportation, 280

Religion, crimes in name of, 449

Religious liberty in Philippines, 96

Reno, Nev., 416

Reorganization Act, Army, 588

Representative government in Philippines, 96

Representatives of the people, 7

Republic, American, 380, 484
destiny of the, 125, 353
greatest need of the, 56
needs of our, 481, 523
problems before, 14
ruin of the, 469
savers of the, 399
spirit of its founders, 396
success of United States as a, 287

Republics and despotism, 287
fate of old, 287, 470-471
ruin of, 471

Reserves, Naval, demand for, 584
Naval, National, 584

Reservoirs in arid regions, 561
irrigation, in Utah, 444

Resolution and patience, 488

Resources, National, developing, 188-190

Responsibility of duty, 498
personal, 501

Restraint of the unscrupulous man,
652

Retirements, privileges in, 586

Reunion, proofs of our, 203

Revenue and expenditure, equal, 654

Revenues not to be reduced, 555
to be adjusted, 555

Revolution, American, 18, 37, 41, 57, 212, 232, 233, 243, 343, 451,
454, 485, 487, 507
American, Germans in the, 507
American, Sons of the, 36-39
American, events of, in Charleston, 18

Revolution, industrial hardships in a, 780

Revolutionary legislation, evil of, 477

Rhine, river, 151

Rhode Island, growth of, 100

Rich and poor, contrast between, 778
legal equality of, 620

Rich man, the unscrupulous, 472

Richards, W. A., Commissioner, Land, 681

Richmond, Va., 141

Richmond Hill, N. Y., 481

Rifleman, mounted, the, 585

Righteousness and strength, 37
civic, need of, 499
the only test, 437
warfare for, 496

Rights of others, regard for, 575

Riis, Jacob A., 481

Rio Grande, 243

Rizal, José, 317, 318
quoted, 317

Road-building and civilization, 337

Roads and trails in Alaska, 678
good, advantages of, 340
Good, International Convention, 336
good, new interest in, 338

Rockhill, William Woodville, 602

Rocky Mountain region, 303

Rocky Mountain States, 372

Rocky Mountains, 205, 255, 327, 338, 351, 373, 415

Roman Empire, effects of the, 336
growth of the, 346
expansion, 346, 396
power, traces of, 396
roads, 336-337

Rome, 151, 336, 337, 345
fall of, 391

Roosevelt, Nicholas, Alderman, 506

Root, Elihu, Secretary, 80, 83, 84, 316, 665
services of, 84

Rosecrans, William S., General, 40-44

Rough-Rider Regiment, 365

Rough-Riders in Spanish War, 77
typically American, 365-366

Rural free mail delivery, 675

Rural carriers, Civil Service, 686
(See Mail, free-delivery of)

Ruskin, John, 31

Russia, Ambassador to, 457

S

Sacramento Valley, 387

Saengerfest Association, Baltimore, 450

Safety-Appliance Law, the, 643, 685

Safety appliances, inspection of, 685

St. Louis, Missouri, 336, 341, 596
arbitration union at, 672
bribe givers extradited, 663
corruption in, 662
Exposition, 596
loyal Germans in, 508
University of, 341

St. Paul, Minnesota, 286

Salmon hatcheries in Alaska, 678
industry in Alaska, 424
industry, protecting, 678

Salt Lake City, Utah, 435

Salt Trust, case against the, 284

San Bernardino, California, 373

San Francisco, California, 283, 385,
390, 397, 401, 403, 413

San Gabriel Valley, California, 387

San Juan, battle of, 73

Santa Fé, New Mexico, 364, 368

Santa Cruz, California, 375

Santiago, Cuba, 20, 65, 119, 166, 267, 421
battle of, 579, 580
colored troops at, 446

Satterlee, Henry Y., Bishop, 495

Savannah, collector of port of, 516

Savings Banks as corporations, 174
deposits in, 608

Scandinavia, 365, 421-422, 429

Schedules, tariff, examination of, 616

Scholarly achievement, 28

Scholarship and the Library of Congress, 599
productive, 28, 378, 456
productive, achievement in, 293
services to Nation, 28
true, 379

School system, common, 591

Scientific bureaus, control of, 559
study, importance of, 69

Scott, Nathan B., Senator, 146

Scott, Winfield, General, 203, 454

Scylla and Charybdis, 288

Sea habit, the, 35

Seamen, additional, demand for, 581
American, high type of, 632
American, praise due to, 632
training of, necessary, 581

Seattle, Washington, 421, 428

Second-class mail, abuses of, 601
mail matter, 600

Self-government, art of, 224
capacity for, 414
developing capacity for, 568
first requisite of, 664
qualities for, 470
success in, our, 568
taught to Filipinos, 96

Senate, advisory function of, 3, 4
executive functions of, 2
power of, to reject nominations, 3, 4

Senators, advisory privilege of, 3-4

Sequoias of California, 386

Servant, a faithful, 501

Service and duty, 447

Service, classified, in District of Columbia, 592
conditions of good, 31-32
Government, rules of, 522
the honor of true, 408

Services of scholarship to Nation, 28

Settlement in public lands retarded, 680

Settler, development of the, 439

Seward, William H., Secretary, 698
quoted, 695

Shanghai, China, 673
improvements at, 603

Sheridan, Philip, General, 142, 399, 489

Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 105, 280, 282

Sherman, William T., General, 142, 157, 158, 165, 230, 399, 489, 490,
492
high worth of, 495
homage to, 490
mighty feats of, 490
monument to, 489-495

Sincerity, proofs of, 447

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 302, 354

Sitka, Alaska, cable to, 678

Slave, emancipation of the, 483
trade, the, 536

Slavery, abolition of, 398

Slocum, Henry W., 483

“Smartness,” deification of, 135

Smithsonian Institution, the, 597
plans of, 642

Ship, fighting, use of a, 672

Shipper, large, favors to the, 556

Shipping, action needed on, 554
American, 656-657
American, commission on, 656
American, superiority of, 554
interests, upbuilding of, 553
lines, benefit of, 553
requirements in, 656-657
subsidized, a, 554

Ships, American, cost of, 554
American, standards on, 554
and National interests, 553

Shore duties, naval, civilians in, 582

Sigel, General Franz, 451

Siloam, Tower of, 98, 435

Social betterment, 227
conditions, 435
conditions, betterment of, 548
convulsions, 10
discontent, 533
equality, 516
morality, a lesson of, 309
order, inequalities in the, 533
problems, 85-86
problems, present, 538
questions, 25

Societies, mutual benefit, 608
patriotic, value of, 36

Society, right of, to regulate, 609

Soldier, American, high standard of, 588
best type of, the, 585
Confederate, the, 19, 21
essentials and non-essentials for, 77
hardships of the, 15, 137
ideals of the, 15
increased pay of, question of, 588
motives of the, 15
qualities of a good, 54-55

Soldierly qualities, development of, 630

Soldiers, American, men of iron, 19
Confederate, sons of, 512
debt to the, our, 491
example of American, 486
ex-Confederate, 516
in the Philippines, 206, 218, 628
of the Civil War, 445
of Grant, 487
of Washington, 487
railroad men as, 157
capacity of, scrutinized, 630

Solutions, industrial, unwise, 148-149

Sound currency, benefit of, 477

South, appointments in, 517
cotton interests of, 283
glory of the, 19
National pride in the, 27

South Africa, war in, 80

South Atlantic States, 97

South Carolina, 18, 113, 516
negro domination in, 511
negro officials in, 512

South Dakota, 302

Southern States, 311

Sovereignty, limitations on, in Panama, 695

Spain, 342, 668, 669, 705
Navy of, 119

Spanish Navy, 580

Spanish rule in Cuba, 23

Spanish War, 10, 14, 15, 54, 72, 84, 87, 92, 98, 119, 125, 203, 204,
215, 236, 239, 310, 320, 377, 397, 398, 399, 484, 579, 580, 646
college men in, 377
effects of, 646
lesson of, 54
naval victories in, 421
our success in, 402
problems after, 398
“Rough Riders” in, 77
ships in the, 579
veterans, 185
veterans of, 591
West Pointers in, 72-74

Speaker of the House, 450

Speculation, dangers of, 99, 438

Speculative frenzies, 468

Speech, cleanness of, 459

Speed, James, Attorney-General, 696

Spirit, American, 487-488

Spokane, Washington, 429
growth of, 430

Springfield, Illinois, 446

Stability, value of, 99

Staff divisions in Army, 588

Staff, general, law, 319

Standards of judging men, 468

State and private ownership, 777

State, college men and the, 78-84
Department of, 261, 662, 663, 675, 705, 727
individual and the, 107
intrusion of the, 200
laws, National and, 548
Naval Militia, 583-584
saving the, 498
service to, conditions of, 31
Secretary of, 124, 261, 503, 605, 622
supervision, limits of, 610
welfare of the, 499

States, border, debt to the, 223

States compared to Nation, 8

States, formation of new, 348

Statesman, ideal for the, 438
Washington as a, 232

Statesmanship, constructive, 545
constructive, in Philippines, 629
in the Philippines, 97

Steam, centripetal effect of, 339
electricity and, compared, 339
as a factor in prosperity, 100
factor in civilization, 170

Steamship companies, supervision of, 550
lines, service of, 430

Steamships, American, 393
German and British, 656

Stikine River, Alaska, 665, 667

Stock-raisers and the forests, 440
raising in arid region, 438
range of the Nation, 438

Streams, division of, laws on, 564
Government control of, 443
ownership of, abuses in, 565
private ownership of, 564
regulating the flow of, 562

Strength, decency and, 461
importance of physical, 30
prime need of, 136
righteousness and, 37
sweetness and, 482

Stump, reckless talk on the, 533

Subig Bay as a naval base, 691

Success, beneficent, conditions of, 539
chief factor in, 548
conditions of real, 106, 107
essentials of, 146
individual effort and, 55
National, spirit of, 247
personal equation in, 539
rugged ways to, 395
secret of, 479
varieties of, 200
wrested from fortune, 607
wrong kind of, 268-269

Sultan, Turkish, and Beirut troubles, 673

Sumter, Fort, bombardment of, 141

Supervision, corporation, 650
State and National, 610

Surgeons, Army, bravery of the
United States, 68-69

Supreme Bench, qualities for the, 223

Supreme Court, United States, 82, 224, 505, 671
importance of, 221
judges of, 221

Sweden, 668, 669, 677

Switzerland, President of, 1

Syracuse, New York, 466

T

Taft, William H., Governor, 80, 81, 83, 95, 207, 210, 314, 316, 317,
408, 409, 410, 412, 569
services of, to Philippines, 410

Talents, responsibility for, 501

Talking and fighting, 269

Target practice in the Navy, 582

Tariff Bill, Wilson-Gorman, 3
business proposition, a, 298
radical changes in, evil of, 551
commission, proposed, 616
conditions, 615
danger in radical changes of, 191-192
duties, broad significance of, 300
duties, unnecessary, 552
experts, practical, 616
good effects of, 299
high, where not needed, 553
imports, in China, 603
law, reciprocity and, 551, 615
on coal, removal of, 616
policy on the, 190-191, 297
prosperity under the, 297
protection for capital and labor, 297
protection of labor by the, 546
protective, benefits of, 194-195
protective, necessary, 193
protective, perpetual, 299
protective, prosperity and, 614
radical readjustments ruinous, 298
reduction, 177
reduction difficulties, 178
reduction, evils in, 613
reduction, futility of, 613
reduction in Philippines, 296
reduction, trusts and, 613
regulation and, apart, 613
remodeled, 215
revision of the, best course in, 193-194
radical revision disastrous to workers, 301
radical revision, hostile to business, 300
revision, low wages and, 301
revision, trusts and, 300
radical revision undesirable, 285
schedules, examination of, 616
situation on the, 612-617
system, acquiescence in, 550
theory of, American, 615
true way of treating, 191-192
wealth and growth of, 538

Tasks, allotted, of a generation, 502

Tax Commissioners, State Board of, N. Y., 769, 775
inheritance, collateral, 772
laws, failures in, 772
system, N. Y., confusion of, 760

Taxation, burden of, just shares in, 764
equality and justice in, absolute, 770
foreign capital, in N. Y., 772
great burden of, where it is, 772
problem of, difficult, 770
situation on, 760

Taxes, State and municipal, 771

Taylor, Zachary, President, 203, 454

Telephone, the, benefits of, 340

Tenant tracts undesirable, 388

Tennessee, 21, 67, 167, 202, 517

Tennesseean Presidents, 203
pioneers of, 202

Territorial development of Hawaii, 566

Territories, formation of, 347

Territory, United States, 631
United States, desire for, 576

Texas, 304
rice in, 641

Thanksgiving Day, 57

Thebes, Egypt, 151

Thomas, Geo. H., General, 142, 223, 230, 399, 489

Threats, bad policy of, 399

Thrift and energy, need of, 537

Tien-tsin, China, improvements at, 603

Tigris, River, 391

Timber and Stone Law, 636, 680
lands, large holdings in, 680

Tongass Inlet, 666

Topeka, Kansas, 353

Torpedo boats, exercise of, 582

Torture, degradation in using, 526-527

Town meeting, New England, 113, 533

Trade, combination in restraint of, 282
damage to, in war, 670
domestic, and currency, 555
export, with Cuba, 647
National Board of, 225
Oriental, 429
restrictions, petty, 552
with foreign nations, our, 552

Transportation facilities, perfecting, 651
in Alaska, 425
regulation of, 280

Trautmann, Ralph, 658

Treasury, United States, condition of, 476
report to Congress, 555
Secretary of the, 335, 555, 655

Treaties, canal, important, 260
reciprocity, need of, 615
touching bribery, 662

Treaty, Alaskan, of 1867, 664

Treaty, Canal, Colombian offer on, 703-704
frequent use of, 705

Treaty, Canal, Colombian, interpretations
of the, 694
perpetuity of, 694
repudiated by Colombia, 697
with Panama, 707

Treaty, Colombia, of 1903, 697
Commercial, with China, 673
New Granada, of 1846, 693-700
New Granada, rights given by, 694
Russo-British, of 1825, 664
with Mexico, extradition, 662

Trees, preservation of the, 376

Tribunal, The Hague, 264

Triumph of 1898; how it was secured, 580

Trolley lines, benefits of, 340

Tromp, Admiral, 579

Truckee River, 416

Trust, Beef, case against, 282-283
laws, enforcement of, 660
legislation, 321, 322
organizations, evils of, 612
problem, difficulties of, 301
problem, efforts to solve, 284
problems, 332
question, difficulties of, 106

Trusts, abuses of, chief, 785-787
attitude toward, 272-273
control of, 272
dealing with, 142
definition of, 169
difficulties of treating, 114-115
Department of Commerce and, 278
expensive way to restrain, 285-286
foolish zeal against, 139
hatred and fear of, 541
ignorant dealing with, 139
importance of issues on, 170
laws against, enforced, 154
legislation upon, 275-276
legislation on, mischievous, 541
machinery and the, 782
National control of, 104-105, 153, 154, 155, 173, 181-183
National legislation on, 141
nature of, 103-105
necessary elements in, 542
need of wise dealing with, 171
problem of, difficult, 172
problems of controlling, 110, 142, 147
publicity for, 155, 183, 476
question of, 219
rational treatment of, 183-185
sovereignty over, need of, 115
spirit in dealing with, 173
supervision of, 103, 172
treatment of, 108
unaffected by tariff, 179, 300, 613
wise treatment of, 175, 541

Truth telling in public men and critics, 288

Turkish Government, relations with, 673

Turner, George, ex-Senator, 665

Turn Verein, Baltimore, 451

Tyranny, anarchy forerunner of, 524

U

Unclassified laborers, 687

Union and liberty, cause of, 507

Union armies, 42

Union, crises of the, great, 233
establishment of the, 488
love for the, 15
preservation of the, 398, 483
restoration of, 234
salvation of the, 488
soldiers of the, 19, 20
struggle for the, 491

Unions, labor, 26
in Government Printing Office, 520
great importance of, 652
rules of, and United States laws, 520
when not recognized, 522

Union League Club, Philadelphia, 211
San Francisco, 413

United America, proofs of, 19

United States, 668, 669
affairs in, 29
and China, 602-603
Army, 43
Bench, 82
Circuit Court, 283
Courts, 660
critics of, 217
future of, 607
grants in Panama, 708
historian of, 502
land policy, 388
Military Academy, 70
Naval Academy, 33-36
Navy, 33
public opinion in, 557
Supreme Court, 82
The Hague Tribunal and, 623

Universities, duty of, 28

University, true object of a, 378

Unscrupulous man, restraint of the, 652

Urban population, the growth of our, 100

Usefulness and happiness, 478

Utah, 435, 442
cultivated area of, 443
development of, 436-444
“Gamaliel,” 442
Government help for, 442
irrigated region, first, 442
irrigation in, 442
irrigation reservoirs in, 444
mining in, 437
pioneers of, 436, 442