APPENDIX
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, 1876-1912
| Year of Election |
Candidates for President |
States |
Political Party |
Popular Vote |
Plurality |
Electoral Vote |
Candidates for Vice President |
States |
Political Party |
Electoral Vote |
| 1876 |
Samuel J. Tilden |
N. Y. |
Dem. |
4,284,885 |
250,935 |
184 |
T. A. Hendricks |
Ind. |
Dem. |
184 |
| |
Rutherford B. Hayes* |
O. |
Rep. |
4,033,950 |
|
185 |
William A. Wheeler* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
185 |
| |
Peter Cooper |
N. Y. |
Gre'nb |
81,740 |
|
|
Samnuel F. Cary |
O. |
Gre'nb |
|
| |
Green Clay Smith |
Ky. |
Pro. |
9,522 |
|
|
Gideon T. Stewart |
O. |
Pro. |
|
| |
James B. Walker |
Ill. |
Amer. |
2,636 |
|
|
D. Kirkpatrick |
N. Y. |
Amer. |
|
| 1880 |
James A. Garfield* |
O. |
Rep. |
4,449,053 |
7,018 |
214 |
Chester A. Arthur* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
185 |
| |
W. S. Hancock |
Pa. |
Dem. |
4,442,035 |
|
155 |
William H. English |
Ind. |
Dem. |
155 |
| |
James B. Weaver |
Iowa |
Gre'nb |
307,306 |
|
|
B. J. Chambers |
Tex. |
Gre'nb |
|
| |
Neal Dow |
Me. |
Pro. |
10,305 |
|
|
H. A. Thompson |
O. |
Pro. |
|
| |
John W. Phelps |
Vt. |
Amer. |
707 |
|
|
S. C. Pomeroy |
Kan. |
Amer. |
|
| 1884 |
Grover Cleveland* |
N. Y. |
Dem. |
4,911,017 |
62,683 |
219 |
T. A. Hendricks* |
Ind. |
Dem. |
219 |
| |
James G. Blaine |
Me. |
Rep. |
4,848,334 |
|
182 |
John A. Logan |
Ill. |
Rep. |
182 |
| |
John P. St. John |
Kan. |
Pro. |
151,809 |
|
|
William Daniel |
Md. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Benjamin F. Butler |
Mass. |
Gre'nb |
133,825 |
|
|
A. M. West |
Miss. |
Gre'nb |
|
| |
P. D. Wigginton |
Cal. |
Amer. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1888 |
Grover Cleveland |
N. Y. |
Dem. |
5,440,216 |
|
168 |
Allen G. Thurman |
O. |
Dem. |
168 |
| |
Benjamin Harrison* |
Ind. |
Rep. |
5,538,235 |
98,017 |
233 |
Levi P. Morton* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
233 |
| |
Clinton B. Fisk |
N. J. |
Pro. |
249,907 |
|
|
John A. Brooks |
Mo. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Alson J. Streeter |
Ill. |
U. L. |
148,105 |
|
|
C. E. Cunningham |
Ark. |
U. L. |
|
| |
R. H. Cowdry |
Ill. |
U'd L. |
2,808 |
|
|
W. H. T. Wakefield |
Kan. |
U'd L. |
|
| |
James L. Curtis |
N. Y. |
Amer. |
1,591 |
|
|
James B. Greer |
Tenn. |
Amer. |
|
| 1892 |
Grover Cleveland* |
N. Y. |
Dem. |
5,556,918 |
380,810 |
277 |
Adlai E. Stevenson* |
Ill. |
Dem. |
277 |
| |
Benjamin Harrison |
Ind. |
Rep. |
5,176,108 |
|
145 |
Whitelaw Reid |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
145 |
| |
James B. Weaver |
Iowa |
Peop. |
1,041,028 |
|
22 |
James G. Field |
Va. |
Peop. |
22 |
| |
John Bidwell |
Cal. |
Pro. |
264,133 |
|
|
James B. Cranfill |
Tex. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Siimon Wing |
Mass. |
Soc L. |
21,164 |
|
|
Charles H. Matchett |
N. Y. |
Soc L. |
|
| 1896 |
William McKinley* |
O. |
Rep. |
7,104,779 |
601,854 |
271 |
Garret A. Hobart* |
N. J. |
Rep. |
271 |
| |
William J. Bryan |
Neb. |
Dem. |
6,502,925 |
} |
170 |
Arthur Sewall |
Me. |
Dem. |
149 |
| |
William J. Bryan |
Neb. |
Peop. |
|
} |
|
Thomas E. Watson |
Ga. |
Peop. |
27 |
| |
Joshua Levering |
Md. |
Pro. |
132,007 |
|
|
Hale Johnson |
Ill. |
Pro. |
|
| |
John M. Palmer |
Ill. |
N Dem. |
133,148 |
|
|
Simon Buckner |
Ky. |
N Dem. |
|
| |
Charles H. Matchett |
N. Y. |
Soc L. |
30,274 |
|
|
Matthew Maguire |
N. J. |
Soc L. |
|
| |
Charles E. Bentley |
Neb. |
Nat. |
13,969 |
|
|
James H. Southgate |
N. C. |
Nat. |
|
| 1900 |
William McKinley* |
O. |
Rep. |
7,207,923 |
849,790 |
292 |
Theodore Roosesvelt* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
292 |
| |
William J. Bryan |
Neb. |
Dem P. |
6,358,133 |
|
155 |
Adlai E. Stevenson |
Ill. |
Dem P. |
155 |
| |
John G. Woolley |
Ill. |
Pro. |
208,914 |
|
|
Henry B. Metcalf |
O. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Wharton Barker |
Pa. |
MP. |
50,373 |
|
|
Ignatius Donnelly |
Minn. |
MP. |
|
| |
Eugene V. Debs |
Ind. |
Soc D. |
87,815 |
|
|
Job Harriman |
Cal. |
Soc D. |
|
| |
Jos. F. Malloney |
Mass. |
Soc L. |
39,739 |
|
|
Valentine Rommel |
Pa. |
Soc L. |
|
| |
J. F. R. Leonard |
Ia. |
UC. |
1,059 |
|
|
John G. Woolley |
Ill. |
UC. |
|
| |
Seth H. Ellis |
O. |
UR. |
5,698 |
|
|
Samuel T. Nicholson |
Pa. |
UR. |
|
| 1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
7,623,486 |
2,545,515 |
336 |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
Ind. |
Rep. |
336 |
| |
Alton B. Parker |
N. Y. |
Dem. |
5,077,911 |
|
140 |
Henry G. Davis |
W. Va. |
Dem. |
140 |
| |
Eugene V. Debs |
Ind. |
Soc. |
402,283 |
|
|
Benjamin Hanford |
N. Y. |
Soc. |
|
| |
Silas C. Swallow |
Pa. |
Pro. |
258,536 |
|
|
George W. Carroll |
Tex. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Thomas E. Watson |
Ga. |
Peop. |
117,183 |
|
|
Thomas H. Tibbles |
Neb. |
Peop. |
|
| |
Charles H. Corrigan |
N. Y. |
Soc L. |
31,249 |
|
|
William W. Cox |
Ill. |
Soc L. |
|
| 1908 |
William H. Taft* |
O. |
Rep. |
7,678,908 |
1,269,804 |
321 |
James S. Sherman* |
N. Y. |
Rep. |
321 |
| |
William J. Bryan |
Neb. |
Dem. |
6,409,104 |
|
162 |
John W. Kern |
Ind. |
Dem. |
162 |
| |
Eugene V. Debs |
Ind. |
Soc. |
420,793 |
|
|
Benjamin Hanford |
N. Y. |
Soc. |
|
| |
Eugene W. Chafin |
Ariz. |
Pro. |
253,840 |
|
|
Aaron S. Watkins |
O. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Thomas E. Watson |
Ga. |
Peo. |
29,100 |
|
|
Samuel Williams |
Ind. |
Peo. |
|
| |
August Gillhaus |
N. Y. |
Soc L. |
13,825 |
|
|
Donald L. Munro |
Va. |
Soc L. |
|
| |
Thos. L. Hisgen |
Mass. |
Ind. |
82,872 |
|
|
John Temple Graves |
Ga. |
Ind. |
|
| 1912 |
Woodrow Wilson* |
N. J. |
Dem. |
6,292,718 |
2,235,289 |
435 |
Thomas R. Marshall |
Ind. |
Dem. |
435 |
| |
William H. Taft |
O. |
Rep. |
3,369,221 |
|
15 |
Herbert S. Hadley |
Mo. |
Rep. |
15 |
| |
Theodore Roosevelt |
N. Y. |
Prog. |
4,057,429 |
|
81 |
Hiram W. Johnson |
Cal. |
Prog. |
81 |
| |
Eugene V. Debs |
Ind. |
Soc. |
812,731 |
|
|
Emil Seidel |
Wis. |
Soc. |
|
| |
Eugene W. Chafin |
Ariz. |
Pro. |
170,626 |
|
|
Aaron S. Watkins |
O. |
Pro. |
|
| |
Arthur E. Reimer |
Mass. |
Soc L. |
17,312 |
|
|
August Gillhaus |
N. Y. |
Soc L. |
|
| * The candidates starred were elected. This table is from the
World Almanac. The figures are in some cases slightly different from those used in
the text, which are taken from Stanwood, History of the Presidency. |
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Guide to Literature of Current History
The best general bibliography for handy use is Channing, Hart, and
Turner, Guide to the Study and Reading of American History (new ed.
1912).
G. E. Howard, Present Political Questions (1913)—a valuable syllabus
of current questions with discriminating and full bibliographies
(published by the University of Nebraska).
The Library of Congress publishes useful bibliographies on special
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obtained by addressing the Librarian, Washington, D.C.
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a liberal immigration policy; J. W. Jenks and W. J. Lauck, The
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(1908)—valuable for the handicaps imposed on the negro in the South; J.
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negro in New York; T. N. Page, The Negro (1904)—viewed as a Southern
problem; A. H. Stone, Studies in the American Race Problem
(1908)—discouraging view of the economic capacities of the negro; B. T.
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(1905); W. E. Smyth, The Conquest of Arid Arizona (1900).
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Doctrine.
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States and Spain—excellent for diplomatic affairs; H. C. Lodge, The
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Secretary of the Interior in the Philippines; H. P. Willis, Our
Philippine Problem (1905)—a study of American Colonial policy; J. A.
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authoritative work on the early stages of American occupation; F. C.
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authoritative general account; W. F. Johnson, Four Centuries of the
Panama Canal (1906).
The Peace Conferences: Joseph Choate, The Two Hague
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American Interests in the Orient: F. F. Millard, The New Far
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INDEX
- Aguinaldo, 217
- Alabama, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11
- Aliens, proportion of, 248
- Altgeld, Governor, 108, 160
- American Civic Federation, 251
- American Federation of Labor, 250
- Anti-monopoly party, 138
- Anti-trust cases, 331 ff.
- Anti-trust law (1890), 134
- Arbitration in labor disputes, federal law, 102
- Arbitration, treaties, 1911, 329
- Archbald, Judge, impeachment of, 326
- Arizona, 41 ff.;
- contest over recall of judges, 287
- Army. See Spanish War
- Arthur, Chester A., nomination, 95;
- Ballinger, R. A., 328
- Blaine, James G., 95;
- candidacy in 1884, 98;
- on silver question, 121
- Bland-Allison bill, 123
- Bonds, sales under Cleveland, 106
- Bourne, Senator, attacks on convention system, 353 ff.
- Bryan, W. J., speech in Democratic convention of 1896, 180;
- nomination of, 187;
- acceptance speech in 1896, 188;
- favors initiative and referendum, 284;
- candidacy in 1900, 227;
- candidacy in 1908, 318 ff.;
- program in 1908, 318;
- attacks Taft's judicial appointments, 330
- Campaign funds, 239, 240 ff.;
- controversy over, in 1904, 268;
- in 1908, 320;
- in 1912, 357
- Campaign, 1896, 195
- Canada, reciprocity with, 342
- Cannon, Speaker, overthrow of, 336 ff.
- Capital, influence of, in politics, 33
- Capitalism, in South, 48;
- evolution of, 229 ff.
- See Industry and Labor.
- Cervera, Admiral, 210 ff.
- China, opening of, 203;
- American interests in, 224
- Chinese coolies, 35
- Cities, growth of population, 34, 247
- Civil rights act, 14 ff.
- Civil rights cases, 15
- Civil service, and Theodore Roosevelt, 104;
- Clark, Champ, candidacy of, 365
- Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 276
- Cleveland, Grover, career of, 97;
- nomination and first administration, 98 ff.;
- second administration, 105 ff.;
- tariff message of 1887, 110;
- and income tax, 139;
- bond issues, 162;
- supports Gold Democrats, 193;
- and Venezuela affair, 199;
- and negotiations with Spain, 206
- Coastwise vessels, exemption of, 276
- Colombia, failure of negotiations with, 278
- Combinations, in business, origin of, 36
- Commerce, growth of, 202;
- interstate, 312
- Conkling, Roscoe, sketch of, 51 ff.;
- and Grant's candidacy, 95
- Conservation, Roosevelt's policy, 275
- Consolidated Gas case, 81
- Constitution, provisions relative to money, 119;
- Convention, presidential, attacks on, 353 ff.
- Corporations, growth of, 235;
- regulation of, 310.
- See Trusts.
- Court, commerce, 326
- Courts, criticism of, 89
- Coxey's army, 107
- Crédit Mobilier affair, 31
- Cuba, conditions in, 204;
- war over, 209 ff.;
- settlement of, after the war, 221;
- interference in (1906), 222
- Currency, law of 1908, 197
- Dakota, 41 ff.
- Daniel, J. W., temporary chairman of Democratic convention, 171
- Debs, E. V., imprisonment of, 108;
- and injunctions, 160;
- candidate for President, 298
- Debt, national, refunding of, 117
- De Lôme incident, 207
- Democrats, contest against election laws, 4 ff.;
- party platforms, 108 ff.;
- convention of 1896, 168 ff.;
- platform of 1896, 172;
- Gold, convention of 1896, 192 ff.;
- convention and platform of 1904, 267;
- victory in 1910, 339;
- in 1912, 372
- Dewey, victory at Manila, 209
- Dingley tariff, 229
- Direct primary, 289
- Due process. See Fourteenth amendment.
- Economy and efficiency commission, 328
- El Caney, 211
- Election laws, federal, contest over repeal of, 4 ff.
- Employers' liability, federal, 274
- Erie Railway, capitalization of, 39
- Farmers, discontent of, 162
- Farmers' Alliance, 151
- Farm population, 40
- Farms, increase in number, 40;
- Fifteenth amendment, nullification of, in the South, 1;
- Finance, high, early experiments in, 39
- Fourteenth Amendment, interpretation of, 54 ff.
- Free silver, discussion by W. J. Bryan, 180 ff.
- Free silver. See Bryan, W. J.
- Garfield, nomination and administration of, 94 ff.;
- Georgia, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11
- Gold Democrats, 192 ff.
- Gold standard, Republicans favor in 1896, 166;
- established by law (1900), 197;
- Parker telegram on, 267
- Gompers, Samuel, 251
- Gould, Jay, 38
- Granger cases, 67 ff.
- Granger movement, 147
- Grant, third term contest, 94
- Great Britain, and Venezuela affair, 199
- Greenback party, on income tax, 137;
- Greenbacks, amount of, 117;
- Guiteau, assassinates Garfield, 96
- Hague conference, 281
- Hancock, General, candidate for the Presidency, 96
- Hanna, M. A., convention of 1895, 165;
- and campaign of 1900, 227;
- career and policies of, 239 ff.
- Harriman, E. H., and controversy with Roosevelt, 270
- Harrison, Benjamin, candidacy and administration, 103 ff.
- Hawaiian Islands, 203
- Hayes, and the South, 1 ff.;
- vetoes repeal of election laws, 5;
- administration of, 92 ff.
- Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 276
- Haywood, W. D., 301
- Hepburn act, 271
- Hill, D. B., in Democratic convention of 1896, 170 ff.
- Hobson, R. P., 210
- Idaho, 41 ff.
- Immigration, 34, 248
- Imperialism, 199 ff.;
- in American politics, 227
- Income tax, law of 1894, 127; 137 ff.;
- annulled by Supreme Court, 152 ff.;
- W. J. Bryan on, 189;
- advocated by Roosevelt, 262;
- amendment to federal constitution, 325
- Industry, in 1860, 29;
- Industrial Workers of the World, 301
- Initiative and referendum, origin and growth of, 284 ff.;
- in Progressive platform, 371;
- favored by Wilson, 380
- Injunctions, use of, in labor disputes, 36;
- an issue in politics, 158 ff.
- Insular cases, 218 ff.
- Insurance, regulation of, 310
- Japan, opening of, 203;
- American interests in, 224
- Jenks, J. W., on trusts, 238
- Jim Crow cars, 19
- Judicial review, growth of doctrine of, 67 ff.
- Judiciary. See Supreme Court and Recall.
- Knights of Labor, 35, 249
- Ku Klux Klan, 1
- Labor, number of wage earners, 34;
- in South, 48;
- in party platforms, 114;
- and tariff, 115;
- regulation of, 249 ff., 304, 308
- Labor legislation and the courts, 87 ff.;
- Labor movement, 249
- Labor problem, rise of, 35
- Labor, Knights of, 35, 249
- Labor Reformers, 35, 145 ff.
- La Follette, R. M., candidacy of, 344 ff.
- Laissez faire, and the Constitution, 54 ff.;
- Gold Democrats defend, 192;
- decline of, 304;
- Wilson's view of, 377
- Liberal Republicans, 109
- Lincoln, on social equality for the negro, 21
- Lochner v. New York, 87
- Louisiana, Republican rule in, overthrown, 1 ff.;
- disfranchisement of negroes in, 11
- Maine, the battleship, 207
- Manila, naval battle of, 209
- Massachusetts, primary law in, 356
- McKinley, Wm., tariff bill, 126;
- and the gold standard, 167;
- election of, 197;
- administration of, 199 ff.;
- and Spanish war, 206 ff.;
- renomination in 1900, 227;
- election, 228;
- campaign funds of, 241
- Merritt, General, 212
- Mexico, relations with, 342
- Miles, General, 212
- Mills, tariff bill, 126
- Minnesota rate case, 73 ff.
- Mississippi, disfranchisement of negroes in, 10
- Mitchell, John, 250
- Money question. See Silver question.
- Monroe Doctrine, 199 ff.;
- Montana, 41 ff.
- Morgan, J. P., 231
- Mormons, 42 ff.
- Morrison, W. R., and tariff, 126
- Mugwumps, 99
- Munn v. Illinois, 67 ff.
- Nebraska, primary law in, 356
- Negro, disfranchisement of, 1 ff., 7 ff.;
- social discriminations against, 14 ff.;
- attitude of the North toward, 19 ff.;
- problem, 22 ff.;
- education of, 23;
- in industries, 24;
- movement, 25
- New Mexico, 41 ff.
- New nationalism, 314 ff.
- North Carolina, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11
- North Dakota, 41 ff.
- Northern Pacific, 42
- Oregon, primary law in, 354
- Palmer, J. M., candidate for President, 192
- Panama, canal, sketch of, 275 ff.;
- Paper money. See Greenbacks.
- Parcels post, 327
- Parker, Alton B., nomination and candidacy of, 267 ff.
- Payne-Aldrich tariff, 323 ff.
- Pensions, vetoes by Cleveland, 101;
- Philippines, military operations in, 209 ff.;
- revolt against the United States, 217;
- government of, 223;
- in American politics, 227;
- Republican platform of 1904 on, 265;
- Democratic platform of 1904 on, 267
- Platt amendment, 221
- Poll tax, to disfranchise negroes, 9
- Populist party, origin of, 149 ff.
- Populists, and disfranchisement of negroes, 9;
- Porto Rico, conquest of, 212;
- Postal savings banks, 326
- Primary, direct, origin and growth of, 288;
- presidential, 352 ff.;
- presidential, in 1912, 358
- Progressive party, origin of, 357 ff.; 370 ff.
- Progressive Republican League, 344
- Prohibition party, 144 ff.
- Pullman strike, 107
- Pure food law, 273
- Railways, construction of, 29 ff.;
- land grants to, 30;
- frauds connected with, 31;
- anarchy among, 39;
- state regulation of, 67 ff.;
- party platforms on, 113 ff.;
- regulation, federal, 133;
- state regulation of, 149;
- and stock watering, 234;
- regulation of, 272;
- physical valuation of, 273;
- consolidation of, 306
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, 76 ff.
- Recall, of judges, origin of, 89;
- origin and growth of, 287;
- Wilson on, 380
- Reciprocity with Canada, 341
- Reed, T. B., speakership, 104;
- candidate for President, 165
- Republicans, platform of 1876, 2;
- radical school, 2;
- favor new "force" bill, 20;
- favor enforcing the Civil War amendments, 21;
- doctrines of, 1880-1896, 90 ff.;
- party platforms, 108 ff.;
- convention of 1896, 164 ff.;
- convention of 1900, 226;
- convention of 1904, 265;
- convention of 1912, 357 ff.
- Resumption act, 118
- Rockefeller, J. D., 37
- Roosevelt, at San Juan Hill, 211;
- nominated for Vice President, 227;
- succeeds to the Presidency, 228;
- administrations of, 254 ff.;
- doctrines of, 255 ff.;
- characterization of, by Republicans in 1904, 266;
- Democratic criticism of, in 1904, 268;
- Parker charges as to campaign funds of, 269;
- La Follette's criticism of, 347;
- candidacy of, in 1912, 349 ff.;
- new nationalism, 350;
- breaks with Republicans, 360
- Rough Riders, 211
- Rules committee, powers of, 337
- Russo-Japanese war, Roosevelt's part in ending, 281
- Samoan Islands, 203
- San Juan Hill, 211
- Santiago, military and naval operations near, 210 ff.
- Santo Domingo, affair of, 279
- Senators, U. S., direct election of, 290 ff.;
- popular election favored by Wilson, 380
- Shafter, General, 211 f.
- Sherman, silver purchase act, 124;
- Silver question, party platforms on, 116, 162;
- origin and development of, 119 ff.;
- in campaign of 1896, 165 ff.
- Sixteen to one. See Silver question.
- Slaughter-House cases, 59 ff.
- Smyth v. Ames, 78
- Socialism, opposition to, 251;
- rise and growth of, 296 f.
- Socialist Labor party, 147, 297
- Socialist party, rise of, 298;
- Socialists, vote of, increase in 1904, 271
- South, Republican rule in, 1 ff.;
- new constitutions providing for disfranchisement of negroes, 10 ff.;
- over-representation of, in Congress, 20;
- economic advance of, 46 ff.;
- Republican delegates from, 354
- South Carolina, Republican rule in, overthrown, 1 ff.;
- disfranchisement of negroes in, 11
- South Dakota, 41 ff.;
- initiative and referendum in, 284
- Southern Pacific, 42
- Spain, war with, 204 ff.
- Spanish War, close of, 212 ff.
- Speakership. See Reed and Cannon.
- Standard Oil Company, 37
- State socialism, 252
- Steel trust, 230
- Stock watering, 234
- Strikes, of 1877, 35;
- Suffrage, woman, growth of, 294
- Sugar trust, 239
- Supreme Court, declares parts of election laws invalid, 6 f.;
- and disfranchisement of negroes, 13;
- civil rights cases, 15;
- and Fourteenth Amendment, 54 ff.;
- criticism of, 86;
- and income tax, 152;
- Democratic attack on, in 1806, 173 ff.;
- defense of, 178;
- W. J. Bryan on, 189;
- Gold Democrats defend, 193;
- Taft's appointments, 329
- Taft, W. H., on recall of judges, 287;
- in Philippines 223;
- nomination and election of, 317 ff.;
- administration of, 322 ff.;
- nomination of, in 1912, 362;
- acceptance speech, 364;
- Progressive criticism of, 345
- Tariff, in Cleveland's first administration, 103;
- Wilson bill, 108;
- party doctrines on, 1877-1896, 108 ff.;
- legislation, 1877-1896, 124 ff.;
- Republican platform of 1908 on, 318;
- Payne-Aldrich act, 323 ff.;
- board, 339 f.;
- Democratic attacks on in 1911-1912, 341
- Third term contest, 94
- Tillman, on negro suffrage, 8;
- attack on Cleveland in Democratic convention of 1896, 175
- Trusts, origin of, 37;
- party platforms on, 112;
- law against (1890), 134;
- growth of, 229 ff.;
- views as to cause of, 237;
- Roosevelt on, 257 ff.;
- Bryan on, in 1908, 319;
- Republican platform of 1912, 363;
- Progressive party's platform, 371;
- Wilson's view of, 375 ff.
- Unemployment, in 1894, 107
- Union Labor party, 138, 146
- Union Pacific, scandal of, 31
- Unions, Trade, 301 ff.
- United Labor Party, 146
- United States v. Cruikshank, 7
- United States v. Harris, 7
- United States v. Reese, 7
- Utah, 41 ff.;
- initiative and referendum in, 285
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 38
- Venezuela affair, 199
- Vetoes, by Cleveland, 101 f.
- Vilas, Senator, in Democratic convention of 1896, 179
- Virginia, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11;
- Wage earners, number of, 34
- Washington, state of, 41 ff.
- West, development of, 41
- Wilson, Wm., tariff bill, 127
- Wilson, Woodrow, candidacy of, 365;
- acceptance speech, 367;
- policies of, 373 ff.
- Women in industries, 248
- Woman suffrage, growth of, 294 ff.;
- endorsed by Progressives, 371
- Wyoming, 41 ff.