Part 30

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

V

Valor, American heritage of, 452

Van Dyke, Henry, 50

Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 508-510

Vasco da Gama, 151

Venezuela, 669 blockade in, 260, 667-668 claims against, 668 Monroe Doctrine and, 260-263

Venezuelan Government, 262 trouble, 10, 260

Venice, 151, 391

Veteran soldiers, increased value of, 588

Veterans to the Civil Service, relation of, 687

Veterans, Civil War, 489, 586, 590, 686 debt to, National, 591 justice to the, 586 New Jersey, 482 tribute to the, 15

Veto power, when not exercised, 3

Victoria, Queen, death of, 605

Victory, secret of, 142

Vienna, international arbitration union at, 672

Violence, ignorant, dangers of, 540

Virginia, 167, 169, 223, 453, 517 great sons of, 454 in American history, 453 University founded, 454 University in history, 453-456 University of, 453-458, 644

Virginians, great deeds of, 453 in public life, 454 in statecraft, 454

Virtue and orderly liberty, 481 and strength, 460 public and private, 413

Virtues, commonplace, value of, 289 of greatness, 492 no substitutes for, 508 softer and stronger, 480 value of, to State, 134

Volunteer forces, United States, 93 militia and, 630 provisions for, 599 raising of, 590

Volunteer soldiers, reliance on, 591

Voting, difficulties of, in Philippines, 95 Filipino method of, 95

W

Wages, the American standard of, 615 high rate of, present, 546

Wage-workers, interests of, 85 prosperity of, 475, 608 qualities of the, 466 well-being of, 615

Wagner, Charles, his philosophy, 131

Wales Island, 666

War and peace, leaders in, 289 spirit in, 488

War, character required in, 585 Civil, 10, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 32, 37, 40, 43, 55, 61, 67, 72, 119, 141-142, 145, 165, 186, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 217, 222, 223, 230, 232, 233, 308, 310, 311, 330, 344, 377, 397, 433, 451, 452, 478, 483, 486, 487, 489, 491, 492, 505, 507, 529, 591, 607, 686 Civil, abuses in, 63 College, Naval, 692 comradeship in, 365 conducting, lesson in, 399 contraband of, 671 decline of, 575, 622, 670 demands of, on men, 585 Department of, 9, 61, 316, 319, 559, 586, 589 duties of, 492 fleet, great, true meaning of, 583 hardships of, 62 individual in, the, 75, 630 Mexican, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746 modern conditions of, 74-75, 585, 630 moral and material interests in, 50 of 1812, 10, 119 Philippine, 92, 98, 185, 399 readiness for, 394 reasons for going to, 14 Revolutionary, 18 Secretary of, 10, 83, 571, 630, 631, 665 Spanish, 10, 54, 72, 84, 87, 92, 98, 119, 125, 203, 204, 215, 236, 239, 310, 320, 377, 397, 398, 399, 484, 579, 580, 646 Spanish, veterans of, 185 taxes, abolition of, 654 training in, value of, 585 United States Government on, attitude of, 671 wicked folly of, 575 with uncivilized peoples, 622, 628

Warships, building of, 266 uses of, in peace, 582

Washington, District of Columbia, 39, 221-225, 226, 249, 261, 263, 309, 440, 446, 455, 489, 493, 495, 501, 649, 668 alleys in, 547 business interests of, 225 improvements in, 547 model city, a, 642 “Post” quoted, 720, 721 sanitary laws in, 642

Washington, George, President, 57, 70, 72, 138, 232, 289, 319, 329, 399, 470, 487, 488, 644 and Lincoln, 445 as a statesman, 232 days of, 607 soldiers of, 487 work of, 41

Washington, State of, 97, 393, 420, 421, 426, 427, 428, 429, 677 future of, 429

Water-craft inspection, 685

Water hoarding, laws against, 565 laws in Western States, 565 right of use to, 565 rights, perpetual, evil of, 565 rights to, in excess of use, 564 State ownership of, perpetual, 565 supply and the forests, 559 supply, evils of changing, 443 titles and court decisions, 564 titles to, stability in, 564

Waters, preservation of, 384 using, question of, 438

Watersheds and forests, 444 protecting the, 444

Waterways, Federal control of the, 561

Watson, John C, Rear-Admiral, 39

Waukesha, Wis., 268

Wealth, abuse of, 273 abuses of, 538 aggregate, increase of, 538 and misconduct, 610 cause of increased, 100 concentration of, 274 corporate, National causes of, 538 dangers of great, 102 expenditure of, proper, 778 legitimate, benefits of, 538 necessary reward of effort, 539 and Tariff Bill, 538 opportunities of, 51 outcry against, 275 outcry against, cause of, 773 regulation of, 538 United States, 631 unreasoning hostility to, 764

Weevil in cotton States, the, 684

Weil award against Mexico, 605

Welfare of community, 472 National, nature of, 537 of workers, vital moment of, 546

Well-being, causes of our, 608 of wage-workers, 615 our unique, 607 popular, 608

Wesley, John, 228, 242-248 secret of his power, 248

West, forestry sentiment in the, 558 land-law revision in the, 680 Methodists in the, 39

Western Hemisphere, 578, 597 colonies in, 450 peoples of, 597 Spain driven from, 758

Western States, water laws in, 565

West Indies, 22, 87

West Point, 70, 120, 412, 630 mathematics at, 589 men, services of, 71 promotions at, 690 training at, 589 training, value of, 76 unique character of, 71

Wheat, macaroni, introduction of, 641

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 404, 405, 408

Wheeler, Joseph, General, 20, 203

Wheeling, West Virginia, 146, 151

White House, the, 15, 203, 455, 504, 506, 606, 645, 648, 709 additions in, incongruous, 644 architecture of, 644 restoration of, 455, 644 Washington’s plans for, 644

White men, appointments of, 512, 516

White Pass, Alaska, 667

Wickedness not “smart,” 460

Wilson, Edgar S., 517

Wilson-Gorman tariff bill, 3

Wisconsin, 268, 272

Wisdom and strength, 496

Wisdom, human limits of, 537 true, nature of, 135

Wise treatment of trusts, 175, 541

Woman, the glory of a, 479 supreme duty of a, 510 who toils, article on the, 508

Wood, Leonard, General, 80, 81, 238, 408, 409, 412 criticisms of, undeserved, 411 sacrifices of, in Cuba, 411 services of, to Cuba, 81 work of, in Cuba, 411

Words and deeds, homage in, 491

Work, advantages of, 477 and love, 356 and play, 379 and play, relation of, 294 cost of any great, 91 duty and privilege in, 510 manner of doing, 478 necessity of, 356, 432 need of good, 355-356 value of good, 28 varieties of, 432

Workers, American, character of 547 welfare of, important, 546 well-being of, important, 551

Workingman defined, 432

Workingmen, American, conditions of, 298 and trusts, 178

World, part in, our large, 607

Worth of a man, 481

Wright, Luke E., 21, 67, 95, 202, 207, 208-211, 223

Wright, Luke E., efficient work of, 210 tribute to, 208

Wrong, condemnation of the, 500

Wyoming, 324, 326, 327, 362

Y

Yale University, 80, 81 Y. M. C. A. at, 229

Yalu River, 674

Yellowstone National Park, 324-328 game in the, 328

Yellowstone, wild life in the, 560

Yosemite Park, 326

Young, S. B. M., General, 724, 725

Young Men’s Christian Association, 226-231, 353-361 railroad branch of, 353 work of, 228

Young Women’s Christian Association, 227

Z

Zoölogical Park, National, 598

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Pg 524: “crinimal” replaced by “criminal” Pg 627: “foregn” replaced by “foreign” Pg 640: “commertial” replaced by “commercial”