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by Liberty party, 79, 85-89; by Free Soil party, 114-116, 139-141; by Whigs, 111-112, 137, 182-183; by Know-Nothings, 165, 166; by Con- stitutional Union party, 201; by Re- publicans, 179-181, 197-199, 204, 207, 220; "Slavery sectional, freedom na- tional," 141; "Domestic institutions," 107, 132, 172, 198.
Smith, Alfred E., 445.
Smith, Green Clay, Nomination for President by Prohibitionists, and vote, 240.
Smith, William, 54.
Social Democratic Party of America, The, 329.
Social Democratic Party of the United States, The, 329.
Social Insurance, 408.
Social Progress, 407-408, 485-486.
Socialism: Democratic trend toward, as alleged by Republicans, 361, 363. Socialist Labor Party, The, 295, 296,
312, 313, 329, 330, 348, 349, 377, 378, 420, 444, 512-513, 514. Socialist Party, The, 348, 349, 377, 378, 419, 420, 444, 501-512, 514. Soldiers and Sailors, 108, 204-205, 207, 209, 213, 218, 222, 226, 232, 239, 244, 254, 259, 266, 274, 276, 282, 287- 288, 294, 302, 307-308, 315, 318, 326, 335, 345, 359, 373, 388, 418, 432, 450, 458-459, 468, 484-485, 498.
Solid South, The, 232-233, 245-247. Soulé, Pierre, 158.
South Africa, 320, 327.
South America (Pan-America), 259, 358, 375-376, 414, 426-427, 437.
Southgate, James H., 312.
Soviet Government of Russia, The, 506, 512.
Spain, 95, 158-159, 315, 320.
Speaker, The, 365.
Specie Payments, Resumption of, 223, 226, 231, 235, 239.
Spencer, Ambrose: Presides over Whig convention of 1844, 90.
Spencer, John C .: Presides over Anti- Masonic convention, 69.
Spoils, The, 61, 70, 72.
Springfield (III.) : 348. Convention in,
Sproul, William C., 468. Squatter Sovereignty, 160.
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POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
St. John, John P .: Nomination for
President by Prohibitionists, and vote, 263-264.
St. Louis, Conventions held in: Demo- cratic, 233, 265, 338, 421; Republi- can, 304; Populist, 311, 377, 419.
St. Paul: ' Convention held in, 443.
Standard, The Monetary: See "Mone- tary Standard."
Standard Oil Company, The, 394.
Star Spangled Banner, Supreme Order of the, 163.
State Banks, Prohibitory 10 per cent. tax on, 286.
State Rights, 17, 22, 33, 82, 107, 134,
136, 165, 170-173, 198, 209, 215, 217,
223, 243, 254-255, 256, 265, 270, 298, 367, 394, 407.
States, Debts of the, 82, 106, 170. Stedman, Seymour, 501.
Stevenson, Adlai E .: 282; Nominated for Vice-President by Democrats, 283, and elected, 295-296; 297; Again nominated, 321, 328, and de- feated, 329.
Stevenson, Andrew : Presides over Democratic convention of 1835, 75, and 1848, 104.
Stevenson, John W .: Presides _over Democratic convention of 1880, 246. Stewart, Gideon T., 240.
Stock Watering, 325, 355, 393, 409.
Stockton, Richard, 49.
Stow, Marietta L., 264.
Straight-out Democrats (1872), 227, 228.
Streeter, Alson J .: Nomination for President by Union Labor party, 276, and vote, 277.
Strikes, 457, 476.
Sub-Treasury (Independent Treas- ury), 83, 107, 142, 171.
Subsidies, 244, 295, 328, 345, 362-363, 372.
Suffrage, The: Early limitation of, 56; Discriminations favored by Know-Nothings, 165-166; Guarantee of to loyal southerners, 211-212; The Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments (concerning negroes), 217, 221, 225, 230, 234, 258, 270-271, 279-280, 283-284, 309, 318, 336, 346, 357, 505; Woman Suffrage (Nine- teenth amendment), 414, 431, 434, 442, 458, 475, 485, 495, 505.
Sugar, 307, 354. Sulzer, William, 390.
Sumner, Charles, 152, 178, 179, 196. Sumptuary Laws, 234, 247, 260, 289, 339.
Supreme Court, The, 71, 103, 116, 194, 300.
Surplus Revenue, 258, 268. Sutherland, Howard, 468.
Swallow, Silas C .: Nominated for President by Prohibitionists, 348; Vote, 349.
TAFT, WILLIAM H .: Nomination for President by Republicans, 350, and election, 378; Renomination, 379-380; Eulogized, 389; Defeated, 420; 435; 441.
Tariff, The: National Republicans and Whigs favor protection, 59, 71, 90, 91, 137; "Tariff of abomina- tions," and South Carolina nullifica- tion, 74; Democratic expressions before the Civil War, 82, 93, 106, 109, 132, 170, 175; Expressions by Free Soil party, 117, 142; Republi- can platform of 1860, 199 .- Party expressions since the Civil War: by Republicans, 222, 231-232, 244, 252, 271, 278-279, 306-307, 315, 317, 334, 353-354, 362-363, 383-384, 439, 481- 482; by Democrats, 216, 236, 247, 258-259, 263, 265, 267-268, 284-285, 289-290, 300, 325, 341, 367-368, 392- 393, 422-423, 454; by Liberal Repub- licans, 226; by Progressives, 410- 411.
Tariff Board and Tariff Commission, 384, 411, 423, 439.
Taylor, Zachary: Nomination for President by Whigs, 110-112, and election, 117-118; Message on ad- mission of California, 121-122; Death, 123.
Tazewell, Littleton W., 84.
Telegraphs and Telephones, 294, 311, 355, 362-363, 374, 397, 474, 496-497, 504, 509.
Teller, Henry M .: 297; Resolution on silver in Republican convention of 1896, 310-311.
Temperance and Morality, 274, 282, 310.
Territorial Expansion, 98, 261.
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Territories, The: Early organization of as related to slavery, 61-63, 86, 87; The Wilmot Proviso, 100-101; Calhoun's doctrine, 102; Organiza- tion of Oregon, 102-103; Clayton Compromise, 116; Compromise measures of 1850, 122-125, 145-146; Kansas and Nebraska, 148-162; Democratic expressions concerning slavery in the Territories, 133, 173- 174, 191-192, 194-195; Expression by Whigs, 137; Expressions by Liberty party, 86, 87; by Free Soil party, 115-116, 140, 141; by Know-Noth- ings, 165, 166; by Republicans in 1856 and 1860, 177, 179-181, 197- 199 .- Representative expressions concerning the Territories since the Civil War: 232, 254, 260, 269, 272- 273, 281, 289, 302, 310, 318, 327, 344, 360, 373, 375, 388-389, 396, 403, 414, 433, 442, 464-465.
Texas: Annexation of, 93-99; Ad- mission as a State, 100, 120; and
the Compromise measures of 1850, 123, 125.
Thirteenth Amendment, The: See "Amendments to the Constitution." Thirty-six Thirty: The Missouri Com- promise line, 65.
Thomas, Charles S .: Presides over Democratic convention of 1900, 321. Thompson, A. M., 249.
Thurman, Allen G .: 234; 246; 256; Nomination for Vice-President by Democrats, 265, and defeat, 277.
Thurston, John M .: Presides over Republican convention of 1888, 269, and 1896, 304.
Tibbles, Thomas H., 348.
Tilden, Samuel J .: Nomination for President by Democrats, 233-234, and vote, 240; 247; Eulogized, 248, 262-263.
Tillman, Benjamin R., 297.
"Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too," 84.
Tobacco, 222, 271, 354, 394. Tod, John: Presides over regular convention of Democrats in 1860, 193.
Tolls on the Panama Canal, 402, 414, 482.
Tompkins, Daniel D .: Elected and reelected Vice President, 49.
Toombs Bill, The, 162, 187.
Topeka Constitution, The, 155, 162, 181.
Toucey, Isaac, 191.
Towne, Charles A., 328, 338.
Trade Commission, The Federal, 383, 422, 463, 481.
Transportation, 192, 194, 200, 205, 220, 226, 236-237, 248, 253, 257, 272, 286, 293, 294, 301-302, 311, 325, 333-334, 342, 354-355, 362, 369, 397, 409, 441, 459-460, 462, 474, 480-481, 496, 504, 509.
Treaties: with Great Britain, con- cerning Oregon, 93-94, 98; with Spain, cession of Florida, 95; with Texas Republic (proposed), 95; Guadelupe Hildago, with Mexico, 98, 119; Gadsden Purchase, with Mexico, 98; Clayton-Bulwer, with Great Britain (referred to), 175; with Spain for annexation of Cuba (proposed), 158-159, 192, 194; with Spain after war of 1898, 320; Hay- Pauncefote, with Great Britain, 327; Abrogation of the Russian, 396, 404; Versailles, 447-449, 468, 471, 473- 474, 489, 495-496, 506 .- Concerning Chinese exclusion, 232, 237, 244, 248, 253, 261, 266, 271-272, 287, 335; Concerning expatriation and the right of, 213, 216, 221, 222, 232, 404, 417, 432, 438 ; The Hague, 320, 328 ; Advocacy of International Arbitra- tion and Court, 143, 253, 335, 358- 359, 382, 417, 426-427, 436; Con- cerning ratification of treaties by majority vote (proposed constitu- tional amendment), 468.
Trumbull, Lyman, 224.
Trusts: Expressions by Democrats, 267-268, 285, 300, 301, 324, 325, 340, 341, 342, 347, 368-369, 393-394, 422, 463 ; , by Republicans, 272, 281, 317, 333-334, 336, 337, 354, 362-363, 383, 440, 481; by Populists, 291; by Pro- gressives, 408-410.
Turkey, 308.
Turner, George, 338.
Twelfth Amendment, The, 38.
"Twin relics of barbarism," 180, 232, 244.
Two-thirds Rule, The, in Democratic conventions, 73, 75, 91-92, 131, 191, 193, 214.
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Tyler, John: Candidacy for Vice- President in 1836, 77, 78; Nomi- nated for Vice-President by Whigs in 1840, 81, and elected, 84; Presi- dent, recreancy to party, 91; Acts of administration concerning Ore- gon and Texas, 94, 95, 99.
UNDERWOOD, OSCAR W., 390. Underwood Tariff Act, The, 423, 439. "Union (The) as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be," 109, 134, 174. Union Labor Party, The, 276, 277.
Union Party, The (Republican Party), 203, 211.
Union Reform Party, The, 329.
Unit Rule, The, 241, 255.
United Labor Party, The, 276.
United States Bank, The: See "Bank of the United States."
"Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa- tion," 258, 267.
Usurpations by Presidents, Charges of, 179-180, 212, 248, 478.
Utah: Made a Territory by the Com- promise legislation of 1850, 123; Popular sovereignty principle ap- plied to, 124, 145, 147.
Utica (N. Y.) : Convention held in, 113.
Utilities : See "Public Utilities."
VAN BUREN, MARTIN: 52; Nomi- nated and elected Vice-President by Democrats (1832), 73, 74; Nomi- nated and elected President (1836), 76, 78; Renominated and defeated (1840), 81, 84; Defeated for Demo- cratic nomination in 1844, 91-92; Opposition to annexation of Texas, 96; Nomination for President in 1848 by Free Soil party, 113-114, and vote, 117-118. Venezuela, 337.
Versailles Treaty, The, 447-449, 468, 471, 473-474, 489, 495-496, 506.
Veto Power, The, 93, 107, 133, 170. Vice-President, The: Election by Sen- ate in 1836, 78.
Vilas, William F .: Presides over Democratic convention of 1884, 255. "Vindictive Vetoes" of President Wil- son, Alleged, 474.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: 22-34; Democratic platform expres- sions concerning, 133-134, 173.
"Virginia Dynasty," The: 37; The Clintonian platform on, 42.
Vocational Education, 398, 408, 442, 456, 458, 475, 486, 490.
WADE, BENJAMIN F., 196, 211.
Wakarusa War, The, 155-156. Wakefield, W. H. T., 276.
Walker, James B., 242.
Wall, Edward C., 338.
Wall Street, 370, 371, 398.
War, Declaration of: Proposed con- stitutional amendment concerning, 47.
War of 1812, The, 42, 44. War Revenue Act, The, 452.
War Risk Insurance, 459, 475.
Ward, John E .: Presides over Demo- cratic convention of 1856, 168.
Warehouse Act, The, 428, 455.
Warren, Charles B., 468.
Warsaw (N. Y.) : Abolitionist con- vention held in, 79.
Washburne, Elihu B., 241.
Washington (City) : Meeting of Na- tional Republicans in, 71.
Washington, George: Elected and re- elected President, 19-20; Declines a third term, 21; 22; 126.
Water Power, 413, 475, 483 .- See "Conservation of Natural Re- sources."
Watered Stock, 325, 355, 393, 409.
Waterways, 262, 288, 303, 343, 357, 374, 387, 398, 413, 432-433, 461-462, 481 .- See "Flood Control" and "Rivers and Harbors."
Watkins, Aaron S .: Nominations by Prohibitionists, 377, 419, 488, 514. Watson, Thomas E .: Nominations by People's party, 311, 313, 348, 349, 377, 380.
Watterson, Henry: Presides over Democratic convention of 1876, 233. Weaver, James B .: Nomination for President by Greenback party, and vote, 249; Nomination by People's party, 290, and vote, 296.
Webster, Daniel : Candidacy for President in 1836, 77, 78; on the
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Texas question, 96; 110; and the Fugitive Slave bill, 129; 135-136. Weeks, John W., 434, 435.
West, Alanson M., 263.
Wheeler, William A .: Nominated for Vice-President by. Republicans, 229, and awarded office, 240.
Whig Party, The: Succeeds National Republican party, 18, 53, 76; Cam- paign of 1836, 76-78; Campaign of 1840, 80-81, 84; Campaign of 1844, 90-91, 96, 97; Campaign of 1848, 110-112, 117-118; Effects of Fugitive Slave law upon, 129-130; Campaign of 1852, 135-139, 144; Decline after passage of Kansas-Nebraska bill, 156-157; Attitude in campaign of 1856, 182-184; Cooperation of for- mer supporters with Constitutional Union party in 1860, 200.
"Whiskey trusts (The) and the agents of foreign manufacturers," 271.
White, Hugh L .: Presidential candi- dacy, 77, 78.
White, Stephen M .: Presides over Democratic convention of 1888, 265, and 1896, 297.
Whitney, William C., 282.
Widows' Pensions, 353, 359, 388.
Wilkins, William, 74.
Williams, James Robert, 338.
Williams, John Sharp: Presides over Democratic convention of 1904, and vote for Presidential nomination, 338; 446.
Williams, Samuel W., 337.
Wilmot, David: Author of Wilmot Proviso, 100; 178-179; Presides over Republican convention of 1860, 196. Wilmot Proviso, The: Passed by the House of Representatives, 100-101; Democratic convention of 1848 and, 104-105; Effects upon election of 1848, 113-114, 117-118; The princi- ple surrendered as result of Com- promise measures of 1850, 123-124.
Wilson, Henry: Leaves Whig party, 112; Presides over Free Soil con- vention of 1852, 139; Nominated for Vice-President by Republicans, 220, Wilson, William L .: Presides over Democratic convention of 1892, 282. 223, and elected, 228.
Wilson, Woodrow: Nominated for President by Democrats in 1912, 390- 391, and elected, 420; Renominated in 1916, 421, eulogized in platform, 433, and reelected, 444; Democratic convention of 1920 sends message to, 445, and upholds, 447-443, 449, 450, 455, 458; Republican platform con- demns, 472, 473, 474, 478, 484; Ad- ministration condemned by Socialists, 501-503 .- "Greatest American of his generation," 433; "Vision and vigor," 448; "Moral leadership," 449; "Disregard of the lives of American boys," 472; "Insistence upon having his own way," 473; "Dictator," "Vindictive vetoes," 474; "Autocratic," "Usurpation," 478.
Windom, William, 241.
Wine: Proposal concerning in Demo- cratic convention of 1920, 467.
Wing, Simon, 295.
Wirt, William: Nominated for Presi- dent by Anti-Masonic party, 69; Vote, 74.
Wisconsin: Minority resolutions from in Republican conventions, 362-363, 389, 442-443, 487-488.
Wolcott, Edward O .: Presides over Republican convention of 1900, 314. Woman Suffrage : Expressions by Democrats, 431, 434, 458 ; by Repub- licans, 442, 475, 485; by Progres- sives, 414; by Prohibitionists, 489- 490; by Farmer-Labor party, 495; by Socialists, 505.
Women, Measures, etc., in the Interest of: Expressions by Republicans, 223, 232, 310, 319, 475, 486; by Democrats, 430, 457, 458; by Pro- gressives, 408; by Prohibitionists, 490; by Farmer-Labor party, 499.
Wood, Leonard: Contest for Presi- dential nomination in Republican convention of 1920, 468-469.
Woodbury, Levi, 104. Wool, 252, 271, 279, 307.
Woolley, John G .: Nominated for President by Prohibitionists, 329; Vote, 330.
Workers' International Industrial Union, The, 513.
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Workmen's Compensation, 381, 400, 408, 430, 442, 456, 482, 499 .- See also "Employers' Liability." World Court, 436, 473.
World War, The, 423-426, 436, 447- 451, 469-471, 473-474, 493-494, 502- 503.
Worth, W. J., 104.
Wright, Hendrick B .: Presides over Democratic convention of 1844, 91.
Wright, Silas: Nominated for Vice- President by Democrats and de- clines, 92, 96.
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