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INDEX
- Adams, John Quincy, 454; instruction
of, to Minister to
Colombia, quoted, 462 - Admiral of the Navy, 365
- Adversity shared by all, 166
- Advocacy of the impossible, insincere,
is dangerous, 66 - Agriculture, Department of, 33,
147, 221; good accomplished
by, 33; work of, 148, 149, 307,
373 - Aguinaldo, insurrection of, in
1896, 159 - Alaska, legislation recommended,
370, 371; value of,
371; should have a delegate in
Congress, 371; necessity for
practical demarcation of
boundaries, 392; treaty with
Russia, 392; modus vivendi
with Great Britain, 393; Joint
High Commission, 393; treaty
of 1903 with Great Britain,
393; Boundary Tribunal, 393;
advantages of boundary
award, 394; has an assured
future, 402; sources of wealth,
402; compared with Norway
and Sweden, and Finland,
402; recommendations concerning,
402; report on salmon
fisheries, 403 - "All men up" rather than
"Some men down," 270 - Alverstone, Lord, 393
- American Federation of Labor,
interview with Executive
Council of, 275, 276 - American spirit, found most
surely in country districts, 32;
should be first, party spirit
second, 76 - Americans desire to help, not
hinder, weaker powers, 83;
desire only honorable rivalry
with great powers, 83 - Anarchist, definition of, 285;
merely one type of criminal,
288; concern of, for working
men outrageous in its impudent
falsity, 289; deadly foe of
liberty, 289; a malefactor and
nothing else, 289; all mankind
should band against,
290 - Anarchy, mob violence one form
of, 277; the handmaiden and
forerunner of tyranny, 277;
discussed, 285–291; legislation
recommended, 289, 290;
no more an expression of
"social discontent" than
picking pockets or wife-beating,
288; the advocate of, or
apologist for, an accessory to
murder before the fact, 289;
a crime against the whole human
race, 290; should be
made an offence against law
of nations, 290 - Annapolis Naval Academy, 29,
205; origin of students, 29;
title of midshipman should be
restored, 326 - Anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
152; report of, 152, 165;
work of, teaches sound social
morality, 152, 165; personnel
of, 152, 165; appointment and
action of, of vast benefit to
Nation, 152; quotation from
report of, 274, 275 - Antietam, Md., speech at, September
17, 1903, 245; battle
of, 245; importance of battle
of, 246 - Anti-trust laws will be enforced,
18, 26; appropriation for enforcement
of, 389 - Appointments, Federal, in the
South, 266–273; negro, 266–
273; character, fitness, and
ability the prime tests, 270 - Arbitration between capital and
labor, 152 - Arbitration, international, advocated,
358–359; discussed,
396–399; The Hague Court a
triumph of principle of, 396;
quotation from William McKinley,
397; exemption of
private property at sea from
capture or destruction by
belligerents, 397, 398; quotation
from United States Supreme
Court, 397; Interparliamentary
Union for, 398 - Army, the, 155, 253; work in
Philippines amid storm of detraction,
156; beneficent results
of work in Philippines,
156, 159, 363; reduction of, in
Philippines, 157, 363; legislation
affecting, 160; militia
bill, 160; reduction of, 160,
364; bill creating General
Staff, 160; must have proper
training, organization, and administration,
161; regular,
need not be large, 161, 329;
importance and benefit of
General-Staff law, 161, 411;
American regular not inferior
to any other regular soldier,
161; party lines should not be
considered in dealing with,
161; increase not necessary at
present, 329; must be kept at
highest point of efficiency,
329, 364; American cavalryman
best soldier for general
purposes, 329; General Staff
should be created, 329, 364;
suggestions for improvement
of, 329–333; Congress should
provide for manoeuvres on
large scale, 331, 364; benefits
of act reorganizing, 332; suggestions
for improvement of
National Guard, 332–333, 365,
411; a great constructive
force in Philippines, Cuba,
and Porto Rico, 333; reorganization
of supply departments
recommended, 364; importance
of securing efficiency of
National Guard, 365; care of
worn-out horses, 365; gradual
improvement in efficiency,
411; good effect of manoeuvres
on National Guard, 411; permanent
camp sites for manoeuvres,
411; system of promotions
discussed, 411; Military
Academy, 411 - Arnold, F. W., 52
- Arthur, Chester A., 29
- Attorney-General. See Knox,
P. C. - Austria-Hungary, recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460 - Aycock, Charles B., 10
- Aylesworth, A. B., 393
A
466
- Bangor, Me., speech at, August
27, 1902, 32 - Banks, the natural servants of
commerce, 354 - Bayard, Thomas F., 423
- Beaupré, Arthur M., 419
- Beirut, report of assassination of
vice-consul, 399 - Belford, Rev. John L., 228
- Belgium, 395, 396
- Berkeley, Cal., speech at, May
14, 1903, 199 - Big Basin, Redwood Park,
195 - Blaine, James G., 358
- Boston, Mass., 23; speech at
Symphony Hall, August 25,
1902, 19 - Boynton, Gen. H. V., 59
- Bribery, more effective extradition
treaties needed, 390–
391; treaty with Mexico, 391;
no crime more serious than,
391 - Brigandage in Philippines, 158
- Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, 52; statistics, 54,
55 - Butte, Mont., speech at, May 27,
1903, 213 - Byzantium, 167
B
467
- Cable, to Hawaii, Philippines,
and Asia, necessity for, 319,
360–362; connection with
China, 361 - California, importance to, of irrigation,
196 - California Club, 195
- California, University of, speech
at, May 14, 1903, 199 - Canton, Ohio, speech at banquet
in honor of birthday of William
McKinley, January 27,
1903, 100 - Capital and labor, employer and
employe should show regard
for rights of each other and of
the public, 84, 166; combinations
of, necessary, 150, 355;
better understanding should
be secured between employer
and employee, 151; arbitration
between, 152; problems of,
165, 355–357; interests of,
should be harmonized with
those of general public, 356;
should avoid hostility and
distrust toward each other,
356; fair treatment for, to be
secured by Department of
Commerce and Labor, 383;
importance of combinations,
383; policy of National Government
regarding combinations,
384. See Combinations
of labor and capital. - Capitalist, and wage worker
should look at differences
from each other's standpoint,
166; should welcome every
effort to secure fair dealing by
capital toward others, 239 - Capron, Capt. Allyn, 59
- Captains of industry a necessary
factor in our civilization, 15,63 - Car couplings, laws in reference
to, 153 - Carson City, Nev., speech at,
May 19, 1903, 206 - Cartwright, Peter, 111
- Cass, Lewis, 415, 428
- Cattle diseases in Philippines,
158 - Census Office should be made
permanent, 340 - Chamber of Commerce of State
of New York, speech at banquet
of, November 11, 1902,
82 - Chambliss, Alexander, 52
- Character, development more by
practice than by precept, 90;
of individual, chief factor in
winning success, 164 - Charity, Biblical meaning of,
182 - Charleston, S. C., speech at Exposition,
April 9, 1902, 3; a
historic city, 3; encouragement
of exposition recommended,
338 - Chattanooga, Tenn., speech to
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, September 8, 1902,
52; lessons taught by battlefields,
58, 59 - Chicago, Ill., speech at, April 2,
1903, 115 - Chickamauga battle-field, 59–60
- China, interest of the United
States in, 342; has accepted
terms of settlement with injured
powers, 342; treaties of
commerce and navigation
with, 343; United States advocates
"open door," 344; cable
connection with, 361; new
commercial treaty with, 399;
ports opened in Manchuria,
400; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460 - Chinese Exclusion Act should be
re-enacted, 299 - Christianity should be moving
spirit of strong men as well as
weak, 229 - Churches should be helpful to
immigrants, 226 - Cincinnati, Ohio, speech at,
September 20, 1902, 61; quotation
from speech at, 130 - Cities should not be built up at
expense of country districts,
169 - Citizens, qualities needed in, 12;
must devote much thought
and time to affairs of the State,
20; all must be subject to the
law, 64; American, each should
be able and willing to do his
share in the work of his generation,
46885; American, qualities
of, 93; quality of, more
important than the law, 164;
qualities necessary to national
greatness, 182, 243; good,
must be good men, 228; must
be clean of mouth, 228; average
citizen is a sane and
healthy man, 237; good, definition
of, 238 - Citizenship, good requisites of,
20, 34; line of cleavage between
good and bad, 36, 37,
212, 215, 234, 237; high average
of, is prime factor in securing
prosperity, 75; American,
high average of, 142;
most important production of
any institution of learning,
189; intelligent and honest,
first need of any nation, 197 - Civil service, merit system is democratic
and American, 334;
merit system of immense advantage
to Government, 334;
temporary employment of
clerks should be under civil
service law, 335; merit system
should be applied rigidly in
insular positions, 335; merit
system a method of procuring
honest and efficient administration,
335; merit system
should be extended to District
of Columbia Government,
335, 375; improvement
recommended in consular service,
375; appointments in
1903, 409; extension of rules,
409; executive orders concerning
appointments of laborers,
409 - Civil Service Commission, decision
of, in case of William A.
Miller, 273 - Civil War, 28, 163; wounds left
by, have healed, 4; memories
of, 4; qualities which decided
its result, 42; Chickamauga
battle-field, 59, 60; share of
Northwest in, 154; burden
borne by soldiers of, 242;
battle of Antietam, 245–246;
commendation of veterans of,
333–334 - Clarke, George Rogers, 173
- Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 116;
abrogation of, 320 - Cleveland, Grover, 29
- Coal, removal of duty on, 141;
strike in anthracite region,
152. See Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission. - Collins, P. A., 19
- Colombia, canal treaty negotiations
with, 117, 359, 413, 417.
See Isthmian Canal. - Columbia Gardens, Butte, Mont.,
213 - Combinations of labor and of
capital, 9; have worked for
good in many ways, 9; must
work under the law, 9; laws
concerning them must be just
and wise, 9; necessities in
urban life, 13, 150; much of
complaint against, is entirely
unwarranted, 14; beneficial
when used aright, 14, 64, 75;
publicity, 17; necessary under
present conditions, 355; importance
of, 383; policy of
National Government regarding,
384. See Corporations,
Trusts, and Capital and labor. - Commerce, instruments of, when
this Government was founded,
23, 47, 62; revolution in
means of, in recent years, 48 - Commerce and Labor, Department
of, 131, 380; Commissioner
of Corporations, powers
granted to, 131; preliminary
work of, with reference to corporations,
132; act creating,
is in interest of propertied
classes as well as of people as
a whole, 240; creation of,
recommended, 298, 357; Interstate
Commerce Commission,
380; Bureau of Corporations,
380; organization of,
381; scope of, 381; Bureau
of Corporations, preliminary
work of, 381; Bureau of Corporations,
purpose of, 381–
382; fair treatment for capital
and labor to be secured by,
383 - Commercial Pacific Cable Company,
361 - Confederate veterans, and sons
of, in Spanish War, 5, 59 - Constitution, 15; amendment of,
may be necessary in dealing
with corporations, 16, 27, 41,
50, 72, 298, 351 - Consular service, necessity for
reorganization, 335, 336;
improvement recommended,
375; reduction in cost of, 400 - Corporations, 19, 39, 45, 61, 128,
292–298, 348–351, 380–384;
necessary in business world
under present conditions, 14,
58, 355; are creatures of the
State, 15; necessary degree of
control increased by development
of industrial conditions,
15; States have not exercised
sufficient control of, 15;
Nation must assume power
of control of, 15, 16, 25, 43,
50, 70, 71, 98, 130, 131, 295,
297; amendment of Constitution
may be necessary in
dealing with, 16, 27, 41, 50,
72, 298, 351; should not be
dealt with in spirit of class
legislation, hatred, or rancor
16, 64, 138; publicity, 17,
25, 51, 71, 130, 132, 296, 349,
381, 383; power of control
should be used with wisdom
and restraint, 17, 72; steps
necessary to gain control of,
23–25; cannot be satisfactorily
controlled by State action, 24–
25; suits against, by the Government,
26; doing well,
should be encouraged, 41;
the industrial tendency of the
age cannot be reversed, 46;
State laws regarding, 49;
properly handled, make for
general prosperity, 64; savings
banks, a good illustration
of beneficent work of, 65;
legislation enacted by Congress,
131, 380; Commissioner
of, powers granted to, 131;
Industrial Commission, report
of, 132; preliminary work
of Department of Commerce
and Labor, relative to, 132;
investigation of methods of
railroads, 133; suits against
Northern Securities Company
and others, 135; proceedings
against Southern railroads in
interest of cotton shippers,
136; injunction against packing-house
companies, 136; injunction
against Federal Salt
Company, 137; should be
regulated, not destroyed, 138;
a very potent factor in international
commercial competition,
293; honest, publicity
cannot harm, 349, 383; review
of legislation concerning,
380; legislation has been conservative,
382. See Combinations
and Trusts. - Corporations, Bureau of. See
Commerce and Labor, Department
of. - Cortelyou, George B., 274–275
- Costa Rica, 425; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460 - Cotton shippers, proceedings
against Southern railroads in
interest of, 136 - Cotton weevil, 407
- Country, upbuilding of any
part of, is a benefit to the
whole, 6 - Country districts, American
spirit found most surely in, 32
Courage and hardihood, indispensable
virtues, 179 - Crane W. Murray, 19
- Crawford, George, 272
- Credit, necessary in business
world, 76; confidence is essential
to, 76 - Cromwell, Oliver, 259
- Crum, Dr. William D., letter regarding
appointment of, 266 - Cuba, 6, 104, 202 – 204;
what United States has
done for, 6; turned over to
Cubans in better condition
than ever before, 7; community
of interests between, and
the United States, 7, 377; political
relations with United
States should differ from
those with other powers, 7;
entitled to better economic
position here than United
States gives to other powers,
7; reciprocity with, 140, 315,
470357, 3775 naval stations of
United States in, 141, 377,
378; Platt amendment, 141;
special relation of, to our international
political system,
141; should have benefit of
our economic system, 141,
377; progress in, 315, 378;
our attitude a guaranty of our
good faith, 322; turning over
of government, 357; whatever
affects, for good or ill, affects
United States, 357; a part of
our international political system,
358, 377; Message to
Congress concerning reciprocity
treaty, 377; recognition
of Republic of Panama, 460 - Cure-alls should be distrusted, 17
- Currency, honest, is strongest
symbol and expression of
honest business life, 76; suspicious
tampering with, is
fatal to prosperity, 76; debased,
is ruinous to community,
76; sound system, is of
benefit to all, 240; should be
made responsive to demands
of commerce, 305; integrity
of, beyond question, 385. See
Finance.
C
469
- Danish West Indies, 6
- Daylight a powerful discourager
of evil, 17 - Debts, repudiation of, is ruinous
to debtors, 76 - Dedication Canticle, Grace Memorial
Reformed Church, quotation
from, 225 - Denmark, recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460 - District of Columbia, should
have model labor laws, 152;
legislation recommended, 374;
Washington should be a
model for all the cities of the
country, 374; employers liability
act recommended for,
374; merit system should be
extended to civil service of,
375; Board qf Charities, 410–
411 - Doane, Bishop William C., 256
- Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., 250
- Duke, Basil, 272
- Duncan, James, 275
- Durbin, Winfield T., 277
D
- Economic policy should be stable,
12 - Education, duties imposed by,
192, 200; in this country, is at
disposal of every individual,
200 - Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 271
- Ehrman, Felix, 418
- Electricity and steam, results of
development of, 12 - Electricity a means of improving
conditions of farm life,
169–170 - Emancipation proclamation, 245
- Employer and employee, should
show regard for rights of each
other and of the public, 84;
better understanding between,
should be secured, 151 - Employers liability law, 153,
374 - Envy, meanest form of admiration,
201 - Everett, Edward, 423
- Evil, daylight a powerful discourager
of, 17 - Expansion of nation, 168, 173;
results of, contrasted with
Rome and Greece, 174–176
E
- Fargo, N. Dak., speech at, April
7, 1903, 154 - Farmer, well-being of, and of
wage worker, is well-being of
State, 147, 232, 373; least affected
by industrial changes
of last half century, 147;
work of Department of Agriculture
in interest of, 147, 148,
149; legislation in interest of,
148; education of, 149; retains
to pre-eminent degree
distinctly American qualities,
150; problems affecting, 165;
prosperity of, interwoven with
that of business and professional
men, 233 - Farm life, value of, to youth, 32;
development of, 33; improved
conditions due to trolley lines,
telephone, and rural mail delivery,
170 - Federal Salt Company, injunction
against, 137 - Filipinos, 155–157; government
of islands conducted purely
in interest of, 157 - Finance, credit necessary in
business world, 76; confidence
essential to credit, 76; system
of assured honesty is first essential
to prosperity, 76; circulation
per capita larger
than ever before, 240; nation
is on a gold basis, 240; gold
standard, effect of Act of
March 14, 1900, 305; better
safeguards against panic
needed, 305; revenues should
approximate limit of our actual
needs, 305; strict economy
in expenditures needed,
306; need for elasticity in
monetary system, 354; banks
the natural servants of commerce,
354; additional legislation
desirable, 355; Government
receipts and expenditures,
384; a large surplus undesirable,
385; integrity of
our currency beyond question,
385; needs of financial
situation, 385; International
Monetary Exchange Commission,
385. See Currency. - Financial stability should be insured
by the Government, 76 - First Regiment, United States
Volunteer Cavalry, 53, 59;
Southern members of, 5 - Fish, Hamilton, 423
- Fitchburg, Mass., speech at,
September 2, 1902, 38 - Flag, the, 5, 6
- Flanders, 236
- Foreign policy, 126, 127
- Forestry, work of Government
in interest of, 149; Bureau of,
195 - Forests, should be preserved as
permanent sources of national
wealth, 193, 220, 221; preservation
of, 193–196, 307, 308,
369, 406; preservation of, in
California, 194; should be perpetuated
by use, 308; preservation
of, an imperative business
necessity, 308; suggestions
concerning care of, 308–
310; water supply depends on,
309; are natural reservoirs,
310; wild creatures should be
protected against slaughter,
369; reserves, demand for in
the West, 407; care of, should
be consolidated in Bureau of
Forestry, 407 - Fortunes, private and corporate,
increase of, 12 - France, 395, 396; pioneers of, in
America, 172; proposal to aid
French Panama Company,
428; recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460 - Franchise Tax law of New York
State is in interest of propertied
classes as well as of people
as a whole, 240 - Frankel, Lee K., 387
- Frederick, Empress Dowager of
Germany, 345 - Fredericksburg, battle of, 59
- Free trade as a remedy for
trusts, 67–70 - French Panama Canal Company,
359, 428
F
471
- Game, protection of, 369
- Garfield, James A., assassination
of, 285 - General Land Office, receipts
for 1903, 404 - General Staff, bill creating, 160;
of immense importance and
benefit to Army, 161 - Germany, 395, 396; attitude of,
regarding acquisition of South
American territory, 119;
claims of, against Venezuela,
119; death of Empress Dowager
Frederick, 345; recognition
of Republic of Panama,
460 - Gibbons, Cardinal, 171
- Gold standard, effect of Act of
March 14, 1900, 305 - Gompers, Samuel, 275
- Good Roads, Convention, address
before, April 29, 1903,
167; good means of communication
characteristic of civilization,
168. See Roads. - Government, 161; should have
power of control over corporations,
9, 50, 70; administration
of, must be fair and honest,
9; qualities needed in, 12;
division of power between
Nation and States, 15; action
of, can only supplement initiative
of the individual, 18;
action of, can only secure an
opportunity to each individual,
18; will hold rich and poor
alike to obedience of laws, 64;
will deal justly with all men,
72; power over corporations
should be exercised with wisdom
and restraint, 72; should
insure to the country financial
stability, 76; stability and
future welfare of, depend upon
grade of citizenship turned out
by public schools, 88; action
of, in interest of farmers, 148;
work of, in interest of forestry,
149; has small field for work
in labor matters, 152; American,
is one of liberty by,
through, and under the law,
211, 238; American, is not,
and never shall be, government
of plutocracy or of mob,
211, 215; a healthy republican,
must rest upon individuals,
234; fate of, depends
upon people as a whole, 254;
receipts and expenditures, 305,
384; no objection to employees
constituting themselves
into a union, 374 - Grace Memorial Reformed
Church, Washington, D. C.,
225 - Grant, Ulysses S., 38, 42, 101,
162, 164, 250 - Great Britain, 395, 396; Roman
roads in, 167; Newfoundland
reciprocity treaty, 358; recognition
of Republic of Panama,
460 - Great Northern Railway, 135
- Greece, 236; results of expansion
of United States contrasted
with, 174–176 - Greene, Francis V., 246
- Greene, Gen. George Sears, 246
G
472
- Hague, The, peace conference
at, 321; Hague, The, Permanent
Court of Arbitration,
claims against Venezuela, 120,
396; United States and Mexico
the first to use good offices
of, 120, 359 - Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 250
- Hannahan, J. J., 52
- Hanson, J. F., 271
- Harrison, Benjamin, 29
- Harvard University, 188
- Haverhill, Mass., speech at,
August 26, 1902, 28 - Hawaii, should be developed on
American lines, 314; cable
to, and the Philippines, 319,
360–362; fire claims, 359;
lighthouses in, 403; recommendations
concerning, 403 - Hay-Herran treaty, 426, 429
- Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 116,
320, 429 - Herbert, Sir Michael, British
Ambassador, note to Marquis
of Lansdowne, November 13,
1902, 119 - Higgins, Frank W., 232
- Holy Name Society, 228
- Homage of deeds better than
words, 162, 164, 190, 252 - Home life source of highest
joys, 265 - Homestead law, a notable instrument
for good, 197 - Honor, of Nation, at all times in
its own keeping, 28; of Nation,
depends upon public
conscience, 28 - Hood, Gen. John B., 59
- Howell, Clark, 269
- Hubbard, Commander John,
438, 443; response of, to cable
from Navy Department, 442;
letter of November 5, 1903,
444–446; letter of November
8, 1903, 446–450; course of,
at Colon, 450–452 - Humbert, King of Italy, 290
- Humphrey, Captain C. B., 438,
439 - Hynes, Thomas W., 387
- Hysterics, an undesirable quality
in both Nation and individual,
20, 46
H
473
- Immigration, laws, wage workers
should be protected by, 298;
discussed, 301–302; steamship
companies should be
held to strict accountability
for infraction of laws, 302;
need of a proper law, 355;
discussion of needs concerning,
387; improvement of service
at New York, 387; investigation
of service at New
York, 387 - Indians, should now be treated
as individuals, not as members
of tribes, 336; results of
General Allotment Act, 336;
education of, should be elementary
and largely industrial,
337; ration system
highly detrimental to, 337;
number of agencies should be
reduced, 337; should be preserved
from evils resulting
from liquor traffic, 337;
should ultimately be absorbed
into body of people, 371;
schools, importance of work
of, 372; development of, 372;
personnel of agencies should
not be dependent on partisan
politics, 408; need of education
in Indian Territory, 408 - Individual initiative, faculty of,
should be kept unimpaired in
fraternal organization, 56 - Industrial Commission, report
of, 132 - Interior Department, receipts of
General Land Office for 1903,
404 - Interstate Commerce, safety appliance
law, 153; authority of
Congress to regulate, 350 - Interstate Commerce Act, 297;
lessons drawn from results of
its enforcement, 306; defects
of, 306; should be amended,
307 - Interstate Commerce Commission,
380 - Introduction, v.
- Irrigation, 197, 206–209, 222,
223; Act, 197; importance of,
to California, 196; as important
to stockman as to agriculturist,
220; provision for,
properly a national function,
310; beneficial results of, 311–
312; necessity for better laws,
313; nationally-aided, importance
of, 369; fund for, 404;
progress of, 405–406; Reclamation
Service, 405; importance
of preservation of
forests, 406 - Isthmian Canal, 6, 116, 359–360,
413–463; importance of, 320;
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, abrogation
of, 320; Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, 320, 429; negotiations
with Colombia, 359;
work should be conducted
without regard to change of
administration, 360; treaty
with Colombia, 413, 417, 426,
429–431; treaty with Panama,
414, 425–426; purpose of law
of June 28, 1902, 414; treaty
with New Granada, 414; history
of relations of United
States to, 414–423; statement
by Secretary Cass, of position
of United States, 415, 428;
position of Secretary Seward
on, 416; opinion of Attorney-General
Speed, 416; planned
for four hundred years, 416;
United States has done its
duty in letter and in spirit,
417; repudiation of treaty by
Colombia, 417; revolution in
Panama, 418, 435–438, 442–
453, 460; telegram to Vice-Consul
General Ehrman, at
Panama, 418; recognition of
de facto government of Panama,
418; telegram to Minister
Beaupré, at Bogota, 419;
list of disturbances on Isthmus
since 1846, 419–421; Colombia's
inability to keep
order on Isthmus, 422; efforts
of United States to keep
transit open, 422; Colombia's
474request for aid in preserving
sovereignty, 422; importance
to United States of control of
transit, 423; performance of
treaty obligations by United
States, 423; must be built by
United States, 425; treaty
offered by Nicaragua, 425;
treaty offered by Costa Rica,
425; Hay-Herran treaty, 426,
429, 430, 455, 457; Message to
Congress, January 4, 1904,
427; record of action taken
in executing Canal Act, 427;
proposal of France to aid
French Panama Canal Company,
428; unanimity of action
in Panama, 431; warnings
to Colombia, 433; forecasts
of Panama revolution,
435–438; quotations from
Washington Post, 435, 436,
437; quotation from New
York Herald, 436; quotation
from New York Times, 437;
imminence of Panama revolution
notorious, 438; report
of Capt. Humphrey and Lieut.
Murphy, 439; directions to
Navy Department, 440; orders
of Navy Department,
440; telegrams from and to
Secretary of Navy, 440–442;
response of Commander Hubbard
to cable from Navy Department,
442; Associated
Press bulletin announcing revolutionary
outbreak, 442;
cable from State Department,
442; cable from consul at
Colon, 443; landing of force
to protect American citizens,
443; Colombian threats against
American citizens, 443; letter
of Commander Hubbard, November
5, 1903, 444–446; letter
of Commander Hubbard,
November 8, 1903, 446–450;
course of Commander Hubbard
at Colon, 450–452; quotation
from New York Evening
Post, 451; prevention by
United States of bloodshed,
452; peace secured by action
of United States, 452; no
ground for insinuations of
United States' complicity in
revolution, 452–453; recognition
of independence of Panama
justifiable, 453; Colombia's
requests to other governments
to intervene, 455–456;
intention of Colombia to confiscate
canal property, 457–
458; resolution of second Pan-American
Conference, 459;
recognition of Panama by
other nations, 460; Panama
justified in separating from
Colombia, 460; interference in
Cuba compared with that in
Panama, 460–461; instruction
of President John Quincy
Adams to Minister to Colombia,
462 - Italy, 236, 395, 396, 423; Roman
roads in, 167; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460
I
- Jackson, Andrew, 101
- Japan, recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460 - Jay, John, 173
- Jefferson, Thomas, 101, 179, 376
- Jenkins, Major Micah J., 5, 59
- Jeshurun, 11
- Jetté, Sir Louis Amable, 393
- Johnson, Walter H., 271
- Jones, Judge Thomas G., 272
- Jordan, David Starr, 188
- Justice, Department of, enforcement
of anti-trust law, 351,
389. See Knox, P. C.
J
- Kearns, Thomas, 217
- Kearsarge, U. S. S., 228
- Kentucky monument at Chickamauga,
inscription on, 60 - Knox, P. C., 26, 98, 133, 134,
163; prosecution of railroads
of Middle West, 125; administration
of law by, 134–137;
suit against Northern Securities
Company, 135; injunction
against packing-house companies,
136; injunction against
Federal Salt Company, 137;
475proceedings against Southern
railroads in interest of cotton
shippers, 136
K
- Labor, employer and employee
should show regard for rights
of each other and of the public,
84; well-being of farmer
and wage worker is well-being
of the State, 147; combinations
of, necessary for success,
150; laws for regulation and
protection of, 151; better understanding
should be secured
between employer and employee,
151; and capital, arbitration
between, 152; legislation,
action of Congress necessarily
limited, 153; employers'
liability law recommended,
153, 374; discussion of, 298–
300; should be protected
by tariff and immigration
laws, 298; legislation recommended,
298–299; Chinese
Exclusion Act should be reenacted,
299; convict contract,
should not compete in
open labor market, 299; enforcement
of eight-hour law
advocated, 299; women and
children should be protected
from excessive hours and unsanitary
conditions, 299. See
Capital and labor. - Labor Day, 232
- Labor unions, worth of, depends
upon their conduct, 54;
and the public service, 273–
276; no objection to employees
of Government Printing Office
constituting themselves into,
274; cannot be permitted to
override laws of United States,
274; quotation from report of
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
274–275; interview
with Executive Council of
American Federation of Labor,
275–276; good accomplished
by, 300; importance
of, 383; policy of National
Government regarding, 384.
See Combinations. - Land Office, General, receipts
for, 1903, 404 - Lands, public. See Public lands.
Lawlessness, encouraged by
lynching, 279; spirit of, grows
with what it feeds on, 280 - Laws, must be wise, sane, and
healthy, 9; must not be administered
in interest of a
class, 9, 276; can only give opportunity
for prosperity, 11,
63, 75, 94, 166; existing antitrust,
will be fully enforced,
18, 26, 64, 138, 211, 214, 351,
389; requirement of obedience
to, a safeguard to all men, 22,
65; obedience to, will be required
of all, 64, 73, 239;
cannot create industrial wellbeing,
75; should be administered
in interest of law-abiding
man, rich or poor,
138, 214; regulating corporations,
will be enforced without
rancor, hysteria, etc., 138; the
law no respecter of persons,
214; to be enforced against
any man, rich or poor, who
violates them, 214; the same
for rich and poor, for great
and small, 239; no man above
the law and no man below it,
244; of United States, enacted
for benefit of the whole
people, 276; of United States,
must not be construed as permitting
discrimination, 276;
immigration, 298, 302, 355.
See Legislation. - Lee, Gen. Robert E., 245
- Legislation, class, must be
avoided, 16; additional, should
be had concerning trusts, 18;
should proceed by evolution,
not revolution, 45, 63; radical
and extreme, should be
avoided, 138; labor, action of
Congress necessarily limited,
153; to be permanently good
for any class, must also be
good for Nation as a whole,
240; which does injustice to
any class, works harm to Nation,
240 - Leland, Stanford Jr., University,
speech at, May 12, 1903, 188 - Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition, 402 - Libraries, public, 339–340
- Library of Congress, 340
- Life, to be worth living, must be
of active and hard work, 229;
prime aim of, should be doing
of duty, 241 - Lincoln, Abraham, 38, 92, 101,
162, 164, 188, 235, 245, 251;
practical methods of, 164;
monument, Springfield, Ill.,
224; assassination of, 285 - Lodge, H. C., 393
- Logan, Gen. John A., 250
- Logansport, Ind., speech at,
September 23, 1902, 74 - Loomis, Francis B., 442.
- Louisiana, early possessors of,
172. - Louisiana Purchase, 173; Exposition,
speech at dedication
ceremonies, 172; influence of,
on character of our national
life, 173; development of,
176–178; Exposition, should
have cordial national support,
337, 401; greatest instance
of expansion in our
history, 338; first great step
in our expansion, 401 - Lynching, growth of, cause for
gravest alarm, 277; letter to
Governor Durbin in relation
to, 277–281; degrading effect
of, on participants, 279; encourages
lawlessness, 279; all
public men should unite to
denounce, 280
L
476
- Maguire, M. W., 57
- Malmros, Oscar, 443
- Manchuria, 400
- Manila, 29, 324
- Massachusetts corporations, laws
of, excellent, 25 - McClellan, Gen. George B., 250
- McCook, Col. John J., 181
- McIlhenny, John, 272
- McKinley, William, 29, 92, 155,
203; results of policies championed
by, 94; pledges of 1896
have been well kept, 94;
policies for which he stood
have justified themselves, 95;
quotations from, 96, 154, 397;
speech at banquet in honor of
birthday of, January 27, 1903,
100; stands as embodiment of
the triumphant effort of his
generation, 100; was in the
fullest sense President of all
the people, 103; assassination
of, 285–291; qualities of, 286;
expressions of grief at death
of, from Great Britain, 345 - McMillin, Ben ton, 52, 58
- Meade, Gen. George Gordon, 250
- Meagher, Gen. Thomas Francis,
59 - Merchant Marine, immediate remedial
action needed, 304; an
auxiliary force for the Navy,
304; subsidies discussed, 304;
commission recommended,
386; our service should equal
the best, 386 - Merit system. See Civil service.
- Messages to Congress, Annual,
1901, 1st Session, 57th Congress,
285; same, quotations
from, 131; Annual, 1902, 2d
Session, 57th Congress, 346;
Cuban reciprocity, 1st Session,
58th Congress, 377; Annual,
1903, 2d Session, 58th
Congress, 380; Isthmian
Canal, 2d Session, 58th Congress,
427 - Methodist Church has attained
its greatest development on
American Continent, 109 - Mexico, 395, 396; Weil and La
Abra awards, 345 - Military Academy. See West
Point. - Militia, bill, 160; reorganization
of system recommended, 365.
See National Guard. - Miller, William A., case of, 273–
276; reinstatement of, directed,
274; interview with
Executive Council of American
Federation of Labor, relative
to case of, 275–276 - Milwaukee, Wis., speech at,
April 3, 1903, 128 - Minneapolis, Minn., speech at,
April 4, 1903, 140 - Minnesota State Fair, quotation
from speech at, 130 - Minnesota Thirteenth Volunteer
Regiment, 154 - Missionaries, duties of, 256–261
- Mitchell, John, 275
- Mob violence, incompatible with
orderly liberty under the law,
277; simply one form of anarchy,
277; hideous forms
often taken by, 277 - Monroe Doctrine, 126, 412; a
cardinal feature of our foreign
policy, 115, 366; discussion
of, 115–123; note to
Dr. Von Holleben, German
Ambassador, 118; definition
of, 118; note of Sir Michael
Herbert, British Ambassador,
to Marquis of Lansdowne, November
13, 1902, 119; is not
international law, 121; will be
kept effective by an efficient
Navy, 121; should be cardinal
feature of foreign policy of all
nations of the two Americas,
321; quoted, 321–322; a
guaranty of commercial independence
of Americas, 322;
American people will abide by
and insist upon, 324 - Monroe, James, 321
- Moody, W. H., 28, 31, 153
- Morrison, Frank, 275
- Mount Vernon, 376
- Murder and rape should be
swiftly punished by legal
means, 278 - Murphy, Franklin, 245, 246
- Murphy, Lieut. Grayson Mallet-Prevost,
438, 439
M
477
- Nation, the, what it has done for
Cuba, 6; has kept its word
and done its duty in Cuba,
7; problems can be solved only
if approached in right spirit,
8; action of, can only secure
opportunity to each individual,
18; its honor is at all
times in its own keeping, 28;
honor of, depends upon the
public conscience, 28; stability
and future welfare of, depend
upon grade of citizenship
turned out by public
schools, 88; should not be
guilty of boasting, 121, 125;
should submit to no injury by
the strong and inflict no injury
on the weak, 125; foreign
policy of, 126–127; cannot
afford, by any freak of folly,
to forfeit its present industrial
position, 146; well-being
of farmer and wage worker is
well-being of State 147, 232,
373; vastly benefited by Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission,
152; illustrious memories
of, no excuse for shirking
present problems, 162; expansion
of, 168, 173, 174–176;
worst enemy of, he who tries
to set section against section,
creed against creed, or class
against class, 214; is aggregate
of families within its
borders, 253; welfare of, rests
upon qualities of individual,
291; desires self-respecting
peace with all others, 321 - National Guard, 160, 411; duty
of Nation and States to help,
161; suggestions for improvement
of, 332–333; importance
of securing efficiency of, 365 - National Museum, 339, 374
- National Zoölogical Park, 339
- Naturalization, investigation of
subject, 387; frauds, 387–389;
United States Supreme Court
quoted, 387; suggestions of
Federal grand jury in New
York, 389 - Naval Academy. See Annapolis.
- Naval Militia should have national
encouragement, 328 - Naval Reserve, national, should
be provided, 328 - Navy, the, 28, 161, 253; entire
country vitally interested in,
28; when efficient, is best
guaranty of peace, 28, 323,
366; services of, in national
crises, 28; fighting of, in War
of 1812 and Spanish War,
done by ships built long in advance,
29; should be provided
478and trained long in advance,
29; quality of enlisted men of,
29; cannot be improvised at
outbreak of war, 30, 122, 324;
should be perfected in time of
peace, 30; work of building-up
must go on without ceasing,
31, 323, 365, 412; must be
used up in active service even
in time of peace, 31; should be
kept in condition of preparedness
and efficiency, 83, 125;
so long as efficient, will keep
Monroe Doctrine effective, 121;
improvement of, 122; employers'
liability law recommended
for navy yards, 153;
party lines should not be considered
in dealing with, 161;
should be thoroughly trained
and of adequate size, 323; improvement
of, since 1882, 324–
325; additional ships, officers,
and men needed, 326; midshipman,
title should be restored,
326; gunnery practice
should be unceasing, 327, 365;
beneficial work of General
Board, 328; Naval Militia
should have national encouragement,
328; National Naval
Reserve should be provided,
328; Admiral of, 365; necessity
of ample funds for practice
with great guns, 365; importance
of efficiency of personnel,
366; need for naval
base in Philippines, 413;
Naval General Staff desirable,
413 - Nebraska, improvement in prosperity
of, 163 - Negro, "A man who is good
enough to shed his blood for
the country is good enough to
be given a square deal," 224;
appointments, 266–273; door
of opportunity not to be shut
upon any man purely on account
of his race or color, 268;
domination, question of, discussed,
268, 271 - Netherlands, The, 395, 396
- Nevada, importance to, of irrigation,
206; holds greatest
proportion of vacant public
lands, 207 - Newell, F. H., 405
- Newfoundland, reciprocity
treaty with Great Britain regarding,
358 - New Granada, canal treaty with,
414 - New Jersey, monument to troops
of, at Antietam, 245 - New Orleans, 172
- New York, speech at banquet of
Chamber of Commerce of
State of New York, November
11, 1902, 82; speech at Carnegie
Hall, February 26, 1903,
109 - New York State Agricultural
Association, 232 - Nicaragua, 425; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460 - North and South, reunion of, 4
- Northern Pacific Rai way, 135
- Northern Securities Company,
suit against, 135 - Northwest, share of, in Civil and
Spanish Wars, 154 - Norway and Sweden, 395, 396;
recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460
N
- O'Connell, James, 275
- Omaha, Neb., speech at, April
27, 1903, 162 - O'Neil, Capt. William O., 59
- Organization, one of the laws of
our present development, 54;
worth of an, depends upon its
conduct, 54 - Organizations, labor. See Labor
unions. - Oyster Bay, N. Y., remarks to
Holy Name Society, August
16, 1903, 228
O
- Pacific cable, 319, 360–362
- Packing-house companies, injunction
against, 136 - Page, Thomas Nelson, 272
- Palma, T. Estrada, President of
Cuba, 141 - Palmer, F. W., 273, 274, 275
- Palo Alto, Cal., speech at, May
12, 1903, 188 - Panama, Isthmus of, 6; Canal
treaty with, 414, 425–426;
revolution in, 418, 435–438,
442–453, 460; recognition of
Republic of, 460. See Isthmian
Canal. - Pan-American Congress at Mexico,
344 - Pan-American Exposition, 285,
338–339. - Pan-American Missionary Service,
Washington, D. C., 256 - Party spirit, should be second to
patriotism, 76 - Party system, proper aim of, is
to serve public good, 76 - Patents to foreigners, 407
- Peace, the voice of the just man
armed is potent, 83; Nation
desires self-respecting peace
with all others, 321, 323;
conference at The Hague, 321;
a good Navy the surest guaranty
of, 28, 323, 366 - Peckham, Rufus W., 397
- Pensions, 409
- People, earn more and live better
than ever before, 13;
should proceed by evolution
rather than revolution, 45, 63;
should not accept less than
the possible, nor attempt the
impossible, 45; are in habit of
facing issues squarely, not
shirking them, 98; a, forfeits
its right to greatness if it
shirks any work because it is
difficult and responsible, 202;
American, skilled in and fitted
for self-government, 236;
American, slow to wrath, 291 - Pershing, Captain John J., 412
- Peru, 423; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460 - Philadelphia, Pa., speech at
High School, November 22,
1902, 88; speech at Union
League, November 22, 1902,
92 - Philanthropic work should not
be undertaken in spirit of
condescension, 35; should be
undertaken in spirit of sanity
and charity, 36 - Philbin, Eugene A., 387
- Philippine Islands, 5, 104, 154,
202, 203; progress in, 5; more
warfare about, in this country
than in themselves, 5; acquisition
of, 95; prophets of disaster
have seen their predictions
completely falsified, 96; insurrection
in, suppression of,
97, 105; tariff, 141, 157, 403;
promises regarding, have been
performed, 155; restoration of
order in, the first duty, 155;
conflict in, could not have
been honorably abandoned,
155, 317; Army in, 156, 159,
363; work of Army in, amid
storm of detraction, 156; war
in, one of peculiar difficulty,
156; soldiers in, occasional instances
of wrong-doing among
inevitable, 156; beneficent results
of work of Army in, 156;
military rule rapidly replaced
by civil government, 157; reduction
of Army in, 157, 363;
high character of American
administrators in, 157; Congressional
legislation regarding,
157; administration in,
incorruptibly honest, 157;
government conducted purely
in interest of Filipinos, 157,
203; adoption of tariff for, 157,
403; appropriation for relief
of, 158; cattle diseases in, 158;
brigandage in, 158; value of
services of William H. Taft in,
158; American policy in, 159;
insurrection of Aguinaldo in
1896, 159; American people
will never flinch from duty in,
160; given greater measure of
self-government than any
other Asiatic people under
alien rule, 203; problems in,
316; development of people
necessarily gradual, 316, 403;
relinquishment of, would be
a crime against humanity,
317; extension of self-government
in, 317, 318, 362; additional
legislation needed, 318,
319; capital must be encouraged
to enter, 319; cable
to Hawaii and, 319, 360–362;
480merit system should be applied
rigidly in civil service of,
335; proclamation of peace
and amnesty, 362; trouble
with Moros, 362; introduction
of civil government, 362; extension
of self-government
should be gradual, 362; cooperation
of Filipinos, 364;
suggestions concerning tariff,
403; care in choice of officials,
403; improvement in condition
of people, 403; need for
naval base in, 413 - Pinchot, Gifford, 405
- Pinkney, William, 173
- Pioneers, work and character of,
110 - Platt amendment, 141
- Polk, James K., 456
- Poor, the, have not grown
poorer, 13 - Population, urban, increase of,
12, 32 - Porto Rico, 6, 104, 403; prosperous
condition of, 315, 362;
need of legislation concerning
public lands, 315; merit system
should be applied rigidly
in civil service of, 335 - Postal service, remarkable
growth of, 340; reduction of
deficit, 340; abuses of second-class
privilege, 341; rural free
delivery, 341, 368–369, 400–
401; increase in revenues, 368;
frauds in, 390 - Power, Rev. Walter J., 228
- Preaching does not count if not
backed up by practice, 231
President, the, intention of, to
do justice to all without regard
to creed, 171; aim of, is
to do equal justice among all
the people, 276 - Printing, public, reduction of,
advocated, 375 - Problems, spirit in which they
should be approached, 17;
national, solution of, requires
steady, temperate, resolute
effort, 21; of trusts, not a partisan
one, 47; present, discussion
of, 54, 147, 164; of present
day, unknown to pur forefathers,
129; each generation
has its own, 163; of capital
and labor, 165; affecting the
farmer, railroads, and trusts,
165; of present day, rules
which should govorn, 165; the
same in all parts of the country,
179 - Promises, worth of, consists
purely in the way they are
performed, 19; made on the
stump, should be kept equally
with those made off the stump,
19; impossible of performance
should not be required, 19, 39,
47, 213; made by Republican
party in 1896 and 1900 have
been kept, 98; regarding
Philippines, performed, 155 - Prosperity, 44, 129; necessary
foundation of higher life, 8,
186; appeal to envy and
jealousy of those who succeed
least, 8; difficult to increase
by law, easy to ruin, 8, 291,
346; troubles in connection
with, 8; does not come in
equal measure to all, 8, 11, 66,
94; laws can only give opportunity
for, 11, 94, 166, 291;
must be achieved by each
man for himself, 11; reveals
evils in our social and economic
life, 12; is generally
diffused, 66; conditions which
existed in 1893, 67; due to
high average citizenship, 73,
75; material, is foundation
upon which every mighty
national structure must be
built, 74, 186; suspicious tampering
with currency is fatal
to, 76; financial system of
assured honesty is first essential
to, 76; must not be
marred by folly, 98; present,
won under protective tariff,
142; present, unparalleled in
our history, 142; shared by
all, 166, 233, 294; of farmer
and wage worker, means
prosperity of community, 232;
of farmer and wage worker,
interwoven with that of business
and professional men,
233; welfare of each dependent
481upon welfare of all, 234;
continuance of, 346; conditions
have favored growth of
evil as well as of good, 348 - Providence, R. I., speech at,
August 23, 1902, 11 - Public lands, 196–198; legislation
should help to make and keep
prosperous homes, 196; proprietors
who rent to others,
undesirable, 196; remainder
of, should be reserved for
home-maker, 197, 369; vacant,
Nevada holds greatest proportion
of, 207; of Porto Rico,
need of legislation concerning,
315; frauds, 390; removal of
fences, 404; necessity for revision
of laws, 404; Commission,
405 - Public servant, qualities which
he should possess, 254, 259,
260 - Publicity, securing of, should be
first exercise of Nation's power
over corporations, 17, 25,
51, 71, 130, 132, 296; should
be real and thorough, 17;
would tend to cure evils in
corporations of which there
is just complaint, 17; cannot
harm honest corporations,
349, 381, 383
P
479
- Qualities necessary to national
greatness, 182, 243
Q
- Race question. See Negro.
- Race suicide, 265
- Railroad men, views of Gen. W.
T. Sherman regarding, 52;
qualities of, 53, 181 - Railroads, of Middle West,
prosecution of, 135; investigation
of methods of, 133;
Southern, proceedings against,
in interest of cotton shippers,
136; employees of, law in behalf
of, 153; safety appliance
law, 153, 374–375, 408; problems
affecting, 165; phenomenal
growth of, 168; not
a substitute for good wagon
roads, 168; additional safety
appliance legislation recommended,
375 - Rape and murder should be
swiftly punished by legal
means, 278 - Reciprocity, treaty with Cuba,
140, 315, 357, 377; tariff system
should be combined with,
302; the handmaiden of protection,
302; will promote cordial
international relations,
303; lowering of duties as a
substitute for, 353; treaties
advocated, 353; treaty with
Great Britain regarding Newfoundland,
358; Message to
Congress concerning treaty
with Cuba, 377 - Reclamation Service. See Irrigation.
- Redwood manufacturers of San
Francisco, 194 - Republic, the, 246; permanency
of, dependent upon right action
of majority, 20; existence
of, depends upon orderly liberty
under the law, 277; cornerstone
of, is respect for and
obedience to the law, 280 - Republican party has kept every
promise made in 1896 and in
1900, 98 - Revenues should approximate
limit of our actual needs, 305 - Revolution, American, 172
- Rhode Island, prosperity of, 12
- Richards, W. A., 405
- Rizal, José, quotation from message
of, 159 - Roads, good, a question with
which the States alone cannot
deal, 149; good, characteristic
of great empires, 167; Roman,
in Great Britain and in Italy,
167; phenomenal growth of
railroads, 168; good, American
nation should build, 168;
good, needed for improvement
of farm life, 170; good, advocated,
401. See Good roads. - Rockhill, William Woodville,
342 - Romans, the, permanent traces
of, 167 - Rome, 167; results of expansion
of United States contrasted
with, 174–176 - Root, Elihu, 159, 393
- Rural free delivery, development
of, 341; has become a
fixed policy, 368; benefits of,
169–170, 368, 401; extension
of, 369, 400 - Russia, 396; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460
R
482
- Safety appliance law, 153, 374–
375, 408 - St. Louis, Mo., address before
Good Roads Convention,
April 29, 1903, 167; speech at
St. Louis University, April
29, 1903, 171; speech at dedication
ceremonies of Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, April
30, 1903, 172; official corruption
in, 390 - St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
of Washington, 256 - Salt Lake City, Utah, speech at,
May 29, 1903, 217 - Salt trust, injunction against,
137 - Santa Fé, N. M., 172
- Santiago, 324; battle of, 29, 59,
60 - Sargent, Frank P., 53
- Satterlee, Bishop Henry Y., 256
- Savings banks, a good illustration
of beneficent corporation
work, 65 - Schools, public, stability and
welfare of Nation depends
upon grade of citizenship
turned out by, 88; development
of, 88; teachers in, entitled
to admiration and respect,
89; duties and responsibilities
of teachers in, 89;
necessity for playgrounds, 90;
safety of our institutions depends
upon success of efforts
of teachers in, 91 - Scott, N. B., 44
- Self-government, qualities necessary
to preservation of, 235;
American people skilled in
and fitted for, 236 - Sempervirens Club, 195
- Seward, William H., 416
- Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., 42,
250 - Sherman anti-trust law, 16, 134,
136 - Sherman, Gen. William T., 42,
251; views of, regarding railroad
men, 52, 59; statue,
Washington, D. C., speech at
unveiling of, 250; Nation's
debt to, 251; example of
loftiest and best in American
citizenship, 254; qualities of,
255 - Shots that hit, the only shots
that count, 30 - Siloam, 11
- Sioux Falls, S. D., 182; speech
at, April, 6, 1903, 147 - Slocum, Gen. Henry W., 246
- Smithsonian Institution, work
of, 339; recommendation concerning,
374 - Smyth, J. Adger, 3
- Social equality, 271. See Negro.
Soldiers of Civil War, burden
borne by, 242 - South, the Nation's pride in,
10 - Spain, 395, 396; pioneers of, in
America, 172 - Spanish War, 28, 104; share of
Northwest in, 154, 324; our
success secured by forethought
and preparation, 325 - Sparks, John, 206
- Speed, James, 416
- Spokane, Wash., speech at, May
26, 1903, 210 - Springfield, Ill., speech at Lincoln
monument, June 4, 1903,
224 - Standard Oil Company, 68
- Stanford, Leland, Jr., University,
188 - State, the. See Nation.
- State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y.,
232 - States duty of, to help National
Guard, 161 - Steam and electricity, results of
development of, 12 - Success, qualities which tell for,
should not be penalized, 9, 41;
qualities necessary to, 18;
qualities necessary to, do not
change, 39, 248, 249 - Supreme Court of the United
States quoted, 387, 397–398 - Sweden and Norway, 395, 396;
recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460 - Syracuse, N. Y., speech at State
Fair, September 7, 1903, 232
S
483
- Tabernacle, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 217 - Taft, William H., 157, 202, 203,
205, 317; value of services in
Philippines, 158, 203 - Talent, unaccompanied by character,
a menace to community,
14 - Tariff, should be flexible, to
meet shifting industrial needs,
12, 77, 144; removal of, inefficient
as a remedy for evils
of trusts, 67–70, 138, 144, 145,
351; should be treated as a
business, not a political proposition,
76, 143, 352; should
not be subject to radical
changes every few years, 77,
143, 302, 352; necessary
modifications of, discussed, 78;
Commission of business experts
suggested, 79, 353; interests
of American producer
should be protected, 79;
American standard of living
must be preserved, 79, 142;
laws should not afford advantage
to foreign over American
industries, 80; arrangements
with Philippines, 141,
157, 403; removal of, on
anthracite coal, 141, 354;
present prosperity won under,
142; Nation's policy, based
upon recognition of difference
between cost of living here and
abroad, 142, 303, 352; question
of revision stands wholly
apart from question of dealing
with trusts, 144; affects
trusts only as it affects all
other interests, 145; laws,
labor should be protected by,
298; general acquiescence in
present system, 302; general
change in, unwise, 302, 352;
sweeping revisions tend to
panic, 302; system should be
combined with one of reciprocity,
302; must cover difference
between labor cost
here and abroad, 303, 352 - Tasks must not be shirked because
difficult, 9 - Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers,
154 - Thomas, Gen. George H., 42,
250 - Topeka, Kan., speech at, May 1,
1903, 181 - Trautman, Ralph, 387
- Trusts, 15–18, 19–27, 39, 45, 61,
98, 348–351; legislation regarding,
should not be too
stringent, 16; no patent
remedy for evils of, 17, 47;
additional legislation should
be had, 18; solution of question
of, necessary in interest
of property, 22; folly of demand
for their destruction,
39, 66; perfect solution
of question of, cannot be
promised, 43; problem of,
is not a partisan one, 47;
remedies for evils of, 65–66;
some of proposed methods
of curbing, are dangerous,
66; removal of tariff not
efficient as a remedy for,
67–70, 138, 144, 145, 351;
tariff affects, only as it affects
all other interests, 145; problems
affecting, 165; discussion
of, 292–298; desirability of
regulation of, 348; should
have national supervision,
349; line drawn against misconduct,
not against wealth,
349; insistence upon the impossible
means delay in achieving
the possible, 349; authority
of Congress to regulate interstate
commerce, 350; appropriation
for enforcement
of anti-trust law, 389. See
484Corporations and Combinations.
- Turkey, report of assassination
of vice-consul at Beirut, 399 - Turner, George, 210, 393
T
- Union League, Philadelphia,
speech at Founders' Day
banquet, November 22, 1902,
92 - Unions. See Labor unions and
Combinations. - United States, influence of, on
Western Hemisphere, 120;
Republic of, typical of present
age, 190; position of, among
the nations, 346; no independent
American nation need
have fear of aggression from,
360; offices of, in claims
against Venezuela, 395–396 - Utah, achievements of pioneers,
217–218
U
- Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 265
- Venezuela, German claims
against, 117–119; attitude of
Germany toward territory of,
119; alliance against, 395–
396; agreement concerning
claims against, 395; submission
of claims to The Hague
Court, 396 - Victoria, Queen, death of, 345
- Virginia, University of, 376
- Von Briesen, Arthur, 387
- Von Holleben, Dr. Theodore,
German Ambassador, note to,
December 16, 1901, 118
V
- Wagener, F. W., 3
- Wage worker, well-being of, and
of farmer, is well-being of the
State, 147, 232, 298, 303, 353;
and capitalist, should look at
differences from each other's
standpoint, 166; prosperity
of, interwoven with that of
business and professional
men, 233; should show firm
purpose to do justice to
others, 239; wages higher today
than ever before, 298 - Wagner, Charles, The Simple
Life, 36 - War of 1812, 28
- War Department, 156, 159–160
- Washington, D. C., 153; speech
at Grace Memorial Reformed
Church, June 7, 1903, 225;
speech at unveiling of Sherman
statue, October 15, 1903,
250; speech at Pan-American
missionary service, October
25, 1903, 256; should be a
model for all the cities of the
country, 374 - Washington, George, 100, 160,
162, 177, 235, 246 - Waukesha, Wis., speech at,
April 3, 1903, 124 - Wealth, used wrongly, is a menace
to the community, 14;
demagogic denunciation of, is
never wholesome, 66; used in
developing great legitimate
business enterprises, is of
benefit, not harm, 210, 214;
increase of, 347; line not
drawn against, but against
misconduct, 349 - Weil and La Abra awards, 345
- Welfare of each is dependent
upon welfare of all, 234 - Wells, Heber M., 217
- Wesley, John, speech at bicentennial
celebration of
birth of, February 26, 1903,
109 - West Indies, 6
- West Point Military Academy,
205, 411; origin of students,
29 - Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 199
- Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 5, 59
- Wheeling, W. Va., speech at,
September 6, 1902, 44 - White House, restoration of,
375–376 - Wilson, Edgar S., 272
- Wood, Gen. Leonard, 105, 202,
203, 204, 205; work of, in
Cuba, 204 - Work, law of worthy, well done,
is law of successful American
life, 55; should be done well
for the work's sake, 89; essential
to happiness, 183; "no
man needs sympathy because
he has to work," 241; no room
in American life for the mere
idler, 241 - Wright, Gen, Luke E., 5
W
485
- Young Men's Christian Association,
181; railroad branch of,
181; teaches national brotherhood,
184 - Young, Lieut.-Gen. S. B. M., 438
Y
- Zoölogical Park, National, 339
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