Sheridan, Philip H., 270.
Sherman, James S.: Nomination for
Vice-President by Republicans, 350,
and election, 378; Renomination,
380; Death, 420.
Sherman, John: Contests for Presi-
dential nomination in Republican
conventions, 241-242, 250, 269.
Sherman, Lawrence Y., 434, 435.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, The, 354,
362-363, 383, 394.
Sherman Silver Act, The, 286.
Shipbuilding and Shipping, 223, 254,
257, 262, 274, 307, 317-318, 328, 335,
345, 359, 362-363, 372, 387, 402, 427-
428, 440-441, 461, 482.-See also
"Merchant Marine."
Shipping Board, The, 474.
Short Ballot, The, 407.
Silver: Expressions by Republicans,
252, 273, 279, 307, 310-311, 316, 332,
334-335; by Populists, 291, 293; by
Democrats, 286, 298-300, 303-304,
325-326, 347-348.
Silver Party, The National, 311.
Silver Republican Party, The, 329.
Simmons, F. S., 446.
Single Tax Party, The, 500-501.
Single Term for the President, 47, 90,
207, 225, 295, 395-396.
Sioux Falls: Convention held in, 328.
Sixteen to One, 293, 299, 310-311, 325-
326.
Sixteenth Amendment, The: See "In-
come Tax."
Slave States and Free States in 1854,
147-148.
Slavery: Not antagonized by Hart-
ford convention, 48; The Missouri
Compromise, 61-68; Tolerated by
the Constitution, 67; Temporary
subsidence of opposition to, 67-68;
Annexation of Texas and its re-
sults, 94-104, 119-122; Compromise
measures of 1850, 122-131, 144, 156;
Fugitive Slave law, 126-130; Sec-
tional situation in 1854, 146-148;
Repeal of Missouri Compromise,
and the Kansas struggle, 149-162,
184-187; Campaign of 1860, 189-
202; Expressions on constitutional
and political questions by Demo-
crats, 82-83, 93, 107, 109, 132-133,
134, 172-174, 191-192, 194-195, 215;
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
Whig convention of 1844, 90.
Spencer, John C.: Presides over Anti-
Masonic convention, 69.
Spoils, The, 61, 70, 72.
Springfield (III.): Convention in,
348.
Sproul, William C., 468.
Squatter Sovereignty, 160.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
St. John, John P.: Nomination for
President by Prohibitionists,
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.:
President by Union Labor party,
(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,
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.
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
reëlected 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.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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
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; Coöperation 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.:
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 reëlected, 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
Union, The, 513.
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