ate for Presidential nomination (1880), 98;
his personal following large, 102;
Secretary of State under Garfield, 102, 103, 106;
plans for Pan-American Congress, 106;
his large following among Irish, 124, 133;
nominated for President (1884), 127, 128;
and the Mugwumps, 130;
caricatures of, 132;
defeated, 133;
replies to Cleveland's message on tariff reduction (1887), 169;
refuses to be Presidential candidate again, 169;
Secretary of State under Harrison, 171, 172;
urges reciprocity, 175;
exchanges views with Gladstone on protective tariff, 189;
in the seal fisheries controversy, 212;
resigns Secretaryship, 213;
death, 214.

Blair, Francis P., Jr., 31.

Bland, Richard P., 88, 89, 173, 217.

Bland-Allison Bill, 181, 217, 218.

"Bloody shirt," the, 83, 100, 201.

Bonaparte, Charles J., 320.

"Boss," the, 245, 246;
power of, 247, 248.

Boxer outbreak in China, 281.

Brady, Thomas J., 104, 105.

Bristow, Benjamin, 81.

Brown, B. Gratz, 56.

Bryan, William Jennings, nominated for President, 237;
wages vigorous campaign, 238;
defeated, 240;
colonel in Spanish War, 266;
renominated for President, 279;
denounces imperialism, 279;
again defeated, 280;
a lay preacher on political subjects, 305;
nominated for Presidency third time, 325;
made Secretary of State by Wilson, 338.

Bryce, James, his _American Commonwealth_, 188, 189, 246;
influence of, 247;
ambassador from Great Britain, 318.

Buckner, Simon B., 238.

Burchard, Rev. Samuel D., 133.

Bureau of Corporations, valuable reports of, 311, 312.

Butler, Benjamin F., advocates the Greenback movement, 30, 66;
aims at Governorship of Massachusetts, 61;
his relation to the "salary grab," 62;
Anti-Monopoly candidate for Presidency, 131, 132.

Canadian reciprocity, 332.

Cannon, Joseph G., defeated for Congress, 185;
Speaker of the House, 304, 305;
a stand-pat protectionist, 327;
ruling as Speaker defeated, 329;
returned to Congress, 342.

Carlisle, John G., 138, 139.

Carnegie, Andrew, 297.

"Carpet-baggers," 43, 45, 49, 194.

Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, 73.

Cervera, Admiral, 267, 268, 271, 272.

Chase, Salmon P., wishes to be President, 3, 4, 31, 56;
urges creation of bonded debt to provide for war expenses, 5;
inaugurates a system of national banks, 27.

Chile, threatened war with, 212, 213.

Chinese, coolies imported into California, 25;