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delivers speech before University of, 1 Chief Joseph, IV., 140

China, VI., trade of, 28, 110, 180; war against, 248; military operations, 355, 397; united action of Powers in, during Boer troubles, 439

Chinese, VI., 436 n. Christiancy, Isaac P., III., appointment to the Supreme Bench of, part of a scheme, 405

Cincinnati, III., and “hard” money 1, 161

Cincinnati Convention of 1872, II., 361, 368, 369, 371, 373, 379, 381, 386, 387, 388, 397, 427, 428, 429, 436, 440, 443, 444, 446, 447, 449; Convention of 1876, III., 258, 259, 282, 406

Cincinnati movement, II., 427, 431, 432, 433, 439, 444

Cincinnati nominations, II., 376, 378, 382

Cincinnati platform of 1872, II., 372, 375, 430, 433, 441; of l8 76, III., 250

Cincinnati ticket, II., 369, 372, 374, 375, 377, 381, 449

Civil service commission, II., 372; law, 382, 383

Civil service law, VI., widened for readmission of spoils politics in the public service, 112, 129

Civil service reform, II., 49, 50, 51, 59, 61, 65, 67, 122; distribution of offices, 123; the incoming of a new Administration, 124; defects in the system of appointing, 126; “the man to be provided for,” 130; Lincoln and government offices, 132; New York customhouse, 133; case of the apple-woman, 135; bribes, 136, 140; customhouse at San Francisco, 136; losses through inexperienced officials, smugglers and ex-officials, 141; debasing effect of the spoils system, 142; congressmen as candidates, 145; after election, 147; honesty and the spoils system, 149, 154; the Executive and the spoils system, 151; a political proletariat, 153, 170; venality created by the spoils system, 154; board of civil service commissioners, 156; mixed political character of board, 158; competitive examinations, 159; vacancies, 160; tenure of office, 164; testimonials of efficiency, 166; officers not affected by civil service reform, 167; tenure of office in early days of the Republic, 170; spoils system too powerful for Presidential reform or control, 171; reform and Republican form of government, 172; danger in moneyed corporations, 174; need of reform, 175, 259, 292, 314, 317, 385, 404 et seq., 420, 424, 434, 435, 445, 448; III., 50, 139, 250, 254, 255, 268, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277, 279, 286, 292, 354, 373, 378, 393, 418; V., failure of Harrison to redeem his pledges in reference to, 120; upheld by Cleveland, 125; letters to Jacob H. Gallinger, Aug. 16, and Oct. 1, 1897; the Post-office Department, 249; principles of, defended in Congress by McKinley, 329; as President, promises to develop, 342. See Schurz to McKinley, Oct. 17 and Dec. 24, 1897; in 1899, VI., 122; objects and duties of the League, 123; arraignment of McKinley Administration, 125; order of May 29th, 125, 129, 130, 141, 142, 143, 148; case of the “shipping commissioners” discussed, 130-134; the Alaskan service, 134; deputy internal revenue collectors, 135; introduction of merit system in the Interior Department, 140; far-reaching consequences of the backward step, 141-143; levying of campaign assessments, 145; civil service reform in New York, 147; Parker urged to state views on, 356. See also Hayes vs. Tilden, III., 290; IV., 1, 2, 13, 27, 39, 45, 46, 154, 195, 265, 288, 289, 290, 401, 403, 407, 441, 445

Civil Service Reform Association, IV., 404, 424, 435; of Indiana, IV., 454

Civil service reform movement, IV., 87

Civil service reform and democracy, V., 143; office-hunting throng