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Rh Conrad, Solicitor-General, VI., 136

Consular service VI., efforts to have it included under civil service law, 126

Continental Union, V., 528, 530

Conway, Assistant Commissioner, I., 293

Cooley, Judge, V., constitutionality of annexation, 206

Cooper, IV., 489

Cooper, Colonel, II., 135

Cooper, Peter, IV., 26

Cooper, Richard, I., 296

Coppoc (Coppie), Sergeant Edward, I., John Brown's raid, 155

Corwin, Thomas, I., introduces resolutions endorsing fugitive-slave law, etc., 169; Minister to Mexico, 205

Coudert, V., supports Hill for governor, 240, 245

Cox, Jacob Dolson, II., as to spoils system, 138, 146; to, 176; to, 254; from, 310; to, 314; III., to, 351; suggested for the Hayes Cabinet, 380; to, 383; to, 401; VI., in Grant's Cabinet, 285

Cragin, Aaron H., II., 168

Cramer, M. J., II. , and the diplomatic service, 421

Crampton, Sir John, I., 201

Crane, Governor (Massachusetts), VI., presents monster petition to Roosevelt, 352

Crawford, I., Unionist of Missouri, 295, 296

Crawford, William Harris, II., 526, V., 164

Credit Mobilier, II., investigation of, 464, 465, 466; III., 77, 182, 386

Creecy, I., and Congressional influence, 134

Crimean war, I., probable end of, 17; fall of Sebastopol, 22; VI., 120

“Criminal aggression,” V., 476, 478, 492, 514, 518; VI., 24, 80, 114, 117, 176, 177, 218, 221, 234, 241, 244, 260, 262

Crittenden resolutions, I., 172

Croker, Richard, V., 163, 167, 234, 240, 526; VI., 264

Crook, General, IV., 105

Crum (South Carolina), and government patronage, 109

Cuba, I., annexation of, 14, 17, 128, 142; II., 76, 77, 97, 98; III., 22; V., annexation of, desired, 191; consequences, 197; VI., 24; Cleveland and insurrection in, 365; how affected by assassination of Castillo, 412; Spain's efforts to keep possession of, 456; liberating of, 457; but not annexation, 458, 478; independence of, 472, 474, 475, 476; VI., 84, 93, 94, 113; imperialistic policy would demand its annexation, 484; if independent, would grant all commercial and industrial facilities asked for by United States, 489; VI., liberation of, 4, 34, 79, 159, 160, 166, 167; desired by the expansionists, 11, 12, 23; objects to compulsory benefits 65; liberation might have been accomplished peaceably, 155; similarity between Cuba and the Philippines, 168; army in Cuba, 173; promise to respect rights of, 177; one of a Confederation of the Antilles, 182; inferior to the Filipinos, 81, 185, 222, 246; at peace since liberation from Spain, 234; our trade with, increased, 239; as precedent for Philippines, 293; United States has kept faith with, 353; freed from Spanish rule, 434

Currency and national banks, II., 473; reasons urged for new issue of paper currency, 474; paper money of China, 476; failure wherever tried, 478; when paper money is valuable, 480; when necessary, 481; wage-earner of England, the United States and France, 482; no scarcity of money in our business centers, 484; irredeemable paper currency begets increase of speculation and gambling, 485, 489, 492; the West and South not benefited by expansion, 486; capital, the need of the South, 491; home prices regulated by foreign markets, 492; inflated currency adds a gambling risk to the price of each home-purchased article, 493; fallacy of more national banks for the West and South, 497; free-banking scheme, 500-508; difference between Bank of England and country-bank notes,