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 298 INDEX McKinley s policies, 101; takes oath of office at Buffalo, 101-102; retains McKinley s cabinet, 102; proclamation of day of mourning for dead president, 102-103; char acteristics of first annual message, 104-105; significant acts of first administration, 107- 108; strike com mission appointed by, 108; re election in 1904, 108; attitude to ward combinations of labor and of capital, 108-109; plain words con cerning rights of labor and their limi tations, 109-110; enemies of, found in two groups, one of labor and one of capital, 110; three main trends of policy which marked second term, 111; cabinet (1905), 111-112; though to be classed with Washing ton and Lincoln, was led by impulse to make occasional public mistakes, 112; the case of Paul Morton, 112- 113; helps in arranging peace be tween Japan and Russia, 113-114; awarded Nobel peace prize, 114; endows Foundation for Promotion of Industrial Peace, 114; number of treaties arranged with foreign powers, 114-116; works to im prove relations of United States with South and Central America, 116ff.; the &quot;taking of Panama&quot; by, 118-119; settlement of San Domingo customs difficulties, 121; restoration of order in Cuba, 121- 122; stand taken by, concerning Japanese in California, 122-124; Taft s journey around the world, 123-124; world cruise of battle fleet, 124-125; sanitary conven tions with South American and European countries, 125; bitumi nous coal strike of 1906, 125; Gold- field outbreaks, 125; regrettable course in Brownsville riot, 126-127; policies economic, 127 ff. ; regula tion of corporations, 127-129; view of Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 128- 129; acts for regulation of the cur rency, 129-130; Employers Lia bility acts and other measures in direction of humane policy, 130- 131; efforts to insure purity of meat and food products, 131-132; work in interest of conservation of natural resources, 133-137; holds conference of Governors at White House, 133-134; vilification of, by enemies, 135; consummation of Panama Canal undertaking by, 137-138; problem of immigration, 138-139; other acts and incidents of second term, 139-141; declines renomination in 1908, 141; rec ommends Secretary Taft for presi dency, 141; demonstration for, in Chicago convention, 142; attempts of enemies to impair powerful popu lar influence of, by slanderous mis representations, 142-143; increas ingly discordant relations between congress and, 142-143; Tennessee Coal and Iron Company affair, 143-145; matter of the Harvester Trust, 145; organizes Progressive party and becomes candidate for presidency in 1912, 145, 188; at tempt to assassinate, 145; defeat in canvass of 1912, 145-146; views of, on a third term, 146; character of opponents and enemies of, 146 147; estimate of character of, and services to his country, 147-148; value of r as source of inspiration to young men, 148; degree conferred upon, by Yale University, 148; list of writings, 148-149; marriages and children, 149; South American trip, 150. Root, Elihu, secretary of war under McKinley, iv. 54, 101; valuable services of, as secretary of state under Roosevelt, 113: visits South American states in interest of friendly international relations, 116-117; further labors to promote friendly relations with South and Central America, 118; addresses conference of Governors at W T ash- ington, 135; withholds needed sup port from Roosevelt in 1912, 145; action as presiding officer at Re publican convention of 1912, 188. Rosecrans, Gen. William S., iii. 36, 44. Rough Riders, the, iv. 99. &quot;Rules of Behavior,&quot; Washington s, i. 6-7. Russell, Jonathan, i. 228. Russia, treaty negotiated between United States and, by James Bu chanan, ii. 209-210; negotiations with, concerning treatment of American Hebrews visiting Russia, iv. 187. Rutledge, John, i. 19, 74. Sailor s Creek, battle of, iii. 61. Saint-Gaudens, statue of Lincoln by. ii. 300. St. John, John P., iii. 250.