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,
