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Contents of Volume IV
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| To Joseph Medill, September 21st | 154 |
| Amused at Blaine's posing as a civil service reformer—Schurz did not write the Evening Post criticism of Blaine—Natural that Blaine should dislike one who believes the author of the Mulligan letters would never be President. | |
| 1883. | |
| To John T. Morse, Jr., January 9th | 156 |
| Is at work on the biography of Clay; but would prefer Gallatin as a less laborious subject. | |
| To the Editor of the Savannah News, January 30th | 157 |
| Homicides in the South—Their causes—How they are encouraged—How they might be checked. | |
| To George W. Julian, March 15th | 168 |
| Detailed reply to criticism of Schurz's administration of the Department of the Interior in relation to railroads and land-grants. | |
| From Ex-President Hayes, March 20th | 181 |
| Commends reply to Julian—Expresses theory as to why Julian is “sour and malignant.” | |
| From Thomas Wentworth Higginson, April 5th | 181 |
| Requests, for public use, a brief statement from Schurz as to relative efficiency of women clerks as compared with men. | |
| To Thomas Wentworth Higginson, April 6th | 182 |
| Thinks men more efficient—Many women clerks do excellent work—Impatience of discipline and frequent absences of others bring down the average. | |
| To B. B. Cahoon, April 11th | 183 |
| Comments on Julian's attacks—The attacks caused Schurz to review, with several officials, his own records and decisions as Secretary—Found they would bear the most searching investigation—Democrats lack courage on tariff question—Probable rearrangement of political parties in near future. | |
| To George W. Julian, May 9th | 184 |
| Reviews and confutes charges brought against his administration of Interior Department—Julian's personal record brought out. | |
