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179; Dominican Republic hostile
to, 180, 186; aided by United
States, 189, 208, 209, 210, 212,
213, 214, 217, 2l8, 222, 224, 225,
226, 236, 244, 418
Bailey, III., gives information as to scheme of Chandler to be again a Senator, 405
Baker, Edward Dickenson, I., killed at Ball's Bluff, 220
Baker, representative, III., 118
Ball, Rev. Dr., IV., 222
Baltimore Convention, II., 375, 379, 380, 384, 439, 447
Bancroft, Frederic, I., viii., 223 n.
Bancroft, George, V., 128, 133
Banks, Governor, I., 46, 47, 75, 76
Banks, National, see Currency
Barrett, John, VI., Minister to Siam, 86, 159, 247
Barstow, Governor, I., 23
Bates, Edward, I., as a possible Presidential candidate, 107, 111, 113
Baxter, N., Jr., II., signs letter to Schurz from over two hundred ex-Confederate soldiers, 307
Bayard, Thomas F., III., to, 225; to, 507; from, 508; IV., from, 146; from, 151; to, 205; from, 208; to, 213; suggested by Beecher in Cleveland's place, 222; from, 291; to, 291; to, 296; consulted by Cleveland, 304; spoken of, for Cabinet position, 348; political affiliations, a bar to secretaryship of the Treasury, 349; wide reputation in Democratic party, 352; possessed of statesmanlike qualities, 353; asked to protest against Whitney's being a Cabinet officer, 355; Lamar to discuss Schurz's letter with, 359; to, 420; to, 437; from, 439; to, 442; from, 477; to, 493; to, 506; V., to, 1; from, 7; official conduct of, being secretly inquired into by the Senate, 9; to, 9; to, 15; from, 16; from, 17; from, 333; to 338; from, 458; to, 464
Beach, James, II., 29
Bear's Ear, IV., 108
Beattie, IV., surveyor, port of New York, 407
Beauregard (General), Pierre Gustave Toutant, I., 464
Bechtner, Paul, IV., to, 275
Beecher (Rev.), Henry Ward, I., 415; from, 222; to, 222; agrees with Schurz concerning Cleveland, 224 n.
Belknap, Wm. W. (Secretary of War), III., 124, 133, 222, 224, 281, 292; V., sanctioned sale of arms, 37
Bell, Alonzo, IV., from, 147
Bell, John, I., 137
Benton-Stone case, IV., 465 and n., 468, 475
Benton, Thomas Hart, III., 179
Berlin, V., man of culture, as Minister to, 128, 129
Berlin Conference, V., in re Samoa, 3, 7, 10, 16, 18
Big Bull, IV., 109
Big Snake, IV., killing of, 148, see also letter to Henry L. Dawes, February 7, 1881
Biglin, Barney, IV., 349
Bill of Indictment, the, I., 162 and n.
Billings, Frederick, III., 232; from, 408
Bird Club, III., 115
Bird, F. W., III., to, 229
Bird, Mrs. F. W., III., 230
Birney, William, VI., as Presidential nominee, 203, 204
Bismarck, Prince, IV., praised by the Kaiser, 498, 499; 503, 507, 508, 509; V., Samoan business, 1, 3, 5, 10, 16; VI., 357
Bissell, W. S., V., 176; to, 249,
Björnson, Björnstjerne, V., to, 513
Black, Governor, V., 520
Blaine, James G., III., 218, 219, 220,
232, 239, 283, 287; Blaine letters,
386, 388, 402, 419, 421, 506; IV.,
as a civil service reformer, 154,
155, 156; Kansas strongly for, 200;
Schurz doubts his carrying New
York, 201; nomination of, might
mean breaking up of the party,
202; nomination of, likely, 203;
large coampaign fund at disposal
of, 206; election of, a calamity,
207, 208, 212, 214, 215, 216; not
a weak candidate, 206,210; Lodge
feels compelled to vote for, 219;
Why James G. Blaine should not
be President, 224; his election
would mean that honesty is no
longer an essential for public
officials, 226; Little Rock and Fort
