Vetoes, by Cleveland, 101 f. Vilas, Senator, in Democratic convention of 1896, 179 Virginia, disfranchisement of negroes in, 11; _ex parte_, 17 Wage earners, number of, 34 Washington, state of, 41 ff. West, development of, 41 Wilson, Wm., tariff bill, 127 Wilson, Woodrow, candidacy of, 365; acceptance speech, 367; policies of, 373 ff. Women in industries, 248 Woman suffrage, growth of, 294 ff.; endorsed by Progressives, 371 Wyoming, 41 ff. +------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the | | original document have been preserved. | | | | Typographical errors corrected in the text: | | | | Page 38 financeering changed to financiering | | Page 50 enterprizes changed to enterprises | +------------------------------------------------+