New England, 97, 113 town meeting, 533 Newfoundland, reciprocity with, 622 New Granada, 717 passing away of, 694 sovereignty guaranteed to, 696 New Jersey, 281, 482 veterans of, 482 New Mexico, 364, 365, 366, 368 New Orleans, La., 401, 511 Newspapers, reckless talk in, 533 sensational, 9 New York City, 29, 31, 196, 242, 401 America’s entry-port, 196 Chamber of Commerce, 196-202 government of, 506 “Herald,” quoted, 722, 723 National importance of, 196 “Times,” quoted, 722 New York State, 97, 113, 223, 466, 507, 518 Agricultural Association, 466 Federal Grand Jury, 660 negro office-holders in, 513 Nicaragua Canal route, 692, 710 Republic of, 707 Nichols law in Ohio, 767 Nile, River, 151, 391 Nineteenth Century, progress in, 537 Nineveh, 113, 151 North Carolina, 167 North Dakota, 310, 311, 320 Northern Pacific Railroad, 281 Northern Securities Company, 281 suit against, 282 Northfield, Mass., 134 Norway, 668, 669, 677 O Obaldía, Governor, of Panama, 722 Obedience to law, 474 Ocean Mail Act of 1891, 656 O’Connell, James, 522 Office, character prime test for, 515 Office-holders, Democratic, 517 political influence in, 586 typical American, 589 Office-seekers disappointed, 11 Ohio River, 454 Valley, 563 _Olympia_, cruiser, 463, 465 Omaha, Neb., 329, 333 O’Neill, Bucky, 369 “Open door” in China, 98, 604 Opportunities, National, 396 present, 87 Opportunity for colored men, 512 Orderly liberty, 523 and virtue, 481 Oregon, 97, 112, 393, 419, 426, 677 country, acquisition of, 677 men in the Philippines, 419 pioneers of, 419 Organization, law of, 189 benefits of, 159 Organizations, labor, need of, 102 opposition to, 618 the public and, 619 Orient, the, 304 awakening of the, 97 duties in the, 92, 95 growing commerce in, 98 Oriental trade, 429 Over-capitalization, evils of, 172, 542 fraudulent, 612 Over-grazing, evils of, 439-441 Ownership, corporate, and war problems, 672 State and private, 777 Oyster Bay, N. Y., 458, 520, 523 P Pacific cable, 393 action on the, 625 Congressional power in, 626 laying of, 98 need of a, 573 Pacific Coast, 51, 364, 385 line, 393 Pacific Ocean, the, 203, 243, 257, 281, 338, 343, 372, 393, 401, 419, 422, 454, 676 domination of, our, 393, 429 commerce in the, 392 importance of, future, 400 our interests in the, 97 power on, United States, 601 seaboard, 677 Pacific Slope, the, 205, 372, 373, 395, 420, 421, 423 Page, Thomas Nelson, 457, 517 Palma, Tomas Estrada, President, 295 Palmetto State, the, 20 Palo Alto, Cal., 377