Angell, James B., 60. Anti-Contract Labor Law, 135. Anti-imperialism, 278, 279. Anti-monopolists, 168, 169. Anti-trust literature, 166. Arbitration, 255, 256; treaties refused by Senate, 331, 332. Arizona, a Territory, 21, 152, 154; becomes a State, 330. Army of the United States, at outbreak of Spanish War, 266; in poor condition during the war, 269-72, 274; later service in Cuba, 282. Arrears of Pension Act, 137. Arthur, Chester A., removed from office by Hayes, 87, 98, 103; Vice-President with Garfield, 99; opposes Garfield, 103; as President, reorganizes his Cabinet, 106, 109; his first message, 109, 110; recommends civil service reform, 113, 114; approves revision of the tariff, 114; vetoes River and Harbor Bill, 117, 127; hopes for renomination, 126; reasons for failure of his candidacy, 126, 127; and the Panama Canal, 144. Australian ballot, 248. Ballinger, Richard A., 328, 329. Ballot reform, 248, 249. Bayard, Thomas F., 134. Belknap, William W., 62. Bellamy, Edward, 167, 168, 188. Benton, Thomas H., 21. Bimetallism, 226; plea for international, 227, 234. Black Belt, the, 202, 203. Blaine, James G., improper official conduct of, 62, 81; the Mulligan letters, 82; and the proposal to extend pardon to Jefferson Davis, 83; candidate for Presidential nomination (1880), 98; his personal following large, 102; Secretary of State under Garfield, 102, 103, 106; plans for Pan-American Congress, 106; his large following among Irish, 124, 133; nominated for President (1884), 127, 128; and the Mugwumps, 130; caricatures of, 132; defeated, 133; replies to Cleveland's message on tariff reduction (1887), 169; refuses to be Presidential candidate again, 169; Secretary of State under Harrison, 171, 172; urges reciprocity, 175; exchanges views with Gladstone on protective tariff, 189; in the seal fisheries controversy, 212; resigns Secretaryship, 213; death, 214. Blair, Francis P., Jr., 31. Bland, Richard P., 88, 89, 173, 217. Bland-Allison Bill, 181, 217, 218. "Bloody shirt," the, 83, 100, 201. Bonaparte, Charles J., 320. "Boss," the, 245, 246; power of, 247, 248. Boxer outbreak in China, 281. Brady, Thomas J., 104, 105. Bristow, Benjamin, 81. Brown, B. Gratz, 56. Bryan, William Jennings, nominated for President, 237; wages vigorous campaign, 238; defeated, 240; colonel in Spanish War, 266; renominated for President, 279; denounces imperialism, 279; again defeated, 280; a lay preacher on political subjects, 305; nominated for Presidency third time, 325; made Secretary of State by Wilson, 338. Bryce, James, his _American Commonwealth_, 188, 189, 246; influence of, 247; ambassador from Great Britain, 318. Buckner, Simon B., 238. Burchard, Rev. Samuel D., 133. Bureau of Corporations, valuable reports of, 311, 312.