Butler, Benjamin F., advocates the Greenback movement, 30, 66; aims at Governorship of Massachusetts, 61; his relation to the "salary grab," 62; Anti-Monopoly candidate for Presidency, 131, 132. Canadian reciprocity, 332. Cannon, Joseph G., defeated for Congress, 185; Speaker of the House, 304, 305; a stand-pat protectionist, 327; ruling as Speaker defeated, 329; returned to Congress, 342. Carlisle, John G., 138, 139. Carnegie, Andrew, 297. "Carpet-baggers," 43, 45, 49, 194. Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, 73. Cervera, Admiral, 267, 268, 271, 272. Chase, Salmon P., wishes to be President, 3, 4, 31, 56; urges creation of bonded debt to provide for war expenses, 5; inaugurates a system of national banks, 27. Chile, threatened war with, 212, 213. Chinese, coolies imported into California, 25; and Irish, 94; harried, 122. Chinese Exclusion Bill, 122, 127. Choate, Joseph H., 318. Christian Science, rise of, 190. Churchill, Winston, writes _Coniston_, 310, 311. Cities, growth of, 14; in the New South, 205; government of, 246. Civil Rights Bill, 196, 197. Civil Service Act, 113, 117. Civil Service reform, 86, 110; growth of, 112, 113, 114; further extended by Cleveland, 134, 235; and by Taft, 331. Civil War, the, influence of its military successes, 1; benefits of the four years of, 18; new type brought into politics by, 78; veterans of, 136. Clark, Champ, 329, 330, 336. Clayton Anti-trust Bill, 339. Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 134, 144; inadequate, 286. Cleveland, Grover, Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York, 130; favored by the Independents, 130, 131; nominated for Presidency, 131; his character attacked, 132; elected and inaugurated, 133; his Cabinet, 133; Lowell's tribute to, 134; meets new problems, 135; vetoes pension bills, 137; troubled by divided administration, 138, 139, 140; signs "omnibus" bill for new States, 152; his emphasis on tariff reduction, 169; renominated, 170; defeated by Harrison, 171; again nominated for Presidency, 214, 215; and elected, 215; opposes free silver and the silver basis, 219, 229, 230; loses influence with Western Democrats, 220; refuses to sign Wilson Bill, 221; sends federal troops to Chicago, 221, 222; splits Democratic party, 223; in Venezuela boundary dispute, 230, 231; abandoned by his party, 235; dies in Princeton, 236; tries to maintain neutrality in Cuban revolt, 261, 262. Cobden Club, and British gold, 139. _Coin's Financial School_, 229. Colfax, Schuyler, Vice-President with Grant, 37, 57, 61. Colorado, Territory, 20; becomes a State, 73, 74, 149. Commissioner of Labor, 122. Conkling, Roscoe, 81, 87; disciplined by Hayes, 98; fights for Grant, 99; resigns from Senate, 103. Conservation movement, 320, 328. Consumers' League, the, 250. Cooke, Jay, his connection with panic of 1873, 62, 63, 64. Cornell, Alonzo B., 98, 103. Cortelyou, George B., 302, 306.