Cotton, the staple crop of the Old South, 149; hundredth anniversary of first export celebrated, 203; overproduction, 204. Cowboys, develop a folk-song literature, 150. Coxey, Jacob S., 222. Credit Mobilier, scandal of, 61. Cripple Creek, great miners' strike at, 301. Crisp, Charles F., 186, 220. Cuba, insurrections in, 258; revolutionary government in New York, 260; number of Spanish troops in, 260; filibustering parties, 261; Congress favors recognition of belligerency, 262; autonomy proposed, 263; Congress recognizes independence of, 264; blockaded, 267, 268; freed from Spain, 273; sanitary improvement in, 282; adopts a constitution, 282; makes reciprocity treaty with United States, 283. Cullom, Shelby M., 158, 221. Cummins, Gov. Albert B., 303; leader of Insurgent Republicans, 329. Curtis, George William, leader in civil-service reform, 112, 128; a Mugwump, 129. Custer, Gen. George A., 86. Czar of Russia, calls conference on disarmament, 283. Dakota Territory, 21; made into two States, 152. Darwin, Charles, his influence on religious thought, 190. Davenport, Homer C., 252. Davis, Judge David, 109. Davis, Henry G., 306. Davis, Jefferson, 83, 106. Dawes Act, the, awarding lands to Indians in severalty, 142, 151, 319. Day, William R., 253, 273. Debs, Eugene V., 222; Social Democratic candidate for President, 301, 338. De Lesseps, Ferdinand M., 144. DeLome, Senor, criticizes McKinley, 263, 264. Democratic party, the, differences in, during the Civil War, 2, 3; Chicago convention (1864), 4, 5; nominates Seymour (1868), 31; gains control of readmitted Southern States, 52, 54; nominates Greeley (1872), 57; weakened by its past, 79; nominates Tilden (1876), 80, 81; gets plurality of popular vote, 83; gains control of the House (1874), 87; nominates Hancock (1880), 99; gains the Senate (1878), 108; loses the House (1880), 108; regains it (1882), 117; elects Cleveland (1884), 130-133; on tariff revision, 138, 220, 221; resists demands for statehood, 152; casts plurality of votes in 1888, but loses all branches of government, 171; regains the House (1890), 186; reelects Cleveland and wins the Senate (1892), 215; split by free silver and tariff questions, 228, 229, 232; loses both Senate and House (1894), 229; nominates Bryan on free-silver platform (1896), 237; denounces imperialism and renominates Bryan (1900), 279; nominates Parker on conservative platform (1904), 305, 306; nominates Bryan for third time (1908), 325; regains the House (1910), 329, 330; elects Wilson (1912), 337, 338. Department of Agriculture, 142, 157. Department of Commerce and Labor, 122, 302. Dependent Pension Act, 174. Dewey, Commodore George, 265; destroys Spanish fleet at Manila, 267. Diaz, Porfirio, expelled from Mexico, 331. Dingley, Nelson, 253, 254. Dingley Bill, the, 254, 255, 303, 304. Dollar diplomacy, 331. Donnelly, Ignatius, 209.