Republican party, the, during the Civil War, 1, 2; called itself Union, 4, 32; paid for its disguise, 32; in the South after 1876, 54; new men in control, 78, 79; regains control of the House (1880), 108; but loses it again (1882), 117; dissensions in, 128; defeated in 1884, 133; elects President and majority in both houses in 1888, 171; suffers a landslide (1890), 185, 186; regains control of Senate and House, (1894), 229; platform in 1896, 234; dominates every branch of National Government for fourteen years, 244; the party of organized business, 252; approves the Spanish War, 279; elects Taft President (1908), 324, 325; revises tariff, 326, 327; dissatisfaction in, 327, 328; loses the House (1910), 329; renominates Taft (1912), 336. Revels, Hiram R., negro Senator from Mississippi, 47. River and Harbor Bill, 117. Rockefeller, John D., gains chief control of petroleum traffic, 165, 166; aids cause of education in South, 201; methods of, 310, 321. Roosevelt, Theodore, 128; steps out of Blaine campaign, 130; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 265, 277; raises a regiment for Spanish War, 266; in Cuba, 270; early public career of, 276; Governor of New York, 277; a reformer of a new type, 277; Vice-President with McKinley, 280; succeeds to Presidency, 282; and the Hague Court, 283, 284; activity in securing Panama Canal, 286, 288; questionable course toward Colombia, 286, 288; attitude toward negroes, 289, 290; widely popular, 291; disliked by professional politicians, 291; dissolves Northern Securities Company, 296, 299; settles coal strike, 300; alienates party leaders, 302; wants nomination on his own account, 303; tries to modify Dingley Tariff, 304; nominated for President, 305; and elected, 306; declares he will not accept another nomination, 307; goes outside of United States territory, 316-17; receives the Nobel prize, 317; promotes second Hague Conference, 318; sends navy round the world, 319; holds conference of state governors at White House, 320; called "Theodore the Meddler," 322; his policies those of the people, 323; secures nomination of Taft for Presidency, 324, 325; goes to Africa, 329; formulates New Nationalism, 333; defeated in Republican convention, 336; nominated by Progressives, 337. Root, Elihu, becomes Secretary of War, 274, 281; Secretary of State, 318; mentioned for Presidency, 324; presides over Chicago convention, 336. Rough Riders, the, 266, 270, 277. "Rum, Romanism, and rebellion," 133. Rusk, Jeremiah M., 136, 157. Russia, at war with Japan, 317. Sackville-West, Sir Lionel, 170. Salary grab, in Congress, 62. Salisbury, Lord, in Venezuela case, 230, 231. Sampson, Capt. William T., in blockade of Cuba, 265, 268, 269, 270, 272. Schenck, Robert C., 55, 61. Schley, Commodore Winfield Scott, in blockade of Cuba, 265, 268, 269, 272.