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All the Great Prizes

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by John Taliaferro


  Garfield’s assassination and, 205–7

  Gould’s rescue of, 158–59

  Grant criticized in, 153–54, 199

  Hay’s poetry in, 136–39

  Hay’s rejection of editor’s post at, 263–64

  Hay’s temporary replacement of Reid at, 200, 202–8, 297, 541

  Hay’s work for, 6, 7, 50, 89–90, 136–46, 153–54, 155, 159–60, 164, 166, 167, 228, 323

  as Liberal Republican paper, 143, 153–54, 155

  literary reviews in, 210–12

  offices of, 141, 162, 166

  Open Door and, 366

  Reid’s homecoming to, 208

  slavery and, 61, 86

  stock of, 149, 158, 159, 200

  New York World, 47, 49, 427, 428, 472, 476

  Niagara Falls, N.Y., 85–88, 130, 133, 153, 400, 406

  Niagara Manifesto, 87–90

  Nicaragua, 301, 349, 352, 368, 487

  canal cost for, 412

  Hay’s treaty negotiations with, 432, 442

  Hepburn bill and, 413, 421, 427

  Morgan bill ad, 345–46

  Panama vs., 191, 366, 392, 411, 412, 425–35, 470, 471, 473–74, 498

  as “the American route,” 345, 425

  volcanoes in, 427, 433–34, 435

  Nicaragua, Lake, 434

  Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 462, 466, 508

  Nicolay, John George, 1–7, 31–32, 118, 133, 176, 180–83, 186

  background of, 23

  Colorado trip of, 232, 239, 249, 257

  as consul to Paris, 4, 101, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 125

  death of, 411

  election of 1864 and, 90–91

  as German-born, 3, 23, 32, 43

  Hay compared with, 3, 32

  Hay’s correspondence with, 67, 68, 71–72, 73, 82, 90, 114, 115, 117, 120, 132, 133, 137, 152, 160, 169, 178, 183, 213, 238, 251, 257–58, 262, 383

  Hay’s engagement and, 163

  Hay’s evolving relationship with, 169

  Hay’s job offer from, 125, 130, 132

  Hay’s meeting of, 23

  Hay’s renewed friendship with, 31

  interviews for Lincoln biography by, 167, 169, 235

  Lamon’s biography and, 180–82

  as Lincoln’s private secretary, 1–4, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42–43, 45, 46, 50–54, 61, 65, 66, 71–76, 83–85, 97–102, 144, 169, 198, 245, 335–36

  marriage of, 4, 99, 101

  in New Hampshire, 237

  White House duties of, 45

  at work on Lincoln biography, 167, 169, 213, 228, 235–39, 245, 248–51, 260, 262–63, 294

  Nicolay, Therena Bates, 66, 120

  death of, 245, 249

  European travels of, 5, 101, 107, 109, 110

  marriage of, 4, 99, 101

  Nicolay’s correspondence with, 4, 43, 53–54, 65, 84, 97

  Norris, Billy, 24

  North, 57, 60, 71, 88, 100, 158, 193

  North American Review, 177, 340

  Northern Pacific Railroad, 163, 289

  Northern Securities, 424

  North German Confederation, 126

  “Northward” (Hay), 140

  Oak Ridge Cemetery, 4

  Obaldía, José Domingo de, 478, 485, 487, 489

  “Obedience” (Hay), 292

  Ohio, 19, 92, 133, 309–10, 361

  founding fathers of, 183

  legislature of, 173

  McKinley as governor of, 281, 282, 298

  Republican Central Committee of, 192

  Ohio Republican Party, 300

  Ohio Society of New York, 456

  oil, 156–57, 354, 422, 458

  O’Leary, Mr. and Mrs., 145

  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 296

  Olney, Richard, 289, 304–5, 317, 318, 326

  Olustee, Fla., 81–82

  “On the Bluff” (Hay), 18, 140

  Open Door, 9, 12, 356–67, 376, 384–90, 393, 398, 406, 421, 458–60, 505, 506, 517, 547

  benefits of, 364–65

  Beresford and, 356–57, 359

  first note, 360, 381, 507

  negotiations over, 362–66

  second note, 380–81

  Orange Free State, 362

  orange groves, 67–68, 79

  Organization of American States, 349

  Orinoco (Royal Mail Company packet), 491

  Osgood, James R., 132, 140, 148, 214

  Ottoman Empire, 496, 521

  “Outcasts of Poker Flat” (Harte), 134

  Outlook, 453–54

  Overland Monthly, 134, 135, 136, 148

  Oyster Bay, Long Island, 261, 437–38, 465–66, 473, 477

  Pacific Express, 171–72

  Pacific Ocean, 9, 337, 344, 352–53, 356

  McKinley and Hay in visit to, 399

  Panama and, 430, 477, 485, 490

  Pago Pago, 353

  Panama, 346, 349, 366, 411, 425–33, 440–43, 468–82, 484–503, 517, 524

  canal cost for, 392, 412, 425

  flag of, 485, 489, 497

  French canal company and, 190–91, 345, 425

  Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty and, 494–503

  indemnity for, 495, 497, 503

  secession and independence of, 9, 429, 468–69, 471, 473, 475–82, 484–94, 497–502, 528–29, 549

  U.S. as protector of, 493, 494, 497

  U.S. recognition of, 493

  Panama City, 430, 440, 477, 485, 487–92, 494, 495

  Panama Railroad, 440, 441, 475, 476, 487, 488, 489, 491

  Panama Star and Herald, 476, 477

  Pan-American Exposition, 400, 406

  Panic of 1873, 163–64, 174

  Panic of 1893, 281–85, 289, 300, 345

  Paris, 108–16, 126–29, 177, 286, 326, 335, 341, 350, 363, 380, 398, 537

  Adams–Lizzie Cameron meetings in, 272, 274–75, 276, 551

  Guiteau’s seeking of consulship in, 204–5

  Hay in legation in, 4, 101–2, 106, 109–13, 119, 122, 129, 151

  Hay’s visits to, 11, 128, 215–16, 221, 234, 269–70, 284, 287, 304, 538, 546

  James’s letters from, 168

  as literary setting, 110, 115, 140, 402

  peace commission in, 335, 339, 340

  pleasures of, 110–11

  Prussian siege on, 128

  riots in, 126, 127

  Tribune coverage of, 132

  U.S. canal commission in, 426

  Paris, Treaty of (1898), 334, 340, 341, 343–44, 350

  Parker, Alton B., 509–10, 524, 526

  Parkman, Francis, 241

  Parsons, Alfred, 234

  patronage, 95, 98, 120, 121, 204–5, 258, 294, 296, 309

  Conkling and, 199, 201, 202

  David Cameron and, 187, 188

  Mary Lincoln and, 74

  White House seekers of, 43, 74, 113

  Paúl, Felipe, 441

  Paunceforte, Julian, 335, 352, 367, 405, 411, 412, 424, 455

  Pavey, Frank, 495

  Payne, Oliver, 422, 505

  Payson, Joan Whitney, 458, 464, 505, 523, 550

  Pearl Harbor, 507

  Peiho River, 355, 379

  Peking, 326, 355, 357, 359, 377–88, 421, 460, 482, 522, 524

  first relief expedition for, 379, 380

  second relief expedition for, 383–88, 401

  Pelée, Mount, 433

  Pendleton, George, 98

  Peninsula campaign, 56, 58, 59, 92

  Pennsylvania, 69–70, 187, 252, 278, 280, 298–99

  Cameron’s property in, 319, 350, 404

  Perdicaris, Ion, 511–15

  Permanent Court of Arbitration, 453, 528

  Perry, Nora, 27, 28, 29, 38

  Petersburg, Fla., 84, 91

  Petropavlosk (Russian ship), 506

  Philadelphia, Pa., 69, 84, 178–79, 231

  Republican convention in (1900), 374–76

  Philadelphia Press, 76, 366

  Philermenian literary society, 25

  Philip IV, King of Spain, 123


  Philippines, 9, 322, 326, 330, 338–41, 358, 361, 373, 518, 524

  China policy and, 349, 354, 356, 379, 390

  Germany and, 327–28, 331, 339, 444

  independence movement in, 331, 343–44

  insurrection in, 344, 362, 390, 400, 518

  Open Door and, 365

  Roosevelt’s views on, 436, 444

  Treaty of Paris and, 340, 343–44

  undecided fate of, 331–32

  U.S. brutality in, 424

  Phillips, William “Bilfilips,” 289, 297, 315

  Phoenix, Ariz., 398, 399, 412, 413

  photographs, 74–75

  by Clover Adams, 215, 241

  of Hay, 46–47, 74–75, 215, 493

  Pickett, George E., 70, 71

  Pickett’s Charge, 70

  Pike County, Ill., 135–36

  Pike County, Mo., 135, 148

  Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces (Hay), 140

  Pike County Free Press, 23, 31–32

  “Pikes,” 135–37, 148

  Pittsburgh, Pa., 174, 545

  Pittsfield, Ill., 4, 22–23, 383

  Pittsfield, Mass, 438–39, 525

  “Plain Language from Truthful James” (“The Heathen Chinee”; Harte), 134–36

  Platt, Thomas “Me-Too,” 201, 203, 204, 205, 298, 349, 395

  election of 1896 and, 296, 300, 303

  election of 1900 and, 374, 375

  McKinley appointments and, 309, 310, 312, 313–14

  Reid’s feud with, 309, 310, 313–14

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 27, 133

  poetry, 17, 27–30, 134–40, 145

  of Harte, 134–36, 139, 140

  of Hay, 3, 6–7, 18, 27–30, 33, 45, 73, 82, 95, 110–11, 136–41, 264–67, 284, 291–92, 504, 541, 551–52

  Polk, James Knox, 439

  Pope, John, 59, 238

  Populists, Populist Party, 280, 308

  Port Arthur, 354, 355, 362, 458

  Russo-Japanese War and, 506–7, 508, 521, 532–33

  Porter, David, 96–97

  Porter, Fitz-John, 262

  Porter, Jane, 17, 18

  Portrait of a Lady, The (James), 211–12, 228, 286

  portrait painting, 234, 265, 324, 456–58, 504, 539

  Potomac River, 41

  Civil War and, 44, 47, 49, 60, 71, 84, 85

  Prado, 123

  “Prayer for Twenty Millions” (Greeley), 86

  preparedness policy, 524

  Presbyterians, 157, 164–65, 195, 422, 545

  Prescott, Herbert, 485–86

  presidential succession, order of, 411, 437, 439

  Prince and the Pauper, The (Twain), 210–11

  Pritchett, Henry, 494–95

  Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, 77–78

  see also Ten Percent Plan

  “Progress of Democracy in Europe, The” (Hay), 120, 140, 141

  prostitutes, 121

  Protestants, 377

  see also specific sects

  Providence, R.I., 15, 24–28, 33

  Providence Journal, 33–34

  Prussia, 117, 120

  see also Franco-Prussian War

  Puerto Cabello, 447, 451

  Puerto Rico, 322, 330, 331, 340, 343, 361, 445

  Pullman, George, 282

  Pullman Palace Car Company, 289

  Qing government, 354

  Quay, Matthew, 298–99, 300, 303, 395

  railroads, 156, 157, 163, 164, 171–75, 220, 249, 422, 446

  Ashtabula disaster, 171–75, 220

  China and, 353, 354, 355, 360, 362, 363, 365, 377, 458

  Christmas travel on, 186

  failure of, 281–82

  labor unrest and, 174–75

  in Panama, 440, 441, 475, 487, 488, 489, 491

  stock in, 155, 156, 159, 174

  Raisuli, Muali Ahmed er, 511–15

  Rapadan River, 83, 84

  Rappahannock River, 68–69

  Rathbone, Henry, 103–4, 247–48

  Raymond, Henry, 90

  Reade (Hay children’s nurse), 214

  reconstruction, 72, 77–82, 93, 107

  Grant and, 153

  Johnson administration and, 112, 113, 122

  Ten Percent Plan, 78–82

  Reed, Thomas, 258, 296, 300

  reform, 131, 170, 184, 196, 218, 259

  Reid, Elisabeth Mills, 199–200, 281, 296, 312, 320, 321, 405, 439

  Reid, Whitelaw, 130–34, 141, 143, 144, 147, 154, 162, 168–71, 176, 321, 541

  as ambassador to England, 530

  bachelor life of, 149

  Conkling and, 199, 201–4

  Diamond Jubilee and, 319, 320

  election of 1876 and, 171

  election of 1880 and, 192, 193, 194

  election of 1888 and, 257

  election of 1892 and, 280, 281, 296

  election of 1896 and, 296, 298, 306–7

  in fiction, 229

  Hay compared with, 131

  Hay’s acceptance of State Department position and, 184

  Hay’s correspondence with, 132, 146, 164, 166, 169–70, 171, 183–84, 194, 198, 201–4, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 273, 280, 284, 288, 294, 295–96, 306–7, 309, 312, 319, 335, 385, 404–5, 413, 439, 468, 530

  Hay’s damaged friendship with, 350

  health problems of, 297, 311–12, 314

  James hired by, 168

  McKinley appointments and, 309–14, 348, 349–50

  marriage of, 199–200

  as minister to France, 258, 261, 264, 269, 296

  as peace commissioner, 335, 348

  Tribune troubles of, 158–59

  Twain’s damning of, 210–11

  as Washington correspondent, 130

  Republican, 125, 130, 132

  Republican National Committee, 428

  Republican National Conventions:

  of 1856, 31–32

  of 1864, 79, 84

  of 1880, 192, 199

  of 1896, 296, 300, 301, 310

  of 1900, 374–76

  of 1904, 514–15

  Republicans, Republican Party, 5, 6, 7, 12, 26, 38, 101, 111–12, 119, 120, 176, 183, 191–94, 264, 340, 342, 346, 349, 361, 494, 528

  birth of, 86, 515–16

  Conkling vs. Garfield and, 201, 202

  emancipation and, 62, 64

  in fiction, 196

  as futurists, 548

  Grant criticized by, 142–43

  Illinois state convention of (1858), 54

  Mugwumps, 8, 234, 235, 280, 281, 304, 500, 517

  Radical wing of, 50, 54, 62, 77, 93, 112, 113

  Stalwarts, 192, 204–7, 408

  Tribune’s loss of, 158

  see also specific elections

  Rest Cure, 179–80, 213, 220, 285

  Review of Reviews, 479, 480

  Reyes, Rafael, 497, 500–501

  Rhine River, 126, 128

  Rhodes, Cecil, 372

  Richardson, H. H., 233, 239, 241, 243–44

  Richmond, Va., 56, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 96, 102

  Rico, Luis Carlos, 471, 478

  Ridgley, Mary, see Hay, Mary Ridgley

  Rixey, Presley, 532, 534, 535, 541–42

  Robertson, William, 199, 201, 203, 204

  Rock Creek Cemetery, 484

  Rockefeller, John D., 156, 403

  Rockhill, William, 326, 336, 349

  China policy and, 354, 356–60, 362, 363, 377, 381, 384, 388, 400–401, 482, 530

  Roderick Hudson (James), 168

  Romanian Jews, 462

  Rome, 286–87, 290, 363, 380, 394, 530

  Roosevelt, Anna, see Cowles, Anna Roosevelt “Bamie”

  Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 534

  Roosevelt, Corrine, 265

  Roosevelt, Edith, 276, 412, 422, 440, 456

  Roosevelt, Franklin, 534

  Roosevelt, Ted, 501, 508

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 12, 176, 258–61, 264, 276, 289, 326, 342, 407–12

  Adams’s criticism
of, 417–18, 424

  aggressiveness of, 508, 519, 521

  appetite for executive control of, 419

  as assistant secretary of the navy, 323, 330, 445

  autobiography of, 452–53

  Central America canal and, 368, 410, 425, 426, 428, 435–36, 442, 443, 445, 472–80, 501, 503

  as child, 8, 259, 444, 445

  as civil service commissioner, 259

  dynamism and robustness of, 259, 416, 417

  election of 1896 and, 302, 306, 307

  election of 1900 and, 374–76, 389–90

  election of 1904 and, 509–11, 514–19, 523–26, 546

  Germany and, 443–54

  Hanna’s relationship with, 428

  Hay compared with, 8–9, 416, 417, 419, 420, 457, 503, 548

  Hay’s correspondence with, 308, 330–31, 408–12, 414, 417, 438, 447, 455–56, 459, 460–61, 466, 467–68, 468, 473–75, 477, 504, 505, 513, 520, 521–22, 526–27, 531–32, 536, 540, 541, 542

  Hay’s death and, 543, 545–48

  Hay’s gift to, 531–32

  Hay’s relationship with, 390, 409–11, 414–19, 455–56, 465, 525, 545–48

  health problems and accidents of, 438–40, 499, 524–25

  honorary degree of, 436

  hunting of, 438, 465, 536

  inauguration of, 531–32

  James introduced to, 531

  Japan bias of, 508

  Kishinev massacre and, 463–67

  Lodge compared with, 259–60

  McKinley compared with, 419

  McKinley’s assassination and, 407–11

  as N.Y. governor, 338, 368, 374

  Panama’s independence and, 484–85, 487, 490, 492, 493–94, 498–99

  portrait of, 456–57

  as president, 8, 414–27, 435–57, 463–69, 472–80, 482, 484–85, 487, 490, 492, 493–94, 498–99, 501, 503–6, 508–34, 540–43, 545–46, 549

  Russo-Japanese War mediated by, 540–41, 549

  at Sagamore Hill, 437–38, 464–65, 477

  Spanish-American War and, 323, 330–31, 338

  Venezuela affair and, 443, 446–54

  as vice president, 407–8, 445

  Wilhelm II compared with, 445

  writing of, 259, 260, 452–53

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr., 258–59, 418

  Root, Elihu, 372, 375, 385, 410, 412, 424, 440, 490, 493, 496

  Alaska boundary treaty and, 454–55

  replacement of, 518

  as secretary of state, 13, 549

  Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand James de, 462

  Roughing It (Twain), 210–11

  Rough Riders, 330, 338, 375

  Royal Academy, 539

  Ruskin, John, 284

  Russia, 9, 141, 142, 327, 346, 458–68

  anti-Semitism in, 461–67, 505

  army of, 533

  Bloody Sunday in, 533

  China and, 353–54, 355, 358–60, 362–63, 365, 378, 380, 381, 383, 385–89, 401, 458–62, 464–68, 482, 499–500, 505–7, 521–22, 549

  Foreign Ministry of, 466

  navy of, 459, 506, 521, 522, 533, 540

 

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