BOLITION OF MOIETIES.--SPECIE PAYMENTS.--RESUMPTION ACT.--SPECIAL
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.--ADMISSION OF COLORADO.--DEATH OF SPEAKER
KERR.--SAMUEL J. RANDALL HIS SUCCESSOR.

CHAPTER XXV.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876.--REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION.--
CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI, JUNE 14, 1876.--REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.--
BALLOTING.--NOMINATION OF HAYES AND WHEELER.--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.--SAMUEL J. TILDEN THE PRINCIPAL CANDIDATE.--HIS CAREER.--
OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.--TILDEN AND HENDRICKS NOMINATED.--
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.--THE CANVASS.--THE RESULT.--DOUBTFUL STATE.--
POPULAR EXCITEMENT.--DISPUTE IN LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA.--
PRESIDENT GRANT'S COURSE.--A PORTENTOUS QUESTION.--ELECTORAL
COMMISSION.--MEMBERS.--QUESTIONS BEFORE THEM.--DECISION.--HAYES AND
WHEELER ELECTED.--SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION.--POTTER COMMISSION.--
DISCOVERY OF TELEGRAMS.--ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY IN THE SOUTH.

CHAPTER XXVI.

INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HAYES.--HIS SOUTHERN POLICY.--APPOINTMENT OF
HIS CABINET.--ORGANIZATION OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--RE-
ELECTION OF SPEAKER RANDALL.--SILVER DISCUSSION.--COINAGE OF SILVER
DOLLAR.--REPORT OF SILVER COMMISSION.--DISCUSSION ON SILVER QUESTION.--
PRODUCT OF SILVER AND GOLD.--THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF EACH.--NAVIGATION
INTERESTS.--LOSS OF GROUND BY THE UNITED STATES.--REASON THEREFOR.--
HOW CAN IT BE REGAINED?

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE QUESTION OF THE FISHERIES.--ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RIGHTS.--EARLY
DISPUTES.--TREATY OF 1782.--TREATY OF GHENT.--TREATY OF 1818.--
RECIPROCITY TREATY.--JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.--FISHERIES QUESTION TO BE
ARBITRATED.--SELECTION OF ARBITRATORS.--NEGOTIATION FOR RECIPROCITY
TREATY.--THE HALIFAX AWARD.--ITS LARGE AMOUNT.--DISSATISFACTION.--
ACTION OF SENATE.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.--MR.
EVARTS AND LORD SALISBURY.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.--EXTRA SESSION.--ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE.--OF
SENATE.--LEADING MEN IN EACH.--DEMOCRATIC GAIN IN INFLUENCE.--CONTROL
OF BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE.--DEATH OF SENATOR CHANDLER.--QUESTION OF
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.--THE PATRONAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT.--ITS
ILLEGITIMATE INFLUENCE.--THE QUESTION OF CHINESE LABOR.--LEGISLATION
THEREON.

CHAPTER XXIX.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1880.--THIRD TERM SUGGESTED.--CHICAGO
CONVENTION.--EXCITING CONTEST.--MANY BALLOTINGS.--NOMINATION OF GENERAL
GARFIELD.--DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.--NOMINATION OF GENERAL HANCOCK.--THE
CONTEST.--THE RESULT.--THE SOLID SOUTH.--IT