work of, 42, 43, 45.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., 106, 109, 134.
Fremont, John C., candidate for the Presidency, 3, 4;
arrested in France, 60;
charged with land frauds, 60, 61.
"Frenzied finance," 310.
Frick, Henry C., 299.
"Full dinner pail, the," 280.
Gage, Lyman J., 253.
Garfield, James A., nominated for Presidency (1880), 99;
forged letters against, 101, 104, 105, 122;
sketch of, 101;
his Cabinet, 102;
trouble with Conkling, 103;
death of, 105, 108;
and the Panama Canal, 144.
Garland, Augustus H., 133.
George, Henry, 188.
Georgia, difficulties with Congress, 47, 48.
Gilman, Daniel Coit, 60.
Gladden, Washington, 310.
Gladstone, William E., 189.
Godkin, Edwin L., editor of the _Nation_, 59, 67, 85;
and civil service reform, 112.
Goethals, Major George W., engineer of Canal Zone, 317.
Gold, at a premium, 27;
hoarded, 218;
great increase in production of, 241.
Gold dollar, ratio to silver, 9;
value in greenbacks, 10, 29.
Gorgas, Col. William C., chief sanitary officer of Canal Zone, 317.
Gould, Jay, 60, 294.
Grand Army of the Republic, used for procuring pensions, 136, 137.
Grandfather clause, the, 200.
Granger Laws, the, 68, 70, 157;
constitutionality of, 71, 72.
Granger movement, the, 67, 68, 183;
relations with the panic of 1873, 72;
doctrine established by, 157.
Grant, Ulysses S., the coveted candidate of both parties, 36;
general rejoicing in his election, 37;
inaugurated in 1869, 46;
his first term ends unsatisfactorily, 55;
success with the Alabama claims, 55, 56;
renominated, 57;
various unsavory episodes of his years as President, 60, 62;
vetoes the Inflation Bill, 66;
reelection of (1872), 75;
receives scanty support for a third term, 81, 98, 99;
and civil service reform, 112.
Greeley, Horace, nominated for President by Liberal Republicans, 56;
a quaint political figure, 57;
quoted, 89.
Greenback movement, the, advocates of, 30, 65, 66;
Eastern opinion of, contrasted with Western, 68;
and silver inflation, 88, 180, 181.
Greenbacks, 9;
value of, 10;
depreciation of, 27;
withdrawal of, 28;
further retirement of, forbidden by law, 30;
rising in value, 65;
issued during panic of 1873, 66.
Guam, ceded to United States, 273.
Guiteau, William B., 105.
Hadley, Pres. Arthur T., 310.
Hague, the, court of arbitration at, 283;
Venezuelan claims referred to,
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