Pendleton Act of 1883, 78, 130
Pennsylvania, 299, 333, 336, 349, 415, 494, 555, 665, 670, 706, 707
coal strike in, 311–19, 321, 322, 354–59
direct primaries in, 687, 689–90, 693
oil fields of, 436
Tarbell’s childhood in, 171
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 426
Penrose, Boies, 415
Periodical Publishers Association, 673–75
Perkins, George, 294, 318, 667, 683, 708–9
petroleum, 171
Petroleum Producers Union, 337
Phelan, Frank M., 215–17
Phelps, Judge, 27
Phi Beta Kappa, 23, 47
Philadelphia, Pa., 17, 363, 447, 674, 692
Republican National Convention in, 261–62, 292
Steffens on corruption in, 369, 372, 373–74
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 312
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 19
Philadelphia North American, 663
Philadelphia Press, 608
Philadelphia Public Ledger, 169
Philadelphia Record, 667
Philippine Commission, 264, 266–67, 269–70, 273–74, 302, 429, 525
Philippine Constabulary Band, 270–71
Philippine Insurrection, 261, 268, 272, 273–74
Philippine National Assembly, 525–26
Philippines, 350, 396, 408, 413, 428
agriculture in, 429
Augustinian missionary work in, 18
disease outbreaks in, 289–90
independence for, 409, 410–11, 526
Nellie Taft in, 16
popular assembly in, 307
railroads for, 396–97, 429
Samar massacre in, 288–89
self-government as goal for, 272, 302, 431
Senate Committee on the, 301–2
Spanish-American War in, 224
Spanish friars problem in, 302–4
Taft as governor general of, 11, 14, 239, 264–77, 288, 385–92, 521, 557, 558, 560, 571, 572, 575, 653, 667
Taft on, 410–11, 422, 499
Taft’s popularity in, 271, 304, 389, 411, 431, 525–26
Taft’s return journeys to, 429, 431–33, 525–26, 532
tariff on imports from, 38, 302, 307, 397–98, 414, 429, 498, 503, 507, 517, 526, 594, 598
TR’s desire to be governor general of, 259–61, 275
U.S. Army in, 267–70
Phillips, David Graham, 481–83, 485
Phillips, Jennie, 178, 477
Phillips, John S., 157, 163–64, 166, 170, 190, 195, 746–47, 750
at American, 490–95, 628, 723–24
insurgency supported by, 628–31
at McClure’s, 168–69, 178, 179, 180, 188–89, 234, 327, 331, 335, 358, 370–71, 438–39
on McClure’s reckless behavior, 470–79
at McClure’s syndicate, 167, 476
resignation from McClure’s by, 478–80, 487–88
on Taft, 629, 630–31
on TR, 671
on Wheelman, 165, 476
Phillips, Wendell, 163, 452, 540
Phillips Exeter Academy, 245
Phoenix, Ariz., 353, 604
photo engraving, 168
Pierce, Frank, 612
Pierce, Franklin, 76
Pinchot, Amos, 673–74, 679, 708–9
Pinchot, Gifford, 12, 244–45, 360, 362, 517, 632–33, 649, 656, 740
Ballinger’s disagreements with, 605–19, 621–27, 630, 633, 639
La Follette and, 670, 673–74, 676
Taft and departure of, 605, 620–21
on TR’s 1912 candidacy, 676, 679
TR’s relationship with, 561, 605, 608, 632–33, 643–44
Pinkerton Agency, 193
Pinkham, Lydia E., 464–65
pipelines, 439, 441
Pittsburgh, Pa., 298, 509
Steffens on corruption in, 369, 373
Pittsburgh Press, 690
Pittsfield, Mass., 308
plague, 290
Platt, Orville, 292, 293–94, 310
Platt, Thomas Collier, 235–37, 240, 242–43, 246–49, 254–56, 368
and TR’s vice-presidential candidacy, 258–59, 263, 273
White’s profile of, 281–84, 341
Platt Amendment, 505
Plaza Hotel, 673
Pocatello, Idaho, 508
Poland, Ohio, 173
Poland Union Seminary, 173
police, salaries of, 77
Police Department, NYC:
bipartisan board of, 204, 211
Lexow Committee hearings and, 200, 206–7, 371
TR as commissioner of, 7, 156, 195, 200–201, 203–14, 217, 228, 232, 242, 244, 387
Police Headquarters, NYC, 200, 203
police power, 192, 466
Polk, James K., 76
Pompey, 28
poor:
charity towards, 34–35
private charity and, 36–37
Pope, Albert, 165, 169
Pope Manufacturing Company, 165
Populists, populism, 187, 191, 193, 212, 248, 252, 280, 296, 400, 445
economic change called for by, 221
southern, 573
Spanish-American War and, 226
White on, 187, 193–94, 195
Porcellian Club, 44, 47, 681
Port Arthur, 432, 433
Porter, John Addison, 105–6, 221
Portland, Maine, 412
Portland, Ore., 353, 603–4, 657–58
Portsmouth, N.H., 433
postal rates, 632
Post Office, 484
civil service abuses in, 139–40
Potomac Park, 578–79
Potomac River, 580
Potter, Grace, 118, 121
power trust, 608
President Grant, SS, 532
press:
tabloid, 329
Taft’s relationship with, xiii–xiv, 547, 574–75, 589–91, 626–32, 641, 643
on TR’s European reception, 2
TR’s relationship with, xii–xiv, 7–8, 70, 76, 217, 243, 256–57, 280–81, 287, 293, 320, 323, 351, 480–87, 574, 589, 641, 651–52, 701, 739–40
TR’s return hailed by, 6–7
Price, Overton, 616, 620, 626
primaries:
direct, 629, 640, 641, 656, 682, 684, 686–90, 693–96, 721
TR’s success in, 698
Princeton, N.J., 722, 738
Princeton University, 739
Pringle, Henry, 25, 61, 138, 223, 587
private enterprise, 453
privilege, Tarbell’s hatred of, 172
profits, 31–32, 186, 338
Progress and Poverty (George), 126, 183
Progressive Conference, 670
Progressive era, xi, 170
Progressive Federation of Publicists and Editors, 656
Progressive League, Minnesota, 713
Progressive movement, magazines and, 326
Progressive Party, see National Progressive Party
progressives, 598, 667, 741
Alphonso Taft as, 26–27
anger at Ballinger by, 607–8
Democratic, 368, 407, 457, 552–54, 722
investigative journalists defended by, 487
Republican, 11–12, 13, 236, 248, 279–80, 368, 378, 423, 456, 457, 514, 552–54, 572, 586, 593, 597, 598, 629, 645, 647, 650, 663, 669, 703, 704–5, 712–17
Steffens on, 492
on Taft, 571
Promise of American Life, The (Croly), 644
property, 445, 483, 530
private, 192, 386, 402
Republican party and, 254
rights, 31–32, 77–78, 217, 296, 716
protectionism, 408, 495–96, 498, 658
Protestants, 303, 305
Providence, R.I., 727
Providence Journal, 169
public lands, 606–8, 627
public spending, 408
public works programs
, 184–85
Puck magazine, 279, 347, 365, 444, 467, 516, 534
Puerto Rico, 513, 519
Pulitzer, Joseph, 222
Pullman, George M., 185–86
Pullman, Ill., 185–87
Pullman Palace Car Company, 185–87, 216, 349
Pullman Strike, 185–87, 194, 215–17, 297, 355
Pure Food and Drug Act, 12, 464–65, 466, 484, 584
Putnam, Carleton, 40, 48
Putnam, Herbert, 310–11
Putnam’s, 66
Quebec, 160, 219
race, Baker on, 492, 493–94
railroads, xi, 31, 158, 291, 297, 329, 363, 375, 434, 540
anti-regulation campaign by, 448
Baker on, 445–48, 449–53, 455–59, 479, 494
bankruptcy of, 199
brakes on, 244
coal-carrying, 312
colonial, 397
in depression of 1893, 159
hours legislation for, 517
ICC and, 564, 638
Jim Crow laws on, 455
La Follette’s defiance of, 368
McClure’s on, 445–47
mergers of, 399
The Octopus and, 327–38
in Philippines, 396–97, 429
popular resentment of, 453
preferential treatment by, 440, 441, 445
rates of, 19, 171–72, 191–92, 201, 337, 340, 343, 450, 451–53, 458, 514, 638
refrigerated freight cars on, 299–300
regulation of, 11, 12, 406, 445, 449–59, 464, 466, 484, 591, 592, 716
right to strike of workers on, 216–17
worker safety and assumption of risk regarding, 217–18
“Railroads on Trial, The” (Baker), 449–53
Railway Congress, 448
Rainier national forest, 517
Raleigh Hotel, 683
Rappahannock River, 510
Rauschenbusch, Walter, 628
Rawlins, Joseph, 301
Reade, Charles, 190
Reclamation Act of 1902, 352–54
Red Cross Magazine, 747
Redding Ridge, Conn., 495
redwoods, 351–52
Reed, Thomas, 147–48, 188
reformers, 242, 246–47, 406
George and, 126
reform schools, 26
Reid, Whitelaw, 538
“Reign of Lawlessness: Anarchy and Despotism in Colorado” (Baker), 402–5
Reno, Nev., 622
Republican National Committee, 213, 406, 418, 548, 683, 725, 738
contested seats for 1912 convention and, 698–701, 705
Credentials Committee of, 707–10
TR proposed as vice president by, 259
White’s resignation from, 723
Republican National Convention:
of 1856, 25
of 1884, 84, 109
of 1900, 261–64, 272, 292
of 1904, 379, 401, 405–7
of 1908, 542–47, 617
of 1912, 697–713, 715, 723, 733
direct election of delegates to, 656
Republican party, 31, 48, 54, 56, 60, 62, 83, 105, 126, 183, 187, 193, 196, 200, 204, 210, 226, 236, 289, 374, 377, 422, 429, 430, 535, 549–50, 602, 618, 620, 658, 689, 716
Alphonso Taft in, 25, 26
on anti-trust legislation, 307, 342, 347
big business and, 291, 307, 346, 417–20, 703
bosses of, 210, 211, 212–13, 291, 292, 368, 376, 383, 405, 423, 703
conservative-progressive divide among, 13, 14, 19, 20, 45, 55, 378–80, 434–36, 444–45, 564, 595, 627–28, 650
discontent with TR among, 321, 455, 527
insurgents in, see insurgents
machine politicians in, 45, 67–68, 235, 237–38, 240, 246, 256, 258, 324, 423, 437
moderate, 457, 645, 679
national headquarters of, 556
in 1902 elections, 319
in 1906 midterm elections, 510
in 1910 midterm elections, 651
in NY Assembly, 76–77
in NYC, 67–68, 126–27, 155–56
Old Guard conservatives in, 12, 278–81, 287, 293, 380, 382, 402, 405, 407, 415, 416, 443, 444–45, 453, 457, 503, 504, 514, 517, 542–43, 553, 572, 586, 600, 627, 629, 638, 641–43, 647, 649, 650, 651, 655, 660, 669, 711, 726
on Philippine railroad bill, 397
platform of, 406
progressives in, 11–12, 13, 236, 248, 279–80, 368, 378, 423, 456, 457, 514, 552–54, 572, 586, 593, 597, 598, 629, 645, 647, 650, 663, 669, 703, 704–5, 712–17, 727
railroad regulation and, 444–45, 454, 458
regional differences in, 602, 736
southern, 321
support for Wilson among, 713–14
Taft’s warning to, 422–23
tariff and, 309–10, 509, 585–86, 600
third-party split in, 708–17, 726, 737
TR as gubernatorial nominee of, 236–38
TR’s balancing act with, 504
TR’s goals for, 291
trusts and, 307, 313, 398, 400
unity of, 540
Walcott criticized by, 360
Western, 309
Republican press, 318, 386
Republican State Committee, Maine, 503–4
Republican State Committee, New York, 242
Republican State Committee, Ohio, 519
reservoirs, 352–53, 361
Review of Reviews, 169
Reynolds, James, 462
Reynolds-Neill Report, 463–64
Rhode Island, 91, 292, 307, 308, 397, 413
Rhodes, Cecil, 331
Rhodes, James Ford, 684
Rhône, 470
Rice, Alice Hegan, 159, 469–70
Rice, Cale, 469–70
“Riddle of the Negro, The” (Baker), 493–94
“Right to Work, The” (Baker), 356–58
Riis, Jacob, 7, 37, 45, 64, 230–31, 238, 320
TR as governor and, 243–44
and TR as NYC police commissioner, 203–4, 206, 208–10, 213, 217, 228
and TR’s presidency, 286, 361
on TR’s vice-presidential nomination, 264
writing and journalism of, 204–6
rinderpest, 289, 387
River of Doubt, 743, 744
Robinson, Beverly, 7
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 6, 35–36, 81–82, 112, 130, 231, 237, 294
as asthmatic, 37
Edith’s childhood friendship with, 4, 115–18, 120–22
literary ambitions of, 120
marriage of, 80, 121–22
at Republican National Convention of 1900, 261, 263–64
on TR, 20, 34, 44
TR encouraged by, 156
TR’s letters to, 128, 366, 420
Robinson, Douglas, 80, 81, 130, 261
TR’s expression of frustration to, 294
Rochester, N.Y., 628
Rock Creek Park, 134, 286, 545, 566
Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich, 293
Rockefeller, John D., 31, 171, 330, 334, 336–41, 343, 345–47, 358, 403, 441, 442, 445, 468, 486, 492, 667
bank of, 363
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 293
Rockefeller, William, 341
Rockefellers, 297, 450
Rocky Mountain region, 360, 415, 425, 600
Rogers, Henry H., 334–35
Roland, Madame, 170, 173, 175, 176, 177
Roman Catholic Church:
in Philippines, 302–5, 526
Taft on, 18
Rome, 28, 302–4, 388
Roosevelt, Alice, see Longworth, Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Alice Hathaway Lee, 4, 73–74
pregnancy and death of, 79–83, 109, 110, 122
TR’s courtship of, 46–48, 82, 121
TR’s inability to speak of, 82–83, 129
Roosevelt, Anna “Bamie,” see Cowles, Anna “Bamie” Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Anna Hall, 150–51
Roosevelt, Archibald Bulloch “Arc
hie,” 6, 240, 421, 747, 748
birth of, 155
Roosevelt, Corinne, see Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Shaack, 34, 35, 115
Roosevelt, Edith Carow, 114, 127, 150, 212, 219, 275, 306, 309, 310, 353, 367, 425, 434, 545, 570, 635, 700, 711, 715, 745, 746, 748
anxiety about TR in Spanish-American War suffered by, 231
appearance of, 241
and assassination attempt on TR, 734–35
at Bull Moose Convention, 720
Butt and, 566, 677–78
disapproval of TR’s proposed mayoral run by, 156, 231
domestic nature of, 133, 287, 320–21
education of, 116–17, 133
engagement to TR of, 109, 113, 122–26
health of, 227, 680
marriage to TR by, 4–5, 126–28
meticulous and thoughtful nature of, 4–5
Nellie and, 132–33, 147, 636–37
on 1912 election, 680, 720, 738, 740
in Panama, 510–11
poetry by, 118–20
pregnancies and childbirth of, 129, 131, 132, 155, 227
reading by, 116, 117, 122, 123–24, 129, 131, 133, 141–42
reserved nature of, 129, 130, 132, 142, 240–41, 320, 576–77, 720
reunion with TR by, 3–4, 120–22
on Roosevelt family finances, 131, 259–60
on Taft, 20, 394
Taft’s anniversary party missed by, 663
Taft’s present to, 654
TR’s childhood friendship with, 4, 15, 38–39, 109, 112, 115–21
at TR’s gubernatorial inauguration, 240
at TR’s wedding to Alice, 64, 121
on vice presidential nomination, 259–64
in Washington, 108, 130–33, 141–42, 147, 154–55
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 6, 150
Roosevelt, Eleanor Alexander, 6, 10
Roosevelt, Elliott, 35, 36, 45, 82, 117–18, 120
deteriorating mental health and death of, 150–51
education of, 41–42
epilepsy of, 37, 41–42
Roosevelt, Elliott, Junior, 150
Roosevelt, Ethel, 5, 150, 240, 367, 414, 635, 680, 734, 735
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 6
Roosevelt, Hall, 150
Roosevelt, James, 34
Roosevelt, Kermit, 637, 713
on Africa tour, 5
birth of, 132
Edith’s letters to, 5, 117, 680, 740
education of, 240, 367
TR’s letters to, 319, 342, 345, 410, 420, 426, 454, 456, 466, 510, 519, 530, 536, 555, 565
Roosevelt, Margaret, 34
Roosevelt, Martha “Mittie” Bulloch, 35–36, 37–38, 46, 120
illness and death of, 80–81, 122
Roosevelt, Quentin, 6, 227, 240, 367, 414
Roosevelt, Robert, 35
Roosevelt, Theodore, xi–xiv, 1, 21, 303, 339, 385, 467, 573, 655, 659, 661
and 1904 nomination, 291, 304, 321, 367–68, 379, 382, 393, 405–7
and 1912 Republican nomination, 603, 645, 646–47, 650, 656, 658, 661, 663, 667–71, 672–90, 693–717