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... committee should be appointed prior to the Convention's permanent organization . Cartter , wanting the platform committee chosen at once , began a long - winded argument by pointing to the Lake excursion as evidence the delegates were ...
... committee should be appointed prior to the Convention's permanent organization . Cartter , wanting the platform committee chosen at once , began a long - winded argument by pointing to the Lake excursion as evidence the delegates were ...
Page 256
... committee jumped up and presented a minority report which proves conclusively that the Conservatives were acting together against the Irrepressibles . The New Yorker complained that the majority report on Rule 4 had been jammed through ...
... committee jumped up and presented a minority report which proves conclusively that the Conservatives were acting together against the Irrepressibles . The New Yorker complained that the majority report on Rule 4 had been jammed through ...
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... Committee of Notification arrived from Chicago on a special train loaded with excited partisans . When the little locomotive with the turnip stack creaked to a stop at the depot , passengers saw people swarming over track , yards , all ...
... Committee of Notification arrived from Chicago on a special train loaded with excited partisans . When the little locomotive with the turnip stack creaked to a stop at the depot , passengers saw people swarming over track , yards , all ...
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