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Page 246
... platform on which the delegates sat were cut off for committee rooms , so that chairs for delegates were arranged in oblique rows , half - facing the audience , beneath a forest of placards labeling each delegation . Newspapermen ...
... platform on which the delegates sat were cut off for committee rooms , so that chairs for delegates were arranged in oblique rows , half - facing the audience , beneath a forest of placards labeling each delegation . Newspapermen ...
Page 249
... platform commit- tee should be appointed prior to the Convention's permanent organi- zation . Cartter , wanting the platform committee chosen at once , be- gan a long - winded argument by pointing to the Lake excursion as evidence the ...
... platform commit- tee should be appointed prior to the Convention's permanent organi- zation . Cartter , wanting the platform committee chosen at once , be- gan a long - winded argument by pointing to the Lake excursion as evidence the ...
Page 259
... platform the com- mittee had been unanimous in approval . He read the platform " as amended and adopted " in committee . " Tremendous bursts of ap- plause " interrupted Jessup as he read along . The Platform Commit- tee had framed a ...
... platform the com- mittee had been unanimous in approval . He read the platform " as amended and adopted " in committee . " Tremendous bursts of ap- plause " interrupted Jessup as he read along . The Platform Commit- tee had framed a ...
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Abraham Lincoln Annals of Iowa applause April argument ballot Bates Blair Browning called Cameron campaign candidate Carl Schurz carry Central Illinois Gazette Chase MSS cheers Chicago Convention Chicago Press Clay clipped Colfax coln Committee crowd David Davis debate declared defeat delegates Democratic doubtful Douglas editorial Edward Bates election favor favorite friends gave Governor Greeley Halstead Hamlin Herndon Herriott House Illinois Republican Illinois State Journal Indiana Jersey Jesse Fell John Kansas knew Koerner labor letter Lincoln for President Little Giant March McLean Medill Norman Judd North Ohio Old Abe orator paper Pennsylvania platform political politicians popular sovereignty presidential Press & Tribune principles publican rails reported Republican leaders Republican Party Schurz Senator Seward Sewardites shouted slave slavery Sparks speech Springfield Swett talk thousand Thurlow Weed ticket tion Trumbull Union Vice President victory votes Whig Wigwam wrote York