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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 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 ...
Page 262
... platform today before they dare to shrink from repeating the words that these great men enun- ciated . [ Terrific applause . ] A Hoosier declared : " I presume that all the Republicans here are in favor of the Declaration of ...
... platform today before they dare to shrink from repeating the words that these great men enun- ciated . [ Terrific applause . ] A Hoosier declared : " I presume that all the Republicans here are in favor of the Declaration of ...
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