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... candidates for the Presidency . It is no doubt true that a majority of the people , in both sec- tions of the country , then believed that the question that had been so fraught with peril to national unity from the begin- ning was at ...
... candidates for the Presidency . It is no doubt true that a majority of the people , in both sec- tions of the country , then believed that the question that had been so fraught with peril to national unity from the begin- ning was at ...
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... , the caucus and the convention were yet to come . Aspirants to public place presented their claims directly to the people , and the personal popularity of the candidate was an important factor in achieving success . ON THE CIRCUIT 5.
... , the caucus and the convention were yet to come . Aspirants to public place presented their claims directly to the people , and the personal popularity of the candidate was an important factor in achieving success . ON THE CIRCUIT 5.
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... candidate was an important factor in achieving success . Bribery at elections was rarely heard of . The saying of the great bard , " If money go before , All ways do open lie , " awaited its verification in a later and more civilized ...
... candidate was an important factor in achieving success . Bribery at elections was rarely heard of . The saying of the great bard , " If money go before , All ways do open lie , " awaited its verification in a later and more civilized ...
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... candidates . These votes were decisive of the result . As the days passed and the time approached for the joint session of the Senate and the House , for the purpose of count- ing the electoral votes and declaring the result , the ...
... candidates . These votes were decisive of the result . As the days passed and the time approached for the joint session of the Senate and the House , for the purpose of count- ing the electoral votes and declaring the result , the ...
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... candidates was lawfully entitled to the electoral votes of Florida and Louisiana . I never mis- trusted for a moment that statesmen of high repute could in so perilous an ... candidate had prima facie a ma- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 15.
... candidates was lawfully entitled to the electoral votes of Florida and Louisiana . I never mis- trusted for a moment that statesmen of high repute could in so perilous an ... candidate had prima facie a ma- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 15.
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