Temporary Roll Of The Delegates And Alternates Republican National Convention St Louis June 16th 1896

Author : Charles M. Harvey
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ISBN 13 : 9781330909898
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Republican National Convention written by Charles M. Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Republican National Convention: St. Louis, June 16th to 18th, 1896; Illustrated; With a History of the Republican Party and a Survey of National Politics Since the Party's Foundation, Etc;, Etc The scope and purpose of this book could not readily be fully set forth on the title page. The largest single feature of the book is its record of the proceedings of the Republican National Convention of 1896, which it gives with a close approach to absolute completeness. This presents the speeches of the Convention's Temporary Chairman and Permanent President; the platform; the committees; the rules by which the Convention was governed; the speeches on both sides in the contests for seats; the silver substitute for the financial plank of the platform; Senator Teller's address in favor of the substitute; the votes by which the substitute was rejected and the financial plank adopted; the silverites' protest and valedictory read by Senator Cannon; the bolt of the silver men and the scenes attending it; the speeches presenting the various aspirants for President and Vice-President and the votes for each, and all in the order in which they occurred. The speeches, platform, rules and silver men's protest are given verbatim and the votes are all given by States. All are presented in attractive shape for permanent reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.