Our political drama, conventions, campaigns, candidates (1904)
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928 · New York, Scott-Thaw co. · leaf 111
THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES standard-bearers were as grave as the MexicanIndians who bore the sacred tapers. The Demo- 108 OUR POLITICAL DRAMA cratic procession, also, like the Catholic procession,had its halting-places; it stopped before the housesof the Jackson men to fill the air with… … THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE HIGHT PLACE. halted at the doors of the leaders of the oppositionto give three, six, or nine groans. It has been said of the campaign of 1840, withTippecanoe and Tyler too, that it was the firstin which the masses of the people took intenseinterest. In a sense this is true,…
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