Presidential nominations and elections : a history of American conventions, national campaigns, inaugurations and campaign caricature (1916)
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 66
i man-agers heard of this they took counsel as to whatshould be done to offset the display. After muchdebate it was decided to fill The Wigwam with Lin-coln shouters, while the Seward men were marching,and to fill all available space so completely that thelatter could not get in. This scheme was… … AND ELECTIONS 41 found that very few except members of the NewYork delegation could get in. From the outset, as Herndon says, the contestnarrowed down to a neck-and-neck race between thebrilliant statesman of Auburn and the less preten-tious, but manly rail-splitter from the Sangamonbottoms. The…
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