Word: mock
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mock convention to nominate a Democratic and a Republican candidate for President will be held tonight at 7.30 o'clock in the Fogg Art Museum...
...Democrats held a caucus in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon to decide upon the three men to come up before the Mock National Convention next Monday. The names of Cleveland, Carlisle, Russell, Bayard and Patterson were proposed and seconded, and Russell, Carlisle and Bayard were finally chosen. There was a good deal of parliamentary sparring and some eloquence was displayed in the nominating speeches. There was a strong sentiment in favor of Cleveland, but it was thought that the prejudice against a third term would lose him many votes, and also that the debates on the question of a third term...
...following is the complete list of state delegates to the mock national convention...
...committee having charge of the mock national convention, to be held May 18, have been very active in taking every possible precaution to make the convention a success. Representative men from the different states have been invited to represent their states in the convention, and they have almost all accepted. The complete list of men finally agreed upon by the committee will be published in a few days. All the state delegations are in, with the exception of three or four states, which will probably be heard from today. The committee have been especially desirous of getting men who really...
Most men have a definite bent, but to devote themselves to one thing they must conform to the bars of circumstance. They must work with the tools and staff at hand. But hindrances annoy them, and at times God appears to mock. Yet, though the human will cannot arrive at its chosen point, the discipline of character will permit another goal. For a strenous nature such schooling is hard; but character is the only thing which man can win, hold and take away with...