Excerpt from Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention: Held in St. Louis, Mo;, June 5th, 6th and 7th, 1888; Containing Also, the Preliminary Proceedings of the National Democratic Committee and the Committee of Arrangements It is difficult to speak of the recent Convention at St. Louis, and of the hospitality Of the people of that city, without seeming to exaggerate. When her delegates appeared before the National Committee in Washington, in February, 1888, to urge St. Louis' claims as the city in which the Convention should be held, SO many prom ises were made in the way of attractions, that it did not seem possible that all of them could be fulfilled. 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.