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AT SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM THE 1884 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND LISTENING TO SONGS IN SUPPORT OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, JAMES G. BLAINE. WE ARE LIVE...
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ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME TO THE HOUSE. MR. BLAINE IS HERE EVERY DAY AND WE HEAR HIS SPIRIT EVERY EVENING. >> THE HOUSE
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WAS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO. AND WHAT HAVE YOU COME TO LEARN ABOUT THE MAN BY LIVING IN HIS HOUSE? >> HE NOT ONLY WAS A
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VERY STRONG SUPPORTER AND FOUNDER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MAINE, BUT ALSO A NATIONAL LEADER AND HE STARTED MAINE ON ITS COURSE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW....
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BEST COMMUTE IN AMERICA BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THERE'S
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| 00:02:28 |
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MAYBE BETTER AIR- CONDITIONING. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JAMES G. BLAINE. FOR MANY PEOPLE, HE HAS FADED INTO THE PAGES OF...
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OF MAINE AND TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. WE WILL BE LIFE FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND HALF AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT JAMES G. BLAINE'S AMERICA AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY....
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AGAINST CLEVELAND. IRONICALLY, IN 1876, IT WAS B LAINE WHO PREVENTED ULYSSES GRANT FROM MAKING A COMEBACK AND WINNING A THIRD TERM. >> BESIDES BEING SECRETARY
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OF STATE FOR JAMES GARFIELD AND CHESTER ARTHUR -- >>
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HE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THREE PRESIDENTS. >> WHAT ELSE DID HE DO? >> HE WAS A
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. HE WAS A GOVERNOR. >> HE CHANGED SOME
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OF THE RULES IN THE HOUSE. THE SPEAKERS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING THE RULES SOMEWHAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE IS. >> THIS WAS AFTER THE
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CIVIL WAR WHEN CONGRESS WAS MUCH MORE CENTRAL, MUCH MORE POTENT THAN IT HAD BEEN. THEIR REACTION AGAINST THE STRONG EXECUTIVE SAID IN. TO BE THE SECRET...
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WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE WON? I THINK HE WOULD BE REGARDED AS THE BEST PRESIDENT BETWEEN LINCOLN AND TR. >> HE WAS ASSERTIVE,
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HE HAD INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY. HE HAD A LOT OF TALENT. I THINK THAT ONCE HE HAD ACTUALLY ACHIEVED IT -- PEOPLE LOST AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S. THIS IS A...
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AS PROMISED, WE ARE IN THE RECEPTION ROOM. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR GUESTS. WE'RE JOINED BY 80 STATE HISTORIAN AND THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT...
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THE CIVIL WAR IN MANY WAYS AND IT IS INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT THAT IS ELECTED THAT YEAR AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN...
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WERE THE WINNERS OF THE WAR AND THEY HAD CONTROLLED THE GOVERNOR FOR A LONG TIME COST THE GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME. IT FELT -- THEY HAD CONTROLLED...
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NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA -- PARTS OF THE COUNTRY COME EXCUSE ME. >> THE CIVIL
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WAR CRUSHED ECONOMY IN THE SOUTH SO ONE OF THE GOALS OF RECONSTRUCTION WAS TO GET THE SOUTH UP AND RUNNING AGAIN BUT THIS IS ON THE SOUTHERN TERMS. JAMES...
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| 00:07:17 |
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BEEN ORIGINALLY PART OF MASSACHUSETTS SINCE THE COLONIAL TIMES AND BECAME A STATE IN 1820. WE WENT INTO THE UNION AS A 23RD STATE. WE WERE PART OF THE...
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| 00:08:17 |
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AGAINST DEMOCRAT GROVER CLEVELAND WHO WON. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT NOMINATED HIM, THIS WAS HIS THIRD TRY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL THE...
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| 00:08:38 |
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OF THIS. HE CONTINUED TO TRY AND HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THERE IS NO QUESTION. ONE OF HIS MANY NICKNAMES WAS MR....
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| 00:08:56 |
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ENEMIES AT THE TIME WHO TRIED TO DENY HIM THE NOMINATION. EXPLAIN THE SPIT IN -- THIS SPLIT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> THERE WAS
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| 00:09:08 |
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A GROUP OF MODERATES CALLED THE MUGWUMPS. THEY WERE THE INTELLIGENCE TIP FROM BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. THEY WERE FOLKS THAT BELIEVED THAT BLAINE...
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| 00:09:37 |
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IS A VERY CLOSE ELECTION. WILL YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE RESULT? >> HE LOSES BY 30 OR 40 VOTES. >> THE ACTUAL VOTE, HE LOSES
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| 00:09:51 |
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BY 25,000 VOTES NATIONALLY. THE KEY TO THE LOSS IS THE LOSS OF NEW YORK STATE. >> NEW YORK STATE
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| 00:09:59 |
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WAS THE PLACE WHERE THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN. WAS HE AN INFLUENCE? >> NO, HE WAS CONSIDERED
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A MUGWUMP, ONE OF THE LIBERALS. THAT IS A TREND THAT BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THAT DIRECTION AT LEAST INTO THE 1890'S. >> WHAT IS INTERESTING
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| 00:10:20 |
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ABOUT THE 1884 ELECTION IS THAT WAS HIGHLY PERSONAL. >>
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| 00:10:25 |
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HIGHLY PERSONAL. WE USUALLY DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE BUT THEY WERE VERY PERSONAL, ESPECIALLY STARTING WITH ANDREW JACKSON. THIS IS REALLY A FIGHT...
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PHRASES THAT MOST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDY IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS THAT ARE FROM THIS CAMPAIGN, THE FIRST IS ROME, ROMANISM, AND REBELLION. WHERE...
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| 00:11:04 |
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MINISTER AND ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION, HE GAVE A TALK THAT BLAINE WAS PARTY TO IN WHICH HE DENOUNCED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS THE PARTY OF RUM,...
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DENOUNCE IT. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SAID IT. IT IS JUST THAT HE DID NOT DENOUNCE IT. >> ALSO THE NEW YORK CATHOLIC VOTE. >> WAS THERE AN
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| 00:11:54 |
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ANTI CATHOLIC MOOD IN THE COUNTRY IN SOME SECTORS? >>
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CERTAINLY, EVEN STILL. THERE HAD BEEN FROM THE 1840'S WHEN THE IRISH WERE EMIGRATING IN LARGE NUMBERS. ALSO THE PROHIBITIONISTS AND THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT....
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IS -- WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? >> THAT IS ABOUT THIS
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ACCUSATION THAT CLEVELAND HAD A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK SOMEWHERE AND IN FACT THAT HE WAS NOT THE MORAL UPSTANDING MAN THAT COULD BE SET TO CHALLENGE THE...
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A TACTIC WHICH I READ WHICH WAS NOT TO DENY. >> ALSO
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TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT, PAY FOR THE CHILD AT THE ORPHANAGE. >> A LESSON PERHAPS FOR MODERN POLITICIANS. [LAUGHTER] >> I HAVE
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| 00:13:01 |
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A BOOK HERE. THE NEWSPAPERS WERE REPORTING ON HIM AT THE TIME. THIS IS THE BOOK THAT JAMES G. BLAINE WROTE WHICH HELPED TO SET THE STAGE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN....
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FIRST VOLUME HE BEGAN TO WRITE IT IN 1881. THE FIRST VOLUME WAS PUBLISHED IN 1884, MAYBE JUST IN TIME FOR THE CAMPAIGN. THE SECOND VOLUME DID NOT APPEAR...
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MONEY FROM THIS. >> HE DID INDEED. >> WAS HE ABLE TO BUY HIS HOUSE? >> YES, I THINK
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| 00:13:55 |
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IT CONTRIBUTED TO IT. NOT THIS HOUSE. THIS GOES BACK MUCH EARLIER. IN 1862, WHICH IS A CRITICAL YEAR FOR HIM. HE IS SPEAKER OF THE MAINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...
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| 00:14:36 |
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THAT IN 1859, HE BECOMES THE CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MAINE AND THIS IS A POST THAT HE HOLDS UNTIL HE BECOMES SECRETARY OF STATE. IN THE 20 YEARS...
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THE CAPITAL IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW. >> THIS IS A STRATEGIC
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DECISION TO ACQUIRE THIS HOUSE. >> ULYSSES GRANT STAYED HERE. >> HE DID. >> WE ARE GOING TO INVITE
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| 00:15:19 |
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YOU IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONVERSATION. WE ARE LOOKING AT 14 MEN AND THEY ARE MEN GIVEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCESS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO WERE...
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BLAINE AGAINST ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY. NOT EVERYONE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS AS CORRUPT AS SOME PEOPLE THINK...
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| 00:17:00 |
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BEEN THE KIND OF PERSON WHO HAD GREAT ADMIRERS AND TREMENDOUS ENEMIES AND DETRACTORS. >> IT WAS A LABEL
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THAT STUCK BECAUSE IN THE CARTOONS OF THE DAY, THE PLUMED KNIGHT WAS A WONDERFUL IMAGE. THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN ROMANTIC LITERATURE. HE WAS SHOWN...
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| 00:17:37 |
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WERE POLITICAL CARTOONS IN AFFECTING THE ELECTORATE? >>
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THEY WERE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. THIS WAS A TIME IN WHICH A VICTORIAN PUBLICATIONS OF FOUNDED IN AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY WERE VERY WIDESPREAD....
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| 00:18:33 |
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MUGWUMPS IN 1884. -- THIS IS DEFINITELY A PRO CAMPAIGN CARTON. >> THAT HAVE BREEZE
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WERE THOSE THAT DID NOT SUPPORT ULYSSES GRANT AND THE STALWARTS FOR THOSE WHO DID. -- THE HALF BREEDS WERE THOSE THAT DID NOT SUPPORT ULYSSES GRANT....
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| 00:19:01 |
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IN THE CONVENTION THAT HE DID NOT GET THE NOMINATION? >> SHORTLY BEFORE,
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| 00:19:07 |
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SOME LETTERS OR A FIELD WHICH TRADED A BIG SCANDAL FOR HIM. THEY INVOLVE SOME VERY QUESTIONABLE STOCK DEALS INVOLVING THE RAILROADS. -- SOME LETTERS...
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| 00:19:38 |
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IN 1880. WHERE THE HALF BREEDS AND THE STALWARTS ACTIVE IN THE PARTY BY THEN? >> I AM NOT SURE THAT
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| 00:19:46 |
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THEY HAD THOSE TERMS ANYMORE. THERE WAS STILL DIVISIONS WITHIN THE PARTY. THAT YEAR, JAMES GARFIELD DID GET THE NOMINATION THANKS TO BLAINE IN MANY WAYS....
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| 00:20:03 |
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THAT NOMINATION HIMSELF THAT IT CAME AFTER MANY MANY BALANCE. -- BALLOTS. HE THREW HIS VOTES TO GARFIELD. >> WHAT HAPPENED
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| 00:20:15 |
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TO HIM AFTER THAT? >> HE BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE. >> GARFIELD WAS
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| 00:20:22 |
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STRUCK BY AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET. BLAINE WAS ACTUALLY WITH HIM IN THE TRAIN STATION. >>
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| 00:20:31 |
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YES, HE WAS. THEY WERE WALKING ARM IN ARM PERIDOT THEY WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. -- THEY WERE WALKING ARM IN ARM. THEY WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. THEY WERE...
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SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BEFORE WE GET SOME CALLS ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SUGGESTIONS OF CORRUPTION. IF HE WERE TO WALK INTO...
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| 00:21:09 |
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CONSIDERED VERY HANDSOME, VERY WELL-DRESSED, EXTREMELY WELL SPOKEN. BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1850'S, HE STARTED OUT HIS CAREER HERE IN A GUST UP AS A NEWSPAPER...
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| 00:21:54 |
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HE HAD A TERRIFIC MEMORY FOR PEOPLE'S NAMES SO HE WAS THE KIND OF POLITICIAN WHO COULD MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE HE KNEW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR CONCERNS...
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| 00:22:09 |
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WHEN HE IS IN THE 1884 CAMPAIGN, HE IS ON A TRAIN AND HE RECOGNIZED A MAN WHO HE HAD MET AS A WOUNDED SOLDIER IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL 20 YEARS BEFORE....
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A POLITICIAN, TO BE ABLE TO MEMORIZE NAMES AND RECALL THEM. >> HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN. [LAUGHTER] >> NOT JUST IN THAT AND
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| 00:22:41 |
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IN HIS MASTERY OF POLITICAL TACTICS. >> MASTERY OF
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TACTICS, MASTERY OF LEADING HIS PARTY. THERE IS THIS SENSE OF WHEN HE WAS IN CONGRESS DURING THOSE YEARS THAT HE WROTE ABOUT, WHICH WERE CRITICAL YEAR...
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| 00:23:07 |
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THAT I READ ABOUT HIM MORE MATERIAL, A HYPOCHONDRIAC, PRONE TO DEPRESSION. >> HE
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WAS CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS HEALTH. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF HIS LIFE, HE WAS TRULY ILL. >> HE WAS
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| 00:23:32 |
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ALSO RELENTLESSLY AMBITIOUS AND I KNOW THAT I READ SOME WHERE THAT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO ONE WHO YEARNED FOR HUNDRED FOR THE PRESIDENCY MORE THAN JAMES...
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| 00:23:46 |
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YEARS, THE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION FROM HIS DAYS OF PROMOTING THE RAILROAD, LOBBY FOR CONGRESS STUCK WITH HIM. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CARTOONS....
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| 00:24:07 |
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IN 1884. THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL IMAGE IN THAT ELECTION IN THAT IT IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT HELPED TO DEFEAT BLAINE. BLAINE...
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| 00:24:52 |
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LETTERS THAT WERE HIS DEFENSE. DOES HISTORY RECORD WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS CORRUPT? >> THE MULLIGAN
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| 00:25:01 |
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LETTERS WERE THE ACCUSATION AS OPPOSED TO BEING HIS DEFENSE AND HE TRIED VERY HARD TO MAKE THEM SEEM AS THOUGH THEY HAD NO VALUE. I READ SOMETHING ABOUT...
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| 00:25:47 |
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TO DOG HIM. IN THE EIGHTH 84 CAMPAIGN, SOMEONE PUBLISH WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A VERSION OF THE MULLIKEN LETTERS AND A PAMPHLET. -- MULLIGAN LETTERS AND...
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| 00:26:02 |
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INVOLVE SOME OF OUR VIEWERS IN THE DISCUSSION. OUR FIRST CALLER IS FROM ATLANTA. CALLER: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? >> GREAT, THANK YOU. CALLER: I JUST
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FINISHED READING THE BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKER READ. THEY SEEM IN THE SAME PLACE. IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT JUST A FEATURE OF THE BIOGRAPHY? >> NO, I THINK YOU...
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| 00:26:37 |
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CORRECT. YOUR MENTIONING THOMAS REED WHO WAS BORN IN PORTLAND. HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER THAN BLAINE. HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE PUBLIC LIFE AS A CONGRESSMAN....
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ARE RIGHT ON THE MAJOR ISSUES HERE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COUNTRY WAS GOING THROUGH A MAJOR TRANSITION FROM THE OLD MONEY HAVING FORMALIZED THEIR...
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| 00:28:33 |
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BE THAT THERE WAS A GREAT RECOGNITION OF HIS SHEER POWER. BECAUSE HE WAS SO POWERFUL AND TO DO SO MUCH FOR THE PARTY AND FOR THE OTHER GOALS, PEOPLE...
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| 00:28:58 |
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FROM PORTLAND, NEW YORK. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE
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| 00:29:04 |
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TO THANK C- SPAN FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL SERIES. IS MR. BLAIN MAKING MONEY BEFORE HE WENT INTO POLITICS OR DID HE HAVE MONEY TO BEGIN WITH? -- IS...
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| 00:29:21 |
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A MODEST BACKGROUND. HE STARTED OUT AS A TEACHER. THEN HE MARRIED HARRIET STANWOOD. THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THE MERIT SO THEY WERE...
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| 00:30:19 |
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TIME. , THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE TIME, HE WAS BOTH A NEWSPAPER MAN AND INVOLVED IN PARTY POLITICS. THAT WAS COMMENT? >> THAT WOULD
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| 00:30:29 |
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HAVE BEEN COMMON. I THINK IT WAS THE PRIMARY WAY POLITICIANS GOT THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT EVER THEIR POLICIES WERE. THERE WAS NO TELEVISION. THERE WAS...
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REPORT WOULD NOT PARTICULAR VIEW OF PARTY. BUT IT WAS HIS INTEREST IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- HOW DOES THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS AND GET TO THAT? >> 1854,...
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| 00:31:16 |
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HE COMES TO THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL IS THE YEAR IN WHICH THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FOUNDED. HE IS INVOLVED IN THAT. OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE ARE....
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| 00:31:41 |
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A TELEPHONE CALL FROM WASHINGTON D.C.. >>
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| 00:31:46 |
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HIGH. I FIND IT. FASCINATING. I WAS WONDERING HOW WOULD A AMERICA BE VERY DIFFERENT IF MR. BLAINE HAD BECOME PRESIDENT. ALSO, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO NOT...
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| 00:32:12 |
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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. HOW WOULD THE COUNTRY BE DIFFERENT IF HE HAD BEEN ELECTED? >> I AM NOT SURE THE
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| 00:32:19 |
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COUNTRY WOULD BE TERRIBLY DIFFERENT. I THINK PERHAPS MCKINLEY BECOMES A VERY PRO-BUSINESS PRESIDENT AND 1896. I THINK BLAND MAYBE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT...
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| 00:32:42 |
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WOULD ADD TO THAT IS SOME SCHOLARS HAVE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONAL MAGNETISM WOULD HAVE PERHAPS IN THE EIGHT GREAT FIGUREHEAD LEADER FOR THE COUNTRY....
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| 00:33:14 |
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UP NEXT. YOU ARE ON THE AIR, DAVE. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
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| 00:33:23 |
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IF I AM CORRECT, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT THE LAND THAT HIS FOUR YEARS IN CONGRESS WAS REFERRED TO 20 YEARS ON THE MAKE. THE ROLE OR CONNECTION --...
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| 00:34:25 |
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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 20 YEARS ON THE MAKE, HOT? THAT IS A GREAT TITLE. >> HARPER'S WEEKLY
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| 00:34:41 |
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WAS HIS FOREARM. EVERY WEEK HE CREATED ANOTHER FASCINATING AND CHALLENGING POLITICAL CARTOON. THE HEAT JUST DOWNRIGHT DIDN'T LIKE TO BLAME. -- HE JUST...
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| 00:35:16 |
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DAY THAT HE ALSO WAS WITNESSED TO THE REV. SPEECH. THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE PRESS HAS THE FEAST. >> BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL
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| 00:35:39 |
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TO 14 YEARS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE PERIOD OF TIME OF RECONSTRUCTION, WHERE WAS HE ON THE ISSUES INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION? >> IT
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| 00:35:54 |
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IS INTERESTING. MY SENSE IS HE WAS LARGELY A MODERATE. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED TO MAKE HIM PROVIDE SOME TO THE NATION. THEY SAY HE WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL...
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| 00:36:52 |
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SO VIVIDLY ABOUT HIM EITHER. ANOTHER WAS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THAT. IT LED TO A HISTORIC FIGHT ON THE FLOOR. WE DO HAVE A CLIP ABOUT IT FROM...
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| 00:37:10 |
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TWO LEADING REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS WAS THE U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW YORK AND THE U.S. SENATOR FROM MAINE. THEY WERE BOTH DYNAMIC. THEY WERE BOTH PARTICULAR....
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| 00:39:31 |
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AT ON YOUR SCREEN IS HERE IN THE PLAN HOUSE, THAT IS ACTUALLY AT LAUNCH FROM THE CAPITAL AND SENATE THAT IS PRESERVED HERE. TURKEY GOBBLERS A STRIKE AND...
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| 00:40:27 |
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THAT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLITICS BUT ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT OF YOU THAT IT HAD. GREAT WRITING AND A CLEVER TRADING -- CLEVER FREEZING. NEXT IS HELEN....
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| 00:40:44 |
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WONDERFUL SERIES. HE WORE SO MUCH. ALL OF MY STUDENTS ARE WATCHING. THEY WILL BE TESTED. I HOPE THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE...
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| 00:41:14 |
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THAN TO STATES HAVE PLAYED AMENDMENTS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. PACIFIC WOULD BE CLOSE TO 40. >> IT IS 37. >> IT WAS AN...
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| 00:41:27 |
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THAT HE PROPOSED THAT WOULD PREVENT SCHOOLS FROM USING -- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD STOP THEM FROM USING FEDERAL FUNDING. IT IS A SEPARATION...
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| 00:41:41 |
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WOULD EVER HAVE A SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE? HAS IT MADE ITS WAY TO THE COURTS IN THE STATE'S? >> I AM NOT SURE. >> WHAT DO WE NOT
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| 00:41:53 |
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KNOW ABOUT LAND AMENDMENTS THEN? >>
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| 00:41:55 |
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THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION. MAYBE BECAUSE THERE ARE ATTEMPTS -- ATTEMPTS FROM THE SUPREME COURT SIDE FROM OTHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE...
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| 00:42:09 |
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IT WAS 1875. I THINK HE MAY WELL HAVE ALREADY HAD AN EYE ON THE SELECTION. HE MAY HAVE BEEN TAKING AN ISSUE. THIS WILL NOT BE ON THINKING IT WAS A COMPONENT...
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| 00:42:52 |
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A VIEWER FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. NAMED IRAN. >> GOOD EVENING. -- NAMED RON. >> THANK
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| 00:43:08 |
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YOU FOR HOSTING THIS. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING C-SPAN FOR YEARS. MY QUESTION GOES TO THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT. AT THAT TIME, I BELIEVE THAT MOST NEW ENGLAND...
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| 00:43:56 |
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THINK, AGAIN, IT IS SIMILAR TO ELIZABETH'S ANSWER ON ANOTHER ISSUE. THIS IS A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS EYE ON THE PRESIDENT'S SECRET IN ORDER TO WIN THE...
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| 00:44:20 |
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AM TAKING AWAY FROM THIS IS THIS IS A MAN WHO WANTED THE PRESIDENT SEEK DESPERATELY. HE WAS NOT IN IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN SO MUCH AS HE HAD HIS FINGERS...
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| 00:45:08 |
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WITH THE PRESIDENCY THAT HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A FAILURE FOR NOT OBTAINING IT? >> THAT IS
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| 00:45:15 |
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AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I DO NOT THINK WE GET THAT SENSE. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED -- HE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THREE TIMES. 1876, 1880, 1884. HE WAS...
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| 00:46:02 |
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YOU ARE WATCHING C-SPAN "CONTENDERS SERIES." WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND TELL YOU WHAT ABOUT THE SERIES. >> THE CONTENDERS -- ARE
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| 00:46:15 |
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LIFE -- ARE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JAMES G. BLAINE CONTINUES IN A MOMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SERIES "THE CONTENDERS", BUT TO OUR WEBSITE AT CPSAN.ORG....
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| 00:46:58 |
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ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE OF THE HOUSE AND AT AUGUSTA, MAINE. IT IS NOW THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE MAYOR SINCE 1920. WE ARE LIVE AT SAID THE...
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| 00:48:13 |
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A VERY GOOD CONNECTION. THE CONNECTION FOR HIM TO BECOME THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL WAS ESSENTIALLY MADE BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WANTED HIS LIFE BACK...
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| 00:48:58 |
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WERE AT THE HOME OF HENRY CLAY. WITH THEIR CONNECTIONS? >>
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| 00:49:03 |
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THERE WERE IN THE SENSE THAT HE HAD GROWN UP AN IN-HOUSE WORKLOAD WAS ABSOLUTELY IDOLIZE. CLAY WAS AN IDOL FOR HIM AS WELL. WHAT HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,...
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| 00:49:27 |
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AT THE AGE OF 17, HE ATTENDED ONE OF CLAY'S MAJOR SPEECHES IN 1847 AND IT TOOK COPIOUS NOTES. >> OUR NEXT
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| 00:49:37 |
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CALLER FROM INDIANAPOLIS. THIS IS EDWARD. HOW ARE YOU? >> PLAN AS SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER BENJAMIN HARRISON. >> HE HAS SERVED UNDER
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| 00:49:58 |
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THREE PRESIDENTS. >> GARFIELD GARFIELD
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AND HERE SAID. THAT WAS A LONG PERIOD. WITH HARRISON, HE WAS IN A WONDERFUL POSITION. HE REALLY HAD REACHED THE ZENITH OF HIS CAREER. HE WAS VIEWED AS...
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GET MORE INVOLVED ON THAT AND OF LITTLE ON. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE STUDY HERE. THERE ARE FEW PIECES WITH LATE -- WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN. T KNOW HIM?...
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THAT HE KNEW HIM PERSONALLY. >> HE
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WENT TO CONGRESS. HE WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1892. HE WOULD HAVE SERVED IN WASHINGTON FROM 1863 -- LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED ON APRIL 14. THERE IS...
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THE CARD BUT -- I BELIEVE IT WAS A REPLICA? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AT THE TIME. I DO HAVE A MEAN PERSON THIS -- INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION. >> OF...
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WONDERING WHAT KIND OF OTHER ATTACKS HE USED ASIDE FROM THE CLAIM THAT HE HAD A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK. >> THANK
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YOU. AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT WAS HIS PRIMARY PERSONAL ATTACK AGAINST HIM. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POLITICAL ATTACKS AGAINST HIM AND SO ON. BUT SOME SCANDALOUS...
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QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE WERE NUTS AND BOLTS ISSUES. ONE OF THE STRONGEST ISSUES THAT THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DIFFERED ON IN A POST CIVIL...
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ALSO GETTING TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR? >> A VERY
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MUCH SO. THE CIVIL WAR HAD PROLIFERATED THE USE OF PAPER CURRENCY. SO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF GREENBACK CURRENCY WAS VERY MUCH IN THE 1870'S AND 18 80S. >>...
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IS UP NEXT. HELLO, JAMES. >> WE MENTIONED THE CIVIL
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WAR GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST WAS MY GREAT GREAT BRAND BUT THERE -- PRI GREAT- GRANDFATHER. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE RIFT AMONG HAVE COST IN YORK AND THE...
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YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. >> HE WAS BORN ON HERE
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IS HILL. HE WAS A HIGHLY SKILLED LAWYER. HE HAD SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF MAINE BRIEFLY AND BECAME A SENATOR. IN 1860, HE IS CHOSEN AS HIS RUNNING MATE AND...
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A REPUBLICAN WHO STOOD AGAINST BLAND. >> TO
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HEAR PEOPLE BRING UP THE QUESTION OF MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR A NEW PARTY. THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS FAILING US. THIS IS A. WHAT WE SAW THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL...
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IS VERY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR PROGRAM LAST WEEK. HENRY CLAY DIED -- DID HE WAS SLOW CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE...
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| 00:56:32 |
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VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE IN LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION. HE WAS THE CHIEF OF MILITARY JUSTICE. AFTER LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED, HE WAS THE PROSECUTOR. ANYBODY...
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| 00:57:21 |
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YOUR SHOW IS WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL COMMENTARY AS WELL AS THE INTERVIEWER COMMENTARY. MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE PUT FORTH SOME COMMENTARY...
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| 00:57:39 |
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN? GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT YOU LIKE. >>
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| 00:57:44 |
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I THINK LANE REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY DOMINANT IN THE AMERICAN POPULACE TODAY. I THINK BLAND WAS VERY INSPIRING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS TIME. --I...
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TO SAY THAT I AM NOT SURE WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR. IF YOU ARE ASKING WHETHER I THINK HE IS A POLITICIAN WHETHER HE WOULD BE RECKONED AS IT WILL TODAY,...
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IN TODAY'S -- WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT? >>
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GOOD QUESTION. I THINK HE HAD A LOT OF PERSONAL SKILLS THAT PROBABLY WOULD STAND TODAY. TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER, YOU NEED TO HAVE A CHARISMATIC PERSONALITY....
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| 00:59:25 |
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MEDIA BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF PARTIES. SOMEBODY WHO HAD PERSISTENT CHARGES AGAINST THEM -- OR THEIR INVESTIGATIONS BY THE MEDIA AT THE TIME? >> I THINK...
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| 00:59:39 |
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TODAY WE INVESTIGATE PEOPLE'S CORRUPTION ALL THE TIME. THIS BILL PROCEED WITH THEIR CAREERS. >> PUBLIC LIKE TO COMMENT
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| 01:00:01 |
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ON MR. BLAINE'S PERSONALITY. I AM PARTICULARLY IN INTERESTED IN CENTRAL AND AMERICA. I WAS BORN IN CUBA. TOWARD THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE CUBAN...
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QUESTION IS SO TIMELY BECAUSE IT IS TIME FOR US TO SPEND SOME TIME LEARNING ABOUT HIS YEARS AS SECRETARY OF STATE. HE SERVED THREE PRESIDENTS. SOME SUGGEST...
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FIRST ONE FIRST. I DO NOT BELIEVE HE WENT TO SOUTH AMERICA. EUROPE, YES. HE TRAVELED SEVERAL TIMES TO EUROPE. INDEED. THE TWINE -- IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN...
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ANSWER, WE HAVE ANOTHER POLITICAL CARTOON. >> THIS IS FROM
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THE JUDGE. IT SHOWS A BLAND AS AN OLD WESTERN SCOUT ON A HORSE. >> LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE OF
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THE WORLD LOOKING AT HIM. >>
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EXACTLY. THIS IS BLAND AS SECRETARY OF THE STATE. HE IS ACTUALLY LEADING THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA INTO A NEW WORLD. HE IS GIVING THEM LEADERSHIP....
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TO THE MODERATE DOCTRINE. HE WAS TRYING TO REVITALIZE THE HEMISPHERIC UNITY AND ALSO DISSENT. SOMETHING I FIND INTERESTING IS THE NOTION THAT HE DID...
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THE VERY END OF HIS LIFE. HE DOES NOT EVEN LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE HAWAII AND NEXT. HE SAID TO EMPLACE BY SENDING HIS OLD FRIEND -- WHO WAS INVOLVED...
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OF -- ENVISIONED A HISTORIC AMERICAN BASE ON ITS INCREASING WEALTH. YOU MENTIONED IT HAD AN AMERICAN CENTRIC VIEW. >> THE VERY
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| 01:04:21 |
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MUCH -- HE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF CAPITAL AND THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN WEALTH AND ITS EXPANSION AROUND THE WORLD. >>
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THE INTERESTING THING. WE HAD A CALLER MUCH EARLIER ON AND THERE WAS A VERY STRONG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAN AND HIS WORLD VIEW AND AGREED WHO RESIGNED...
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SERVING UNDER PRESIDENT HARRISON. HOW STRONG THE PRESIDENT WAS HE? >> HE
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WAS GENERALLY PERCEIVED AS A -- THIS IS REFLECTED >> THE AUTHOR
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| 01:05:26 |
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WAS DISTENDING GARFIELD HAS BEEN POWERFUL IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP. HE WAS DEFENDING IT AGAINST TRADITIONAL PEOPLE SANG IT WAS REALLY GLAD HE WAS RUNNING...
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HI, DAVID. YOU ARE ON. >> I WAS WANTING TO KNOW DID
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HE HAVE ANY INFLUENCE? THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT WOULD BE, -- UP UNTIL THE 1900 OR 1910? THERE IS A LOT OF POLICIES THAT WE STILL LIVE BY. WORKERS' COMPENSATION...
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| 01:06:25 |
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TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF POLITICS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT AS THE PROGRESSIVE ERA -- AIR FROM THE EARLY 1900'S. DO FORMS...
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| 01:06:45 |
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BE VERY PRO CAPITAL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WORKERS' RIGHTS AND SO ON, HE WAS WITH THE MILLIONAIRES. HE WAS NOT COMMITTING THE LABORERS TO SEE. >> COULD...
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| 01:07:01 |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU ARE IN ABOUT HOW THE STATE OF MAINE WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT FROM THE DONATION? ALSO, THE DEATH IN WASHINGTON ...
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| 01:07:19 |
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ASK YOU NOT TO ASK ABOUT THE DEATH BECAUSE WE WILL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE GRAVESITE. >> THE HOUSE WAS
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| 01:07:29 |
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BUILT BY A RETIRED SEA CAPTAIN IN 1833. OUR STATE HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HAD JUST BEEN FINISHED IN 1830. THIS WAS A STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR HOME....
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| 01:08:42 |
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YOU TO ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WE BUT LIKE TO BRING INTO THE DISCUSSION. LET ME SHOW YOU AS WE START HERE A BIOGRAPHY HE HAS WRITTEN. HIS BOOK IS "CONTINENTAL...
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| 01:09:13 |
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HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE HOUSE SINCE 1966. I WAS ASSISTANT TO THE GOVERNOR. I KNEW ALL ABOUT THE BLAINE HOUSE. LATER ON, ANOTHER GOVERNOR ASKED ME TO...
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WHAT ARE OTHER WORDS YOU WOULD USE THE SITE'S FASCINATING TO DESCRIBE HIM? >> ON THE USE A LOT
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| 01:10:19 |
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WAS MAGNETIC. THEY CALLED HIM THE MAGNETIC MAN BECAUSE HE HAD A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY. APPARENTLY WHEN HE WOULD WALK INTO A ROOM, HE JUST FELT THAT ...
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| 01:10:37 |
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LISTENING TO OUR CONVERSATION. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE STORY WE HAD NOT TOLD TONIGHT? >> I DID NOT
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| 01:10:44 |
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HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID. I WAS WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT -- THE FIRST TIME HE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH YOU GOT INTO...
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| 01:11:02 |
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OKAY. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT IT PLEASE. >> GARFIELD WAS
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LIKE A PROHIBITION OF HIS. HE HELPED HIM GET TO A REAL TOUGH PATCH AND CONGRESS WHEN GARFIELD WAS ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION AND TAKING SOME SAKI COULD...
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TAKE ANOTHER TELEPHONE CALL. WE HAVE LESS THAN 20 MINUTES LATE. >>
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HIGH. THE HISTORIC CURIOUS ABOUT LANES RELATION. BOTH RADICAL REPUBLICANS BEFORE AND DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. IT MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTING...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE? >> LAND MADE A NAME FOR
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| 01:12:49 |
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HIMSELF WHEN HE FIRST WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS BY TAKING ON STEVEN CHU EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID OF. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS RELATION SHIP WITH SUMNER...
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| 01:13:40 |
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ABOUT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES BLAINE. GROVER CLEVELAND WAS A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. WE BELIEVE HE HAD AN INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN HISTORY AND ARE LEARNING...
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YOU? CONTINUING ON ABOUT JAMES OF BLAND PERSONALITY, I WOULD -- I WAS WONDERING, HE IS CERTAINLY A LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER. >> AT ME ASK
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BRIEFLY IF THEY SEEM EMBODIED -- GIVING THEM A LITTLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. >>
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I DO NOT THINK SO. HE WAS CONSIDERED A VERY CONGENIAL PERSON. HE CAME FROM A WAY AS WE SAY HERE IN MAINE. HE CAME UP HERE AS A YOUNG MAN. IMMEDIATELY...
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OF YOU READ ABOUT COMPARISONS TO TODAY? "I THOUGHT ABOUT BILL CLINTON. >> IN SOME WAYS, THAT
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KIND OF GREAT PERSONAL STYLE, LARGER THAN LIFE -- VERY COMMANDING -- MY UNDERSTANDING OF BILL CLINTON IS WHEN HE WALKS INTO A ROOM, HE TAKES CENTER...
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BRIGHT. CLEARLY A VERY INTELLECTUAL FIGURE. THE OTHER PERSON I THOUGHT OF WAS LYNDON JOHNSON IN TERMS OF HIM BEING A PARTY MAN AND BEING ABLE TO GATHER...
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THE SYSTEM. BUT SEND A LITTLE CORRUPTION HERE AND THERE. WE ARE ALIVE INSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. WE HAVE 50 MORE MINUTES. SEAN, YOU ARE ON. >> GOOD
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EVENING. I WAS WONDERING. IS THERE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN MR. BLAIN AND THE SOUTHERN ROBERT? >> WE WILL TAKE
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IT IN HERE. BUT WAS THAT? >> WE WILL
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TAKE IN THIS REP. PRESIDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.? >> IN 1881, WHEN BLAINE
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BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE, HE DECIDED TO BUILD A LARGE MANSION ON DUPONT CIRCLE. THAT HOUSE IS STILL STANDING TODAY. IT WAS A HOUSE THAT HE ONLY KEPT...
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| 01:17:34 |
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VERY SHORT TIME. HE HAD ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS WHO DIED THERE. HIS WIFE HATED THE PLACE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY MAMMOTH. IT IS STILL STANDING ON MASSACHUSETTS...
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BLAINE AND LIKE TO SEE THAT PERIOD OF HISTORY. ABOUT 12 MINUTES LEFT. HAWAII STANLEY. >> HIGH. -- HI. ARE THERE ANY BOOKS THAT THEY MIGHT RECOMMEND FOR...
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| 01:18:24 |
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WOULD AGREE. NEILS BOOK IS THE MOST RECENT AND UP-TO-DATE AND COMPREHENSIVE LKAOF BLAINE. YET TO GO BACK TO THE 1930'S TO HAVE TWO BIOGRAPHIES FOR HIM....
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| 01:18:52 |
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THAT VALENTINES IN THIS ROOM. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOUSES. IN THIS BOOK, YOU DESCRIBED THE SCENE WHEN BLAINE LEARNS HE IS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING...
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| 01:19:21 |
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CAME, THE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED DOWN ON WATER STREET WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN BY THE RIVER. AROUND THE POST OFFICE, HIS BIGGEST CRONY WAS THE POST OFFICE ARE...
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| 01:21:14 |
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THANK YOU FOR ADDING TO OUR RICH KNOWLEDGE OF JAMES BLAINE. ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE TO YOU, CONTINENTAL LIAR FROM THE STATE OF MAINE --...
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| 01:21:50 |
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YOU, WHAT IS BLAINES RELATIONSHIP TO CHAMBERLAIN? HE WAS A REPUBLICAN. WHAT WAS THEIR RELATIONSHIP? >> AS YOU
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| 01:22:05 |
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MENTIONED, JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN SERVED FOUR TERMS OR AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. CHAMBERLAIN WAS A VERY INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL. SHE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ELAINE'S...
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| 01:22:40 |
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COLLAR THAT MENTION THE TOWNS THAT WERE NAMED FOR JAMES. WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. WE FOUND A NUMBER OF CITIES AND TOWNS -- RATHER COUNTIES AND...
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| 01:23:41 |
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YOU. MOST OF WAINSCOT HISTORY WAS DURING RECONSTRUCTION. -- MOST OF BLAINE'S HISTORY WAS DURING RECONSTRUCTION. THE YOU KNOW WHAT DEGREE HE NEGOTIATED...
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| 01:24:01 |
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HAVE SAID THAT HE STOOD FIRMLY AGAINST THE REAL SHEARSON -- REASSERTION OF POWER BY SOUTHERN WHITES. HE WAS A MODERATE. HE WAS IN LINE WITH THOSE WHO...
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| 01:24:43 |
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ASK YOU -- WHAT WOULD HAVE BEAT SPOTS IN THE BILL THAT WOULD EXCLUDE CITIZENSHIP? >> WHEN HE WAS THROWING HIS
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| 01:24:53 |
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HAT IN THE RING HE SPONSORED A BILL THAT SAID THAT ALL OF THE REMAINING CONFEDERATES, FORMER CONFEDERATES WHO HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN AMNESTY SHOULD BE GIVEN...
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| 01:25:15 |
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A GREAT FIGHT IN CONGRESS. PEOPLE FELT -- SOME PEOPLE FELT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY FELT HE SHOULD -- THIS IDEA THAT YOU SHOULD HOLD JEFFERSON DAVIS...
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HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT. >> , AND
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| 01:25:46 |
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JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN, ULYSSES GRANT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, BLAINE HAD NO MILITARY RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR. HIS RUNNING MATE HAD WON AND WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT...
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| 01:27:27 |
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IT WOULD HAVE A BREAK IN THAT GENERATION. >> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO
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| 01:27:31 |
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ASKS ABOUT HIS DEATH. WILL YOU TELL THE STORY ABOUT HIS DEATH? >> AS IT HAS BEEN
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| 01:27:40 |
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MENTIONED, HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS PRONE TO ILLNESS AUTHOR HIS LIFE. I THINK BOTH REAL AND IMAGINED. THERE WAS ALWAYS MENTION THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE...
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| 01:28:28 |
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BURIED IN AUGUSTA. ORIGINALLY BURIED IN WASHINGTON. THE STATE OF MAINE BOUGHT THEIR REMAINS BACK TO A CUSTOMER. DATE RESIGN IN A BEAUTIFUL BLAINE MEMORIAL...
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| 01:28:50 |
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LITTLE TIME. WE HAVE A LOCAL COLLEGE. -- WE HAVE A LOCAL CALLER. >> WHAT WAS THE
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| 01:29:04 |
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MR. BLAINE WHERE THE NATIVE POPULATION OF THE STATE? WE KNOW THERE WERE NATIVES IN THE CIVIL WAR THAT HAD IT THERE ARE REGIMENTS...
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| 01:29:23 |
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STOP THEIR SPEED IS OUR TIME IS SHORT. >> I AM NOT SURE I
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HAVE A QUICK ANSWER FOR
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| 01:29:29 |
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THAT. >> IS THAT RIGHT? ANY PLACE TO GO FOR THAT? IS THERE MATERIAL AVAILABLE? >> WE DEFINITELY LOOK TO
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| 01:29:37 |
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NIELS' BOOK TO START WITH. >>
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| 01:29:42 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE. WE HAVE JUST A MINUTE LEFT. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE LEGACY -- WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA TODAY OF...
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TO BUILD SOME KIND OF COHESION. >> I THINK THERE IS
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| 01:30:09 |
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BAD AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIS CAREER IN PUBLIC LIFE, HE IS ONE OF THE KEY BUILDERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE IS THERE AT THE BEGINNING IN 1854. HE IS...
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| 01:30:41 |
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DEMOCRATS. THE STATE LEGISLATOR IS ALL REPUBLICAN. >>
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| 01:30:44 |
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WE ARE OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TONIGHT. THE STAFF HAS BEEN FABULOUS. WE HAVE BEEN SETTING UP OVER THE PAST FEW...
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THE CONTENDERS FEATURES PROFILES OF KEY
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