"Statehouse" Quotes from Famous Books
... of June an elaborate order of arrangements, including a procession, was published, but about noon there came a heavy shower of rain that changed the programme of the day. A platform had been erected at the corner of the statehouse, from which the speaking was to be made. This had to be abandoned and the meeting was held in the hall of the house of representatives, to which no one could enter ... — Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman |