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George F. Hoar: “I suppose nobody would have dreamed of asking a Free Trader to pronounce the eulogy on President McKinley if he had died…”

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I suppose nobody would have dreamed of asking a Free Trader to pronounce the eulogy on President McKinley if he had died soon after the beginning of his first term.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar suggests that it would be inappropriate to ask a Free Trader to eulogize McKinley, reflecting on political alignment.

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