No man has a right, without the consent of the person voted for, to announce that person's name, and vote for him, in this convention.
George F. Hoar: “No man has a right, without the consent of the person voted for, to announce that person's name, and vote for him, in…”
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Hoar asserts the ethical principle that no one should announce a person's candidacy without their consent.
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