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… families sponsoring breakfasts, dinners and balls, and giving cups and trophies as prizes for the races themselves. Dressed in their best court clothes and bedecked with jewels, the members of leading political families used the social … Candidates were expected, however, to show respect to their audience throughout (and to take their hats off when they addressed the crowd). The riot in Bedford was precipitated by a speech at the end of the second day’s polling by one of the … — and angry: The most tremendous uproar followed this declaration, and an immediate attempt was made to obtain summary redress. Loud cries of “Down with him,” and other fearful menaces proceeded from the crowd, the whole body of whom appeared …
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