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...church was built in 1831 by the Congregationalists who withdrew from the church which at that time stood next to Wadsworth House and the congregation included Unitarians and Congregationalists. The Unitarians built the church which now stands on the westerly side of Harvard Square...
...supported Horace Greeley for the Presidency, and ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York. Greeley and Depew went to defeat together. In 1881, he ran for U. S. Senator from New York. After the Legislature had been deadlocked for several weeks over the election, Mr. Depew withdrew in order that the deadlock might end and New York might be represented in the Senate. In 1888, he placed Benjamin Harrison in nomination at the Republican Convention, but on the first ballot got 9 votes to Harrison's 80. After a few ballots he withdrew his name?and Harrison...
...Kinley, and acceptance would have made him President, after McKinley's assassination, instead of Roosevelt. In 1916, he was one of the candidates before the Republican Convention, running, in the first two ballots, second only to Hughes whom he had helped to make. But, like Mr. Depew, he soon withdrew his name in the interest of harmony...
Then the question of opium import certificates was raised. Britain's representative said that she could not habitually recognize import certificates because of scandals over them in an Oriental country which he "preferred not to name." Japan took quick offence, said she was being discriminated against, virtually withdrew from the Congress, which was then adjourned until after a larger and more important general conference should have taken place...
...Centrists, and Democrats--leaving the irreconcilable Nationalists and the Socialists on the right and left wings. Finding that no effective majority could thus be established in the Reichstag, Dr. Marx made overtures to the Nationalists. They refused, and the Democrats, affronted at the prospect of cooperating with the Nationalists, withdrew from the coalition. The continuance of the Cabinet became impossible, and at Chancellor Marx's request President Ebert is about to call a new election...