rarely did it become the nominee in 1888 benjamin harris received a nomination after james g. blaine who is the front-runner that is literally at andrew carnegie's castle and refuses to be a candidate and a saturday and on a sunday morning at his reader and is re- iterated is not the candidate and engine and harrison becomes the frontrunner because he was born in ohio. as they make the deal in west virginia they make a deal and return for the combined support as the secretary secretary treasury to become all of the patronage and it was the head of the customs house of new york city and this was ostensibly be the choice. >> said begins in iowa in january, new hampshire, february and goes on until the summer and it even starts before that. you're saying that before 1896. >> guest: if you have a favorite of the with a gathered together and unite behind them and a quotidian strikes for their favorite. how does mckinley confront the system. >> guest: he goes about it it in a methodical fashion to organize for the primaries. we organize for the primaries today and i'm going to ident

they nominally applies therefore monthly benjamin harris, the readers become a man and speaker of the house. but the other part of their strategy as let's go get lots of favorites around the country who will unite their state delegations and when we get together ,-com,-com ma nobody will have a majority of delegates. we can get in the back room and cover up the patronage of the federal government to our advantage and unite behind the one-man hillock of us would want. >> host: so a favorite son as a placeholder. >> guest: a placeholder. some of them thought they could be candidate. because someone has to be candidate. >> host: >> guest: governor bradley has a border state republican who is not frequently seen during this era thinks of himself as one. senator davis of minnesota is an expert is flattered enough to believe he could be one. the governor of the state of new york, former vice president norton is put forward and said he is a potentially plausible candidate but his principal purposes to keep a republican in the pocket because even if he didn't like the easy boss coming out of

benjamin harris iii, los angeles: i lost about $230, but today i won about $440. at the beginning of the bowl season sportsbooks were coming out on top, but these final few bowl games, sportsbooks have been just giving it back to their players. johnny avello, director of race & sports operation, wynn las vegas: it's been a two week run, and so now we're at the tail end of that run...cheers...as you can tell, the players are doing quite well. wynn sportsbook director johnny avello says overall business has been good. because the college playoffs fell on new year's eve this season, sportsbooks have been satisfied with the crowds. avello: usually on have bowl games, but they're not really games that have an impact on the national championship, they're just good football games, but these were important football games. the playoff games on new year's eve kept sports fans in the spirit of betting on the rest of the bowl games throughout the weekend. rene morales, phoenix: it's been a bust out. it's been a bust out. so i'm hoping...i'm hoping my local team down in phoeni

benjamin harris iii, los angeles: i lost about $230, but today i won about $440. at the beginning of the bowl season sportsbooks were coming out on top, sportsbooks have been just giving it back to their players. johnny avello, director of race & sports operation, wynn las vegas: it's been a two week run, and so now we're at the tail end of that run...cheers...as you can tell, the players are doing quite well. wynn sportsbook director johnny avello says overall business has been good. because the college playoffs fell on new year's eve this season, sportsbooks have been satisfied with the crowds. avello: usually on new year's eve we have bowl games, but they're not really games that have an impact on the national championship, they're just good football games, but these were important football games. the playoff games on new year's eve kept sports fans in the spirit of betting on the rest of the bowl games throughout the weekend. rene morales, phoenix: it's been a bust out. it's been a bust out. so i'm hoping...i'm hoping my local team down in phoenix, arizona sta

in 1888 benjamin harris receives the nomination after james g. blaine who was the front-runner who is literally at andrew carnegie's castle in scotland on a saturday and sunday morning it's reiterated that he is not a candidate. benjamin harrison becomes the front-runner because he was born in ohio and b he is a former senator from the state of indiana one of the battleground states and his agent makes a deal, steven b. elkins of west virginia seemingly makes a deal with thomas collier platt and in return for their support plat will receive all the patronage. the most valuable office in the country was ahead of new york city and new york city and this would ostensibly be the last choice and obviously all the patronage was connected to platt. which could make him not only for secretary of treasury but the next president of united states. >> host: the process we now have in iowa and january in new hampshire and february and even stars before that you were saying before 1896 it's all at the convention. >> guest: if you have a favorite sunday gathere