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158 in 1884 and 1888; at Minneapolis, in 1892; St. Louis in 1896; Philadelphia in 1900, and at Chicago in 1904.

The best speeches of General Bingham in the house have been in support of sound money legislation and in connection with postal legislation. He has been for a number of years a member of the Appropriations committee, and he has confined his activities to the work of a few important committees. On June 6, 1896, he delivered the oration at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott Hancock, on the battlefield of Gettysburg. Washington and Jefferson, his alma mater, June 1902, conferred upon him the degree of LL.D.