The two major parties acknowledged the issue by writing it into their party platforms.
"Being on platforms, the horses never get tired, you see, for the wheels do all the work."
But come, it is time our people were gathering on the platforms for their evening practice.
As fast as they entered, they were placed in the grand saloon, on the platforms prepared for them.
The Prince carried them to one of the prettiest platforms and set them gently upon its cushioned top.
From right to left of the huge interior, across the platforms, swelling every instant, surged an enormous swaying, roaring crowd.
In all our platforms and speeches we have constantly protested our purpose to let them alone; but this has had no tendency to convince them.
I spoilt my gloves clapping, and quite forgot my dislike of seeing women on platforms, she was so earnest and unconscious and sweet after the first moment.'
For a space he feared he had lost them, and then he came upon Elizabeth and her chaperone again in one of the streets of moving platforms that intersected the city.
On many of these raised and padded platforms, Dot and Tot saw groups of funny-looking Clowns, all dressed in wide, baggy trousers, puffy jackets and soft, pointed caps.