Democratic platform pledges League referendum and corruption critique
The Democratic platform submitted to the National Convention endorses a national referendum on entry to the League of Nations, denounces the Republican administration for corruption and inefficiency, and outlines policy stances on taxes, agriculture, tariffs, and national defense. It calls for strong federal regulation, veterans support, and international cooperation while urging moral reform and civil service integrity.
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New York
Ku Klux Klan
League of Nations
America
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Republican Party
Ameri
Hono
World Court of Justice
Act of Congress
United States
League
Senate
Coolidge
Mellon
Congress
West
Navy
Internal Revenue
Veterans OF Wars
Veterans Bureau
Union
Alaska
Hawaii
Territory of
Virgin Islands
Armenia
Chester
Turkey
Wilson
Republic OF
Greece
Cummings Describes How Platform Plank Was Reached
At the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden Senator Walsh introduced Edith Bennett who sang The Star Spangled Banner. Homer Cummings delivered a grave account of the platform process noting two points of disagreement over the League of Nations and religious freedom, ending with a prayer for unity.
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Associated Press
Madison Square Garden
New York
Walsh
Edith Bennett
Concorn
New Hampshire
Edmund Moore
Newton D. Baker
William A. McCorkle
Charleston
W. Va
National Committee
Cummings
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Democrats Debate Denouncing Ku Klux Klan Platform
The Democratic National Convention wrestles with a minority plank naming the Ku Klux Klan. Speakers argue for explicit censure and religious freedom, while others warn against political misuses of the issue and defend Klan members' rights. The hall erupts into applause, boos, and chants as Bryan and Colby defend contrasting approaches.
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Brandeis
Supreme Court of the
United States
Amerca
Democratic Party
Louisiana
Met Rouge
Oklahoma
Owen
Pattangall
Ku Klux
Ku Klux Klan
Wen
New York City
Carroll Miller
Pittsburgh
Smith
America
Morrison
Thomas Jefferson
Great
Colby
Bainbridge Colby
Klan
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Boston Common
Gage
E. H. Moore
Youngstown, O
Ohio
South
Middle West
Andrew C. Erwin
Athens
Moore
Erwin
Georgia
Alabama
Wyoming
Arizona
Kentucky
Maryland
Iowa
Nevada
C. M. Bryan
Memphis
Republican Party
Francis X. Busch
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Ku-Klux Klan
Bryan
George
Legion Post announces World War bonus blanks distribution
Ralph A. Westerfield of American Legion Post No 270 says adjusted compensation blanks for World War veterans have been received. Veterans in Walnut Hills and nearby areas may obtain the blanks at the post each evening except July 4 and Sundays, with notary services by volunteers.
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Ralph A. Westerfield
American Legion
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