Republican platform under fire from critics across papers
The Springfield Republican and other papers denounce the platform as extreme and terrorizing to force convention surrender. Critics from The Chicken Post to The Rocky Mountain News condemn it as anti Wilson and evasive. Harding’s ties to Roosevelt and Johnson draw sharp attacks and a Progressive voting bloc hints at defection in November.
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Springfield Republican
Chicago
Poliev
Chicken Post
Borah
McCormick
The
Rocky Mountain News
Republican
Wilson
Senate
World Federation
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Johnson
Atlanta Constitution
William Allen White
Kansas
Repub- Nearem
Sleaven
Washington Post
Mexico
Republican Party
New York Times
Franklin Pierce
Harding
Boston Globe
Republicans Still Ungrateful And Defeated For Nomination
The piece notes Leonard Wood’s defeat for a presidential nomination by a coalition of politicians, likening it to Theodore Roosevelt’s loss years earlier and Clemenceau’s denial in France. It reflects on courage, vision, and executive ability.
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Leonard Wood
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Clemenceau
France
Harding Turned Down by Voters in Indiana Test
The article argues that Warren G. Harding was not the party choice in Indiana and Ohio where primary votes showed only about 20,000 of 217,000 Republican ballots supported him. It cites Senator Hiram Johnson claiming Harding was chosen by a few men in Chicago’s Blackstone Hotel, not by the rank and file.
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Farren Gamaliel Flarding
Harding
Roosevelt
Johnson
Marion Daily Star
Marion Ohio
Kokers
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Hiram Johnson
Orient
Roosvelt
Roosevelts
Johnsons
Hilannas
Fougevelt
Ohio
Mr. Harding
Wood
Vir. Warding
Marion
Indiana
Yarding
Blackstone
Chicago
Harding Chosen Despite Tribune’s Reluctant Stance
The New York Tribune notes Warren G Harding was selected by the Senate group guiding the convention. The paper criticizes pretending satisfaction with the result, calling the stance hypocritical and unsuitable for its Republican editorial line.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
Senate
Tribune
New York Tribune
Harding Fails to Win West In 1920 Nomination
Special to the Courier-Journal reports from San Francisco that Western Republicans show little enthusiasm for Harding. Observers note the party split persists and Progressives may stay out, while Democrats hold the balance of power in the West and the South.
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Harding
West
Courier-Journal
San Francisco
Wardine
Washington
Mississippi
Mrr. Hughes
Trans-Mississippi
Mr. Harding
Mr. Coolidge
An Affront To Intelligence in Harding Nomination
The New York Evening Post denounces Senator Harding as the Republican choice at Chicago, calling the nomination the worst foot forward by the party. It argues the convention overlooked stronger candidates and implies a broad dissent within the old guard and allied factions.
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New York Evening Post
Harding
Republican Party
Chicago
Old Guard
Progressive critique of party nominating choice in Kansas
The piece argues the convention failed to revolt against control by the Hardins as Kansas voted on the ninth ballot. It claims the nomination betrays progressive ideals and that the platform fits the outcome. The author states Republicans deserve to lose in November.
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Kansas
Labor Leader Gompers Trumps Debs Insult in Republican Note
A Corydon Republican message defends Samuel Gompers, praising the AFL head and denouncing Debs as a war-era convict. The piece argues laboring people esteem Gompers and rejects insulting comparisons by partisan outlets. The note continues on the next page.
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Corydon
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Debs
Federal
United States
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Lew M. O. Bannon
Ind
American Press Association
Amertising
Tritor
Faker
Teddy
Qo. P
Alark Sullivan
Hughes
Flarding
Progressive Party
Trans- Mississippi
Flutches
California
Mississippi River
Alien
General Wood
Nonpartisan League
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
South Dakota
Oreton
Town
1916
Semson Model
Janesville
Wis
Saffer & Kirkham
Corydon, Indiana
Keller’s Shoe Dept
Thacher
Siven Age
Bioop
Wm. S. Prince of Birmingham
Ala
Calomel
DR. Thacher
Thacher Medicine Co
Ghatianooga, Tenn., ¥. &. A
Riely
John P. Isterling
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