SENATOR JOHNSON RETURNS FROM EUROPE, REFUSES COMMENT ON BID FOR PRESIDENCY IN 1924
New York City (JFK+50) On July 23, 1923, United States Senator Hiram Johnson* of California "returned from a tour of Europe...on the Leviathan" and refused to comment on a prospective run for the Presidency in 1924.
The Senator said...
"I will not be interviewed on domestic politics at this time. Later, I may have a little to say."
Senator Johnson, who had been in Europe four and a half months, was greeted here in New York by a "committee of about twenty-five," mostly former Bull-Moosers.
JFK+50 NOTE
Senator Johnson had served as Theodore Roosevelt's running-mate on the 1912 Progressive Party ticket. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920 & 1924, but was unsuccessful both times.
*Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) was born in Sacramento, California & was educated at the University of California, Berkely, 1884-1886. HWJ served as governor of CA 1911-1917 & US Senator (P-CA) 1917-1945.
SOURCE
"Johnson Is Silent On 1924 Candidacy," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 23, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
