LACK OF INTEREST IN REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT RESULTING IN SWING TO THE DEMOCRATS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 25, 1922, the Evening Star reports that one "competent observer from the eastern seaboard" attending Saturday evenings Gridiron Club* dinner said...
"If there is any falling away of interest in the republican party there is not...any corresponding swing to the democratic party. It is a case of disgruntlement with both."
President Warren G. Harding, on the other hand, is said to have been "gaining in popular esteem and confidence."
*Gridiron Club of Washington, D.C. was founded in 1885. It is the oldest & one of the most prestigious journalistic organizations in the Nation's Capital. GC is best known for its annual dinner featuring the USMC Band & where every U.S. president (except G. Cleveland) has spoken since 1885.
SOURCE
"G.O.P. Loses, But So Do Democrats," by N.O. Messenger, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
