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Thursday, August 22, 2024

"DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A CHANGE?"

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE CONTRASTS WILSON'S 'ACHIEVEMENTS' WITH G.O.P. 'FAILURES'

Sea Girt, New Jersey (JFK+50) On August 22, 1924, John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for POTUS, "contrasted the achievements of President Woodrow Wilson with the "failures" of the current Republican presidential administration.

The candidate spoke at Mr. Wilson's famous "Little White House" here in New Jersey.  He asked...

"Do the (American people) want a change or do they not?"

Mr. Davis also assailed the Ku Klux Klan for raising the standard of racial and religious prejudice.  He said...

"The KKK has no proper part in the campaign."

SOURCE

"Davis Flays Klan By Name," by  David Sentner, Washington Times, August 22, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 
 
C. L. Shaver & John W. Davis
Democratic Headquarters
09/27/1924
Library of Congress