Tag: DNC 1924 NYC

“The Happy Warriors” of 2024 and 1924

To Counter Dystopian Darkness
by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
As the world knows by now, DNC 2024 was harmonious and lyrical, and can be said to represent the opposite of the DNC of one hundred years ago, a contentious mess in 1924 held at New York’s Madison Square Garden. DNC 1924 took an astounding 103 ballots before nominees John W. Davis (WVA) and Charles W. Bryan (NB) were