Following the President's speech, newspapers published a deluge of reports about its political reaction. Partisan papers flew into headlines. One side published " Harding's Speech Splits Party." The other side (notably The Christian Science Monitor] ran " President Finds His Court Policy Backed by Public."
The truth is that as yet neither of these things has happened. The only two prominent Republicans who openly voiced their opposition to the President's remarks were Senators Borah and La Follette. A larger number of Republican Senators—Smoot, McKinley, Sterling, McNary and others—came out openly in favor...
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