| Show DOMESTIC the year 1920 being a presidential election year politics held the attention of the people of the united states during the greater part of the year senator warren 0 harding of ohio was nominated tor for president by the republicans at chicago june 12 the democratic national convention at san P francisco ran cisco nominated governor tames james U M cox of ohio on july 5 on the forty fourth ballot in the election on november 2 the he republican national ticket was elected by an overwhelming majority receiving electoral votes while the democratic candidates received tho the republicans also won an overwhelming majority in congress by winning their long fight for equal suffrage the women of the country gained the right to vote for all offices inthe in the november election the united states supreme court on january 5 upheld the constitutionality of wartime prohibition and the enforcement act on january 16 nationwide prohibition under the eighteenth amendment to the constitution ution went into effect on january 10 the new york assembly with but two dissenting voices voted to exclude the five socialist members of that body pending trial on charges that the platform of 0 their party Is 19 revolutionary the anti radical campaign resulted in the indictment of 38 leaders of the communist labor party in chicago on january 21 the railroads of the country were returned to private operation on march 1 under the terms of the cu cum mins esch railroad reorganization se act senator truman 11 II ceaberry Ne new berry aberry of michigan was convicted in the federal court nt at grand rapids on march 20 on charges involving the use of erces she funds lie ile and 16 co 0 defendants were given prison sentences but remained at liberty pending an appeal to the higher courts the trial of ali lie flie socialist members of the new york assembly ended with their expulsion from the degl legislature zia april 1 severn several suits lind had been instituted luring the early months ot of the year attacking the validity of the he eight benth all these cases were taken to the united states supreme court and on june 7 that tribunal decided that the amendment and the enforcement act were constitutional big increases in rates were granted the railroads of the country by the interstate commerce commission july 31 to enable the roads to meet increased wages pa passenger csenger rates were increased 20 per cent with a pullman surcharge of 50 per cent for the railroads freight rat gatei were increased from 25 to 40 per cent in different sections of the he country the trial of the communist labor party leaders in chicago in pro progress gres for several months ended august 2 with the conviction of 20 who were given jail sentences the live socialist assemblymen assemblyman assembly men expelled from the new york k legislature in the spring having been reelected re elected were again unseated when the legislature met in special session september 21 sharp drops in the prices of cotton wheat and other farm products brought appeals for assistance from the farmers of the country during the latter part of the year night riders appeared in southern states in an effort to force tile the growers to hold their cotton for a higher price and it a movement was started to secure the holding of wheat heat from the market |
