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The Sussex pledge was followed by a period which saw few diplomatic crises and which was dominated by the quadrennial presidential campaign. To a large extent the European war faded from the headlines and editorial columns. Yet the domestic election of 1916 should not be ignored in a discussion of the press during the neutrality period. By the end of the campaign Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policies were to constitute the most important issues of contention. On these issues, in the opinion of most observers, the election turned.
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The complete text of the platform is in K. H. Porter and D. B. Johnson, eds., National Party Platforms 1840–1956 (Urbana, 1956), 204–7.
Ibid., 194–200.
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Ibid.
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As reported in The World, October 13, 1916.
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This quote from Roosevelt’s address at Lewiston, Maine, is from The New York Times, September 5, 1916.
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Ibid., November 10, 1916. A political cartoon in this paper on November 11, 1916 depicted the “Golden Gate” preventing an elephant’s access to the White House.
The World, November 10, 1916.
New York American, November 14, 1916.
New York Tribune, November 11, 1916.
The Globe and Commercial Advertiser, November 10, 1916.
The Evening Mail, November 10, 1916.
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O’Keefe, K.J. (1972). The Press and the Politics of Neutrality May 1916–November 1916. In: A Thousand Deadlines: The New York City Press and American Neutrality, 1914–17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2833-2_7
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