BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—“Yes, ladies and gentlemen,” the radio announcer opened his news report, “another day, another scandal! It seems like nothing can prevent further improprieties from staining President Harding and his administration prior to this year’s midterm elections. The blazing spotlight of impropriety has now focused its glare on Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty…. Congressmen … Continue reading ‘Fifteen Men in a Smoke-Filled Room’: How Warren G. Harding became president