Word: aldermanic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bringing into his inner circle popular downstate Democrats like Alan Dixon, who was elected secretary of state with 66% of the vote. Daley may not take this advice; in 21 years as mayor, he has relied almost exclusively on his own instincts. After all, observed a young Chicago alderman, "Daley is the organization." But the mayor fully realizes that times are changing, and as he left for Florida, his mind was clearly on the future. Said he: "You never look back. Tomorrow is a better day, my mother used...
...drift to Ford was abruptly stalled by his Polish remark. Said Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, an Illinois Democrat: "There was a revulsion on the part of people, many of whom still send clothes over there and go there two weeks every summer." Added Terry Gabinski. a Democratic alderman in Chicago: "Everywhere I go, I hear people talking about Carter being proabortion. Now I hear people saying they just can't believe the President said what he did." Invited to speak at a long-scheduled Polish American Congress dinner in Chicago last week. Bishop Alfred L. Abramowicz agonized over whether...
...that fuel to keep the machine running strong. They are the base the machine rests on. The city is broken into 50 wards, each with its own boss, the ward committeeman, who is elected in the party's mayoral primary. Committeemen choose the man who will run for alderman or for the state legislature from their area--subject to Daley's approval naturally--and they often pick themselves. Since Democrats usually win the general election, the main battle is during the primaries, and to keep control of the party, the machine has used patronage to cultivate a virtually unbeatable advantage...
That clearly expressed the Ford line for the crucial days of delegate-wooing?a line he believes was effective in his Ohio primary victory. It emphasizes the thesis that Reagan is unelectable, and that he will drag Republican candidates for offices from governor to alderman down with him. He reminds Republicans of "the tragedy of 1964 ... until that election, in the House of Representatives we had about 185 Republican members. After the election, we had 140." "Surely," he continues, "you're not going to let that happen again by letting the wrong person lead the ticket in November...
...vote in a largely black area of Chicago's South Side, beating off a challenge by a Daley man. A onetime loyal lieutenant of Daley's who broke with him seven years ago over police misconduct in the black community and in 1975 supported former Alderman William Singer in his unsuccessful attempt to oust The Boss from the mayor's office, Metcalfe ran solely on the issue, "the liberation of the people from the Daley plantation." Thus, though Daley still is supreme, his hold on the city's black vote may be weakening...