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George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois (succeeding Sullivan), died...
...smiles of farewell were the first to cross his face in many an hour. George E. Brennan had died and was now buried...
...Brown Derby first met Boss Brennan in San Francisco in 1920. Both were experts in friendship; quickly and together they fashioned one, Al and George. A fortnight ago George lay dying. Al got daily bulletins. When George died, Al was almost the first to telephone the relict and her daughter. Busy, he bustled through the most pressing business, put aside his speech, got his friend, Contractor Kenny, to come up with the "St. Nicholas" for quick passage to Chicago. With them went a dozen other friends and his son, Arthur. At Englewood, a company of politicians boarded the train...
Arrived at George's modest apartment, Al went up in the old-fashioned elevator to greet Mrs. Brennan and her daughter Mary. What he said was inaudible. He went to an adjoining room to look upon George's face and the flowers which covered a bronze coffin...
...lone survivor of the advance guard is Thomas Taggart, 71, of Indiana. It was Taggart, Murphy and Brennan (acting on deathbed instructions from Sullivan) who pushed aside McAdoo and forced the nomination of Cox at the Democratic convention in 1920. The same forces compromised on John W. Davis in 1924, when the Smith movement failed. Mr. Taggart is now in ill health and resides quietly at French Lick, Ind., playing croquet with his grandchildren...