Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said the President. "I'm glad to see you." Governor James Michael Curley of Massachusetts beamed. Although there is little love lost between them, Franklin Roosevelt cannot afford to have Boss Curley's machine knife him in Massachusetts and Boss Curley needs all of Franklin Roosevelt's popularity that he can borrow if he is to be elected to the U. S. Senate...
...Afterward, with Governor Green beside him, he drove the short dis tance to the place where Rhode Island ends and Massachusetts begins. There began one of the most frenzied .episodes of the campaign. From town to town the Democratic procession roared down broad highway No. 6, past great "Roosevelt & Curley" posters, sometimes racing three abreast. Questions of precedence were settled by stepping on the accelerator. Moving vans and beer trucks joined in the careening motorcade. Newshawks' hair stood on end but Governor Curley is used to fast driving and there were no accidents...
President Roosevelt's failure to indorse Governor Curley and Charles F. Burley, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on his recent trip to Massachusetts, will have no appreciable effect on the election results next Tuesday, in the opinion of John W. Haigis, nominee of the Republican party...
...Roosevelt's lack of genuine regard for the Civil Service is attested by his action in carefully replacing a capable postmaster in Boston with a politician chosen by James M. Curley. Now that Curley is on his way out, Mr. Roosevelt seems to be turning a cold shoulder on him, but when Curley was at the height of his power this unsavory favor was granted...
Professor Holcombe stated that the only issue in this campaign is "the character of the candidates." He cited Roosevelt's failure to indorse James M. Curley for election to the Senate as an example of the former's political courage...