Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Speaking before an audience that packed Rindge Hall, Gaspar G. Bacon'08, Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts, pointed to his record as an indication of what may be expected of him. He charged James M. Curley with a significant refusal to refer to his own record. Mr. Bacon pointed out that of over thirteen hundred measures on which he acted during his many years as State Senator, Curley was able to criticize only eight. Several of these eight measures, Mr. Bacon said, he had not voted...
...Bacon decried the allegation that if he is elected, all ERA money will cease coming to Massachusetts. He promised, on the contrary, that he could get from Washington everything Curley could, and said he had "a sneaking suspicion he could do more than Curley." He claimed that Curley's alleged nefarious practices to date are only an "ante in the pot before the game begins," Moreover, Mr. Bacon pledged his word that one hundred cents in every dollar received from Washington will be properly assigned...
...conclusion, Mr. Bacon said that he would do everything in his power in the remaining days of the campaign, to prevent the State House from being disgraced by the presence of Curley. He claimed that Curley's star is on the down-grade, and his own in the ascendancy, that sentiment has changed in the past week...
Desertion of Harvard from Democratic ranks continued yesterday when ten professors threw their influence behind the governorship campaign of Gaspar G. Bacon '08, against former Mayor Curley. although Mr. Bacon is as outspoken in his criticism of the new deal as Mr. Curley is in its defense, it is not known if these men have also withdrawn their support from the Roosevelt policies...
...other professor is Frank W. Taussig '79, Henry Lee Higginson Professor of Economics, who has described Curley as a "blatant demagogue." The shift in sentiment is further borne out by the new results of the Faculty poll this morning. Bacon has a total of 311 votes while Curley has only 18. Thus the Faculty is supporting the Republican candidate by a vote of 18 to 1 while undergraduates voted only 7-1 in favor...