Word: devere
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...modern Paul Revere, the taxpayers' federation loudly sounded the alarm. Led by Boston's Post, the press took up the shout. Riding the hubbub of popular anger, Congressman Christian Herter, Republican candidate for governor, dashed off a series of open letters to his Democratic rival, Governor Paul Dever: widespread "dismay and disgust" cried Herter, made it imperative for Dever to call a special legislative session to repeal the "sneak" benefits before they went into effect. The Republican case is somewhat hurt by the fact that the state senate which approved the pension bill is controlled by Republicans...
...Democrats first tried to pooh-pooh the whole affair. Dever, who keynoted the Democratic Convention, refused to answer Herter, denied it was a sneak bill, said both parties had voted for it, charged that the Republican demand for a special session was "a fraud upon the public...
...Chairman Dever summarily refused a rollcall, ruled the Southern compromise beaten and the Moody amendment carried by voice vote...
Corruption? Governor Dever did not hesitate to mention corruption-briefly. Cried he, hurling the statistic of the year: "The Democratic Party pays tribute to the 99.84% of federal employees whose character is above suspicion...
...reverberations of Governor Dever's keynote speech had scarcely died away, before the Democrats were locked in a bitter struggle. Contests over rival delegations from Texas and Mississippi were made the excuse for the fight-but the cause lay far deeper...