Word: deverism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Since 1928, the state has gone solidly Democratic in all Presidential elections, and this year, with Democrats far outnumbering Republicans, there is no indication the balance will shift. Even a few Republicans are willing to admit, at least privately, some unhappy realities: the incumbent Democratic Governor, Paul A. Dever, has managed to build a massive and efficient machine; his opponent, Representative Christian A. Herter '15, lacks the color and personal appeal to buck this machine; the Republican State Committee is virtually penniless; and the Democratic candidate for Senator, John F. Kennedy '40, has been campaigning vigorously since last spring while...
Most political observers expect Governor Dever to carry the state by at least 150,000 votes for a third two-year term. Even the arch-Republican Boston Traveler, on the basis of its own polls, reluctantly admits that Dever will win almost every major city in the state, and thereby offset any Republican rural vote. But few hazard predictions on the Kennedy-Lodge contest. The youthful, touseled-haired Kennedy is a highly effective campaigner, but Lodge has shown surprising strength at unexpected moments. Kennedy has attached himself to Dever's ample coat-tails, and by this, expects to slip into...
...dinner given by Governor Paul A. Dever and Representative John F. Kennedy '40, Stevenson followed his policy of declining to make campaign speeches on Sundays--a pattern he continued the rest of the day. His only public words in Cambridge were to a radio reporter who requested a statement while Stevenson was eating. He obliged and said: "I'm not in a hurry to eat this pumpkin...
This reaction from a Democratically partisan crowd is not surprising. Kelly has been an indefensible blight on the Dever administration. Even the casual headlines reader cannot escape learning about Kelly's machinations. Last winter, headlines for weeks and weeks clamored about allegations over nefarious activities concerning land damage settlements handled by Kelly's private office. The charge was a serious one--a district attorney accused Kelly of receiving a pay-off from a judge. Lack of evidence later exoncrated Kelly, but the judge was disbarred. In the midst of the controversy, Kelly sent state troopers to take over the accusing...
...discovered that Kelly, who earns $18,000 a year as Attorney General, reported a net income of $150,000 last year. The excess was from "outside" law practice, he said. Besides, Kelly's record of convictions and his general policy has not been very good when compared with Governor Dever's record when he served as Attorney General. There are less significant but equally disconcerting episodes in Kelly's career: the fixing of each other's traffic violation summonses by Kelly's assistant attorney generals, the slugging of a heckler at a political rally in full view of the audience...