Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Franklin Roosevelt in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland primaries, announced that he would not appear to receive it. So did New York's Physician-Senator Royal S. Copeland, conservative oldtime Tammanyman and warm friend of William Randolph Hearst, who has long been at odds with the President and "General" Farley over matters of privilege and patronage. Governor Eugene Talmadge, a practical politician who wants to go on holding office in a Democratic state, assured a state committee meeting which had just pledged Georgia's delegation to Roosevelt that, while he might or might not go to Philadelphia, he would...
...Philadelphia, "General" Farley refused all comment except to snap when asked if the new party had changed Democratic campaign plans: "Why should...
...first Eastern campaign speech, in Manhattan this week, Chairman Hamilton whipped an audience to easy enthusiasm with gibes at Chairman Farley, reminiscences of broken New Deal promises, an exposition of the Republican platform, etc., etc. Just as Governor Landon had welcomed the formation of the Lemke-O'Brien Union Party, Mr. Hamilton paid his respects to the "distinguished and determined citizens" who renounced the New Deal with Al Smith...
...Said Mr. Farley: "This is the weakest ticket ever nominated in the history of the party and it is doomed to overwhelming defeat. Their candidate was, until he was lifted to eminence by the familiar building-up process, perhaps one of the least known of the governors of the 48 states...
Retorted Mr. Hamilton: "Mr. Farley is, of course, both frightened and disappointed. He is clearly dissatisfied both with the Republican candidate for the Presidency and with the Republican platform. That was one of the purposes of the Cleveland Convention...