Word: garnered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defeated by forces beyond his control. The Smith faction, captained by Jersey City's hardboiled Frank Hague and backed by Tammany Hall, was relentlessly bitter in its opposition. Mayor Hague had attacked Governor Roosevelt as the "weakest man" to nominate. The California and Texas forces of Speaker Garner, led by lean, leathery William Gibbs McAdoo, had lined up with the Brown Derby on every convention vote so far. The minor candidates had stood their ground for a break that never came. The loss of one Roosevelt State on the next roll-call would mean disaster...
...political eyes-&-ears, was waiting in Room 1502, centre of the Roosevelt spider web, when a little group of McAdoo friends marched in.* They had worked for the onetime Treasury Secretary in 1924 and were now ready to help out the onetime Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Speaker Garner, they reported, was ready to drop his candidacy for first place on the ticket, provided he was given second place. Under the influence of Publisher William Randolph Hearst, flattered with the notion of making a President, Mr. McAdoo was ready to swing Texas and California to Roosevelt and thus bury...
...deal that effected the Roosevelt-Garner nomination came as the climax to a four-day convention struggle. At the outset after the keynote speech (TIME, July 4) Manager Farley established his clear Roosevelt majority of 100 votes or more by winning delegation contests from Louisiana and Minnesota and electing Senator Thomas James Walsh permanent chairman over Jouett Shouse. But those same ballots nailed down the anti-Roosevelt States?California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia?as a minority strong enough to veto any nomination...
When Governor Roosevelt sat down at his radio at 9:30 p. m. that evening, he knew he was as good as nominated. Manager Farley had reported that the California and Texas delegations had swung over, in return for the Vice Presidential nomination for Speaker Garner. Joy pervaded the Executive Mansion as the convention roll call started and William Gibbs McAdoo announced the switch that clinched the nomination...
Hopefuls. The other Favorite Sons, minor candidates all, lay hopefully low. Speaker Garner, in Washington, came out for Repeal, declared he was "willing to serve my country and my party to the limit of my capacity." His supporters paraded about Chicago with placards: "No Doles but Jobs?Garner," "Garner is Action and Decision," "Garner and Work...