Word: grundymen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result, Grundymen urged the election of the straight Republican ticket, and Owlett raised money for Fine's campaign...
...fight," Duff had said, "is between high-button-shoe reactionaries and the advocates of progressive government." Grundyism, trumpeted Duff, meant "government by a few, for a few, at the expense of the public." Grundymen retorted bitterly that Duff was a "me-too" spendthrift, viewed with alarm the millions he had added to the state's budget for welfare services, pointed out that Harry Truman himself had facetiously invited him to become a Democrat...
With Duff a pre-election favorite, the crucial fight was for the governorship with its control of 40,000 state jobs. Judge Fine, longtime boss of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), was heavily attacked by Grundymen who called him "a cardboard candidate," "Little Sir Echo," and a "political judge" who winked at gambling. Grundy set out a bait for undecided voters by backing retired Philadelphia Banker Jay Cooke, who insisted he was an independent. Duff met the challenge headon. "Cooke is no more independent of the old guard than the thumb on Grundy's right hand," snorted Duff. "I would...
...Duff is given a good chance of beating plodding Senator Francis Myers, Democratic whip in the 81st Congress. The Democrats have hopefully stored away all the charges of vote buying and fraud hurled by the battling Republicans, and last week they were wondering aloud whether Grundymen would work very hard for a man who has sworn to strip them of all patronage. But Jim Duff had no regrets. Said he: "It was a fight which had to take place, because the party could not go two ways at the same time...
Duff's victory made it almost certain that the fight would carry over into the May primary itself. There was no sign of a truce. Grundymen pointedly noted that the county chairmen supporting Fine represented less than half of the Republican vote. They hinted darkly that if they lost the primary, they would undercut Duff at election time when he would run against Fair Dealing Senator Francis Myers. Duff accepted the challenge. Said he: "We will defeat Grundyism in the primary or the Democrats will defeat it in November...