Word: jeffersonianism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...situation today is very similar to the time of the rise of Jeffersonian democracy. The conservatives of those days feared the people. The people were on the march, demanding political rights. Today the people are on the march, demanding economic liberties...
...coldness of his eye and the hostile tilt of his cigar, National Committeeman Eugene Talmadge of Georgia stood out like a skeleton at a feast. Ever since President Roosevelt removed Georgia's relief administration from his hands, Governor Talmadge has called himself a "Jeffersonian," as distinguished from a "Jacksonian." Democrat. Popping up in Washington, Gene Talmadge ostentatiously absented himself from the Jack son Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel but showed up at the Willard next morning just before Boss Farley made his rousing speech...
Franklin Roosevelt countered by organizing the Jeffersonian Party. Republicans nominated Honest Walt Trowbridge who spoke well but promised little. But "Buzz" Windrip raved like a madman, assisted in his ravings by his creepy publicity agent and fixer, Lee Sarason. His followers got publicity by making speeches in strange places, such as copper mines, fishing fleets, sporting houses. His supporters were organized as the Forgotten Men, sang a goofy campaign song ("Buzz and buzz"), beat up Reds, Jeffersonians, innocent bystanders, lumping them together as the Antibuzz. His program, based on sharing the wealth, was as emphatic as it was meaningless...
...will say, however, that I think there should be a Jeffersonian Democratic party in the field...
...Governor Eccles is something of a Hamiltonian in his central banking philosophy, Senator Glass is a thoroughgoing Jeffersonian, defending the rights of the regional Reserve Banks and fearful of political contamination. In the Glass draft the Reserve Banks have a strong voice in, though not control of, the country's credit policies. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency are dropped as ex officio members of the Board, thus breaking that political tie. The name of the Federal Reserve Board is changed to Board of Governors?seven men, not more than four of whom belong...