Word: taftmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Getting Through the Day. The Dallas speech drew angry cries from Taftmen, who repeated their defense that most Ike supporters in Texas were Democrats who had no business meddling in Republican affairs. Unruffled, Ike flew off next morning to Nevada for a visit to Hoover Dam. At the dam he told reporters gleefully, "On the road out here, a veteran shouted at me, 'You'd better get in, General, or we'll both be back in the Army." After a look at Lake Mead, Ike asked how soon it would fill up with silt if no precautionary...
...Taft Texas steamroller [TIME, June 9], I begin to have my doubts. True enough, Taft himself was not there to help, but his cousin and campaign manager, David Ingalls, was, as well as another man high in the Taft organization, Carroll Reece. These men and the Texas Taftmen will of course be in Taft's favor in the event of his nomination and election. All the time we hear Taft harping on Democratic corruption, and yet by their actions, the Taft organization promises to give us the same type of self-perpetuating corrupt practices...
...this group, Taft outdraws Ike by nearly 3 to 1, yet everybody, including Taftmen, knows that Taft has practically no chance to carry any of these states in November. By contrast, Ike's strength in Democratic states comes largely from those with normal Democratic majorities of less than 60%, e.g., Missouri, Rhode Island. Ike has a chance to carry these in November. In general, the more thoroughly Democratic a state is, e.g., South Carolina, the more its Republicans are likely to be pro-Taft...
...previously been committed to Taft, emerged from Ike's office, State Chairman A. Pratt Kesler suggested that on the second ballot at Chicago, perhaps six of Utah's votes would shift from Taft to Ike. Once back home, however, the Utah delegation was re-corralled by Taftmen, who soon announced that all 14 members were committed to support Taft as long as the Senator had any chance for the nomination. Next day, talking with Oregon delegates, Ike lapsed into one of those circular pronouncements which may seem profound when first heard, and turn out on closer examination...
...Ones. The committee did not get around to settling the seven contests. Instead, it created two more. It decided that one previously uncontested district convention was illegal because it had not been advertised properly. On that basis, it unseated the two Wisdom-Eisenhower delegates, named Jackson-Taftmen in their place. Next week the committee is to meet again to act on the seven contests. No one in Louisiana has any doubt about the outcome: in all cases, it will decide for the Taft delegates...