Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Father. "I got married 28 years ago on the sixth of May, and nobody gave me a tumble. If any photographers had been there I'd have stood on my head for them." That was Father Smith talking-joshing with reporters before the stately wedding of his daughter, Catherine...
New York City politicians dropped into the Board of Elections office one morning last week to shake the hand of an old man there presiding. His name was John R. Voorhis; his age, 98. The occasion for congratulations was his 17th anniversary as Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall.
Grand Sachem Voorhis, by no means feeble, thanked everyone and announced that he hoped to pass his 100th birthday with Alfred Emanuel Smith in the White House. He also said: "Everybody talks about Tammany . . . but hardly anyone seems to know. To listen to them talk you'd think that...
From Lowell Schmalz to Andrew Mellon, the country exalts the Coolidge tradition: and the nomination of the silent and efficient Hoover is no divagation. Before Friday night he had no private life, and what he has since acquired is powerful and touching. In his habits he is not of the...
Most political district leaders give such parties but staunch Tammany Tom Farley's are perhaps the most celebrated in Manhattan. The pre-eminent success of this particular Farley Fête, which produced more congratulatory editorials than Mr. Farley's fierce but successful fight to attain the leadership...