Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"By all means have the Democratic Convention in New York City ?and let us hold it in Tammany Hall, or in the New York Central Station, or in the spacious offices of Banker Morgan, under the smiling portrait of King George."
Died. Thomas H. Smith, for 23 years Secretary of Tammany Hall, run down near Union Square by a New York taxicab.
W. Bourke Cockran, Tammany Congressman, made his last speech in the House of Representatives on his birthday, Feb. 28, and died early the next morning.
Fearless, magnificent, king of orators, his public career lasted for 40 stormy years. In 1896 he fought Bryan. In 1900 he stumped for Bryan. He quarreled numberless times with Tammany leaders, over whom he towered majestically.
That woman suffrage was a guarantee of clean government, was the claim of all those who worked for the ninteenth amendment. Since the New York City elections, the good judgment of the fair voters has been frequently questioned. Apparently they are not such a great deal wiser in their selections...