Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prosecutor Samuel Seabury of the Legislative inquiry into New York City scandals had charged that Big Tom Farley, since becoming Sheriff of New York County two years ago, had withheld $15,000 in interest on litigant funds left in his trust, had surrounded himself with incompetents and, most important of...
Belted, muskrat-capped troopers kept the crowds moving in front of the door to the Executive Chamber in New York State's Capitol at Albany last week. Inside the large plum-carpeted room, Tammany Legislators from New York City sat in glum silence. Behind a great table, in the...
Governor Roosevelt proceeded to question Shire-Reeve Farley himself. The Tammany district leader's voice had a wheedle to it that reporters had not heard when he blustered before the Legislative inquiry four months ago, meeting questions as to his financial resources with the reply that his money came...
The affair is more important than is at first apparent. It is understood that if the Governor chooses anyone outside Tammany, it would be a direct affront and an indication of his distrust of all that had to do with the organization. The result would probably be a breach between...
Yet if he should appoint a reformer to the office that person would be able to help Seabury considerably in his further investigations. Cleveland insured his election to the White House by bucking Tammany, and Charles Evans Hughes made his reputation when he opposed the New York insurance ring. A...