Word: tammanyizing
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After a brief stop in Detroit, he sped back to Albany, turned abruptly from national to local politics. On the eve of the Democratic State convention the Tammany tiger was again on the rampage (see p. 10).
Last week Tammany Hall, aided & abetted by the blowzy New York City Republican machine, pulled off a political deal incredibly brazen even for Tammany. Behind the deal lay implications reaching out of the municipal situation through the State, perhaps even into the national election.
To keep the State judiciary out of politics New York Democrats and Republicans have a habit of endorsing each other's reputable candidates for the bench. Last week mousey little John Francis Curry. Tammany's boss, summoned his followers to the Wigwam to prepare a Supreme Court slate for the...
Senator Hofstadter was the Republican chairman of the same investigating committee which, with the aid of Samuel Seabury, drove James John ("Jimmy") Walker out of the Mayor's office. The Tammany braves rocked with laughter. But the nomination was no joke. Boss Curry nodded his white little head and Tammany...
Rejected by Tammany for nomination was Supreme Court Justice Samuel Rosenman. Long Governor Roosevelt's legal adviser, Justice Rosenman had been temporarily appointed to the bench by the Governor earlier this year.