Word: tammanyizing
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Carl Schurz Vrooman, of Bloomington, Ill. (hometown of the Pantagraph), an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in both Wilson administrations, a farmer's friend. Reason: Tammany. ("It double-crossed Wilson, Cox and Davis.")
No Southern Democratic paper ever flayed Tammany as thoroughly as the Republican Chicago Tribune last week flayed the head of the Republican campaign in Chicago. It said:
Charles F. Murphy, boss of New York (Tammany), died April 25, 1924.
George Washington Olvany, under the careful guidance of Governor Smith, has succeeded Tammany Boss Murphy. Frank Hague is in power in New Jersey.
...felt, as a Democrat, that he could not stand for Nominee Smith. "I won't stand for him! That's worse!" cried Bolter Owen. "I am an American citizen and not a coward. I'll be damned if I'll stand for the Tammanyizing of the Government of the United States!" Nominee Smith took the news calmly. Bolter Owen used to have, and might again have, a large following. "Naturally, I am sorry," said Nominee Smith. ... "... My greatest regret comes from one of the reasons advanced, because it compels me to question his sincerity...