His platform of reform against entrenched political machines, bossism, and patronage was desperately needed, especially in major urban centers such as New York and Chicago.
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"I call it the last vestige of bossism, " said Gene Pratt, a Kentfield, Calif ., financial analyst and longtime district critic.
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In his rather unsympathetic article, Lane described this system as nothing less than " an embarrassing throwback to the days of bossism and party machines ."
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During his time in office he oversaw a massive infrastructure program, much of Chattanooga's Civil Rights movement, and was accused of partaking in political bossism.
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Taking his seat on January 1, 1911, Roosevelt immediately became the leader of a group of " Insurgents " who opposed the bossism of the disrupted the Republicans.
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Indeed, the process, far from producing a united front, has laid bare the fault lines within the party and exposed the county leaders to charges of anachronistic bossism.
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In 2005, op-eds in the New York Times and Star-Ledger have complained of bossism by Menendez, claiming he runs Hudson County as a political machine.
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In the country's notorious era of " bossism, " Cox controlled 25, 000 votes in Cincinnati, one of America's largest cities at the time.
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Thompson used the slogan " Make a Change for Progress " and called Merritt a " do-nothing mayor " who engaged in " bossism " and " machine politics ".
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He was re-elected in 1897, and during the 73rd General Assembly, 1898 and 1899, was chosen Speaker of the House by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans opposed to bossism.
