New-York tribune., 1901-10-29
SHEPARD TOUCHES DEVERY
TO" THE CHIEFS RE
MARKS REGARDING THE ISSUES

4 MA1SAS HSESOIAftDlNC THE lSSC
| Smoked out at Iast-or pretty close to it's
| Edward NJ. Shepard on the extremely pertinent
question of Deveryism Whether on count OF
/ the growing fear in the hearts OF the Tammany
| leaders that a landslide is coming Tuesday
next. or smartins under the implied insult Of
! fered TO the next Mayor by Deputy Commits
! sioner Devery in an interview in yesterday
mornings World" for both of these rea-
sons. Mr.. Shepard last night for the first time
/ admitted by his action that Seth Low had dag
nosed the situation Alright when he declared that
Crokerism and Deveryism were the issues.
Down in the heart of Tim Sullivan's district
| last night. Mr. Shepard. perhaps with an ex-
| pIcit understanding with Richard Croker.
| whom he consulted at the Hoffman House two
| hours before threatened the burly Devery with
/ punishment
/ Il do not know" said he. whether Chief
! Deverys interview correctly represented what
! he said. If it did correctly represent what he
/ said. then I have TO say that his utterance was
! unfit to an extreme degree and deserves severe
I reprobation. Whether Chief Devery was cor
/ rectly or incorrectly reported. I wish it TO be
understood. and plainly that in my opinion no
| police commissioner or deputy police commits
sioner. or any officer Of police. should as such,
take any side during the stress Of this any
political campaign. or fail to act with scrupu-
: lous and impartial dignity and orderly and
proper speech as one bound to preserve law
and order To act otherwise is a scandal The
statement if it were made. that this election in
voIved the question of the vindication OF the
Police Department or of Chief Devery or Of
any man in the Police Department does gross
injustice to the Democratic party and is abso-
lutely false with regard to that and absolutely
( false with regard TO myself"
{ At this deliverance the sullivanites asked
! each other:
/ rs he chuckin' bluff. er what?''
/ Continuing. Mr.. Shepard renewed his declara-
l ton that If elected Mayor he would give the
! Police Department his first attention.
/ Now that part OF my speech, said he, Il did
! not intend make. but have made it. and
! shall stand by IL "a voice in the gallery.
That is risht"O. whether I am in Office or out
of it,"
Now let rs come back. fellow citizens. ladies
and gentlemen-and the ladies even more than
the gentlemen-come back TO what is really in
voIved here: To use the powers-yOur powers
the money that flows into the public treasury
and represents your toll and economy-to use.
as I said your powers-thOse powers stored up
in a great armory to use only for the common
wealth OF all the people-tO use those powers
merely for partisan or party person. to build
up a party. the Republicans have il. TO
break down a party. I declare again to be a
treason to the city. a treason to the cause OF
good government All the public moneys and
all the public powers should be used for the
welfare of all the people, without discrimina-
ton between their political beliefs any more
than ii would be ht or decent to discriminate
between their religious beliefs"
Referring TO the usefulness of small parks.
Mr. Shepard said:
1t has been my belief that. important and use
full as were the larger parks. with their great
stretches of landscape. thing still more vital
to the welfare of the great masses Of people in
this city. and more especially the masses of peo-
pie in the thckIy settled parts of the
borOughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. still
more vital matter is the systematic and gem
erous development of the smaller parks the
neighborhood parks and the Fairgrounds for
the children
Now allied with that is another subject. I
refer TO what we may call public baths and
Iavatories. / cannot imagine. really. in city
having the extreme of temperature which We
have in New-York. and having the density OF
population. a thing which ought to appeal 10
every humane and right minded citizen more
intensely which ought to stir up in him
greater and more anxious eagerness TO serve
these people, than this cause of TIE public
baths Now that question Is cause which
istration of this city has served. and has served
we'll I hone. If you shall choose to make the
next administration of the city Democratic. that
il will be able. by economies in other directions
10 carry on still further and to deal still more
largely with the whole question Of the public
baths
About twenty-five hundred people were pres
ent last night to welcome Mr.. Shepard his
first appearance at the Windsor Theatre. No.
40 to AZ Bowery. The rally was under the
auspices Of de Ate" over which Martin Engel
presides as district leader
The meeting was introduced by Dand con-
cert In front OF the theatre and the firing Of
bombshells. in which Chuck Connors
master of ceremonies
Randolph Guggenhelmer. President OF the
Council was the permanent chairman of the
meeting.
Aside from his reference to Devery. which
the fusion leaders attribute to the almost Lni-
versaI conviction that Tammany will be over
thrown. Mr. Shepard's remarks were similar to
those in his previous speeches In which he
deprecated the destruction of Tammany Hail.
Mr. shepard's reference to Devery was the one
point in the speech which evoked the applause
q, the audience. Most OF it so far above
the heads of the people that a man IN the gal
lery shouted once: .,.
Talk TO the 8aliery d Heee' anu was ap-
plauded- - IA. . u.,,,
nIease the Tammany leaders and orators seated
on the stage. President Guggenhetmer bit his
I'm with yexation Charles III. Knox. candidate
for Supreme Court justice. who sat just behind
him dushed Several others showed signs of
nerrurbation. but recovered themselves once.
None however. cheered with the crowd
The other speakers were Randolph Guggen-
hefmer Henry W. Unger. candidate for District
Attorney; Congressman Sulzer. Isaac Fromme.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne and
Charles H Knox
Pueblo only two nights from New-york by the