The Irish standard., 1902-08-16
perience among them as a police


man, numerically ridicules and
satirizes Goodwin and Sheehan. In
vain they retort he is Il barrel of fat.
His audiences see that he is, but is
them and there is no laugh at his eX-
pense All their barbs fall at his feet
and stick into the ground. All his hit
& the target, which is thus silenced.
eff Devery wins in this fight" an
4 interviewer observed, Willie sitting on
B the historic pump, to one of the dis
trict captains who has just computed
3 the vote of his district after Il house
y toulouse canvass, land takes his place
in Tammany Hall, he is in goou
position to finally become the leader
there
"Sure! And he will, bet you any
amount" the other replied continuing:
"Hell fight his way to the top, rs he
i is doing here, an he'll down 'cm!
Il don't want to say anything
against Croker, especially us he is now
down. exclaimed this man, sincerely
and thoughtfully, continuing: But
he has run his course us leader in
Tammany; his day is gone and there
is the chance for a new leader. Nixon
was all right, but he was too mex
pertanced.
'"The leader of TamnElny Hall must
come up from the ranlls-like Croker
himself, like Kelly, like Tweed-like
all of them in the past. He must be
one of them-wth them, from them.
He don't need to be college graduate,
a swell fellow, or he's not one OF them
and can never be their leader. Croker,
I like Tweed was all right until he tried
to go into state and national politics.
'"The leader of Tammany Hall
should be contented with the control
of the party in the borough Of Man.
haitian, and he'll weaken himself
whenever lie seeks to extend mis- pow
ers, which requires n different and
higher order of intelligence, training
and experience when lie steps into a
wider sphere of usefulness and power
and ceases to be a local leader, and
Tammany Hall is essentially a local
organization and has been jumped on
in every national convention where it
has attempted to run things Now,
Deyery is tough, but he is on the
level and remembers his friends, and
that's the reason he has so many of
them,' lie added emphatically.
'Devery reminds me very much of
my old friend Jim Fisk in his manner
and bearing especially, and also some
what in his physique ana ways OBJ
served the wcll-known former associ-
ate of tire Erie magnatc. George
Crouch, who had strollrd over to the
West side for personal observation
like myself on the interesting (shhll
say Sand Lots political situation.
CROUCH cull,nlueu: ,c>'~f!, whom
l have seen considerable u around INC
AOunlan mouse Tor ulc lEtSL lcii
wears without knowing, Is Il cuilDliia-
tiun OIL FISK, lWccu, whom L knew as
q lournallsl, anu SHAKESPEARE MAI
statf-Wiln the QUALITIES, physique ana
personality vi All three ol thenl-con-
siderable of what we call stun be-
cause big and burly, but shrewd, gen
erous, faithful and magnetic.
His words impressed IL writer OH one
of the New York uallics ANA lalef
when lie had the pleasure Of meetlliS
Deyery, VINO allyhleu from II CROSS
town car and joctllarly greeted the
bows assembled III expectation OF his
coming liz. found himself conculrlllS
in his evidently carefully formulated
opinion of the boistcruus, whole-soul-
ed. but mo TOOL Of Il big one, toying
with his sailor straw hat as die OK
claimeu: just back from the beach.
Had a bully nights sleep, Il wash III
t,the ocean and feel like Il l-ye;lr-olu.
Let's do somethin'," and he led the
way into AN adjacent barroom, inuulS-
4 ing himself in IL mineral water. Got
Z into tile habit" he said, apologclically,
b "when was II policeman and couluh L
risk Il Load
Mr. Devcry believes in the use OF
money in campaigns and does not hes
itate to say So.