New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
FIREWORKS FROM DEVERl
PEAL AND FIGURATIVE VARIETIES
BLAZE IN THE IXTH-
THE CHIEF HOLDS THAT ONLY DEAD
ONES VOTE FOR SHEEHAN AND Go''O-
WIN. THUS ACCOUNTING FOR
TRANSFERS OF VOTES

WIN. THUS ACCOUNTING FOR
TRANSFERS OF VOTES.
All the election fanfare of showering Roman
candles and the red glare of Bengal Ieh'S anu
choking smoke. and drums and cymbals' pos
sessaa the IXth Assembly District last night
F2ut under the surface Devery and the powers
,bst has been" as he calls them. were running
9 race for outside votes 1t was the last day out
one for transferring voters. Both camps were
busy. Devery did not deny the report that Ioui
hundred transfers had been made in the course
of the day. This is a large number for a walk
over" campaign.
.arransfers?" said the big chief. Il suppose
there's been transfers during the DAY NioSt
always is about primary time 10 the DeS' "a
my recollection. Now when you ask for exact
numbers. you're all right ] want the same
But amt goin' TO get EN- Not till to-mor-
rov- night Should l think four hundred was
a rood guess? Well, If / was running guess
factory I dare say 1 would turn out sooo
four hundred But youse want TO hahs "h 10
the fact that people died. and people move L
should saw that all Of four hundred Democfanc
r,o+es have either died or moved slhCe ih9'
Election Day But the Goodwin crowd 'heS ie
making those people who have moved OUT o
gone to that last Assembly district as peop'e
,,eorie never move out of-they're making these
DON'T resnect graves II they did whod vote
sor tten17 4 man has got to be more dead IMAM
alive 10 go with those sports. And If you want
"a see some transfers. what do you thlnk OF
the forty men Sheehan's got in house IN "es'
rrventy-sixth-st? The house is full OF pound
ars They're forty of them Cooped up there.
I've got two af1davits to it Sheehans just
showing in transfers like the icenan Jams ice
into the iceboX .,..
The music in the air in the district last hish'
zr,s forced out of unwilling horns by the French
hand of the French Democratic Clup. Inc cIuO
marched IN one street and down the next IN
a,5 ont from Sixth-ave TO Tenth. and from
,be Purnn TO The association rooms. Inc uh-
knowing ones on the sidewalks as the PROCESSION
drew near remarked that il sounded ike So-
.cialis+ Democratic music. But when the trans
narencies answered the three oracular ques'ohs.
Goodwin" ''Sheehan?" "DeVery! No
&.nJ,+" .eyesr the hypnotic spell Of the big chlet
fell over them, and they cheered till the oahu
itself was outdOne
In the association rooms, in Eighth-aYe near
,r,venty-third-st the air was red with hre anu
.bick with sulphur and fifteen zealots shook
t3oYnan candles long after they had burned out
Apain at the Pump the process was repeated
II the idea was TO smoke the chief out. It was
successful The Devery barouche deposlteu, INN, mn
at the door of the French Club AUX bohs
Amfs" presently. and he made MS way liIo1en
Tbs r1ress of outsiders, lnterSperSSO Will a K
cl1Ih members to the back room Appears IN
English French and Devery were OF 10 aValI 10
thin the crowd They were all members OF tne
club that night. So Devery opened his NOUN
and spoke -a >. .a,d
.srhe Frenchman is a man of his word, salo
he appealing at to the pet glory OF me
French honor and the coce with capltaI'
s-yhen he gives his word he considers 1t a prom
ise Now you members OF a society VINO COM
74rises ali the Frenchmen in the district want
10 live I'D to your word to save the peoPie
fcheersl until Election Day, September 10.
tI,ong cheers) 1 want to say that IN eIdu Aiit
a Frenchman keeps his word. More cheerlngD
You know the leaders you've had In TINS olsI
-ric+ You know what you think OF ther-
-,e-,+ ,-o,, to remember what you think Of them
on Election Day. Do youse suppose that La
fsyette would have refused TO do people OF tfIs
district favors if they had elected him! La
favette was a gentleman. Sheehan ana Gooo.
win ainf no I.afayettes. Pin that on your coat
Later Devery was driven to the Jolly PlpeIs'
in Twenty -eighth-st. and Tenth-aNe-' Where ne
shook hands with his adherents ana spoke le"
words of wisdom ,,-
When told that Goodwin expected 10 oeg!n
.he fight in earnest next week, DeNeTy SaLu-
saThev can't begin too soon them Sports l1TPe
shevril spend some money on the peopie A.e
1,eonle will be glad to their money. IN
Tited the guys get into the hght Iois aeo
1oobs as though they were sort OF llIiilu' INT "
girl In the surf. you know ~
To-day is TO be a red letter DAY LOT DeNeIy
end all who believe in his mission as oeleIloeL %
She neople Far Rockaway viii be the e. sem %
che ecstasy of the populace, ana ahuclldtioii
sTns high in the 1hth.