New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-29
HERE'S DEVERY ON TRUSTS.
HE AND HIS FELLOW SPEELBINDERS
ILLUME THE DARKNESS
OF THE IXTH.

Mr.. Devery, of the West Side" as he likes
TO be called in contradistinction to Mr.. sulli-
van, Of the East Side" or "Bll" Devery as he
is called by the disciples of the Pump" at
Eighth-ave. and Twenty-eghth-st., got as far
as the trusts in his discussion of national pot-
ical questions at Alvenie Dancing Hail. Eighth
ave. Twenty third-st., las night. when
he made his first formal speech of the cam
paign. Devery believes he is going to be the
leader Of Tammany Hall within the next three
years. and he is breaking himself in as a spell
binder. There have been worse spellbinders
Devery, to use an Eghth-ave. expression. as an
orator has got several of his fellow spellbinders
skinned to death"
There is John Oxley, for instance. Oxley spoke
last night runner up for Devery. He talked
about early Jewish history, Greece, quoted EN-
erson and Abraham Lincoln, and kened Devery
to Napoleon, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and
Grant. He said Mayor Low had built summer
mansion on the shore of a great lake at Rye
because he refused to breathe the polluted air of
the city. The tariff kept ''elring up" he said
from the close of the war, "in 1864" to the pres
ent time. When he said he was going to tell
story about Lincoln longshoreman shouted:
What's that got to do with Devery?"
George Gibbons another orator that Devery
will try hard to drop from the excursion barge
tomorrow, said:
invited to stab his country in the back-an' de-
cned."
George like Devery-tree cheers for
Devery." yelled an excited truck driver
After telling about the plans for the excursion
for the women and children Of the IXth District,
which will sail tomorrow morning from the
Atlas dock, Twenty -fifth-st. and North River, al
8 o'clock, ten thousand strong, Devery said. IN
part:
1 see young men belonging to the Pequod Club
(John G. sheehans .organization) standin' around
bitin' their finger nails an waitn' for job. 1t II
is distributin the patronage. Now, if sheehan
hadnt been mihgn w. with m the & e-light at the Long
the interests of this district he wouldn't have broke
an Smith has been at Sara toga for two weeks an
Ts 9n s ToT nG a4d q oe on on
gave me his word word he he would do it. When called
oh, rye changed my mind about that My per-
sonaI interests will not let me do as told you and
If I've got to let you out you won't get out" He's
feel 1T in the, shake Of his hand. He once worked
down here takin' nickels out of bag. / don't
s they get Back i 6e
to do you favor his breath freezes while he's
talkin TO you. an his side partner. Smith Croker's
the pike. They never gave a loaf OF bread to a
sSntao sGnl n III this with he pgo6 aon FSt
and Wefh m aHes es ana m sc EeadiT papers & When
docks ishn' for sinners. Gaughter. lived in
this district when a had to be tall-grass
American to vote the Democratic ticket. 1t
all mans life was worth thirty years ago in this
district to say he was German Irishman,
or "A Jew. II meant death to you almost TO show
your then.
Senator Platt wants to know what I'm after.
Well, I'll tell him. I'm after helpin the laborin'
of this district and the country. He as
Senator of this State with Senator Depew, ought
take the bull by the horns. They ought to go
down to Oyster Bay and say 20 Mr.. Roosevelt that
he say to his Attorney General 10 take hold
OF those people that's maxim steak 26 cents
pound and coal IS IS a ton. That's what I'm after,
helpin' the under man. and that's what Platt and
Depew ought to do with the man at Oyster Bay
make him take hold OF those people that hodin'
up things In the anthracite coal regions and make
them pay the miners decent wages You've got
John w Gates cornerin' wheat. an he's another
one He's cornerin wheat an corn an barley, and
you've got to pay for it later They buy the
farmers crop In advance After coppin' off five or
six million he ought to be enough TO throw
out two million of IL to the poor. But he amt
built that way.