New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-17


INTENSE disgust, the ex-Chief did not mix it up
When the polls closed and the last late voter
had been hurried to the polls in a carriage
Devery retired TO the upper room OF the WILMA ~
: Devery Association and waited the returns
The Big Chief patiently anxious DuI-
ing the afternoon he showed traces or the AIM
icty. Only when he went out 10 vote ola ne ie-
gain his self-control sufficiently to acknowledge
the cheers of his admirers. About him in the
inner room were gathered the most important
of his lieutenants. Presently, as confidence was
restored 10 the followers Of Devery, huge
crowd began TO gather in Eighth-ave
II vas $50 o'clock when the returns began 10
come in. The first were from the Ninth, ana
showed Devery A.. Sheehan y and Goodwin .
This announcement was receievd with terrlhc
shouting. The followers of Devery, who hao
crowded into the narrow club rooms, set UP d
shout Of victory. From that moment on the re
turns showed Devery constantly in the sad
As each district captain burst through the dense
crowd on the stairs and rushed up to Devery 10
announce the result in his district there was an
instant Of quiet II the result was good the
captain was hosted aIoft before his CHIEF and
received a nervous grasp from the anxious can
didate.
BY 10 o'clock seven districts had been re
oeiyed and Devery was leading by more than
hundred. Every instant the enthusiasm grew
Wait till the returns is counted" he said
warningiy as his friends seemed about TO break
out into q war dance Of Joy. As each district
result was received the figures were given out
20 the crowd in the streets BY this time the
whole Of Eighth-ave- was blocked with Devery
;,artisans wildly, madly cheering and calling FOR
Devery.
When Munzinger's district was reported as
giving Devery IS as against % for Goodwin and
81 for Sheehan. even Devery was moved TO con-
fdence. A moment later the announcement that
the Twenty-nfth District gave Devery lead of
los over Sheehan increased the joy. From that
time on the confidence of the Big CHER was
apparent The news that Goodwin had carried
his own district by only 5 hailed with de
Tision. and followed by the announcement
thai Devery's own election district had given
hirs III. against "a for Sheenan ana Id ioI
Goodwin .
II was long after II before the last district
the Twenty-frst, was heard from, Without ms
Devery led Sheehan by 400 the returns
showing Devery. 1859: Sheehan. 1236, ana
Goodwin. I'll The returns from the last dis,
1rict were brought in with rush at ll-'' anu
showed a plurality for Sheehan Of 20.
With the news of the ending Of the fight DeN-
cry rushed to the window ana. leanlns ou1'
waved his hat vigorously to the Groves oeloM'
Instantly there arose a wild p*an Of victory
A band. which had been brought up, began 10
play and at Twenty-third-St. some one freo d
bomb Red fire. rockets and brcoms We're IN
stantly in evidence. and the triumphai march
~ the victor began wild mob surged into
snu 10 zach the big Chief" Before this
onslaught he fed precipitately behind his lieu
tenants.
while the Deveryites We're growing wilder and
wilder in the presence Of victory, the Pequod
awakening. The Sheehanites. who had through
out the day claimed a walkoveT, began 10
weaken soon after the first result was an
nounced John c. Sheehan retired 10 the Hoi-
man House and left his followers TO bear the
brunt Of the defeat The last embers OF a
bonfire which had been kindled at o o clock IN
Of clubhouse L
victory. flickered duly. hut. despite their dull
moss they were the brightest thing in that
gion Tommy Smith and Frank j. Goodwin
received the news al the HoratiO seymour Club
with resignation When the Sheehanltes con-
coded the district TO Deyery by 30 Tommy"
acouiesced and the former leader and his lieu
tenant retired from the field.
For Devery the final act Of the day was the
organization Of parade At the head of a
motley crowd Of over twenty-five hundred men
and boys. and cheered by the inspiring strains
of drum and fife corps. the Big Chief mace
2 tour Of the district Hat in hand, with an
the grace OF a conquerinG clown. the new leaaer
rode in triumph through Tenth-aNe Inc patd ~
lasted for half an hour. and frequently III
ferrupted by groups Of men, women ana chil-
dren who broke through the crowds to shake
the leaders hand
Fireworks red fire and tin horns lent to the
Wild scene noisy brilliancy that Just sulteu
Devery. He smiled from one end or the parace
10 the other. and when Ii finally disbanaed
at the Four Corners Club. Devery was ago"
with happiness. He was hustled upstairs 10 Ile
clubroom. which was crowded that there was
. scarcely room TO breathe From the street -.
low came shouts Of "Devery," and speech
and when the CHIEF walked to front WlndoW
there were five thousand people in the street
below. Devery sitting on the windoVFslH Win ms
feet dangling in the air and wipfng big peaoS oi
Precipitation from his forehead. addressed the
bowling mob.
Il guess our opponents know as how there
was a prinlary here to-day" began Devery,
when o,Jiet had been restored The peepul has
told them so by the way they have cast then
ballots an notwithstanding the fact that MI
Sheehan was crooked Pearl-St Pear4-st-
hits Broadway twice but Saeehan couldn't MT
the peepul o. this distric but onct-
IT'S the peepul's verdict and l want TO thank
wees all for your kindness and fur the peaceaole
way in which yer behaved yourselves To-Day
We can beat Sheeh2n and Goodwin whenever
of this here district and YOU VIII have no more
primaries. We will have one Democratic party
and we invite you TO join that party
Cheers upon cheers followed this eloquent ad-
dress ard Devery bowed and then elbowed his
way back into the room He sat down 10 a bile
and gulped down big glass Of ginger ale The
CHIEFS last word Of the day
No / amt agoin' 10 what I'll do l feel
like takin' a long ramble-
Returns from the IXth Assembly District by
election districts show that the DeYery victory
was won among the longshoremen in the water
front districts. OF the thirteen districts carried
Inv the victor the majority are west OF Tenth
ave Sheehau. on the other hand carried eleven
districts; these were mostly in the eastern and
better portion of the district Alderman Frank
7 Bowling gave Sheehan a plurality Of 40 in
his election district. Devery carried his own
district over Sheehan by "a. Goodwin barely
carried his own by three votes.
The vote by election districts as follows.
District, Devery- Goodwin sheehan.
Third Observation-Disclosures 81 81 56
Fourth --------.- -.---------- 20 - 30