Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-29
DEvERY's BUSY DAY.
rank Spring Water, Righted


 Wrong and Edified Reporters It was feather and not white one in Big Bill'' Deyery's cap last night when he got back job for q waiter in a Twenty-third street restaurant. 1t was said that the man was discharged at the instigation of the chief oppon- ent of the philosopher at the pump, and when Devery heard of it he took action at once
 That's bum way to make a fight" he unused, and extended an in- yitation to the newspaper men to ac- company him to the restaurant and lis ten to what he had to say on the sub- ject of interfering with honest labor" With, fire in his eye he dashed into the place and with an air of abandon or dered a bottle of champagne and one of spring water.
 You fellows drink the grape juice," said he to the reporters, and then he mournfully continued, "but you know I'm on the sprinkling cart so this stuff for mine,' as he poured out q glass of the cheerless beverage.
 f.Where is the boss?' he asked the waiter 'sTelI him want to see him.
 "All right, chief" replied the man, and presently he came back with the proprietor at his heels.
 Say said the epigram maker, "you fired afellow because Goodwin said he was bum waiter, didn't you?" The proprietor tried to look surprised, but admitted that some one had made com- plaint about the service and q waiter had been discharged.
 "Well, you get him back will you?" asked Big, Bill' and the proprietor |, T .G. 41, n4 once.
 ''It i'll behooves any man to take the bread and butter out of mans mouth in this campaign, and I won't stand for it, see,'' said Devery "Why don't they fight on the level? Be game. This shooting darts at a mans back be- cause he's agin you ain't right This fellow was in my corner and when those other ducks heard of it. they went after him and made him lose his job. They ought to get lost, and I'll make them do 1t all right, all right, before I get done, see?''
 After accomplishing this samaritan like act Big Bill'' went over to his pump and there waiting for him was sBim, the button man, who had T5.000 buttons on which was inscribed Our leader, William s. Devery," and underneath the portrait of the one-time czar of Mulberry street.
 T look like winner there all right" commented the sage of the Four Cor ners as he gazed on one of the buttons. "This picture game nowadays is all right, ain't it? They can take any kind of mug and make him look like that king of dudes. Whats that his name was? Oh, yes. O'Dennis'
 You mean Adonis? ?' Some one ven. tired.
 Yes, that's him, but thought he was Irish" quickly retorted Big Bill' with an ear-toear smile. Several families were made happy by the ''amatoor candidate" as he calls himself, yesterday, for he found them in destitute circumstances and filled their stomachs with good food and put them on the free list with the store keepers for the immediate future.
 More than half thousand letters have been received by Devery asking for aid, but he says most of them come from persons outside "de Mint" dis trict.
 That bars them out" said he, sbut anybody in the district can go as far IS they like. I'll play the string out. and if I don't sue them well it is my fault Whats the good of having nun if you don't blow it? That's what the stuff was made for; not for museums or curiosities.'
 . Some one told him former Senator Munzingcr, the chief lieutenant of John c. Sheehan, had said he was "daffy," That made him laugh
 Well, Louie ain't more than an hour from funny factory himself," was his quick retort.
 There is a lot of the Pequod club who wanted to march over here and give me the glad hand" he continued but they got the scare thrown into them that some of them would lose the places Sheehan has got for them. Whats the good of civil service if they can do that? They can't and if any of them did I'd go down and see Mayor Low about it. He is on the level and l wouldn't stand for anything like that, 1 Good night.'