New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
WOULD LEAD TAMMANY
DEVERY CROWDING SHEEHAN HARD
IN THE NTH.


IN THE NTH.
IMPERIALISM. TRUSTS AND FREE SILVER
| HIS PLATFORM M-TREMENDOUs EN-
| THUSIAsM AT BANNER
| RAISING.
| "BilT" Devery. or the Chief" as his enthusi-
| astic political Indians in the IXth District re-
spectfully call him. is out for the leadership Of
| Tammany Hail. His Heutenants. McGoldrick
| and Gibbons. made 1t plain to hundreds of
voters in the IXth last night at one of the most
| remarkable political demonstrations that the
| city ever has that Mr.. Devery was not
after the leadership of the district only. Devery
and his men set the town crazy in the vicinity
! OF Eighth ave. between Twenty-third and Twen-
. ty-eighth-sts. last night by banner raising.
fireworks. a speech and parade. The Chief
/ headed the parade in which 1000 5000 per-
sons t' ok part. People who took Devery as a
joke at the beginning of his fight for the leader
| ship of the district will have to revise their
| opinions. His shouters are crowding the Shee-
han men hard and Goodwin and Smith. the reg
ular Tammany leaders. are practically wiped out
| already. their followers having gone al
| most bodily to Devery.
| He gets away with everything he under
| takes"
This is an expression the Interpretation of
which is that Devery is making headway with
| his picturesque effort to lift himself into the
leadership of OF the strongest Democratic
| districts in the town.
| The banner raising was a rousing success II
noise redhre and people count for anything
| The crowd packed Eighth-ave. from curb to
| curb between Twenty third and Twenty-fourth
SITS. Devery was in the headquarters of the
| William S. Devery Association. over a saloon in
Eighth have. just north OF Twenty y-third-st The
banner was suspended from two tall poles and
| carried picture OF Devery, with the inscrip-
tion. The Peoples Choice for Leader" Dew
| cry down for a speech.
! It'll only be talk tonight" said Devery 10
! the reporters There will be a regular speech
on Monday night. though. when we meet across
the street IT. the Grand Opera House to APP
| point the committees take care of the
women's children excursion that comes on
Wednesday"
| What are you going to talk about?"
THE regular issues said Devery Imperial
| ism, trusts and free silver I'm in favor of free
| silver any other kind OF silver. 1 can't get
| enough of it,"
| While he was chatting about what Sheehan
| and Goodwin ought TO do for the district the
band struck up. the redhre glared and the ban
| ner bearing his picture run the
street. There a tremendous racket. Inside
for a speech Devery acted like Newfound-
! land dog being made fool of by children. He
looked ndulgently at the howlers, swallowed
the lump in his throat climbed to the top of
| the table with his straw hat in his hand. and
using 1t a wand 10 gesticulate with. he said:
! Come to Order-thats enough"
Three cheers for the next leader OF Tam
many Hall! Three for the tiger! Three for The
| Pump!"
All were given with q will.
Come TO order gentlemen" said Devery,
! waving his hat. AS the band stopped
playing he continued: ."
II want you to all understand / amt orator
no Bourke Cochran. ChOate' (he said
"Shoate') (Voice-"Thats all right. Bill.O Il
amt any of those people. We are all plain
people here together in this district. and We've
just begun a campaign to down two people who
amt got business posing as leaders. One of
these people is a carpet bagger and were going
to send him back TO Buffalo. The other so-caIled
leader is a gentleman that we will send back to
the Knickerbocker Ice Company to handle ice
| aowIs of Iaughter) L want the people of this
district to understand that all ON an
equal footing. We are in this fight to WIN.
Now I'm not general, or a colonel, or lieu
tenant I'm going to lay down my sword an
grab a plain gun and hsht alongside you
0ireat applause) Now, l want you TO all put
your shoulders to the wheel Wen show those
people they must keep their word TO any and all
men. Now, l don't know 1 want to make
long speech tonight This amt no place for
oratory. All / ask of you is to put your shouI-
ders to the wheel till the night of September Ia,
and if you do Wen rOut both OF these men and
make this single Democratic district
Loud and long applause followed y
ISing us a song chief yelled a longshore-
! man.
The crowd in the street saw Devery get down
from the table. and yelled so Justify that he
went 10 the window and climbed out on the
ledge Another roar greeted him when he
bowed Then the floral pump presented to him
two weeks ago was thrust out of the window,
and the little boys and girls said. "Ah! Amt dat
SWELL"
Following Devery's speech We're cries for
that Deyery wore the same hat as he wore
twenty years ago. and that twenty years from
now. when ne was the leader of the State his
hat would still be the same size
I "Now perhaps there's a Democrat here who
Is not TO be with at the primaries. said Mr..
| McGoldrick.
shak king his hat at the speaker.
George Gibbons Irude speech Greasy
George" the Goodwin men call him. He called
Devery's opponents pirates, and declared Mr..
Deverv has came TO the rescue of this distric' 50
After the speaking the crowd refused 10 bulge.
Deyery bade them good night twice but they
wouldn't take the hint
An old and bent frishman, wearing a Grand
Army button wormed his way toward the
Chief"
Let the old felier come up" said Devery.
The old man came forward and whispered