New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
DEVERY'S AIM Is HIGH
sPTER THE LEADERSHIP OF
IA AMlMANY.
DOES NOT WANT cRoKER's SHOES, BUT
THINKS NEW SHOES COULD BE
MADE FOR A NEW MAN.

MADE FOR A NEW MAN.
sesie BIZ Devery is just about ready to come
- N the open and say fatty that he is after
-. leadership of Tammany Hall and wants
-o-vbodv 10 know it That is what the gam
wing combination Of this city is after, and that
= uhat Devery has told his personal friends
>. ond out of the IXth District. Devery and his
,,sers Carroll and Farrell are little bit shy
hon- having Devery come out in the open. but
-,every is so happy and confident over the way
t,,nes have been coming his way that he
,~on.s TO speak right out about It, Devery was
.een Yesterday by several evening newspaper
men. When he the interview in print he
.-os sorry he had said so much. and tried to re-
nudiare part Of it. Confidentially, he admits
,.a+ he WAS correctly quoted but he says he
xras not talking for publicat tion. As it will be
onlv a few days before Devery Will be ready to
..y frankly that he is after the Tammany lead
arship in this city, the interview is hardly re-
.r5ed as premature The Tribune has several
-smes said that Devery aiming to get the
leadership and that he was preparing to spend
an almost unlimited amount Of money. Deverys
.,vn statement yesterday confirms this abco-
Yutely He said in part:
what I'm after just is the leadership Of
.his district (the INth). They haven't had lead
ar in years. John Sheehan has been cent In the
sced of the district and propose to straighten
n. dent out Goodwin don't amount to any
4hing as leader. so far as benefitin the distrlct
s,oes If the people Of the IAth District want
. los Ier who will look out for their interests
sho, .sn have him in William S. Devery. ] go
:, -s-o-d as sayirl' If they elect me leader L
zrsIl look out for EN- If they make me their
leader shan't stop, make up your mind 10 'ha'-
tnts nd to do good for the people or the lAlh
Assembly District and I hope that in return
+he 7eople Of the district will remember me-
That's all there is to it One good turn de-
serves another. I'm goin' to share Whatever
comes 10 me with my friends. When get any
thing good the people Of this dlstFict are gum
to get something good.
Power feels good to any man with alnpiuon
snd any ambitious man can get power OF some
.orf or another But If a man has heart In
him and gets power by bein' the level, he
feels a good deal better If I'd tell you olon't
care for power you would call me q liar IN your
own mind, and you'd be dead right Ia
rather run a city than run a peanut stand
I'd rather take hold Of a job that would tax my
brain and make hustle than stand around
and take things easy and see other men get TO
ste front I have some schemes on that are
maxim money all the time and they keep me
husy But money isn't everything, and IL the
-,eonIa of this district think I'm fit to take care
= .t,aro in politics they'll find me candidate
Things are not right In Fourteenth-st
Haffen and Murphy and Mcmahon are wabbly.
s?anulany Hall is wabbly- It needs a lot OF good
strong spikes pounded into it to make 1t hrn
sgai,5 and If they want me to swing the ham
fper en- them spikes all I've got to say is that
I'm somewhat of hammer swinger-
This is the greatest city. commercially ana
;ndrs1riaIlv in the world, and big enough to
keep anybody from meddlin' OUTSIDE OF IL q
like to be able to persuade everybody IN Ine
city OF New-York TO vote the Democratic ticKel
because 1t IS the peoples ticket and no man
can honestly say that the town was not as non
estIy governed under Tammany Han as II Is
now or that the people were not happier. If
arn soin' TO be leader Of this district-and L
think 1 viii be, because l am exerclsin my
raef1ey and goin' among the people with that
object in view-I want say that they can go
as far as they like with don't look to win
by spendin' money alone. A good WORD ofteh
goes further than a dollar, an II the people
think L ought to go beyond this district III CO.
i have no ambition TO fill Croker's shoes as
lot OF people have charged His shoes are too
big for me- and I'm not much stuck on cast off
footwear anyway. But there are enough cob
blers in this town TO make new pair of shoes
fo. man.
sked TO say whether not he aspred to the
les lerstip of Tammany Hall, Devery said:
ore thing at time L want TO do those
hi , Sights, Sheehan and Goodwin. first Then
! az go after Murphy. Mcmahon and Hafen-
" as high flight? He's a feller who thinks
h tae real thing. but never was and never
wi De The feIlers mentioned think they're
IL rel leaders Of Tammany Hall, but they
sil =, never was. and never will be.
ba and meetiD' Goodwin at the Hoffman
EC - and putin up jobs to do me. Amt that
Sc of foreign Interference? Woods HilPs
n amt he? If they keep on interfering
ffU outside Pm goin' over in the Amen Cor
rel ike where Platt sits. I've much right to
Go iat as Wood has a right tryin' to do me-.
a further indication that the gambling
cor nation IS seeking to make itself felt in all
the .stricts, il was learned yesterday that the
De- v-Carroil-Farrell men have supplied James
J. n with the necessary ammunition" with
EhiC TO make a fight against Sheriff Thomas
j DJ n. the regular leader of the XXVIth Dis
t-Icl- Dunn is none too popular in the district,
snd elsh has started in TO down him. Walsh's
inen ave turned in enormous number Of
names on the enrolment blanks under the new
primary law. and the Dunn men did not know
Nh,t was going until they were told by cleo
Non bureau officials. Walsh is an intimate
rieno Of Devery and seems 70 be well supplied
Viz money.
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