New-York tribune., 1902-07-10
DEVERY Is AFTER GORE.
HE SPURNS THE FEATHER DUSTER AS
4 wEAPON-DEFINES Two SPOT"

Big Bill Devery. former Chief of Police.
came ont openly last night with the announce
Inent ttat he was out to do Frank j. Good
win the Tammany leader of the IXth Assem-
bly, District. at the September primaries. The
IXth District committee through its spokes-
man ex-Judge Edward Brown, informed pev-
cry last night that the regulars would not give
him half of the delegates from the lNth Dis
trict 10 the Tammany general committee, and
that they reason for asking Mr.. Good
win to resign In as polite language as possible
they practically told the ex-Chief 10 go hang
The ex-Chief was at The Pump, his favorite
hanging out place is called, at Eighth-ave. and
Twenty -eighth-st., opening champagne for his
admirers When informed of the decision of the
Goodwin men he looked solemn. shut his big
laws together chewed vigorously at the end of
a Perfecto, and then said in deep bass voice;
Well this is a fight to the finish. | pro-
pose to lick Goodwin-a man who cannot tell
the truth-and Croker's valet. (NIr. Devery
pronounced ii val-it) / will be at the Four Cor
rers Club every night from now until the pri-
mares and I'll conduct the fight from right
here-helIo. old sport how Yer been?" he said
he nodded to a newspaper man who made his
MIR. Devery, are you candidate for the dis
triCt leadership reporter asked
"Nuthin' to say as to that
Then. after pause. he looked over the heads
Of the newspaper men toward Far Rockaway,
as it were. and said sOlemnly:
This amt no time for feather busters. When
you hit hit like the devil. l don't believe in
feather duster campaigns Now. there was
Shepard He beat himself He went around
with feather duster hitttn' me an others-oh,
that's all right. put it down in black and white
if YOU want, I'll stan for it-but he went up
against Jerome an Goff an Roosevelt, who used
guns and Cannons. An was he in it? Now l
kin admire man like Jerome Golf an ROose-
Welt which use guns N Cannons. That's the style
o. fghtn l like. But all the same, don't OBJ
iec to harmony. I've been tryin' to get har-
mony in this district but they won't have it."
is it true, chief that you have formed an
..Humph! Alliance with Sheehan! Say. lived
in this district for thirty years an never had to
leave it. Sheehan had to leave Buffalo have
no partnership with Mr. Sheehan'
lis it true that Frank Goodwin agreed with
you that he would support Carroll against the
tri4myirs? atd Mr. Deverv takfne, his cigar ha.
tween his fingers and shaking it suggestively.
Il amt got nuthin ter say as 10 that"
And then, after a pause, as If getting his sec
ond wind, the triumvirate christener continued:
'Croker's Val-it says he's got me just where
he wants me- Well there's one hole in the
fence. an while I'm crawin out Croker's val-it
me- but I'll chase him back
Chief" said one of the newspaper men, what
say. old sport" said he. condescendingly,
don't you know? 1t means anything that can't
be measured by two-foot rule"
Taking out his handsome gold watch and
locking a it, ne said to the newspaper men,
..Tn he glad to see you boys every night be-
tween an @. Come early. 1 have to leave
Thirty fourth-st. ferry every night at 10:14 for
Far Rockaway, so come early, as they say
the circus poster an avoid the rush.
The Goodw Smith men met last night at the
Horatio Seymour Club To consider the uti-
ma tum of the DeVeryites. AS they had made
nm their minds in advance what they were 60
ing to do il didn't take them long to agree upon
a statement defending Goodwin.
The Tammany district leaders do not look
upOn Deverys attempt TO break into the inner
circle If the Tammany organization as a serious
undertaking. Nicholas ]. Hayes, when asked
Yesterday by a Tribune reporter what he
thought about il. said
That's one of BIZ Deverys hot weather
jokes
p J. Scully said
Mr. Devery may he candidate for the lead
ership of Tammany Hall, but he isn't my stvIe
of leader"