The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-02
SALUTES GALORE FOR DEVERY
SETH Low AND CROKER FOOT
AS MS ENCU RSION PASSES.
90 In Al Other heats on the River. ana
Cygnus blows Until Her Mig whistle
Is Tired All Of which Shows. DiE Nil
SAYS. That He'll he the Next Mayor.

tho steamboat Cygnus went sailingup the
East River yesterday, crowded to the
rails with the members of the William -
Devery Association, footing back the
sslutes Of passing craft until the big steam
whistle got tired -the people is in state
instruction. We've Mad salutes from every
boat that has passed, no matter what its
denomination. and even the day brought
Dewey up tho river from staten lslaho
there wasn't any such ovation. This set
ties il that William S. Devery is going TO
be the next Mayor Of this here city that the
people il going to put him in that there
chair in the City Hall. from which he IL
going TO practise tho home rule that he
has been preaching these last two years.
Devery didn't exaggerate the reception
which he and his followers got as they sailed
10 College Point for their annual outing.
II certainly was triumphal trip for tins
chief OF tho Bugs, tug boats, excursion
boats, ocean liners, and craft OF all KINDS
dipping their hags and footing their whis-
ties when their commanders read on the
sides Of the Cygnus that the merrymaKers
we're the supporters OF Big Bill Devery
and made out with their glasses the portly
form of Devery on the top deck. his race
vreathed In s1niles ss he beamed over ms
admirers and took OF his hat to those who
saluted him.
OF all the I 500 men who went out with
Devery Yesterday there wasn't one IN
whose mind there existed the slightest
doubt that Devery is to be the next Mayor
81 New York To have expressed such
, belief, even if man held it, would have
been the rankest kind Of treason, and any
man guilty OF doing 80 would probably
have had to swim ashore or drown, for he
certainly could not have remained on the
Cygnus. In every bit Of applause that he
gsts, In every attention bestowed upon
him, no matter by whom or under what
circumstances, Devery sees further evil
depcs OF the overwhelming sentiment
which he believes exists in his favor among
the voters OF the city. Under the oircum-
vtanoes, it was no wonder that he beamed
Yesterday and compared his trip up the
river to the well-remembered triumph of
Dewey when he came back to New York
and sailed up from Staten Island with
Devery, radiant In his police uniform, by
bis side.
Devsry and his followers left the foot
of West Twenty second street at II o clock
Yesterday morning. There were about
500 ticket holders on the pier and about
half as many who didn't have tickets and
wanted Big Bill to take them along any
way. Devery looked over the gang with
out tickets pretty carefully and finally
selected about 100, whom he took along.
Then Devery had to treat with some fifty
women who had come down with their
children and wanted to 60 on the boat for
the ride. -,
This here is . stag affair. ladies' said
Devery, with his most courtly bow, -and
cannot take you along. But in month
or 80 I'll give another one for the ladies and
babies, SO if you'll wait it will be all right
With the band playing 'Mr. Devery'
and the crowd singing It at the tops o. their
where abe passed the Grand Republic, the
people on which shouted three cheers
Tor Devery and waved their hats. Further
boats Pittsburg and Bremen and the pas
sengers on them cheered while the pilots
ssounded a salute OF the Battery the fire.
boat Seth Low blew a friendly blast for
Devery on her siren whistle.
"Helo!" exclaimed Devery now l call
that decent of Seth. The next thing you
know the Squire will give me a salute
And, sure enough, the words were scarcely
out Of Devery's mouth when the freboat
Richard Croker footed three times, Next
Depew ran up along side, and after blowing
bar whistle three times, dipped her flag to
Devery. Then some Arbuckle tugs did the
ssne thing and small craft on all sides
shrieked at the Cygnus as she rounded the
Battery and started up the East River for
tho Sound.
All the way up the East River it was the
same thing. People on shore also waved
their handksrchiefs and their hats, and
from the windows of the sugar retineries
and coffee mills men and women yelled
and waved. AS the Cygnus passed
the new East River bridge the ironworkers
cheered Justify, and hurled bolts and bars
Of iron down into the river on all sides OF
the boat, making great splashing in the
water. Opposite Seventieth street police.
man in full uniform standing on pier cam.
to a salute as the Deveryites passed, Will.
the Charities Department boat Tom Brennan
whistled Justify and the city employees or
her waved their hands. Long before the
Cygnus reached College Point she had tc
stop saluting because she was using up toe
much steam. Her captain said he hac
never done so much saluting before
Al College Point Devery had arranged
great day Of fun for his followers FL
had a grove full Of beer in kegs, whiskey
in jugs and soft stuff in bottles. 1t wa,
abundant everywhere, and all a man hac
to do was to help himself. After breskfas
there was baseball game and track con
tests. The baseball teams represented M
Eighth avenue cracker factory and Tenth
avenue furniture factory, The cracke
team won and then the charge was mad,
that their first baseman wasn't cracker
baker at all, but Yale man. For an hou
after this rumor went abroad there wa
q crowd around the first baseman Mos
of the Deveryites had never seen a Yal,
man before and they wanted to get lool
AT one The accused first baseman adj
mitted that he once went to Yale but saic
he was now cracker baker and that hi
course at Yale had been OF great assistanc,
to him in his chosen business.
Devery gave away about 5000 in casi
prizes TO the winners OF track contest !
Everywhere he went he was cbeered llstily
and no ambitious politician ever had
more loyal following. Devery was 4,
much impressed with his personal success
that he gave this statement out for pub
LEGATION
y will be swept into the City Hall at tn,
next election. / know some folks hai
their doubts about this, but Twill win. ant
you want to bet your money on il Wher
! get in the City Hall III give the peopl,
Of this town home rule and we'll teach tina
feller Odell that he cant monkey with ia,
city Of New York any more
"As for Tammany and that Teller Charli.
Murphy well, III make them 40 tired
guess nothin' more will be heard Of then
fOT a long time. | hear Charlie Murphl
IL organizing the Bowery foaters Lo com,
over into my district and beat me nj TN,