The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-12
"CHIEF" DEVERY PLANS
TO REDEEM GOTHAM
Platform Explains That It's
All Badly Managed.
WOULD IMPROVE THE POLICE
Everybody to Be a City Bondholder.
A Free and Wide Open
Town.

NEW YORK. Oct 12.-WHliam s. Dew
cry will do many amazing things "to
raise I'D the downtrod," according to
the platform Of his party, the Indepen-
dent Peoples, which was read TO the
delegates at his convention last week
To show that he was sincere he gave
out copies OF the platform as he de-
scribed It. lin typewrittin'." Every one
of his followers will be city bondhold-
ers when Big Bill" is mayor. so the
platform indicates.
First OF all. Devery tells his followers
that he trusts to their intelligence for
his election. In fact. the platform d.
vulges that every one Of It's readers is
an, intelligent person. Besides the prom
Uses in the platform. Devery informs the
voter that the police department at the
present time IS badly managed. II needs
an active man. one of experience, to
head a police department.
"Pie Crust" Promises.
Municipal ownership IS declared by
Devery to be favored By his party. I'VE
cannot favor II as construed bv the two
dominant parties the declaration pro-
claims j. Pierpont Morgan and foreign
investors are denounced. and as for the
promises made by the Fusion-Tammany
combination, according 70 the platform,
Its like ME crust-made and broken.
Instead OF the civil service, the quail
fication TO be required when Devery is
mayor is the union card OF the me-
chanics and laborers. This section of
platform reads as follows: We favor
the establishment of a department OF
public construction, so as to prevent the
footing of the public treasury: that union
worlmen be employed on all municipal
works, and that the only civil service
qualification required by the city from
the mechanics and laborers shall be
their duly authorized cards Of member
ship in the various unions to which they
belong. and that they must positively
prove that they are citizens OF the Unit
ed States and legal residents Of the city
of New York
And Coney Island is doomed in Dew
erys platform. Three cheers for a FIVE
cent fare TO the island, asserts his decla-
ration. 1T amt on the level. that ten
cent-fare thing over in Brooklyn" com
mented Big Biz on the cost OF trans
portation to Coney. This is a vote-getter
among the midway folks and Coney Is
land merchants, according to the dele
gates OF the Independent Peoples party
Wide Open Town.
Educationl Following this department
of the platform came a unique declara-
ton. Free lunch for the scholars al
noon hour. What viii the menu be-
Devery's platform says a wholesome
and simple lunch. This section is an
other vote-getter. says the best CHIEF
of police New York ever had"
Open Sunday for the saloons viii catcf
the rum-sellers' vote. the Deveryitc,
allow. The Eighth Avenue organic.
tons policy permits saloons to remain
open from l p. m. 10 p. m. on the Sab
bath. Baseball, football. and other ath.
letic sports will be permitted on Sunday
Theatrical performances OF all kind:
will flourish on Sunday during the Dew
cry regime, II the policy is carried out
Big BIZ says that organized labor
will support him because he is for the
union man all the way through The
labor men who attended the convention
were particularly pleased at this stand
taken by Devery's platform;
I'VE believe that eight. hours out OF
each twenty-four should constitute Z
days labor on all municipal work
Overtime to be paid for by 'doubi,
time That s. per day shall be the low
est price paid the laborer FOR all worI
done by or on behalf Of the municipality
We deplore and condemn the tendency
IN higher up official circles to encour,
age the open shop idea, thus aiding tn,
trust fight against union labor, assert
ing our firm belief that conditions OF
modern times absolutely demand organ
ization among wOrkingmen in order q
prevent the widening OF the breach be
tween labor and capital, knowing tina
anything which threatens the founda.
ton OF one viii wreck the habitation OF
the other