New-York tribune., 1903-05-22
DOCKS, HIS ISSUE.
DEVERY OUT FOR MAYOR.
Murphy Pier Leases Crooked as
PearI-st., Bill Says.

Independent ticket was launched last night AT
mass meeting on the dock front at Twenty
eighth-st. and North River About three thou
sand men. women and children. mostly men.
were on hand to cheer Mr. Devery and his $50
ciates.
Devery has not yet cut loose from Tammany
Hall He made that clear in his remarks. He
said that he would make his fight inside the or
ganization, and then he summed up by de-
cIaring:
Get together. This is the young mems fight
tell you now that II they CTammany) don't
give US a candidate for Mayor next fall that 10
from the people. and who will protect your inter
ests and mine. then III be your candidate for
Mayor. and the victorious ticket wiil be ths
one that comes from the nozzle OF The Pump
Devery has started his crusade against Nur-
ply by using the scandalous record OF the oIx
Dock Board issue
They said it Deveryism that licked Tam
many in the last campaign. Well" said Deverys
shaking his great fist, II never stole dollar or
gave away the city's docks. I think it was
Murphyism that beat Us in 1901. and Murphy'is
find that out by fall
Devery said he hoped that Murphy wouIt
turn into Carnegie and give away some houses
and lots but he had his doubts about Murphy
doing IT. To show the way to begin Devery
pledged himself to give $3.50 to a subscription
Kishiner. and moved resolution which was
adopted with cheers. calling on Mayor Lows
Corporation Counsel Riyes, District Attorney
Jerome and Dock Commissioner Hawkes. to taks
immediate steps to restore to the people tks
docks that wera given away cheaply by tbs
old Dock Board.
This is the opening wedge OF the fall CAM
paign," said George Washington Gibbons who
acted as chairman at the tail end Of a covered
Gray. Toledo has It's Jones. Cleveland has ita
Tom Johnson. Chicago has its Carter Harrison,
and New-York has its"-
'Deveryi Deveryi Hurrah for Deverys''
yelled the crowd. quick to catch on to Mr.. Glib
bons's Patrick Henry style OF oratory. There
is no use mincing Matters continued Gibbons.
Charlie Murphy Is working to deprive tho
people of their rights in this city. There is only
who Hberate US. and his name IS
William S. Devery. We might as well meet tbs
issue first as last. We make dec1ara-
ton OF independence. The citizens OF the Txth
District here and nominate William s. Dew
cry for Mayor. All in favor OF the nomination
say aye"
'Aye-Hurrah for Deveryt' yelled several
hundred men all at
John Walsh of the IXth District. was ths
next speaker I'VE are met here to issue a
solemn protest against the action of the old
I
in rotbing the people of the West. Side Of q
breathing place. As Dock Commissioner Muir
ply peddled the water front leases among
his friends and in so doing he deprived your
wives and children Of breathing spots that God
gave you. For that reason you should repudiais
him The first blow for American Independence
was struck when your ancestors met in Boston
Harbor and on account Of the unjust tea tax
dumped a cargo of into the harbor. We
I t,9s hat
will dump him and his ganS into the North
River because they gave away the peoples
docks Where did PIunkitt and DasO Dan Nc
Mahon and Charlie Murphy make theirs?
Where did Gaffney get the fine brownstone he
put in Twenty-ninth-st.? These people thinls
they have you in the palm OF their hands. They
/ thought so last fall, but you went in and
! whipped them then and you'll do il again this
fall An organization controlled by three peO-
pie is no longer Democratic It is a trust We
will burst that trust or die in the attempt Let
/ us get together and turn out Charlie Murphy
/ and "Whistling Tom Grady, and put In their
/ places William 5. DeveTy-
/ IT'S kind O. warm tonight" said Devery-
/ Il see those few speakers got kind o hot be-
I fore they got through. I'll have to try and do
! the best 1 can for the gentlemen and ladies'
! he-e tonight. We are here tonight irrespec-
/ tive of politics. class or religion wish 10 or
| fer a resolution, and want you TO do as l ask
! In the last campaign asked Murphy 70 bring
/ the leaders together and appropriate S21.OOo to
! $4,000 for coaV for the poor people Of the city
/ He has failed to do anything OF that kind up to
! the pressnt time. He has been spending too
/ nucb time at Atlantic City and Mount Clemens.
/ He
lust been married. suggested longshore-
/ man in the outer edge OF the crowd.
/ Never mind the woman" said Devery. men
/ acingIy with an ugly look at the speaker. Cut
/ that out We won't go at him In that style
Gettn married is his own private affair. and
/ we won't go to buttin In that score"
| You're all right, Bill.' said the crowd
What I was going TO say that we sym
| pathize with the survivors OF that massacre or
| in Russia, and ask every one here to say Lord
| ha' mercy on their soulsr :" Then he announced
| his intention to give $3.50 to the relief fund.
And now then to the dock" he exclaimed
We're down here. Bin.'' said teamster in
front
"AlI right and as It's getting purity hot III
Just peel this coat off," said Devcry. suitIng tho
/ action TO the word. Continuing. he said:
/ We all like the water. I've not only sat on
/ the docks here fshin' for sinners in the days
/ broiling sun. wheeling a wheeIoarrow ana
heIpin' TO make the docks Little did think
/ when was doing that that the day would come
/ when a Tammany Dock Commissioner would
marcel out these same docks 10 his friends and
/ leave the people out of the deal now propose
/ that we get that Lehigh dock rlght over there
(nointine 10 ft) as a recreation pier for the
/ gallery over there on those stones pointing to
| a row OF eager faced children sitting on a pile
/ OF paving stones Why those people In -Four
/ teenth-st have not only deprived the Iaborers
! along the dock front of the privileges Of work
/ ing but they've driven shipping 10 Gowanus.
! and Hoboken / call on the city officials to get
Fo~N "a FaffO I'm he are