The sun., 1903-05-01
CALLED TRUCE WITH DEVERY
TAMMANY LAWfEHS Hhv"
AYERTED A ROW TONIGHT.

Dcyery VIII stay Away-His Committee
VIII Co--It WIN He Conceded That ne
Has Made . Proper Demand 10 be
Received as Executive Commit
To-night's the nightwhen Big Bill Devery
was to march to the doors OF Tam
many Hall and again demand admission
and recognition. Yesterday hls lawyers
, and the Tammany lawyers got together
TO avoid any disturbance at the wig
wan tonight and the necessity OF nliing
the basement with policemen. Inc 1aHi-
many lawyers offered 10 concede. Tor the pur-
poses Of the test to be made In the courts
that Devery had made proper demand Tor
admission as a member OF the executive
committee and that it had been denied.
Under the decision Of the Appellate
Court the Devery members OF the general
committee, 2l4 In all, from the Ninth, are
entitled to their seats, The point to be
fought out in the courts Is whether the
general committee az a whole may elect
Its executive committee as 1t pleases' or
whether the general committeeman OF
each assembly district have the right to
name their executive members.
Big Bill called his committeeman together
He said he wanted every mothers son OF
them to be at the hall tonight. They're
to go In body and when the proper time
comes make a formal demand. just to en-
phasze the claim. that Devery be recog-
nized as executive member. some OF the
committeeman wanted to leave the nan
in a body tonight when their demand "
ignored or denied, but Devery counseied
them to stay He will stay away himself
All Of the orators Of the Devery following
made one or more speeches last night ana
Devery himself made two.
u read that Charley Murphy and Mr..
Mclaughlin over in Brooklyn have come
cause think Mr.. Mclaughlin is entitled to
name the Democratic candidate for Mayor
As it stands itseems that Murphy is gong 70
name the Mayor and Mclaughlin the Comp
troller That's like an old game OF forty -hve
robbing the king and robbing the ace But
Ave fingers is the best hand in the deck and
that gang at Tammany Hall will feel grip
on their necks that u throw them out In the
dust"
Then he had a steering committee ep-
1t consists Of William 8. Stewart, Peter j..
Garvey, George w. Gibbons, w. B. Hunter
and Frank Sullivan. Mr.. Gibbons declared
that II Devery was not eventually recelveo
in the hall the Deveryites would hold mass
meetings a over the e,fy 70 nbio fsens
was. Mr.. Gibbons said il Devery once got
into Tamrnany he'd control 1t in short time.
Devery told the boys he didn't believe
in the plan TO hold mass meetings IN every
Assembly district: But well spring ss cone M
And maybe well give the Newspaper boys
a candidate for Mayor that they can write
something lively about" He went on to
say;
That jumping jack Murphy is spelling the
friend chSrey tell ths o
the Assembly y-au but Richard Butler Of the
Nlnth-how they shall vote on the camel bill
the o dell machine 80 that the Democrats can't
get the State again.
for ,se bsn f % Ss asss wss ps,
to see Dock Commissioner Hawkes. and ths
Lackawanna railroad people to see 4 We could
ninth streets, but found that Charley Murphy
had possed II over to his friend Eagan four
d he 9 sf q:
the IN sas sssn
Fifth avenue and oopped that out.
MdssSen esn and hsy his ySsashten "a CO. % and Pun,
spit name. Sho: VIII CHARLEY MnIPhyt e MAKE ;Es
they accuse me Of things but ] never sot
II IL ds1s. q life
q bid without asking permission OF the bosses.
And there's Big Tim sullivan, We mustn't
forg6 him He's the president Of some
pumpng company around the corner here
In Twenty third street that got the contract
to pump all the water out OF the subweys
street & chance. l see three or four Of you
plumbers In the back Of the room there and
you d never get chance from him tn thou
sand years.
Devery will wait near the Pump tonight
to hear the news from tho hall.