New-York tribune., 1903-01-01
W. s. DEVERY FOR MAYOR
Continued from page one.

McMahon-'Little Dan Mcmahon. Mr. Freed
man is holding the strings on all the jumping
jacks and the strings bei.-g pulled by some
one good ways away. This district" declared
Devery. doubling up his fists and bringing them
down with a terrific bang on the table will
not stand for Crokerfsmr'
Loud cheers greeted this declaration ard as
soon as it got quiet again Devery continued.
Nor will we stand for general COMMITTEES
chairman who was not here to vote last fall.
Wen fight them and drive them off the f0unda-
ton OF that building in Fourteenth-st- (Cneers)
] was talking to-day with fine a body Of men
as you could ever clap your eyes on, and one OF
them said to
Why don't you get your men together and
go down to Tammany Hall and throw those
men out Of there and take possession"
This suggestion tickled the crowd. and there
was movement to start at once. but Devery
continued half dozen Of the fronwOrkers and
lonsshOremen resumed their seats.
''Tammany Hall to-day is fooling the voters
continued Devery. They're browbeating and
bribing them. Tammany Hall to-day don't
stand by the people They are afraid to let the
honest people of this district have anything to
DO with the inside management Of the Organlza-
tOn-they afraid of their Golfers Last night
l intended to find out what surplus they had
from the campaign so that could dona'e
some part of that surplus TO buying coal tor
the poor Of the city. But didn t get ehahce
Some day III get chance some Gay, nisIead .s,
clothes and going down South, they'll ee COM
PEELED to make accounting Ven Hhd out
some day. and Wen dc that gentleman slS-
gested-we'H go down there and throw them
OUT
This declaration was greeted with great ao-
plause, and Devery took his seat
Frank Sullivan followed Devery with an earn
est speech, in which he said that the eyes Cf
Democrats all over the city. state and nation
were on the I2<th District. 1he casting CUt
of Crokersm. he said, never had taken practical
shape until Devery took charge OF the I&th I'sv
-trict.
Dr. Becker moved the appointment by the
chair of committee of twenty-five representa-
tive business men. members Of the association,
to Interview personally Charles F. Murphy and
ask him where the Ixth District stood IN its re-
latiors with Tammany Hall
II don't believe" said Devery afterward
there was anything in that sealed envelope
il was all a con game TO jam the business
through Why shouldn't they jam il through2
There were lot of poor devils there who didn't
own their own souls. This is fight OF the
nasses-the mechanics and IabOring people
any single leader in Tammany Hall at all
believe every district leader should be looking
after the interests of his district all the while
Murphy, Sullivan. Mcmahon and Freedman are
self constituted leaders. and not there by the
will Of the people at all. The fact of all ;his
will be to defeat their mayOralty candidate.
Mark that They can't go on ignoring the peo-
pie as they have Undoubtedly Grams no1nina-
tion was dictated by Croker Croker pulled the
strings. It's rotten deal from beginning 10
end
Devery appeared at the meeting of the Board
of Building Trades, in Brevoort Hall. Third-ave.
and Fifty-sixth-st.. yesterday. attended by MS
AssemblyTnan- n-elect. Richard Butler He was
cheered and made speech. but nobody would
say why he was there.