The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-23
DEYERY WILL RUN FOR MAYOR
DROPS THE "IF, AND ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY.
And When He's Elected TN De the Bottom
OF the Ditch for Murphy and There'n
he a Cleaning Up Like Moving nay IN
Hell. Says He-CanpaignF From Bug Club

OF the Ditch for Murphy and There'n
he a Cleaning IN Like Moving nay IN
Hell. Says He-Campaisn From Bug Club
William s. Devery dropped the potent
ST" last night He declared that he will
run for Mayor no matter who may be the
Tammany candidate. On Thursday night
when his corps of orators hailed him with
cheers as the next Mayor and declared
that he must run, Devery answered with
the reservation that he'd run II Tarnmany
did not nominate "man Of the people
Whatever it was that developed yester-
day. Devery announced last night that he
was in the field to stay.
I'm going to take the nomination of the
people, he said And I'll stick. no matter
what Tammany does, I've decided to 60
into the fight and III stay there till election
night. I'll accept tho nomination, run as
an independent, and the Pump will be my
party emblem
I'm have all the anti-Tammany people
that are diss ltsfec with the failure of fusion
administration and I'll have the working
men, for they know I'm their friend. With
NV III lIlc VI 'iluiI it'oI WIN hoNS a
friend in power. III see that the people
get an honest run for their money. The
bottom Of the ditch for Charley Murphy
and his gang of bloodsuckers.
I'm have the workngneu, the anti
trust people and the honest Democrats
with me If I'm elected there'll be no
docks passed around to Charley Murphy's
friends. Dago Dan Mcmahon will have
,., Va Ill
III find usn for Plunldtt III make him
one of the gas bags in tho municipal lighting
plant that I'll install
"I'll give the people back their docks.
Charley Murphy's health viii be 80 bad
he won't he able to live in New York and I'll
take the middle-piece out Of j. Sergeant
Grams name and feed 1t to my dog Pump.
There Il be a cleanin' up that will remind you
of moyin' day in hell. I'll book passage for
John Sheehan to the Sandwich Islands.
III reorganize the Police Department.
Maybe III keep Greene as an exhibit.
I'm goin TO fight all summer an III he
fightir' election night I've made the first
move on the checker board and it's up to
them We're close to the king line and the
first thing they know well smash them all
off the board-and hen grab the board"
Devery made these announcements at
the Pump last night and then led the way
to the new Devery Club. This is Big Bills
latest creation.
Its house is at 300 West Twenty-eighth.
street, which has been remodelled into a
clubhouse al an expense said to have been
$4,000. The new house will be opened next
Monday night. 1t Is two doors from
Big Bills house, now closed for the summer.
The ex-Chief has sent his family to Far
Rockaway, where he has fine summer
home.
The emblem worn by the club members
will be big green bug climbing up the
side OF pump. The club has been In
corporated, has 200 members, and 500 appli-
cations are to be acted on at the first meet
ing The house is decorated and furnished
in style and will have grill room In tho
cellar. One of the finest things in 1t is a
piano ornamented with three bugs laid In
diamonds and colored stones.
The officers of the Bag Club are: King
Bug William b. Abbitt; Vice-King Bug,
George II. Dobbin, Financial Secretary
Bug George Winter; Big Bug, II. P. Braisted;
Gold Bug, Frank Howard; Recording
Secretary Bug William A. Fraser; Assistant
Financial Secretary Bug, +. j. McManus.
Next Monday nights opening is to be
great celebration for Big Bill and his cand-
dacy. Thereafter his campaign will be
run from the club.