The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-09
DEYERY SPEAKS A PARABLE.
SAYS GABDAGES REMIND Rim or
MTRPHI'S FOLLOW Frs.

Amount Only to Dollars In the bOsSs
Pocket --Broken Political Promises Fill
l:raycs-"Ha,e Drink" Ills Finish.
Park reached Seaside Station, Rockaway
Beach, yesterday morning. Big Bill Devery
climbed aboard and took seat in the smok-
ing car. A dozen men greeted him with
Hello, Chief" and after returning the
greeting BIZ Bill handed around cigars to
every man in the car
slow Is your mayoralty campaign 60
ing?" incurred Drummer. the Rockaway
baker.
IAN right" answered Bill. +When l
spoke, last night. at Morrison's Casino the
place was crowded to the doors although
1t was very n stormy night. That shows
that folks are interested in this fight. or
course, In, not fighting this battle for my
. self, I'm fighting for the people. want
to SEQ that the people get all that they
are entitled to. SO long AZ Charley Murphy
and men of his stripe hold the reins to drive
a political organization the people needn't
ex.ect to get anything but promises That's
the sort of bait they are trying to catch
their fish with, but you felcrs who go fish
ing every day down here know very we'll
that fish won't nibble at a promise. You've
got to give them the real goods or you'll
never get them on your hook. or course.
you may get "a few If you Use a net, but
Tammany leaders like Murphy have cast
the net so often that they have frightened
the fish away. The result will be seen next
election, when my rod and reels in workin
order
About this time The train was speeding
into Woodhaven past a cabbage farm.
look out there continued Big Bill.
pointing to the rows Of cabbages: They
remind neof the dyed in-lh wool followers
propped up with mud to keep their heads
above the ground. The only thing that
moves them Is wind. OF course. they grow
up in that patch like. the cabbages in Tam
many and remain right there till the boss
comes along and cuts OF their heads While
cabbages, but what do they amount to aft err
the boss waves the knife? Dollars in the
boss's pockey, but the saucrkraut barrel for
their finish
Big Chief glanced at the floor and pufIed
at his big black cigar. When the train
stopped at Woodhaven a crowd Of men who
entered the smoker walked over to where
Devery was sitting and shook hands with
him
you." said one of the newcomers. we
want man who will see that the sprinklng
carts are kept going. You hit the nail on
the head when you said that Woodhaven
is neglected by the present administration. -
II know 1t, and IT'S damn shame, re
marked Devery. "See those long rows
of gravretones out there In them Middle
Village cemeteries, Many a poor fellow
rests there who would he alive to-day il
the politicians had kept faith with them.
I tkroo al., tul,t
in Lutheran Cemetery, and each Of the mon
who was buried had lived for years on prom
ises. know IL to be a fact that each Of
them three men died from broken heart
after being thrown down by certain poll
tioians who had promissedI, them good Jobs,
little Hebrew cemetery over there has
plenty of them, too Men who lived on
political promises and who died broken
hearted after being thrown down by the
of the district leaders who are worse of
than the dead ones planted on that hill
leca,lse they are dead ones with Just enough
life In them to know that Charley Murphy
Ia at work on them with his emba Inning
fuid. When he tried to stick the embalm.
puss that caused him to remark: 'Devery
amt n dead one yet And he has found
out since that graduated from the school
OF embalming many moons before he even
learned IIle Undertaking business. W
course. admit that he knows more about
Juggling docks that ! know. and in that
respect I'm not his pier and I'm glad Of it.
ATo get back to Jumping Jack They
tell me that there is a thousand men over
in his distric who are going to vote for me
| and who intend to organize a big Devery
! campaign club. | got that news this morn.
ing from .one Of Jumping Jacks friends
The town is full of men who are ready IL
| Get out and work for me because they know
that j have always been the friend of the
city you'll find hundreds Of old line Demo.
Gratis who are disguised with the Tammany
Leaders. Up in the Sixteenth Assembly
| district the men who voted for Lynch
at the last Democratic primaries are com.
| ing out for me. In the Seventeenth the
enemies of Denny Winter are with me
and in the Thirteenth ward over in Viii
| liamsburg there's the Hayes contingent
| who are followers OF the Hon. Patricl
Hayes. who are with me too. Down In
| Coffeyvile, while the Coffeyites may vote
locally hA f,,uinp