The sun., 1903-01-06
DEVERY ENJOINS TAMMANY.
STAY FROM KINGS STOPS EXECC-
TIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
Took the Enemy by surprtse-COmmitte
Can't DO Anything About Anything
l'ntn Thursday-Fnty Police ON Hand
TO Repel ery-He Didn't Come.

eant DO Anything ADOut AnytninA
lntn Thursday-Efty Police ON Hand
TO Repei De,ery-He Didn't Come
There was no meeting Of the executive
Committee Of Tammany Hall last night
Fearing that some action might be taken
| which would prejudice his rights, " nliam
s. Devery sent across the Bridge to Brook.
lyn late yesterday afternoon and got q
stay from Justice Gaynor, enjoining the
Executive Committee and the Democratic
General Committee as well from all action
This order is returnable Thursday morning
the day following the day on which the
order secured by PeterJ .Garvey Of Devery t
General Committee is retprnable before
Justice Scott.
The application was made by DR.. William
j. Stewart. Chairman of the General Com
mittee of the Ninth.
Abram |. clkuS, Devery's lawyer made
haste to have the order served on he proper
officers of Tanmany before the hour set
for the meeting Of the Executive Committee,
: O'Clock. A process server was sent TO tie
house of J. Sergeant Cram. chairman Of
The General Committee, at IL East Forty
fifth street. IL was said that Mr.. Cram
was not at home. The man found a hiding
place nearby. In few minutes Mr.. Cram
emerged ly way OF the basement door.
He hurried down the street. The process
server pursued him at top speed, overlook
him at the corner and showed the Courts
order into has hand.
John I. Oakley. vice chairman OF the
General Committee. who presided al part
Of the session at which the protest against
Devery was received. was served al-o.
The officers Of the Executive Committee
wer, not served. as the Executive Com
mittee IL held to be body created by the
General Committee
The order of Justice Gaynor is in the
usual form directing the respondents to
show cause;
WHY a peremp'ory writ OF mandanus
should not issue herein directing The respond
TONER herein. MilliamJ stewart a. a member
az tho Democratic General Committee with
srner-eining and ordering them and each Of
them 70 reCoc; iLe the person chosen b. your
The NTH Assembly district a. rlember Of
tho Executive Committee nj ~ai General
Corn itte". and directing nat the alleged
Credentials l. wholly void and without eject
and directing tha tie alleged 'pp2lntmeni 81
an alleged oommif;.r on credentials j. wholly
solution ri said committee and why this peti-
toner should not have such other and fur
SUFFICIENT, cause appearing. therefore. this
order to show cause j. made her"in and
service Thereof on or before the j ixth day OF
service and until the hearing OF the motion
based on this order TO snow, cau-" and the
entry % an order thereon all action on the
rari Of such Democrats General County COM
irittce or the Executive Committee thereof
be aud the same i hereby stayed.
Devery did not go to Tammany Hall
His lawyer had informed him that the COM
mite. would not dare 10 take any action
in the face Of { lis order and he concluded
not to try to force admission 10 the H eet ting
In the afternoon before the order was served
Lender MurJ lly said he did not see what
business Devery could have al the meet
ing, ss hc had no right there until his con-
test had been ras'cd on by the General
Committee.
Fifv roiicemen from the East Twenty
sa ond strcet station were marched 20 the
hall at b 80 O'Clock and slowed away in the
basement. Leader Murphy said he had not
called on the polio" FOR this detail, Do,cry
looke.s concluded that the new Poii,e e
Commissioner must lave sent this volJn-
tary peace o~e ing. Nothing occurred to
cali the coppers o.t Of the warm cehar.
An observation committee consisting Of
George W. Gibbons. Or. S,cwar ana Eddie
Schneider was on hand TO see for Devery.
All the Tamnany district Leaders but Dew
erv we're there. When Mr.. Cram and Mr..
Oakley arrived with the news that they
had been snioined, leade- Murphv and
Chairman NcMahon OF the Executive Com
mittse hold short conference. Then they
went into the committee room. where Mr..
Mcmahon called the meeting 10 order
gave notice OF the restraining order Of the
court and the meeting adjourned subject
TO the call Of the Chsir.
The firm of Holman. Wahle Steuer
viii represent Tammany In court at the
return OF both orders
Leader Murphy had no comment 70 make.
I, was sonnet hing Of surprise TO him that
Devery should stop this meeting. A list
of committees for this year had been pre-
pared bv MIR. Murphy and would have been
announced last night II the meeting had
taken place.
The Committee on Credentials. which
Devery seeks to have annulied, consists
Of senator j. j. Fra ley, Thomas Murphy.
Florence j. sullivan, George Beet and 7.
NJ Campbell. senator Frawley Mas at
the meeting. Aftrrward he said:
sDeyory can az n pr tefore This committee
and he sure of aosulu,elv fair treatment.
50 far as ] am concerned he will get justice
on the evidence before the committee l
do ~, undertake to say what the q N
era, Committee may DO with the report
of ia, Committee on Credentials, but ]
can say that if tie evidence shows he l.
cutuled to seat ] for one will sign report
Ia give II to him
The reason LOT inc Neconu aPlncatoh
TO the courts wa. that the first order Sc
cur.d ty MIR. Gaivey did not carry a stay
With it. pevery heard that the f 1ecutive
COmrpit;ee meant to take positive acton on
his claipis n far as its authority went.
r. - was great rejoicing al the Pump
WHEEL II was known that Devery had pre-
vented the organization of the Executive
Committee.
I'm make 'cm look like parcel o. pick
rockets when get EN- into court, the ex-
Chef told the boys as the phalanx moved
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