The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
GUESSING AT DEVERY'S VOTE.
WHATEVER 1T MAY BE. 1T IS 50
Much LOSS TO TAMMANY.
The Adventures OF Independent Candidates
for Great Onlces do Not Indicate Any
Great Inclination Among New York.
era to Use Up Votes ON Them

for Great OnIces Do Not Indicate Any
Great Inclination Among New York.
ers to Use Up Votes on Them.
How many votes will Devery getp That
IA the question that politicians are asking
each other
In the last primary fight in the Ninth
Assembly district Devery got 1854 votes
His two Tammany opponents got 1,7a7
votes between them.
The Ninth is Devery's homo district,
| and what organization he has Is IN TINS
district He has nominated candidates
| for Assemblyman and Alderman IN this
district, and il he elects them he will be
| doing we'll In twelve other districts IN
this borough and Brooklyn. Devery has
or has tried to have, candidates for the
Assembly. In several OF these districts
he also has Aldermanic candidates.
! Devery himself, however. is the whole
pump ticket. Over 5000 names were signed
TO the petition that nominated him for
Mayor, but it Is admitted that half the
signers have no intention Of voting for him.
Any one will sign a petition TO be obhgng'
and that is the principle on which the Dew
cry petitioners acted.
Devery says he is making his fight for
the laboring man. and he expects to get
the labor vote. He certainly will not get
the votes Of policemen. Devery handled
the cops with an iron rod when he was head
OF the department, and now that he is no
longer connected with 1t no man comes in
for more roasting. He will not get the fire.
mems votes. or the saloonkeepers. Poll
ticians think he will come In for crop OF
Joke votes
There il one way TO get . line on the
Devery vote, and that Is to compare him
with men who have run Independently
before In 1893 Theodore Bacon ran for
Governor on the Citizens Union ticket.
He got 8s votes in Manhattan and The
Bronx. James j. Coogan ran for Mayor
on an independent ticket in 1880. He had
better organization behind him than
Devery has and he got $500 votes in New
York county In Greater New York. OF
course, Devery has. a bigger field to draw
on than Coogan had.
The late Pat Gleason was three times
elected Mayor OF Long Island City. but when
he ran Independently for the Office the
first year Of consolidation he got only 749
votes. Devery is certainly no more popular
q man than was Gleason. Gleason was
outspoken and witty. 30 is Devery. Dey-
Tamnany Hall, and that is one reason he
is interesting. During the next ten days
he threatens TO tell some Of the interest,"
ing things he knows.
There are ,535 election districts In this
city-79S in Manhattan, S32 in Kings, 93 IN
There are Is election districts in the Ninth
Assembly district, Devery's stamping
ground. Eliminating these rs election
district there renal in in Manhattan 773.
II Devery gets five votes in each Of these
773 districts he will have 3 1865 votes. Fig
election district in the other boroughs he
would get l,474 votes. Allowing him 900
votes In his own district his total vote IN
round numbers would lie about $500.
Wise political sharps give Devery just
| about this number Of votes. Other persons
think Devery will get from 10000 to 10000.
Every vote he gets will come from Tam
| many His followers were all hard shell
Tammanyites until Big Bill be gan his fight.
Devery was always stancn Tammany
man and worked hard for Tammany when
he was Chief Of Police.
Up to date two Of Devery's most powerful
friends have deserted him. Frank Farrell.
the horseman, has gone over to Tammany.
Bob Nelson, the saloonkeeper and pro-
fessional bondsman. is telling all his friends
to vote for Mcclellan. Nelson controls
many negro and French votes and lives
and does business in Devery's district.
If Mcclellan is elected Nelson expects to
| have a good deal to say ABOUT regulating
! vice in the Tenderloin. Devery says that
Sam Parks has gone TO Tammany too.
Who is supplying the money for Devery's
campaign is ar her question that is 4 en-
asked. Devery seems TO be standing the
entire expense. His last primary fight
cost him pile OF money, and he has been
spending a great deal OF money since he
began his Mayoralty fglt: He has sttopped.
| supplying the voters OF the Ninth with
free beer. but he has been putting out
pile Of coin on Autographs and campaign
literature, not to mention fireworks and
brass bands. No one but Devery knows
how much money he is worth. He OWNS
over S8OO. 900 worth Of real estate, but this
is only small part Of his wealth He is
believed to be worth 81. 500. 0OO.