New-York tribune., 1909-10-28
AVAST SLANDERERS
BIG BILL TO RESCUE.
DecerY Just Boiiin' Orer at
That Nan Hearst.

"Bnl" Devery. who was prominent in the
spotlight in the campaign Of 1891 rushed
last night 10 the defence of his Sian
dered city. giving IT clean bin of health
and saving that he would like the job OF
going down TO the American Office and
moppiue the pavement with that man
Hearst for saying things aout the white
slave" trade of to-day and the red light
period Of the city under Deyery
A cartoon OF Charles Francis Murphy.
With Ii red light lantern as scarfpin'
accompanied by an alleged quotation from
Devery. was what reused the virtuous non
in DeVery last night
Big Bit is considerably fatter. slower
and grayer than he was IA the days when
he leaned against the old pump" at Eighth
avenue and 2sth street and discoursed to
the Joy of caYewora multitude.
1t makes ne boil, son." said he last
night at his handsome home, No. 574 West
End avenue. 1T makes nc boil to sec the
way this man Hearst is sandering the city
of New York It's the biggest outrage ever
performed on this community. 1t would
take The tears Of the Goddess Of Purity,
crying at the rate Of million gallons
second. 10 wash ont the disgrace, and then
layer of dust Hearst ought to be put In
jail for all he's done
There's nothin' to this white slave and
red light business-nothin to it. I've been
resident of this town almost from the
time she was in sVaddlln' clothes. COM
paTativev speakin', and if Vice was Iocoed
and runnin amuck with her hair down her
back. as this tenderfoot Einbe Turner and
Hearst say she is. guess your Uncle Bill
would Ilavc noticed it when he was on the
police Job.
JOINT DEBATE on VICE.
y am going to challenge Hearst TO
Joint debate an this question OF white
slaves and It's 4 pound and a half OF
radiuu against first edition OF Tho
Evenin' Journal that I'll wipe him OF the
Journalistic map. New York is clean from
top TO bottom--clean and safe for men and
women anywhere and everywhere.
1t is clean enough so that the report
resses who mako them nutty boy and girl
pictures in The EVenin' Journal could go
a-saunterin' Up the Bowery with chocolates
in their outside pockets and no one would
molest 'em,
Where are you from. son" Devery sud-
denly asked Of q. new reporter. after he
had refreshed himself with gulp Of water.
Texas was the answer.
Il thought SO. Say, son, what would a
happened If any son-of-a-gun OF a news
paper man down there had cut loose about
leadin' citizens maxim money out Of white
slaves in Eagle Pass or El Faso-what
would a-happened?'
Dead men thick as railroad ties on a
foW-track bridge" was the quick response
Right YOU are. son; right you are.
with blood. this slander on the fair fame
of New YorE. If Charlie Murphy had the
prerequisites of successful leadership in
him he'd go downtown tomorrow morning
just after breakfast and shoot up The
American Office, tal5in' pains TO lessen the
population of undesirable citizens in the
particular part OF the bakeshop where them
'black-face editorials are framed up
You supported Hearst once, didn't you?'
asked a reporter with rather hendish
memory.
DID BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH.
That's what done said Mr Devery.
AN mey the good LORD forgive me fO-
that and other sins of my temporary men
tai alteration III the early part of this
decade. Yes. I IVES the lluckleberry, tenn
porarly swept off my feet by a desire to
upIft the downtrodden, that set Hearst up
in the political brickmaking business.
Y nominated him for Congress on the eX-
/ press understanding that when he came to
name two cadets for West Point and An
napois he would take boys from the public
! and parochial schools IN my deestrict. An
what did William Randolph do? He went
over into Fifth avenue and took two cos
neticated cotillon dudes and sent them
down to West Point and Annapolis. and
/ forgot about hs promise to Bill Devery.
Then is when I turned Hearst's picture
to the wall, and If 1 have ever taken 2
peer at II since then old Mohammed was a
woman hater that's all
Il see that they are going TO have a
Tammany meeting AZ Carnegie Hail to-
morrow night I'm going to offer my ser
vices to the chairman OF The meeting, so
that If he needs any one 20 throw down
this vile SANDER about Tammany Hall get
tin dividends from the white slave bust
ness they can get a refutation OF If from
yours truly, William S. Devery''