Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-31
XIv.-D0ESTICKS GOES TO LECTION
New York, Nov 6, 1854, }
7000I, Narrow street.

OUUl Narrow street.
Lection day, big placards, posters,
music, notices, split tickets, rum bulles,
bon6res and larger beer-saw a great
many flags with appropriate vices no.
ticed one in particular. the viii Ky fac
ton had it, coat Of arms as follows ::
Within the American shield, two larger
beer casks, supporting rum-bottle ram
pant. lrishman azure fiat on his back
ant. sus aimed by wheelbarrow couch
ant-sinister eye sabla-in base, demi-
john between two small decanters in
the distance, policeman pendant, from a
lanp-post staudant- motto, "Comlng
events cast their shadows before Let
the NJ. Is beware" On the diverse,
ticket fer City Officers, AID opposed an
American quarter dollar-mottn, :. '.Ex-
change M Bribery" .'Faugh Ballagh J"
3" Go in and win. ,
1t rained as If it wa@ ra ming on bit
went to the polls, wanted to vote, wasn't
particular who for, If he only had the
biggest fags md the most bullies was
little puzzled after all how to do It :;
ha read al the political prints to find
out the best man, but. in judging from
what the newspapers say concerning the
different candidates, the various factions
IN this city, enteitAin peculiar ideas
about the requisites necessary to qualify
man to fill public station. Not an
individual is ever nominated for any Of
fee, who is not culoeized by some of tie
public journals, as 4 druukard, liar,
swindler, inc ndiary, assassin ur public
robber. Assuming, from the wonderful
unanimity of the papers on this subject,
that these amiaDe qualities constitute
the fitness of the nominees for places Of
honor, trust or profit, l have endeavored
to anal yze the gradations of criminal
merit, and discover exactly how big a
rascal man must be to qralif, him for
any given Office. The result of my in
vesti igatlons is as follows:
NJ one is eligible to the Office of May
or of the City unless he has forged
draft, and got the money on it and, On
at least two separate occasions, set fire to
his house to get tie insurance. Candi-
dates for Aldermen qualify themselves
by carrying revolver, gett ng beastly
drunk, and stabbing policeman or two
before they get sober A Common
Councilman must drink with the Short
Boy, give prizes TO the fircmen's target
excursions, carry a slung shot in his
pocket, and have personal interest IN Il
Peter Funk auction-shop. A Police
Justice must gamble a little, cheat a
consider able, lie a good deal, and get
drunk " clear through" every Saturday
night; # he can read easy words, and
write his name, 1t is, generally, no seri-
ou, objection but the Know -Nothin- IS
will not permit even This, on the plea
that the science of letters is of foreign
origin. A man who can pick pocket
scientifically will make a good constable.
Aspirants for minor offices are classified
accoi ding to desert, but no one who has
not, at least, committed petit larceny, is
allowed place on any regular ticket
As to Offices of more importance, l
should say lIom waat can now judge,
/ that no man can ever be elected Cover
Dor of this Slate, unless he is guilty of
"A successful burglary, complicated with
a midnight murder The rival candi-
dates in this present crisis, had called
each other all the names, and accused
each other of all the crimes imaginable,
tor the preceding six weeks Boggs had
been denounced as the plunderer of or
plans, aud seducer of innocent maidens,
and the pilferer of hard-earned coppers
from the puor. Noggs, according to has
charitable opponents, pickp"cket, a
sheep,stealer, peter funk, and an Irish
man. The candidate set up by the
Know othings, to claim votes On the
plea of his being an irnma culate Ameri-
can, was proved to be the child of a
French father, and Prussian mother,
and 10 have been born in Calcutta-it
was asserted that he commenced his ed
! nca,icnin the northern part of Ethiopia,