Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-28
THE EVENING NEWS.
SUPPLEMENT

The EVERYDAY LIFE OF NEW YORK
PoLITIc1AN.-The Counsellor sends us the
following Pen and Ink portrait: Who is
the originals Few persons living outside
of the city of New York have any idea
what kind of life q ward politician in
the Empire City of the Empire State leads
from day to day. Well, the first thing he
does in the morning after waking, is to
swallow two or three bourbon cocktails,
or else brandies and soda, before he leaves
his bed, as his nerves are not steady
enough in the morning, after last nights
debauch, to dress himself without he takes
few braces in the shape Of whisky cock
tails or brandy smashes. Having dressed
himself he makes his way to the barber
shop, where he gets shaved and has his
head well rubbed with plenty of hair tonic
and bay rum, and then feeling, with the
help of few more bourbons, pretty good,
he tries something to eat; generally lit
tie boiled mackerel or few sardines and
q cup of coffee, with glass of brandy in
it satisfies him, as his appetite is not very
good in the morning; as it is now almost
noon he takes a conveyance and rides
down town as far as the City Hall, where
he meets a crowd of city thieves and dead
beats, Just like himself, whom he goes with
over to Delmonico's or Bangs, or some
other well known resort for politicians,
and partakes of several more cocktails; he
stops here for couple of hours, during
which time he has several times smiled;
and now feeling little better and liveher
than he did when he first woke up in the
morning, you can hear his voice above all
the rest of the company, telling what in
huence he has in his ward, and what he
can do at primary in the way of stufing
ballot boxes, etc. Alderman Roball hav-
ing entered, our Ward politician talks
louder and louder, and by way of empha-
sis strikes the counter with his fist in an
impressive manner, and perhaps breaks
tumbler or two, the way that every per-
sons attention in the room will be drawn
to himself. After getting pretty well filled
he makes for his own ward where he re-
sides, arm in arm with Alderman Roball
or Councilman Takeall, as the case may
be, who he is continually telling what an
amount of influence he controls and what
he could do at primary and how he can
use the boys on election day. Having
arrived at noted gin-mill, he invites the
company in with him to have smile. Of
course, now is the time to show himself
both liberal and influential at the same
time; so he treats all the house, or in
other words invites all the bummers,
bloats, and hams, who hang around every
LIQUOR store to take drink with him. He
calls them all by name, ashe knows every
one of them personally, being in the habit
of frequenting the store every evening,
blowing about politics, and drinking ben
zine, camphene and burning fluid, under
the false names of rum, whisky and
brandy, until he becomes so drunk that
he had to be carried home on shutter,
and put to bed like a child, to wake up
in the morning and go through the same
rounds as he did the day previous. Now,
the ignorant portion OF the community
think that he led this kind of life be-
cause he liked it. Not at all. He makes
his living by it, as he genarally holds
some position worth from three to five
dollars day, and for which wages he
never does an hours mental or physical
labor. Oh, no not he; he has sinecure
in the shape of clerk of market, or else
is employed on the dumping ground, or
is health-warden, or dock inspector, or
he holds a position under the Croton
Board, who never see him only when he
is after his pay; at any rate, he is provi-
ded for, by holding one Of the many hun
dreds of positions which are useless and
of no benefit whatever to the city and to
support which the poor laborer has to pay
extra rent to the landlord, who has in
turn to pay enormous taxes to support
this wholesale system of robbery.-N Y.
Dispatch.