The Placer herald., 1874-10-03
/" JONES vINDlCATED."

CLONES vINDICATED."
Madame Gump, second cousin Of Jones.
writes to the editor Of the New York Su,,
some Of her imaginary reflections about her
kindred: ''-
Dear SIR-Some Of US have been read
ing an article in the Sun Of June 18th about
Jones, and to-day we had little meeting in
the Old Mans saloon, and came to the con-
clusion to write to you about it. Perhaps
you don't know Bill Gibson, (the landlord Of
the Old Mans saloon), but he's the squarest
man, and deals the squarest game in Nevada.
There never was no hogging game played
there, and III put head on any man who
says there was-for I know. from experience,
that upon the whole he is the squaress man
in the Sage Brush State. But about Jones,
we think you don't give him fair show.
Now, you see, Jones is not one of your
small potato. white chip fellows; be plays a
strong game, and he plays to win, and be
does win. Just after bis election be went
back little on some of US sports, but he
couldn't helpt it, and he's made it all right
now, and you can just bet your boots we
mean to stand by him. And when we say
we mean to stand by him, that means some-
thing, for we sports have just got this State
by the uinbilical, and what we can't do amt
worth doing.
Now, in the Sun you call Joues " a me-
tallic accident" and liken him to some old
skeesicks in Boston who sent warming-p pans
to the West Indies, and struck streak that
way; and you say that fellow didn't 20 to
the Senate when be made bis pile, like Jones
did. Of course not. He was an old mug
se.-~s ---s~ $~--~- ..susSsvs. Ny, uu,sS,-
ciering is lis strong suit. After Jones ran
for Lieutenant Governor Of California along
with Gorham in '68, and smashed the Re-
publican party there, and got beat, he was
dead broke, right down to the bedrock.
Then some of bis friends staked him and
sent him here as a superintendent of a mine,
and that was the first silver mine be ever
saw. Well, at that time this mine was reg
ular wildcat, and was only worth about two
dollars a share, and had only IL. 900 shares,
and if you had raked Jones down with
fine-tooth comb he hadn't money enough to
pay for five shares. Now the mine is worth
ever so many millions, and Jones owns it.
Now, you don't suppose that when be
found out the mine was big thing, he went
and told the fellows who owned the stock
do you? Not much; he wasn't sttch an
everlasting fool as that. He just kept quiet
about the strike, and put on an assess ment
and gobbled the stock, and when be got it
all, then be told them about the strike, and
then he had nothing to do but just rake in
the coin and go to the Senate, and we think
it isn't right to call fellow metallic acci-
dent who is smart enough to do that.
Now, il you will let Jones alone, he and
Grant will get the national debt all right.
We know his gait out here, and can calcu-
late just what he will do; and you don,
know, and that's what's the matter. We
know there's laundering big debt to be
provided for, and we have to pay heavy
tax on cards and whisky to help make ur
the interest. Now, the most of this debt il
held by lot of foreigners, who take the
money out of the country, and send nothing
back for it; and we have to pay, and We
don't see it. Now, if you let Jones alone
he will manage it so as to stop paying inter-
est on the bonds, aud then, when it begins
to be talked about, he will just sock a little
assessment on EN-, yand then be and his
friends will all pretend to be selling out, and
they'll all look gloomy and tell everybody
the bottoms ont Of the whole thing; aud the
ignorant foreigners willget scared. and down
will 60 the bonds, and when they strike two
dollars, Jones' brokers will be all ready to
take them in; and then they will turn them
over to Uncle Sam at five, and the debt will
be paid. and the insiders will have made a
good thing.
Now, we're all in the same boat. The
Sun, and the other Pharaoh cappers, want
the debt paid, and we want Jones to have
the credit Of doing it; 20 the best thing you
can do is just to stand in and help bin, and
don't call him " metallic accident" any more,
because he isn't. Besides, he will make the
Custom House appointments to suit you.
Gold Hill, Nevada, June 81, 1874.