The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-08
TWO FItrr.DoLLAB oREESDACK&
From the Pockets Of y RepubIcan IntO the
Pockets Of ~ Democrat.

Pockets Of - DomOcrnts
Jack Croker Is the head prossmHn In the
Job ofIloo OF tho Jersey City Argus lie has
always been looked upon rs a square man. The
elcctrciype vignettos for tho heading OF tho
Democratic election tickets had often been In
trusted to him. without fear that any outsider
might get copy In time to print counterfeit
Democratic tickets with Republican names on
them. Nevertheless on Monday last II was
whispered among the Republicans that copy
had boon obtained. that duplicate eloctrotype
plates were TO be made. and that thousands OF
tickets wero to DO printed ere morning contain
ing the namo OF an enterprising Republican
candidate.
Nobody but Jack Croker could have furnished
tho copy. for the electrotypo plates had been do
livered to him by Mr. Mullono OF the Argus In
person. Tho press room doors had been kept
locked inside. tho tickets were being printed
and hunched. and the plates had been carefully
replaced in the safe. II looked bad for Jack
This is his explanation as made on election
deywou r,.oo - ..,o ,... ,.,.,. II. -.
on n piece OF cotton waste after he had got
pair Of rollers set to his satisfaction in small
cylinder press. went across the way there {
Ss yCpSsss GrN oHs ods r Sn'i tho
iSssG al @ri @Qr8 min M says he Come Jack
beer: n no gets his nose into my ear, Kind o.
mysterious like m says he. Jack. don't you
he'd been s-,rsinin round with some o " these
Republican politicians. n dropped In min
uto,
- says no. en- you get me COPY o tn
SAYS l., What il II worth 2
Forty dollars. says he.
- e, See her. young ,E fe1 r. says what ar, Are
with wife N four small children 2
e" w give y my, SAYS he
up to hundred COLLARS, n, he SAID no wouldn't
you on Canal street nolr Warren. at 2 o'clock.
Go out ahoad now We mustn't DO seen to-
Then. camc over Z tho office, m I told tn
boss. Now. see horc.' says Of course amt
agoin' t. give you away for no hundred dollars,
YOU e" cot no obee sS VIII the o Soss he
said ho didn't care what did 30 the ticket was
It 2 o'clock. sure enough seido was on
hand on Canal street. Don't talk TO me here
O. n street says Follow me n GO slow
house there. / could foel his hand shake with
excitement rs he cnught hold of my arm.
Il pulls ont tho ticket IN shows It to him.
Now. 500 here; young fellow. says shaking
my ist under his nose IA grabbin him by. the
don't never como L Jersey City again: fr 3
sure = y, DO I'll give y III - est lickin you
eNNF EN
The brawny fat with which Jack Croker en-
phnsi2ed his threat gave tolerablo assurance
that he could make II good.
Well" he continued. "th' youngster goes
down into his pocket, m sure enough he haus
out two flity dollar bills. give him tho ticket.
n tot HIM { wait minute till l got
out o sight round the corner before he come
out. n come round hero with III money in
my pocket. At frat | was afraid tn bills
might 10 had m sont them over q III
bank. n got them changed int tens Then
went w town n got new suit 81 clothes.
Then went home n fixed m tho old woman,
When got up this mornn' 1 found she had
laid in her wiuters coal n wood. N got n
tarr"l o flour. n lashin's o groceries. She felt
good"
Here Jack held up his hand to signal one OF
the pressmen 10 stop, and fell to work adjusting
the register Ms though his story WAS ended.
We'll. but his interlocutOr persisted. " did
| you give hl I'm the regular ticket %
on bless y. yes here Jack laughed
heartily give i to him. We keep all the
cuts. you know. They git up a different one
| every year. After j tot the boss what Ssidc
| wanted come in here an hunted up the cut
| We used on III Democratic ticket in '68; Il was
about the right size; n put II in instead O. the
new cut in the form that had Just been printin'
the new tickets from n struck OF couple OF
| tickets with that tcn-year-old cut on 10 them.
| That's what scooped in Sede with"