The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-17
Politics on Beh-Tali Greek.

rsi&it> VI 49,
Ill tell ye WIS: this ere Crouhar
CITY needs al mHst hsv. sal slathsrs
johnson. ~ he moustei n barre! and
looked around on the miner, We
wan; = City GorernDsnt-a CJmnsoa
Council body tomAke ordinances an
enforce 'em-a-a-
The res; Of his speech wAs drowned
BIZ the cheers Of ihr crowd u uas IA
50. and CrowbAr Ciy ~as i collection
OF .haniirs and huis on Eo5-TAil Greek.
in Nevada We were doing wei!
enough. and the camp Ma veIy V-acs-
ful and quiet Slaihrrs Johnson va.
the hziesi miner IN The camp. bat ~as
looked up "a 81 \ great politician. Back
"a the States he had been Constable.
OyerseeJ of HIGHWAYS. Tax Collector.
School Inspector. and 50 on, bat Yet
his hA.srring was not satisfied,
I, xss finally decided that Cr~bAr
City be divided into sigh, wanls. ant
that each ward be eutiil-~i Ia ~ Al
derman. while a MAYOR. Treasurer Ard
Clerk should be elected 81 large Iherr
were about four hUts OF tents - a
ward. with a constituency % irJtu hyc
to eight persons for each Alderman
How shall we purC-ei ~ e.~C,''
blandly inquired Sa,hcrs. ~ be- r.
mounted the barrel
There was dead silence for \ minute.
and then Raccoou Bill. OF the bloody
Sixth Ward. threw hIs old ha, On the
ground. pulled his shooter and kindiy
inquired:
" A. 49, .u- II-,- -. -,
NV ward who don't think I'd make =
howlin' old Alderman? II thar ar.
let him edge up this Way fur about ten
seconds
No one edged. and Isaccoon BIZ was
declared the unanimous choice o! the
electors Of his ward several other.
elected themselves in the SAME of hand
ann aud there was no trouble until
Blue CLAW Smith said he thought he
could represent the Eighth Ward about
a. well a. ans other resident vu,iurc.
II not. WHY no,2 Three resident vul-
lures AT once stepped forward to contest
his election. and there was n four
handed fight which lasted ten minutes
and decided the election ia favor Of
Cruss-Eyed Turner, Of Ohio. SlAthcrs
was then elected Mayor BY reclamation,
~ were also the other general officers,
and the largest I'M, in town was cleaned
out for Il meeting of the Common
Council.
The eight Aldermen sat on the ground
in a circle. and the Mayor sat in the
center on a bag OF meal. and opened Ae
session BY saying:
Has any Alderman any motion TO
make?'
II 'sposc a moshun that this ere
honorable body puryide itself with a
bari of whisky at the expense Of the
city would be in order" remarked the
Alderman from the Third
Not by a burned sight" bawled one
of the crowd at the door.
Order, order, or I'll bus, a dozen
heads out there" shouted the Mayor.
See here. Old hoss. haHit @ put
tin on "A heap of style fur the fust
meetin'?' asked the Aldermas from the
Sixth, "a he leaned forward.
There's a moShun pendln - answer
ed the Alderman from the Third.
(which ere moshun is a. follcrs,"
remarked the Alderman from the First.
As he hit the chap from the Sixth on
the ear.
Ther~ was a little performance Of
eight hands round and the Mayor in
the middle" and il WAS fifteen minutes
before order WAS restored. Then the
Alderman from the Fourth showed his
bitten finger into his pocket and said:
MY constituents, who ar among the
heaviest taxpayers in the city, believe
that the price Of washin' is too blamed
high. an they dcmand-.'
when did you ever have an washin'
done?" interrupted the Alderman from
the Seventh.
Git the drop on him. Bill!' yelled a
man al the door.
Order, The Mayor commands
ORDER shouted Slathers.
Three shots were fired. four or five
Aldermen knocked down. and when the
cyclone passed everybody had his shoot
cr on his knee.
when interrupted. we war about
to take up the order of unfinished bust
ness" remarked the Mayor, as he
nursed his bitten ear.
IL move that We adjourn
"Adiourn be blowed.'
Question"
"Ayes and noes"
Order"
Some onery COO ont thar has
kicked nv dog said the Mayor. as the
yelps of a canine rose above all other
sounds.
.Sot down, o old he-wolfr' yelled
some one, and at that the light was up
set and the circus began. We locked
the door on the crowd and got under
cover of the rocks, but that house
couldn't hold 'em. In five minutes
they were fighting ali over town. and
every ward had a rally and a knock
down. Ii was four weeks before all the
bullets were dug out and the broken
heads healed up. Slathers lost an ear
and two fingers, and his farewell mes
4 = was brief. He wrote:
"Aldermen: Fame is a mockery. Of
flee is degradin'. and | resign in favor
of any coyote you kin agree on. Ro-
mans, farewell. came, saw. and got
chawed!'
But Crowbar City had had enough of
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