The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Another View of IT.
[Virginia City Chronicle.l

''The thing is easy enough to understand, !"
remarked a pioRser of the ComstOck, with
q glass of beer inN his hand and his free
elbow on the bar. i"Yeh see, COnkling had
his favorite for the Superintendency of the
Federal Consolidated Mine, but the Nomi-
natin' Committee of one wing of the stock
holders give his teller the grand gatf and
put up Garfield. COnkling was naturally
sour an began sellin' tire. stock short and
Offerin' odds that Garfield d never get the
billet at the general election. Garfield
stood up fur a while 20 this racket, but
finally he took water and sent for Conk.
eeZ he: Roscoe, let UP on your game, an
% in an bull the market an get me
proxies, an I'll carry a block of stock fur
yeh an give you the say on who'll be shift
boss in that big Custom House drift on the
New York level Its a whack.' SEE
COnk, an he goes out an blows
Grant in on the racket, an
holds up the market, and bulls the
stock, an gets proxies, an Garfield wins.
Then Garfield strikes ore, an starts the mill
an makes a big cleanup. COnk (being a
toney rooster) didn't ask Garfield about the
block of stock that he'd agree 10 carry nor
lisp a whisper bout the shift boss. Pretty
soon Garfield put on a lot of friends of
Conk's as common miners at 81 a day, and
ROscOe's hair just curled, for he thought he
seed that Jim Garfield was goin' to do the
white thing. But he hadn't mOre'n treated
Arthur and Jonesy an the rest of the boys
on the head of these friends o his'n bein'
set to work when-bif,-he gets il right
under the ear. What does Garfield do but
put on Billy Robertson as shift boss on the
New 9erk level Roscoe was down on Rob
ertson because he had once gone into a stock
pool and after the WISH sales began Robert
son drew out and unloaded on the market,
cleaning cut COnk and all his friends. They
were ON growlin' an teeth-showin' terms,
an Roscoe looked on him as the wust
enemy he had, an the meanest
skunk he knew. Gettin' mad at bein'
fooled in this style by a Republican
tenderfeot like Garfield. Roscoe called fur
his time, packed his blankets an hoofed it
home. When he got there he published a
card askin' the stockholders TO hold special
meetin7 an make him Actin Superintend-
sent-er at least boss of the New York
workin's of the mine-till the text regular
meetin' fur electin' a new Superintendent.
This stockholders don't respond very lively,
~forfear Garfield might shut Down on the
dividends an fire their friends, but when
come down TO bedrock on the whole propo-
.sitiSn, burned If any decent man won't own
tupThat Garfield hez acted like a scrub, and
thgt Roscoe hez a right to kick. It's all
right to support the Administration, boys,
but it carries so much dirt that it's a heavy
lead, and you don't catch me putin this
sEtalwart old shoulder o. mine under il.
Fill 'em up, barkeep. Boys, here's to Roscoe
EOnkling, a man that played fair, done the
work he contracted to do. got control of the
stock fur Garfield, put him into possession
of the mine an hoistin' works, an then got
hit in the nose an kicked down stairs, even
before he asked fur his wages