Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-06-04
CRoQuE1ERs ON THE CRISIS.
How tho Political Sensation Struck tho Fem
mime Portion Of the Community.
Utica Observer.

OtlCu OpSeTVeTs
The night before last the Utica
Croquct Club-composed entirely
Of young ladies-held its second
meeting for the season of 1881. Two
new members were admitted, and
proposals for membership were
made. The Committee on Resolu-
tions made their expected report.
The resolutions were written on
scented paper and penned with vio-
let ink. After the business OF the
evening had been finished, the
young lady sitting on the ottoman
suddenly exclaimed:
ooh, my Girls did you hear
about ConkIing ?"
mo. What Is it ?" said the four
misses on the settee, in one breath.
"Why, he's resigned !"
"Rssigned to what? Has he
been dangerously sick ?" said the
Secretary.
mo. no. Can't you understand?
He has given up his Senatorship."
"Goodness gracious Amt that
too bad ~
"How much did he get for it ?"
queried the girl with the album in
her lap.
"Why you silly thing; you ought
10 read the newspapers. Senator
Conkling was not satisfied with
something in Washington, and re.
signed his Office into the hands of
Governor Cornell. There was q
misunderstanding between him
and the Presidep] about come man
named Observation-Disclosures
me see. Robinscn-No, that ain't
it. Oh, yes-Roberts0n Dear sskes!
They say the whole country is in a
CRISIS"
III read all about that,u said the
President of the club, knowingly.
"Ssnator Conkling and this Rob.
ertson had some kind of fuss-while
they were trying law suit. Come
to think, Mr.. CJnkling wanted to
give him some instructions and
Robertson wouldn't have it. Then
the President appointed Robertson
to collect money in some ward in
New York City
"That wasn't it," interrupted the
first speaker. "The President told
Mr.. Robertson to stand at some
lock-a deadlock, they call it-and
see that the canal-boat captains
paid their tolls. The man who was
put out of job by Mr.. Robertson
getting the situation used to 60 to
school with Mr.. Coukling."
"What I want to know" said a
uOnnn lahxy tsio bOxu oO1,II Tho Duoe
ident order these neil around so?
Didn't 1 read in q paper the other
day that Mr.. Conklipg was the
boss?n
"My sakes! that's funnyn ejso.
ulated the Secretary. II heard my
brother say it was man named
Blaine, who came here from Cana.
da and wanted to run the whole
country, who caused the disturb
ance. The President made this
Blaine present of cabinet organ
and then he never stopped begging
until he got whole set of furni-
ture, too. That made the other
men, who didn't ge: anything,
Jealous"
"What were the guns firing for
to-day" asked the girls on the
settee.
"You see, the Senate helped Rob.
ertson to get his job" answered the
first speaker, "and the half.breeds
were so glad they borrowed some
cannons."
"Wao are the half-breeds? In.
dians?"
II am not sure, but 1 don't
think they are. They must have
come here when the canal opened"
"Girls," exclaimed the Presi-
dent OF the meeting, "do you know
1 think that firing was real bat
tie? 1 read in the paper last week
about the war on the President
Isn't 1t awful"
"And 1 saw 'How the bomb
struckpn
"Oh, those horrid half-breeds"
calculated five voices at once.
EYES," continued the President,
"and l believe they are going to
be commanded by that General
Malone, who came to Washington
with red shirt on and tried to
scare everybody"
ppm going home," family said
the Secretary.
"Let us all 60" said the girls on
the settee.
"Oh, l hope We won't meet any
half.breeds."