The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-05
THAT INJUNCTION,

AhNA hNbNNNAAONt
The Presidential Party Tests NV Poree
a Remarkable Scene ~ the brand
Central DcpoI, New YOrk-An Awk.
ward Halt, Followed by nm Uneondi.
iiOnai Surrender.
philadelphia Tlmesl
NEW York, April lG The party
that accompanied the president TO
the Grand Central depot this morn.
ing consisted Of Vice President
Wilson, Secretaries Robson and
Bclknap, Colonel lIacket, Of Gov
ornor Gaston's staff, Secretary De.
lano, Mr.. George W, Chlds and
young Hamilton Fish, Colonel
Hackett alighted first, and having
assisted the president to alight,
drew his arm through his own, and
marched straight for the entrance
OF tho cars, Thorc was an immense
throng in waiting to SEQ whether
the doortcnder would pass them
without seeing their tickets. The
two elbowed their way through the
throng and reached the railing
around the door of the entrance to
the cars. A doormaster stood there
punching the tickets, and TO him
Colonel IIackett waved his hand
loftily, saying the president and he
would pass through without further
ceremony.
"Tickets, gents" said the door
master, stepping in front Of the
would be free,riders.
"The president Of the United
States-Presdept Grant" Colonel
Hackctt repeated, pointing to that
gentleman.
81 cant help who you are, you
can't pass through this gate without
showing your tickets" said the door
master, with rocky frmness Of tone
and manner.
The president cast upon the ctli-
cial look of concentrated contempt
and scorn,
Stand back and don't block the
passage, gents, said the doormastcr.
By this time the throng had caught
the spirit of the scene, and had
closed about the party. Vice Pres
ident Wilson, who had been elbow
ing his way with Robeson's arm in
his own just to the rear Of the pres
ident, was keenly alive to the shame
fulness of the situations With a
hasty glance, he saw how it was to
end, and so he dropped back far
enough to be out of the focus of
eyes. Grant took things calmly,
but was very angry, and after few
seconds pause he said to llackett,
whats to be done?' That re-
sourceful individual showed a ruefuI
countenance and said, 81 guess there
is nothing for it but to pay
With a hasty movement Grants
hand went into his pantaloons
pocket, and fishing out a small wal
let he abstracted a hundred-dollar
bank note and thrust it into Hack
ett's hand. Grant then stood to one
side, and Hackett went for the paste
boards. Belknap then approached
the doorkeeper, and said: "The
tickets are being bought; surely
you can have no objection TO per-
hitting the president to seat him
self in the cars p
The doormaster glanced at the
towering Hackett, who was buying
the tickets, thought moment and
then said, politely
81 presume no fault could be found
with me for that"
HE says we can go into the cars
without waiting for the tickets" the
secretary of war said, in pleased
tones, to the president.
DWELL, We won't do it" the exec
utive replied, with positiveness.
"By this time Colonel Hackett
had returned with the nine tickets.
"I'Il stand here and check you off
as you 60 through" said he to the
president, at the same timc taking
u position alongside Of the door
master.
do nothing of the sort give a
ticket to each one" President Grant
commanded sharply, with unap-
peased anger.
SO the president, Secretary Robe
son and General Belknap were fur
nished with tickets, and the former
presented his to the doormaster
with sauvity of manner that was
evidently intended to be full OF
trenchant satire. The party were
to go to Boston without change OF
cars; nevertheless, the willy colonel
had bought tickets as far as Spring
field only.