The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-20
TINES REVENGE.
THE PRESIDENT AT LAST GETS HIm
OF THE RETURNING ROARD.
Anderson Asks For the COIIect0rsIksp FAw
Hlsnseif~His Request In Emphat,c-
ally Refused.

i shC&fueSg ~ EnARNHAA,G~
i ally Refused.
lbDecial Correspondence N. 0. DemoeratJ
RtGtss' House.. WAsfuNaros. D. o.. I
November IL, 1S75.
Whatever may be the visws OF individuals re.-
gasding tho general political expediency and
lDublic Significance of
| THE APPOINTMENT or LAwnENcY
to the coilectorshfp, all must agree tfraA
as C0tlD Dir grace to the miserfes oe
the Heturniag Board, 1t is an emincnks
success, It took Mr.. Hayes all summer To-
brace himself up to the task Of destroying the
raen who made him President. bat at last he,s
reached the requisite tension of nerve, and
struck the blow with the deadly precision OF d
Chinese hsadsman. TO me. who have watched
all the maneuvers through which Mr.. Hayes
approached this act, the elimination ID invested
with something like the interest that attaches
to the denouement Of q deeply plotted romance
| When remember that one year ago to-day tffts
| eyes OF the nation were bent with fierce eager~
ness OF apprehension or Of expectancy upon
| wELrs AND ANDERSON,
that for weeks and months they carried na-
| tional destiny In their brooches pockets. that
they figured first as Warwicks, receiving tha
homage due to king makers and then as mar
| tyrs, showered with the sympathy Of q greet
party; then, when I see them with hung heads
and sunken hearts meandering the streets on
Washington, where there is none so poor to do
them reverence. there appears In their fate o
lesson that cannot be taken too deeply In admo-
milton. The mills Of public opinion have been
grinding slowly all these months. but no man
| can look at Mad Wells and Tom Anderson TO-
day and say that they have not ground exceed
| ingly fne
| These two men came here last spring with tho
airs Of masters Of the situation. They swelIed
about the streets and hotels In the bloateI
grandeur Of successful crime and invaded the
precincts Of the White House with the assur-
ance Of persons possessing the power OF life
and death. They seemed to think that IL was
not even necessary for them to ask for any
thing; that they but had to signify their royal
pleasure to receive. and the good things Of the
earth would be handed to them upon a silver
salver, covered daintily with silk napkin and
graced with obseGuiousness. Ali this they were
accustomed to call the logic of the electoral
| count !"
| Among their intImates they used to say. .srse-
| hold we stole the presidency and gave II to
Hayes! Surely the receiver Of stolen goods
cannot refuse to divide with his benefactorg,
the thieves"
ABETTED By JOHN SHERMAN
In the Cabinet. who, as pa,tceps crtu.iy,ts bowed
| fiexiby to the dems nds of his pals and backed
in Congress and before the country by the In
/ IL
time held their own at the sources Of power. If
Mr.. Hayes showed signs OF restiveness under
81 such @ dirty manipulation and made wry faces at
sly hand Of John sherman was laid upon his
arm and John Shermans 8 reptlian voice Kissed
these men to confess. for Ii you do we are all
losst!aa sltIaauallv novever as the summar wora =,
the msgiyings OF the President wore away. The
best sense Of the country sent back reassnring
| response to his efforts and righteous adminfs-
tration,, Bye and bye Mr.. Hayes discovered
that ne had m made upon the popular mind tho
impress OF an honest hearted man striving to
unmistakable signs OF sympathy, which was all
the more potent because 1t carried with It q sort
| In his purposes, secure In his position and hon-
ored In his acts. From that moment
THE DEATH WARRANT OF THE RETURNING BOARD
became decree.
vanishes, hate takes It's place. Mr.. Hayes had
certainly feared the Returning Board in the
earlier days of his administration when the
| political sky was black with threats and NUT
tered full OF growing thunder around tho
Northern horizon. But when fair weather
tenure had vanished and he no longer needed
| to fear Wells and Anderson; he began to hate
them. ne mad from the flrst loathed them. as
BanIuO.
But the two wretches. themselves could not
comprehend the fate that overhung them. Tt
they had looked up but once they could NOT
| have helped seeing the sword that a tremulous
hair held suspended to smite them. But 50 ae-.
customed were they TO furtive glanees and
hang dog gaze upon the ground that they had
lost the art art Of looking @ MP and were hence heed
derson, holding ON 10 the assurance of March
amid the i'll ornens OF November, went to tho
Kna an h9ag gyavst s s psds Of
he would accept the place himselfi
Mr., Hayes lifted his eyebrows and took a Sec
Tom "A Anderson. with that same knotted lace face
and sinister forehead. gnarled and scanned
nrson h hs nss ss o s dSE 10 Hf Hays as s n
mare had ended and he was now wide awake.
Descending his astonishment at the cheek or
quite outside the possibities. Under no cir
cumstances can it be entertained In this quar-
ter"
Then Anderson saw a great light and took HIS
hat and vent to find Wells The latter speedily
| the President But all in vain. Sherman was
repulsed as quietly as Anderson had been-
the Returning Board snapped In twain. have
| been told that John sherman, even in that dire
extremity. was playing double upon, Wells and
and that he Jumped for Joy when Hayes took
| hold Of
and lifted all responsibility from his shoulders
| the effrontery Of those men.
Now they go about the streets in a vacant way.
70 ea an to 90
| Was there ever such q case In history Did
ever such a crime find is authors out in such
process OF poetic Justicel The very man for
whose benefit they murdered the rights Of Lou
| isiana HIS been their Judge and is become their
executioner. And all this Whirligig OF Times
| year. / fancy 1t VIII be some time before two
men can again be found to steal the electoral
vote Of State.
| There seems to be God in Israel after all
| Bob fngerSoll TO the contrary notwithstanding-
| | have no idea what Wells and Anderson wfM
| do now. There is not In the world another pair
of misereants so utterly without fellowship.
| Not even the Good Samaritan would stop TO
pour oil ON their wounds. Indicted at home
and prescribed abroad what is left for them bus
| to be hunted to death doubt ii there was
| ever such fall as theirs. A. G. ID.
| -&NN
| A PascaSoala whale.
! Tho paacsoorla Syo,. ava that black whale