The Republican journal., 1877-02-22
'she Visiting Statssnen" k.nter-
tanned by III sa,tdoa.

ne New 'lit'Il1 i'ttl'Nitt i'ulillSltH
very cltl criy written sketches ut Maddox,
Of hi; residence. H.. lienville street OF i
'pretty little lady uaupl Clandine" who
prfsidrS over it, ana OF No. l.u t'n9t"m-
house street, referred 10 IN the Madtiny
dispatches ~ ltr abiding place oI "tAI-
yertn the after ezra Di Wells 1t was in the
latter house that The great "rih@S' OF he
publican Legislators had their meeting
place Inrin% the tiuAh times OF 'C9 '.0, and
al. Here the ''rln@' met every day alter
the adjournment oi the House Ii consider
"moneY" bills. Io receive propositions
from persons wanting to bay measures
through the Legislature; to hear the re-
ports OF ''iinanct committees" " and 10 de-
eide on the terms OF agreement with the
purchasers of votes. IL was here that the
famous Chattanooga railroad bills, to pass
which Governor +. ID. Morgan contrlbu-
ted @l00, ,UUU were engineered through by
Raynor and Williams 1t was here that
| the warehouse bill, aud the park bill, and
the state house bill were put through. 1t
was here that Charles L. Howard would
| have gone to negotiate for his lottery bill
| il he had not brought it through before No
| 40 became the official headquarters Of the
| ring. 1t was here, in short, that the State
was run in debt to the extent of about
| $50, COO, 900, the subsequent reputation OF
| half Of which constituted the grand finan-
cial triumph Of kelloggs administration
Certainly it was fitting place for Wells
to adopt as the locAS OF the grandest OF all
| the financial transactions that political his
tory records.
The residence Of MaddoX is what is
known as lodging house and IS kept by
lady whose first name is Claudine. whose
last name is a mystery, and who is an oc-
toroon or a very light quodroon Whilst
Maddox was in New Orleans that city was
also graced and honored by the presence
of the Republican "visting statesmen,
| these ''eminent citlzens' who devoted SC
much time and attentionto the solution OF
| the difficult problem Of carrying for Hay es
a State which had voted for Tilden. Mad
dox resolved to give the statesmen" an
entertainment which should divert theil
gigantic intellects for time from the
cares OF craftsmanship and Republican
arithmetic, He impaired his plan to his
pretty landIady, Claudine. and she entered
into it with becoming appreciation anc
| spirit. Nothing was easier than for her tC
assemble together the most charming anC
the most attractive OF the quadroon ant
octoroon beauties OF New Orleans; and SC
the invitations were duly dispatched tc
the bored and weary statesmen They are
said to have been accepted with avidity
and the Democrat mentions two members
of the House and one Senator as present
Maddox had supplied an abundant supper
and unstinted wine. The ladies were
dressed with elegance and taste. Most OF
them wore white dresses--a style which is
very becoming to the creamy and peach
tinted complexion of the octoroon. The
statesmen were delighted; the ladies
charmed; and so, according to the vera
cious chronicler of the Democrat, the Ell
tertainment at 1871 Bienville street was q
great success. But it was not even men
toned in the report of the visiting states
men"