The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-14
CUSTOM-HOUSE NOTES.
yvnY THE AVERAGE REPUBLICAN HAS
NO PROFESSION OR TRADE-mORE
sPECULATIONs THE LAST
CANDIDATE.

NO PROFESSION OH IhADE-OD
sPECULATIONs- THE LAST
CANDIDATE.
packard won't Go to Central America
How S3, 900. 900 in Coin and Cur-
rency was Bundled Through
The streets Yesterday.
BE II ever so ridiculous, every particle OF CAB
y,le or gas that is sent here from Washington
relstive to the Federal appointments, is gobbled
NO by both sins" and 'outs" with that avidity
which only proves how much quicker the average
Republican especially those who have been
ttere--tskes to 9 fat position where they can
1onnpe around half of the time than he does to
ANY COMMERCIAL PURSUIT
ar profession. A DEMOCRAT reporter yesterday
manfred of one of those alluded to why this was
the case, the reply being that all or nearly all of
them came here when quite young men with the
Federal army and had been holding Offices Of
some kind ever since the war closed, consequent
" had no time to study for profession or engage
nj the first rudiments OF commercial pursuits.
ssThen that is the reason" continued our inter-
rogator, ''why you all cling so closely now to your
favorite asprants for positions2"
ssYou bet 1t u.s." was the rejoinder; "why, how
could /, not having any trade or profession, make
living now at anything else? went into the
army too soon to learn anything of the kind, and
the war over, /, with the rest of the boys, was
landed 30 to speak, and we
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR
ever since, either here In the Custom-House or
by the State government" And that is about
the truth, as was shown at the disruption
of the Packard caucus at the Stata-House,
when the ex-metropolitans and others at
iached to that wing were thrown upon their
own resources, and many of them are yet
clinging to that ragged edge, inspired by the
hope that fortune may yet favor them with some
thing soft In the way of 'Federal aid"
Yesterday the "outs" were more than glad at
the prospects Of a new deal, as shown by late
press dispatches, but the Sins"
HADN'T MUCH TO SAY
on the subject Some Of them say If "Efy Law
renee" a. they term him, gets the collectorship
they are solid, bat even in that they may count
without their host, as in the event Of any change
il the collectorship there will most likely be
now deal all around. The report that George
williamson, OF Caddo, is to be recalled from Gen.
frAl America and promoted ~ to the collector
ship doesn't take well with Packard's friends and
4hav daclara opan,v that he will under M ann
49, -, -.
Nderauons accept Inc oentrai american mission
should Mr.. Williamson be made Collector.
Some Of them seem to belive that the idea of
making Williamson come home
ORIGINATED WITH KELLOGG,
vho had him ticketed for a long time "a his own
(Kellogg's) successor az Governor of this State,
but who dropped him before the st, Charles
Theatre Convention met. It is thought that
cure ID s'infuence" at Washington Vice Presi-
dent Wheeler, who has a high regard for MIR.
Wiiliamson Whereas the little M difference of
opinion between Packard and Mr. Wheeler in
1875 over the construction to be given to q GER
tain clause OF the Wheeler compromise might
serve, II worked in strategic manner by Kel-
l0gg, TO secure to the late de fncto all the patron
age he wanted here in the Custom House.
ments about the Custom House and around the
city, taken in connection with the announcement
OF Williamson's supposed candidacy, has given
rise TO some comment, and speculations are rife
~ 70 his movements, some claiming that he Is
LEAGuED WITH PACKARD,
.nd viii soon ha heard from thronob sena,or
@sorL lin an and ano,bar story is thst bs hos
csroe mere onIv 10 Get mn few Yards of nation
asking the President to permit him to succeed
Parker in the postoffice Then again it is said
United States Marshal, but as yet there has not
been received at the United States MarshaPs
Office any communication from the Department
wrong consequently f1tklns mission Is unex'
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE