The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-14

A CONCbAvE OF FEDEHAL OFFICIALS
AND THE RETURNING BOARD
AT TIME NEW LAKE END.

various Reasons Assigned for tire ASSEM-
bling Of the CLANS.
II was rouser, Was thst dinner At the Lake
Fad yesterday evening. and Miguel didn't know
II, but he wss feeding personages that are likely
OF some future day, TO hold high places and even
perhaps have their
NAMES HANDED DOWN
TO future generations ~ having played = eonspic-
vous part In the history Of the State.
There were Just ten OF them In oil, and they
didn't sally out In solid column from she back
door Of the Custom House, but came down the
iron step. ladder at the front entrance and made
d bee line for The Old Levee street cars, into
which they bundled themselves, more like fresh
daisies rocking TO the soft embrace Of gentle
breeze than like council Of ten who had the
weisht Of the nation upon their shoulders
or course the DEMOCRAT reporter did not see
their movement, and Of course II did not arouse
iu his mind suspicion tlIat
SOMETHING WAS UP.
How they got there the reporter did not learn:
but about o'clock he had presentimens that
there was a breeze At Milneburg, and boarding
the Milnebufg train at the Pontchartrsin depot,
lie found in the rear Of the enigrant car two
members Of the old Returning Bosrd-Anderson
and Wells. the Collector of the Port King,
Custom. House Brokes Bensano, Appraiser OF
Merchandise Bnggod. Deputy Appraiser In.
gals, Deputy Collector Cbamplip.
SAM BARD, ESQ,
Of the Pensacola Herald, Gen. Jack Wharton and
another gentleman, whose photographs our res.
porter did not take on the spot.
THE train moved out ION Time" Anderson
making Inquiries as 10 those fifteen reasons An.
pouneed In the Pensacola Herald why the South
should support Hayes. Relinquishing him soon
TO Mr.. Bonnano, Anderson then enjoyed a few
moments tefe tete with 1Egalls, who was sand
wiehed In. on one of those elongated sests, be-
Ilosrd.
Having no fear Of hereafter. the DEMOCRAT
reporter
PULLED DOWN MS VEST,
gave his beaver sudden twist, and mustered up
courage sufficient TO address j. Madison. asking
him II he could be induced TO disclose the object
OF this sudden and unexp ected g&fhsring.
He said II was nothing more than little tea
party or gathering Of friends, and would have
explained 10, perhaps, but just at that moment 4
brace of conductors appeared, the front one, or
the one In The lead, calling for tickets, gentle.
men,
Our reporter had just four nickels- the exact
up IN apiece Of brown paper,
folded in his hand. and quickly handed IL over.
receiving his return ticket, and noticing the
movement,
WELLS BEGAN FuMBb1Na
about his clothes for his portmonnsie diving down
first into his coat and then his pantaloons peck
ets, but, having left IL al home, couldn't find It,
Ingalls,, noticing his confused countensnee,
looked second a. tho reporter, ~ though he eK-
pected him to prefer loan Of twenty cents to the
o. M. Of the H. d. But the reporters attention
had been attracted In another direction, when,
seeing that
II WAS NO USE,
Ingalls, yanled out of an inside orsast pocket
Two one dollar y. y. Treasury l. o. U.s. aud hand
Ing them to conductor No. /, told him that no
would pay for The entire party Of ten. Receiving
TO Wells and relieved his anxiety about getting
back into the city by handing him return ticket,
and then marching towards the rear Of the car
he handed one TO each OF the party. the cus-
tomary THANK y0u" coming from oil except An
derson. who simply
NODDED Hts HEAD
Ia recognition Of the generous gift.
About this time the train stopped at Milneburg,
aud the party disembarked. Making for Mignel's
they fled into and through the front door and
made their way to n comfortable room, when hats
md costs we're dotted and the council was opened
nary consultstioD). Ia time dinner was served
In good style, and those present
DID ExoELLENr EXECUTION
with knife and fork. but taking time to venture
~ opinion enthusiastically upon the subjects
ipder discussion.
How long The party remained at dinner is not
Known, but IL Ia fact that ten minutes after they
had stepped from the trim . man at the end OF
he pier was
SUDDENLY TAKEN WITH frs
md had tobe placed on the train and brought to
his home In the city.
LATER.
II was learned at late hour last night that the
council" was held for the purpose OF hearing Mr..
Bsrd's views upon the situation, and ut the same
lime that the Custom House Modoce might com.
pare notes and names as TO the slate which is
being made up for positions In the Custom
House. IL was rumored, too. that Wells and
Anderson had an idea that the Bard was fully
WITH THE PRESIDENTS WISHES,
Ind that he had been sent here to consult with
The Returning Board and lay those wishes before
hem.
Another rumor was to tho effe,t that Bard had
made by the Returning Board members, which
he would communicate to the President, and
hat instead Of going TO Washington themselves,
". was the original intention, he would be sent
hero to state their case to the President.
In support OF this theory II was stated in Re-
publican circles Last night that Wells and Ander-
son had received information from Washington
hat their presence there was not wanted, and
that they had better make arrangements to send
\ statement OF their wishes by third party. Il
was also stated that
SECRET MEETING
Of the CLANS was held In Wolls' Office yesterday,
with view TO arrange such matters. but there
was had to the lake end.
Mr.. Bard's presence here at this time was also