The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18
MARBLE HALL ECHOES.
j. MADISON nETURNINGBOARD so-s
SKIPPING THROUGH sPAt a ro
WASHINGTON.

NAAHhNA1BWNs
the "Outs'' Premise To N ...n !, Y,..,x
for Mcrwig, and Isaiidc+ - INST . rr,a.
What Bradley has done .,s ,.... r,au.,u IL.
tends doing, with the : .s,.,.,,.a - nt.a;.ar
r,.,,,.,,,n,,,nord for departure Oh - maoison
he'ufhipsvoa'. Washington, mopopolized
the aetenuon VI 20 fins" and "outs" at the
arsn'se boha.'s IN Friday morning, the chatter
over eaon su''e .et being about equal.
. Ma''So" 10 seems, slipped off with
ToMANpHnsoN AND pArTr
on 'he .obile road on Thursday evening, board.
ipg III train, SO II 10 said, at the French Market
IN o der TO escape observation. From what oar
ee4 learned, IL seems that the trio are ON theii
way TO Washington TO transfer to that capitol the
war that has been raging here for some time,
and that they will use plain English with the
President and Secretary, or acting Secretary Of
the Treasury, when they get their forces resdy
there for an attack on the Collector and Special
Deputy Uhsmplin. A singular feature In connec.
ton with
TIE DISTINGUISHED DEPARTURES
ID that they had excursion tickets Ground trip) 10
| Chicago and return, leading TO the impression
with some that they intended 10 PICK Kellogg
up on the way and take him slong with them te
see Hayes.
Another rumor il that a new 6onbinatior
mes from Kellogg, Wherein he has induced tE,e
st. Landry and Rapides delegation to supper,
Moh1illen for Collector, and let Tomanderson take
Champions scalp and position. This will hardly
work successfully, however, as IL 10 known thai
when some Of Mo NiIlen's friends urged him fol
President remarked that
HE KNEW HIN roo WE'LL,
or something OF that kind.
This information ia not intended to diphearten
the delegation, but, on the contrary, will benefit
them as they may In time drop The Kellogg Morey
candidate and select somebody else.
Some Of the friends Of J. Madison Returning
board declare that he is not taking prominent
part In the flght but admit that he Ia getting In
HE work, 30 to speak, on the sly. and that he viii
tell the authorities In Washington that unless The
plead guilty TO the informAtions filed against him
In the Superior Criminal Court permit himself ID
be sent to the Penitentiary, then make clean
breast Of the whole Returning Board business
and thereby have his revenge.
Those who ought TO know, venture the opinion
departure and that even after Tomanderson had
''KrssHp ANH MADE ur"
with the collector, CAN'T bnlldozed him int re.
new.ng the fight from Washington base oil
operations. There 10 no doubt but that CAN'T
has held and now holds some magic influence
over TomAderson which he cannot shake of
and that he Ia controlled exclusively by him.
Some attribute this to the fact that Can't is on
quite large amount of Tomanderson's paper1
and another report is that CAN'T holds mortgages
made by Tonianderson and threat to foreclose
brings che victim to realization OF his position
In no time. aud then II 10 an easy matter to get
him to do what CAN'T wants done. When the
delegation
TACKLE THE PRESIDENT
for scalps II IL expected that CAN'T and ]. Madi-
anderson will be quiet listener, nodding assent,
however, to anything that the others may say.
II won't do, however, for j. Madison to ask for
scalps In very forcible manner, else the Presi-
dent might quietly suggest that he make room
for couple OF his outs by displacing his two
sons, and thereby make an opening, and conform
at the same time to existing regulations. Then
again. there 10 great danger that the office Of
Surveyor OF the Port may be abolished by Con-
gress ut lis next session, as 1t 10 believed by those
high in authority that the duties of surveyor,
clerks, ETC., can DO dispensed with, and $40 600 or
$4,000 year saved. They say, too, that Che en-
tire work necessary can be performed by
BOSS INSPECTOR,
and that the work OF Checking" could be easily
done at the Treasury Department in Washington
with bat little expense.
THE HERwra-BR4DLEy BUSINESS
in it's latest developments bids fair to become
interesting, and may yet result in bringing to the
surface much interesting reading matter. Her.
wigs friends cay that he will soon jerk to Justice
before Commissioner 6outhworth the five per-
sons whom Bradley alleges put him up to making
the charges before Gen. Barney, and, on the
other hand, the average s'out" asserts that il
such course is taken, there
WILL DE MUSIC IN THE AIR
for sombody about Herwig's size. Just what they
mean they will not divulge, but enough is gath
cred from them to warrant the assertion that
they will rake up some pretty heavy documents
that refer to the past Custom House history.
SO much has been said about the abolition Of
the Naval office and the report upon that subject
by the Custom House Commission, that the
DEMOCRAT has secured, by grape vine OF course,
the only report OF the Commission upon that
subject, and ii is appended as follows:
The commission are emphatic in the opinion
that the Naval Office at this port is superfuous
and unnecessary. 1t was only created as check
upon the Collectors office. A check more reli-
able and efficient can be established by directing
all necessary and proper vouchers to be forward
ed with the accounts of the Collectors Office to
the Treasury Department SO is now the practice
at other ports doing as much business as the
port Of New Orleans. The commission learn that
by the Naval Office OF this port in the accounts
and other documents submitted for review for
many years past. In the proposed
reduction set forth in schedule
Is B" the commission have not in
,iuded the entire abolition of the Naval Office |
Section 1858 Of the Revised Statutes however, |
sonfers upon the Secretary OF the Treasury dis |
,retionary power to abolish or suspend this office
whenever he shall think it advantageous to the |
public service" so to do Should the Hon. Sec- |
rotary think proper to exercise this power the |
expenses OF the port would be reduced over and |
above the amount set forth in schedule Z by the |
Furtber sum OF $1,000 per annum. The Com |
mission do not think the abolition Of the Naval |
Office would necessarily entail an increase Of |
Zee n the Adaitoc's office"
Schedule referred to was that portion OF the |
report recommending reduc ion in the clerical |
orce of the Naval Office, and that recommends |
ion was adopted and the reduction made before |
he commission concluded it's labore.
The special agent Of the Treasury, having had |
lis attention called by the DEMOCRAT to the fact |
hat there were too many Wellses Kings and Lud-
Vicks IN the customs branch to comply strictly |
NTH late regulations, has taken the matter under
and will make necessary inquiries |