The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-09
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.

THE TKxPLEALLIANCETH THAT BROUGHT |
ABOUT THE NOMINATION. OF
WILLIAMSON.
nated-The Assistance He Expects
Therefor from a Louisiana Congress-
man.
Especial Correspondence of the Demoerat.1
WASHINGTON, February L. 1878.
The backing and filling OF the Senate Com
merse Committee over @
THE APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAMSON
willeease to be matter OF astonishment when
1t 10 known that the fingers OF Kellogg are
working the wires. 1t will be remembered that
Williamson's appointment came out in the form
of asurprise shrouded in great mystery. Sub
seauently the mystery was cleared up by an OK
paanation as to the Influences which had been at
work and. paradoxical enough. this ex-
PLANTATION intensified the mystery instead
OF solving It, This morning / received
NEW VERSION OF THE STORY,
from source that can not be questioned and
Egive 1t without coament or coloring. of my
iown:
Meeting at the Riggs House breakfast table
Republicans now here asked him: "Has Kel-
,logg really changed front on the Williamson
question. or has he been playing his usual game
Of thimblerig with himself for the little joker?'
To. answer that question: said my friend
COUGHING his fork for q tilt at mutton chop.
1t is necessary to go back to tho beginning
You must know-as indeed you telegraphed to
the DEMoCRaT--that the President gave Judge
Leonard to understand that
M'MIILEN'
would be appointed. So confident was Leonard
that the President would carry out this under
standing that he sent telegram to McMillen
saying that 1t was all settled and he tMeMilen)
might as well bngin to arrange his private af-
fairs with view to entering the public service.
About forty-eight hours after this, Leonard was
astonished to learn that an order had been sent
to the chief of the appointment division Of the
Treasury Depar ment to make out the papers
of nomination for Geo. II. Williamson to be
sent to the senatel''
DO you mean to say that Leonard believed In
McM1en's chances UP to the moment OF Will
Hanson appointment2' asked.
Precisely; and hardly credited the story of
Willlamsons e happoptmeat J, when it was first
of my story: The mystery about Williamson
seemed incapable Of solution except upon the
taken the matter into his own hands. ignored the
advice of everybody and selected Williamson
solely because he was nobodys man and had
lief might have passed into history but for GER
tain leakages at the White House. whereby the
fact was ascertained that the real moving cause
OF Williamson's good fortune was secret CO.
alition between Randall Gibson and John Sher-
man"
dropping an extra lump OF sugar In his choco-
late, that there is an umblllcal cord between
RANDALL GIBSON AND JOHN SHERMAN
If you consult the geography Of franklin
Square you will discover that Shermars num-
Der is 1923 and Gibsons 1926 that Is to say their
communicate. Close, social intimacy subsists
between them, and John, who was at one time
since stuck to him as close as a brother. Yon a1
can guess the reason; John Sherman
KNOWS tnat ne may soon s,eeu the infu-
ence Of prominent Democrats in New Orleans
imagines that Gibson IS the best man for him
to tie to-. presume Sherman gets mOss 3s ..a asa
information as to .Gibson's influence from Glib
IS 80 nanra W as soon 70 that
sherman found out that he could not get the
President to appoint Anderson or Packard. and
when his wishes were disregarded by the ap-
pointment Of Lawrence, he set about prevent
ing the confirmation OF the latter in order to
Leave the @ neld L. open zen for flank moyemsnt Law
ished
WARMoTHs INFLUENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
''Warmoth went back toiLouisiana Disguised,
and declared that he could have nothing more
thing to everybody and did nothing for any
body. Then John Sherman and Gibson came
IN n.sby .bay and got IL Their work And
lieye that he would appoint McMiien Sherman RI ian
and Gibson. were chuckling over a positive
hes ws heSever ySe nf dnp ap in ths Way 81
Williamson, in that neither one of the Lou !
isiana Senators was interested in him, and it
apaa rnl1 hat r1n,, e
be brought over, he would be defeated in the
Senate. Accordingly, Sherman and Gibson got
hold OF
KELLOGG,
cord aforesaid, J., and in that manner dragged |
him up to the While House where he was made |
to say in his " usual guarded phrase that the
tory to him as any that could be made''
of Kellogg was what did the bnsiness5i asked al,
Williamson is Kellogg's man, but Kellogg would |
rather have him in the. Custom House than |
either ah Lawrenoe Or M MMGMillen r fact Kellogg
was to prevent either the return Of Lawrence's
81 TIE appontment Of MeMen
course OF lew days 1t Was reported that
THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
had agreed to report upon him adversely. This
was due to the fact that Eustis had fixed all the
Democrats on the committee against the nomi-
nation: while Spencer, who is g member of the
committee. had stated in one of its sessions that
ne was autharized to say that Kellogg was OPP
Kellogg heard this he had to come out Of his
shell, and 30 he went to Conkling twho ID chair
man of the committee). said Spencer had mis-
represented him and asked that he be allowed
matter, where it was-in Spencers hands-and
he tkellogg) could make any arrangement he
pleased with him lspencerJ. There Is where it
stands now: Kellogg iss undeniably for vii.
hanson, but. as said before, his constitutional
to doing anything openly and above
board impels him to play a fast and loose game
Of appearances"
What will be ..
THE REsULTW
| asked.
7 cant tell; It is curious muddle. heard
last night that Packard would withdraw his op-
position. Packard could prevent the conflrma-
ion L OF Williamson, provided Enstis could get
all the Democrats to vote against him. because
can get Blaine ard Dorsey at least.
with perhaps four or five other Republicans, to
vote the way he wants them to. But it is not
certain that Eustis can get all the Democrats to
vote with him. on account OF Gibson, who has
some friends there who will vote as he asks
Them to without regard to Eustis. The scheme
n 0yu Ia tn /