It is not known what offices the Democratic members of the Common Council had "within their gift," but it certainly seems as if M. Parker Williams, the editor and proprietor of the Register, knew more than he was telling his readers.
The following item appeared a little farther down in the same column of Evening Register for that day.
Current opening meetings law would not allow such a gathering to take place without the public being present, and it's probably just as well. With only three new members on the "Aldermanic body" in 2020, there would be thirteen at the table, which is always bad luck.
Central House, where the Council "partook of a sumptuous supper" in 1870, appears at the far right in this 1868 photograph. It was located on the southeast corner of Warren and Fifth streets.
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