Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-16
The Evening Of the Election at War
ren.

Mr.. Sanderson, editor ofthe Niles In
dependent, was one of the bearers OF the
glorious dispatches from Weathersfeld
to Warren on Tuesday night of the cleo
ton. Being on the ground and partici-
pating in the patriotic publications of the
Republicans, and also having been al
v witness Of the dull, distracted situa
ton of the Demo Liberal "What You
Call Thems," at Woods Hall, he tool
ayew notes of the more prominent fea
lures of the evening, which are excel
lently stated. We copy as follows:
Tuesday evening last, after the result
of n vote at our polls was k OWL.
quite a large party Went to Warren t.
hear the turns from other parts of the
state and from Pennsylvania and Indi~
ana Arriving in that city, the COur
House was found 10 be Republican
Headquarters. A large number of pen
pile from all parts of the county were
present. Capt. Dyer a his way {
the platform and announced the vote q.
n les, with a majority Of 2S4 and an act
ual gain of lI9 over the vote Tor Cover
nor i'm 1871 The announcement WIS
greeted with immense applause. Soo
At er the vote of Mineral Ridge Wa
given from the stand-a gain of 81
Mora cheers for Weatherstield-tne ban
ner township of the county.
As tue returns came in from d!ffereu
pyrtS at Ohio, Pennsylvania and IudI
AHA. showing large gains. aud maxim
il tvIdenL that the Ia first States hau
given large Republican maiurities. TIN
e thusiaSm Oi the crowd bect eintens-
Cheers were gwen with a will IS eac.
dispatch was read by the rhairma,
young men threw up their hats and O'd
men sung John Brown" as We used I
hear it sung in war laws with a chorus
more emphatic than musical. Shor
speeches were made by a scOre or NOR
present, noted more for gnnd feeling
tlan either wit or ~eluquenre. Even,
Greeley men who had wandered into tn
Cnnrt House as looNerS Oh in Venice
caught the general injection, aud joiner
IN the cheers over Republican victories
AT the Democratic Liberal headquar-
tiers in Woods Block, a different play
was on the boards. A lew OF the faith
full were gathered there, in the early
evening flushed with their success IN
making a gain Of 20 in Warren, but as
the news flashed in over the wires from
other parts OF the voting States, it car
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ranks. Only once were they given the
occasion for a hearty, earnest cheer,
WI en- the news came up of the great
Democratic victory in Hamilton c1unty.
After this their spirits fell with each
successive dispatch. Att A. NJ, Lib
erai headquarters was a scene for the
| pencil of Mast. Al the east end of the
nall, sitting around a large table. with
ieet elevated and hats drawn low down
over wrinkled brows, were h few
faithful almost lost To consciousness in
the stupOr born OF their crushed hopes.
A message boy would enter, the echO OF
his creaking boots sounding as much
ont of place as the fall of ten pound
brngans on the church aisle offs Sunday
morning. The chairman would take
the message and read : Confederate
Cross Roads-Republican majority IA
gain ofe3." The hats around the table
would settle a little lower down in front
-McQuistoa would relieve his sur
charged soul with a breathing sigh, and
Simeon LIS boots would pass a few
inches further under the table, The
youthful Becker, alone ofall the group,
wore q bold front in this hour Of des-
tiny.
The last dispatches received at Re-
publican headquarters still LEFT Indiana
in doubt, but there could De no doubt
about Ohio and Pennsylvania, and that
was glory enough for one day. The
crowd dispersed between l and O'Clock
in the best possible humor, feeling that
a good days work had been done for the
country, and one that would ensure the
re election of General Grant in Novem-
Der.