National Republican., 1876-11-09
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Affected Them.
Wien daylight came yesterday m,rning
many people were still On the streets after
night of excitement. In few hours the thor
oughfares were again alive witt people, all OF
whom were seeking for the latest ne VS.. The
Democrats felt very good over the dispatches
of the night before and would not lisse to any
one who suggested doubt. Early In the after-
noon a crowd collected about the telegraph
offices, and q few dispatches wers received,
which encouraged the Republic ans to talk.
Men who had been so sure Of Democratic
victory in the morning began to doubt. The
interest and the anxiety was very great.
"Whst is the news now ~ WAS the common
question, and no one could say exactly what
the news was. -... -. - ~. -.----
At nightfall the streets swarmed with peo-
pie. A dense crowd stayed about the telegraph
Offices. Men who had gone to bed the night
before fully convinced thst Tlden had been
elected by an overwhelming majority, read the
dispatches posted in the windows with wonder
ing eyes, A silent crowd gathered in front of
the .-r. ... -a-s..
DEM. JACK. HEADQUARTERS,
on Louisisna avenue, and watched the sheet
in front of the building, but no dispatches were
showing. A gang of young roughs took pos
session Of the rooms, and the air rang with
cures and an occasional <'Hooray for Tflden"
Two or three fights were begun, but nothing
serious happened. ..--.r-.-.r
There was Q large crowd during the evening
in front of the fflden and Hendricks Reform
Club rooms, on Seventh street, and dispatches
were read from the balcony. The crowd was
anxious, and dispatches were listened to
eagerly. Very little came over the wires to
make them enthusiastic. Whenever any of
he hao n nf nf the dferaatfhag
received at Republican headquarters they
pooh-poohed, and said that the dispatches
must be Republican fbrications. Several
speeches were delivered, and q great effort
was made to excite enthusiasm, but failed.
About ten O'Clock It was announced that q
dispatch had been received from New York
saying that no more news would be sent that
night. The meeting was then adjourned and
the crowd dispersed.
REPUBLICANS. '..-. ....-.
The most enthusiastic gathering of the
evening was that In and about the rooms of
the Republican Congressional committee, on
F street. The tidings that good news was
coming in was carried all over town early In
the evening, and Republicans rallied here to
see what truth there was in the cheering re-
ports.
Dispatch after dispatch, giving the results
in States before considered doubtful, were
sung, speeches were made, and the infection
was carried out on the street and into the
Democratic crowds, where occasionally some
one would hurrah for Hayes.
The Offices of the Cincinnati Gazette and
the New York World were open and filled
with people.
Preparations had been made during the day
for Democratic procession last night, but
the torches were not distributed.
NIGHT.
At night the excitement ran higher, and
there seemed to be danger of some serious
disturbance. A large force of police was dis
tributed about the central part of the city, so
as TO be In reach Of the several places where
the crowds gathered. Such vigilance was ex-
ercised that nothing more serious than a few
street fights occurred.
A large crowd, composed mainly of Demo
Gratis, were assembled during the evening
about the headquarters of the Tilden and
Hendricks Reform Club, on Seventh street, to
hear dispatches read. About O'Clock q party
OF eclored men and boys, who had been parad-
ing the Streets, came up Seventh street, and
when they reachsd the Democratic crowd
collision occurred, which would have resulted
seriously If it had not been for the proasps
action of the police. Two or three shots
were fred in the crowd, and the colored men
were put to fight. Lieut.. Kelly, with some
of his command, put himself between the
crowds, and kept the whites back while the
blacks hurried away down Seventh street.
A number of small fights, which were
quickly quelled, sprung up in the vicinity Of
the telegraph Offices at the corner of Four
teenth street and the Avenue. .'' o..
About midnight last night Officer Long
street arrested James Cofey, white, upon
complaint of Sbedrick Foskey, colored, who
charges Coffey with threatening to shoot him.
According TO Foskey's statement 1t appears
that he had gone into Hogan's restaurant, on
E street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, TO
induce friend of his to go home, when Coffey
leveled q revolver at him and with an oath
told Foskey to 60 out or he would shoot him.
He then went quietly out and summoned an
officer, who arrested the offender and took
him to the Fifth precinct station.