Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-05
Receiving the Election Returns.

SCENES ABOUT THE CITY LAST NIGHT.
Considering the Importance OF yesterdays
elections and the number OF states voting there
was very little interest manifested in the re-
turns by the citizens OF Washington last MI ht.
The streets presented their usual appearance
and even at the points where telegrams were
expected the crowds were not as large as usual
on such occasions
AMONG THE REPUBLICANS.
Dispatches were received at republican head
quarters, at the Tribune Office and at the R.
publican Office All these locations We're pretty
lively up to ten O'Clock. The interest seemed to
go down with the thermometer. After ten the
crowds began to dwindle away, ana at eleven
only the faithful were on hand. Usually when
a man gets position at one OF the places where
returns are received he holds it, perfectly 81 Is
fled to sacrifice his cOrnS in his thirst Tor the
acquisition of knowledge. Last night 1t was
man in search of the truth meandered around
from point to point and finally went home un-
satisfied. But little interest was manifested in
the result in any of the states except New
York and MasSachuSettS-in the former on
account of its pivotal character and in
the latter on account of Butler. The
first advices from the Bay State had a decidedly
Butler tinge, and made the crowd little blue
at the uptown localities. The outlook was soon
changed, however. and the boys felt better
and went over and ''took something" The New
York news was very unsatisfactory. and every
body went home without any clear idea of how
things had gone. The crowd around republican
headquarters did not stay out in the front yard,
as on the night of Ohio's big day. The air was
biting: so the rooms OF the building. up stairs
and down stairs, were crowded almost to sutfO-
cation during the early part OF the evening. The
tobacco smoke was thick; there was more to-
bacco than news. At the Tribune office the
rooms were filled to overfiowing-but the
overlooking man went somewhere else when
his coat-tails caught the evening air.
In the Republican, Office there was jam for a
time, and then struggling crowd up to half
past eleven. At no time upon the night of such
an election as that OF yesterday were there as
few people out or as few satisfactory returns in.
Drunken men up town were very few, though
ever and anon there was heard the whoop Of
combined bug juice and party enthusiasm, with
the fluid responsible for most of the noise. Gov
ernOr Foster, of Ohio, and Webb Hayes were at
General BoyntOns office, after information The
dispatches received We're sent to the President,
who sat up late reading them.
THE DEMOCRATS,
as usual, depended upon The Post for their news,
but even kilograms that were favorable to them
were received very quietly. 1t was o'clock
before there was any crowd at all assembled
and at that hour nothing had been received
from New York, the state in which all interest
centered. 1t was apparent, from the democratic
countenanceS, that they were prepared for the
worst, and that state OF mind accounted for
their quietude. About half-past 10 or II o'clock
the crowd numbered about one hundred and
dispatch that Robinson had 10000 majority in
Brooklyn, and that Cornell was running behind
his ticket, afforded some encouragement and
the party revived at this, and other tele-
grams announcing good Robinson vote
here or there were greeted with cheers.
The crowd was thoroughly democratic, and in
short time there were numerous estimates to
show that Robinson had been elected. Hardly
any attention was paid TO any state except New
from which the democrats hoped for any COM
fort. At midnight 1T was firmly believed that
Robinson was elected, and for an hour or so
there was real democratic enthusiasm manifest
ed Later kilograms indicated the defeat OF
Robinson, and democrats conSoled themselves
with the belief that they had elected their state
ticket, from lieutenant governor down. When
the belief prevailed that Robinson had won, 1t
was universally admitted that it meant
the denomination of Tilden by the
democrats for President. The unanim-
crowd indicated how such a result would affect
the entire party. Later, when RO6inSOn'S de-
feat was assured, the assembly was equally
unanimous in agreeing that it shelved Ttlden and
called for the nomination OF some other leader.
Bayard was the favorite in the event of New
York having given Tilden his death blow, and
bets were made last night that he (Blyard
would be the next democratic candidate for the
presidency.
"MUCH SURPRISE"
A correspondent Of a Staunch democratic
paper left his Office about 10 O'Clock, with the
request to Bourbon friend of the pronounced
did not return before half-past IL" He returned
at quarterpast H. just In time to stop the Office
boy from putting the following on the wires
THE election OF the entire democratic ticket In
New York and the overwhelming success OF
that party in Pennsylvania causes much sur
prise here. The most ultra democrats, with
Cornell in New York, and asplred to no claims
whatever on PennSy lvanta- Naturally the re-
pubhcans, especially the Office-holders, are very
much detected over the unexpected result. Sec
rotary Sherman says Il don't understand it..
The democrats are making preparations for a
grand celebration of the event."