, 1879-06-03

| the campaign. Tile usual crowd ,sas present.
but long before the returns began to como II,
the laces OF thu party workers we're elongated,
and settled conviction seemed to lower oyrr
them that s1Icrc was nothing but defeat, the
only question being as to tho majority u tte.
enemy. While all conceded the loss OF the city,
there weru 4 for who believed that
the majority would 10 50 small TINT
II might be overcome Ia tile country
towns. Among the latter WIS Ju'lCc Williams,
WHO up to III O'Clock was the only candidate
around, tbougl, ho was br no meaus enthusiastic.
lhe tirst returns were not announced until Q
o'clock, nnd they were anything but Inspiring,
saow!nX that very light Republican vote had
been pollcd, and tint most Of the scratching had
beon donn by tlle1n In thotr strongholls. This
was datuper, mud enough 10 confirm tho
general belief, yet tllcrn were those who chcereil
Gnl pretended to zee stlycry lining 10 tl'c rcry
dark DARK cloud: An hour Inter, however, the last
ElI'n'ncr Q! hope had disappearcd, anl the Inst
words Of cheer Ind been heard frum
aue1v el Heaanl1'' araans ou1 many q. r. n when 5 a
e'vsn pacu to DemucEats, who had nppeured In
such numbers ,Is to lluvc charge nf the rotu,la
they npplatNEcl, OF course, as each new pre-
c'uct was announeetl, mid the moro enthusiastic
gary gary utterancc 10 their feelings In YelIs Of de-
jurstfcs, III which tho NcpubIcans ,rio had tic
courage to face the storm took part, but ycry
l1st!c money changed hands. Tho only other
pastlmo I'atronlzta syheu not hursal1tng was
that of accounting TOR the unexpected result,
iar It VAS TO less unexpected 10 tllr Democrats
than tlc Republicans. Some were inclined to
give oil the credit to the Socialists but .1oo
dr4et!h,1t was there to Jtsna!u this proposition
breath to elatn tint all o cot for divcrtl,g .llat
vote to the Democratic cildidatcs was thu use
u q horse aud buggy for seycru days. others
cred!tcd tue victory to The character Ut The re-
publican tltdates, mud etlt! Others to tho fncs
lf'lt the Republicans e[s!mr stnycd at hou,o or
came out alKl voted fnr the UcmocrntIc ca1ld1- |
tiatcs, and tEo speculntlng and rejuIci,lg ,ras
keht up until midnight, the crowd growing |
uulte exuoefa1t IN spirits btfore d.spcralng. /
THE DEMOCRATS
had no headquarters. The rooms they had oc- |
cuEicu IN which to concoct their schemes wcro
dark, aud ilc banner which hnu lceu auspelJie,l
across tho street enhlaxutel with the names n{ |
Tue "peope's candidates" hud been removed
It tl!e various hotels, but nowhere could aur
considerable nutnhcr Ut tlc1n be found, They
vero really very rluch at sen, asl seemed to
iare maae every pTei!aration fur defeat. Those
:ctling the election OF Two Republicans, and
possibly three; nnll the most they rInfmra
sas the election Of Rogers ald McAllIster. It
vas ~ late as o'clock before they could f!ud
me anotler, aud BY thls timr they felt better.
lld lt,eEr faces begun to bc wrcateu viii, smiles
[ht reporter found them In the greatest number
I the Council Ct.utnber, wIere tlie returns wuro
olsiE received BY lhe .prrss, ulu anlout: ,l,rIn
on down to Nike E7nls. As tic rct1Tus rano
= tiey yelled, hnrrahed, npplauded, atl,l grew
'llI with enthusiasm, and II was not long bc-
oro TIC ro:!sl was so completely jnmmcd hY
ne rltl-raH that the n:Ilcr element OF tho
irtor0ls arinY lett fur tho ruetde Hotel.
Iey hurrafletl III scAsun H1nl out Of season, unI
times tue tulnsl!L was deafc:linE; but they wcro
lost attnotstrattve At the announcen,ent uf tic
'cnce TO whethcr tile minority was for or
sail'st t!let1, which thry Kept up until thu |
shts hai beeu turned out. 'N