National Republican., 1880-11-03
REOEITING TIE NEWs.
Exultant Enthusiasm Among Republican,
In the city - Hearing Returns and cello
bratlng the Victory.


in the city - Hearing Returns and Celc-
bratlng the Victory.
Tho excitement on tho streets last night was
greater than has been witnessed since the war
Al early dusk people began to movo down the Ave
| nuo as to q central point ana before o'clock at
least 10000 people were congrcgaod In tho space
between Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets aud
Pennsylvania avenue aud L street. The conf
deuce animatlng the republican party for the past
month was amply justified by the returns which
came in at the various republican news centres,
and which indicated that Garfield had walk
over In Tie contest which has so fortunately and
so brilliantly ended In the bcst Interests OF tho
country and of humanity. At the various demo.
cratic centres for receiving news the crowds were
immense in number aud highly enthuscd
but as regards both numbers and en-
masses who turned out by thousands IL has boon
said 10y uuthinkng people that Washington was
tary had been wanting, last night furnished 1t con-
clusiv0ly. The night was all that could be de.
sired for such an occasion. being balmy, mild and
clear. Thousands ofladie3 accompanied by their
escorts, and very enthusiastic over the returns,
crowded The streets. More people were on the
streets probably thgn on any occasion since the
| carnival In 1871. The excitement was intense,
| manifesting itself among y, republicans by vo.
| ciicrous, good-humorcd cheering, and among the
| democratic crowds by sullcn yclls, few and far
| between. The UNMARRIED returns OF republican
gains and republican mnjorltcS from every north
ern State made the thing rather munotonouT
| 0grccnbly so II must be confessed for the rcpub.
cans, but exceedingly dsagrcciblc for the other
side. To add to the discontinue OF lhe "unter-
| rihcd' the repub leans spread upon the various
screens, Mt intervals between the returns series
Of dsSolyiug views, which were regarded with dis
satisfied eyes by the democracy "Dissol iing views
OF the flesh pots, said one democratic wit at the
| Imperial with grim humor. "'rho jlgs up and the
| dance over; but who the DEVILS going 10 pay tho
| hddlerV His question was unanswered, and re-
mains an open one at the present. As the night
| wore on the excitement became more and more
intense, although singulurly good.nRtuied.
| Tho Towpath club made its headquarters ut THE
| NATIoNAL REPUBLICAN Office where the returns
were shown to thousands of people in the streets
by means of screen and sioTcopticon. During
| the evening number of speeches were made and
| the greatest good feeling prevailed.
! Among the views displayed at the Veteran club
aud ,yocierous applause: First, the motto, our
President" followed by the portrait of President
Hayes, then the motto, Our next President elected
to-day" which dissolved into handsome
portrait of General Garfield. Succeeding this
came the words thrown out upon The screen
for president in 1884 which dissolved Into the por
| trait of Ulysses S. Grant The cheering which
| greeted this picture vas deafening. The various
| newspaper offices on Fourteenth and f streets
were thronged until q late hour by anxious in
quircrs for news. People were out Mt IL o'clo ok
who probably had not been out OF their Deds ut
| The crowds In front of the republican congress
| sionnl headquarters on i street II umbered thou
sands and were so dense that street cur travel was
inpeded. Dispatch after dispatch wos read, all
showing great republican gains and demonstrating
| q national north against u solid south
| at last. The news was uninterruptedly good
and tho enthusiasm consequently unbounded.
AS tho night deepencd the sullen dissatisfaction
OF the democrats lll.brookcd the exuliant enthusl
asm OF the republicans and number OF street
fights was the result. In some cases pistols and
stones were used, but happily without effect Con-
| sidering. however, the tremendous strain which
| the people have passed through, the good nature
and lack of disturbance was wonderful.
The Irish. American Republican club received
bn al I'm il,n
building. MnJor Rankin presided over the pro-
| ccodings. Speeches were made by number OF
gentlemen and the Victory celebrated IN true Irish
style.
At the Imperial hotel little band of democrats
had assembled to hear the news. The venerable
John i. Norris acted as master of ceremonies as
sisted by some OF the old wheelhorses OF the Dem.
| Jacks. A screen had been erected upon which TO
display the returns, but rs they were not OF n
cheering character the committee In charge
showed only few which were stated TO have
given malorlties for Hancock An amusing incident
will Illustrate: The crowd had waited patiently for
upward Of an hour for some news, when dispatch
was shown stating that Two Rivers, Wis,
had given 1879 majority for Hancock "Oh, hell =
remarked q disgusted bourbon Il suppose
If there had been three rivers his majority would
have been increased by one" In lien ofdispGtches
the members of the democratic associations pres.
!. ent entertained the audience with The usual har.
angues. The crowd did not relish this state of uf-
fairs and gradually dropped of TO places where
ing set of democrats could not bc seen than at tho
Imperial hotel after halfpas i0o'cock last night as
tAcy reUlZeu tnlI INC superb was nOpele8sly de-
leated. At quarter past 10 o'clock the following
bulletin was displayed at tho office Of the demo-
cratic olgan
Returns so far point TO the election of Garfield
Democrats concede nothing and hope for better
news later"
Mr.. Charles Williams, while standing in front oil
the Ebbltt last evening cheering for Garfield, was
, approached from behind by some Inlscrcant who
dealt him terrible blow in the head with II blunt
instrument telling him TO the ground. lie was
taken into HGlphcnstine's drug store where DR..
Crook rendered assistance and found that his head
had been cut but no serious injury sustained
A fight occurred on Il street, near Fourteenth,
shortly after IL o'clock, between several white and
colOrcd mon. A largo crowd quickly gathered and
, there was every indication OF q first-cass riot
| Lieutenant Arnold, Sergeant johnson and Officers
, Fritz and Audridge dispersed them and broke up
| the fight when Colored man named John Bush
assaulted while man who hurrahed for Hancock.
HO was put under arrest and despite stout resist
} amce, taken to the nth precinct station. Upon
! searching him loaded revolver was found, and
two charges were placed against him.
About o'clock this morning, while crowd oi
men were marching and singing on Pennsylvania
avenue, near Eleventh street, runaway team
dashed among them, knocking down colored
man named Joseph Moore and cutting his right
check badly. He was taken TO the fifth precinct
station, where his wounds were dressed alleI
which he was sent TO his home on Fifth street
southeast.