Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04

At the headquarters of the Democratic Con-
greSsonal Committee they do not concede the House
to tie Republicans, but claim il by narrow ma
jority. dispatch received by Duncan S. Walker,
Secretary of the Committee, from New York this
afternoon, says: The Republicans claim the
House, but have not got it. We will have fair |
working majority" The Democrats also claim the
Senate by majority OF 5.
Notwithstanding the Democratic claims, how
ever the Republicans seem to have the House be-
yond question, by majority of at least s. The
Senate however, is in great doubt and is recog-
nized by both sides.
The Feeling at Washington.
WASHINGTON, November 3d.--The Depc-
here, foreign ard domestic, bear their - 1.a0
80, Is, the result has
g.. 80 49, - Us ago. At the headquar-
,tor. h,s cratic Congressional Committee
.een conspicuous absence of courage or
..idence since the defeat of the party in Indiana.
Before that nearly 100 hands had been employed in
folding and forwarding campaign documents, but
after the Indiana disaster these hands were dis.
charged Silence and gloom settled over what had
been hive of industry and it was plain to outside
observers that the Democratic backbone was broken
To-day, in conversation, the Democrats are
free to confess that they were fairly without
hope after the October gale. "It was
Indiana that defeated Hancock said a promi-
nent Democrat to-day at was the decision of
the Supreme Court making it an October State that
proved our destruction" Amid the wreck Of all
their hopes the Democrats insist that had Indiana
elected Landers in October, Hancock would have
walked into the White House in March. In pri-
vate letter. written there before the Indiana election
Garfield said We lost Maine, but will carry
| Indiana Bull Run made Appomatox possible"
Next to tie loss of the Presidency, the Democrats
mourn the loss of the ablest in the Senate.
Wallace Eaton, Herman. Thurman AID Mcdonald,
all go out with the close Of the short ses-
| sion. In speaking of this matter to-day, a
prominent Democrat told your correspondent
that with the exception Of Bayard, there were not
on the Democratic side four abler Democrats than
| those who have been similarly decapitated, and
whose places will be taken by Republicans after
March. Whether the Senate will have a working
majority of Republicans is still matter Of doubt
but it looks much If they wou > Officials of the
Senate now in the city very uneasy. Among
the Washington business men and real estate own
ers generally the result is satisfactory than
otherwise. The election of Hancock, implying
complete change among the Government officials,
would have upset things here. Accordingly, during
the past two months business has been almost at a
standstill.
The air is filed with predictions and guess-work
to what will be the result of this sixth defeat OF
the National Democratic party. Many think it will
by the board others that it will gather itself
together again, and come up smiling for the next
conflict. On one point, hewever, the members of
both parties pretty well agree that the solid South
will not be broken. Prominent Democrats claim
that it is utterly impossible for the party to try
win general success in the North with the solid
South milestone hanging to their necks, and say that
if two or three Southern States would swing into
the Republican party it would spike the biggest |
gun the Republicans ever had.
Ratification and J0lIif cation.
OMAHA, November 3d-A grand Republican rati- |
fcation and jolliication took place here tonight.
torchlght procession of nearly 1000 torches and
two bands of music paraded the streets One meet
ing was addressed in the Academy of Music, and |
another of about 5000 addressed out of doors.
Intense enthusiasm and joy prevails.
Garfield Replies TO Congratulations.
CLEVELAND, November 3d.-General Garfield was
congratulated to-day by the Facu ty and students of
Oberlin College, and said:
| do not wish to be unduly impossible or super.
stitious, but though we have outIived the days of
the augers, think we have right to think of some
events omens, and l grant this happy and
suspicious omen-that the first general greeting
since the event of yesterday is rendered to me by
venerable institution of learning. The thought |
has been abroad in the world good
deal, and with reason that there is a divorce
between scholarship and politics, but Oberlin, be-
leve, has never advocated that divorce. But there
has been sort of clustered scholarship in the
United States that has stood aloof from active par
ticipatien in public affairs. | am glad to be greeted
here to-day by the active, live scholarship of Ohio
and l know Of no place where scholarship has
touched upon the nerve center of public life SO eff
fectually as at oberlin For that reason l am
specially grateful for this greeting from the Faculty
aud students of 0berlin College and its venerable
and venerated President. Whatever the signif-
canoe of yesterdays event may be- 1t will be all the
more significant for being Immediately Endorsed by
the scholarship and culture of my State.
A Southern journal on the Result.
ATLANTA (Ga.) November 3d.-Commenting the
Constitution says " 1t is the elimination OF series
of blunders, lightning with Potters Committee and |
ending with the surrender of the party The selfish
whims eff element which has John Kelly for its
commanding General 1t would appear that the
line of sectionalism has been sharply drawn by the
in this. We are willing that the North should draw
the sectional line in politics il the South be per-
mited to draw the lire with respect to progress and
improvements, to those conditions and forces which
make the people happy in their fields, their
workshops and homes. We have prosperous fu-
ture before u.s. and to this end we should look in
tently. We have the cause of public education to
promote, and the welfare of great and growing |
section to foster. The South expected little more |
from General Hancock's administration than it will |
ask from General Garfields We want nothing more
than simple, exact, absolute justice. If the new |
President owes nothing to the South, he at least |
something to the country, and shall be glad
to see him cancel this debt by giving us admins
tration rm just and clear that of Mr.. Hayes"
Proposed impeachment OF Chica2O's |
Mayor.
CHICAGO, November 3d.-The Inter Ocean says :: |
There is a movement foot to impeach Mayor !
Harrison for alleged incendiary speech before |
election, and for other mproprieties in connection
with election matters.