, 1880-10-13
TIE PALMER 1lousE.

THE PALMER HOUSE.
Within tho, history Of diaappolntmcnts
there tl,cro can Aeldnm have bcsh IN occasion
sthal! = lsDdicusl nf cn!crtainnlcut rs was
THO 'le!cctatl0n Of The Democratic. gcntleln,'n
wiz went there 10 Ilcar thc elcettu,,' returns
is n1t Ind to tho result of tflc election.
which, from n Democratic, standpoint, Was
d|,pp ,i||s,appointInE eouS hut slnp!y Y oiss t.e
gratultors dissemination of political liaior-
lnntIon. by o'c'ack In the evening quite q
respcctnhle-slzed gathering f!ntl collected ~
sost S S's' JAZZ. tS XII easyss @ Is y to ecal 'soe.
rncy wefu present, fran tho silk-st0ckings,
WHO found representatives IN rorry
Smltn ssnI9s nmh Ju,lHr; n,'c;+. 'e to so't'd. ,.
dsa. 'P rsS Sfs S5 ,eonn FL Rn tosep oG acRI"
aata others. 1mrsonatcd efficiently; ',own t9
tq acc ssk M sa Mse s 7G sas fSr fSrsss sssr IL 9a
oratorieal md perpotllnl!y shabby littI,,
Lewis" 1ryse thrce tl!stfnctlyc. classes
y nGed te ss toSssr xas d eqS nrts 70 os .ya9 @ Se
messed III 2 hotel rots!i'tln. There was 20
evidence Of superficial excitement III the
crowd; all attslnpts nate to nronse
'Tley la.l conie to ilcar tho returns from IL
tl}nnn, atl to NIL ot'ler, matters they turned
.lcnt Aar. At 4 few minutes past o'clock
MaM III tho ba!eonv rentl solno retnrlls from
t Ohio showing Nenibllcan gHin;s n quarters
sSo Republican ill., minority IN tlls audience.
:rln:sc returned II lnsty tribute IT "
crailc ranks ca1le froi,l tl,lck.volcctl Fifli-
Wartler, WIN, despite tho fnct Tint there
WGru lutlips present, rAlscd tho cry, Fhwhy
This somewhat profaltcty-expr.:sstd sent!-
nelt very shortly beRal, tu pass from mouth
to mouth in the crowd, md when the news
cAMo TINT 9t thq Grand l'ac!ifc Hotel
1ntIiann q, 4 'nost Interesting description,
tlle grulnhllng beca,lle widespread. Still,
Take 1t altogeti,er, the gathering was MI ex-
ceedIngly patlent o5e. 1t facet to The north,
wis at once noted alul hopefully credited
with being t',e forcrnnnsr of the one Thing
nse;lllNtnn .'lspatc rhc balcony WIS "s
bur or prople hoti. Iades md gentlemen, SIT
ting. upoi, It,. but 1t was occupied by
CharfeyC,tllat Is to, say, colonel-Caln;;
SfS gfe o Ts a1S GSal of fassu III 's and fs1t 6satY
who, 1t WIS platn tn see, were charmed with
thu serpentfne grnces of Ills col,vcrsatlonat
powers. l'ut, they had no hover whatever
sy nsd s s'tssE an 'ts's tsE ss @ exctsl i ry %
gla1lces Of admiration whcl! sN't from
rotunda To balcony. se was mistaken. The
tribute was thu C1pnel's, aud, though !le
pulpably sweiled WY, humility nt beng IN, tho
through tic ordeal with ),attent resignation:
Thucruwt at intervals called up!ll tise Coiol,c!
for speech, but liz declined with II gl1,eefn!
wave Of liai!d cncased I'll 1onr-butto1,
Nino o'clvck .u,i1ic, but still no dispatch.
Tho paticnco of the crowd was wearing but
tl,cy stlIl stuck manfnlly to their post. ul'ol!.
WilIiaM- -fIarnllarly knowls In tho party ~
buck Of the bnlcumy, alld Il slcerh was d..
mn1iied, bull lie Slipped out Ut sight, al.l tllo
iong.dclnycd1 ,,llaceo!ntabjy Iclayed-
dlspatcIles: ~ lust, ono Oldham, whose faee
was full Of anxiety, called out: 'Eor t;osi's
sakS rea st rs zgth1ng + from es iSi"nS; ;or; "
struck tho keynote Of tug suspicious whicl
Ind bugun to tase huitl Of the ui.ltts of the
gathering, and tho old gentlcn,all's rcqucs
Tor nuws-yootl Or batt--Was taken up ,tlt
ilalf. .past D u'clock came, aliti still no now!
frunl tic sister State. The suspense WIS ~
nslcl to bear. 1t was unl,erc1fnl. Tho ex
, for tho last tiMo was hardly inurO terrtbt
tliaM 1t. 1t WIS plafn to read OIL every manf
faco that tho suspense could not much !o''ge
, Ali still tho eyes Of tho crowd turned III
/ Thu aDparItioll Of nh 4. y. 7, hoy su,!1enl.
! breaka through tllo upper gathering. lie dc
HSss Hs n c1ii S GGl9ss M 9c rla p Se5" " es} th
breath alltt ifx telr oyes i,lnrs intelltly upnI
, tear .npe,l tho envelope: Tie, Colone! rcntl
S a4isFs !s'eee o ePMa Fst Il ~ Fl 5 pt To "' @ III, Ii
C1lonet. THO news h's E9ne abroad I
: riycd, md from bar-roon, -Illiurtl.rooill
Tf!'se II tSa &id 5 %sre ~! Ras'
, lno,ncntarlly trbM tho rotnnda rush bac
T&o rIe't coofeI % rises, 1le adjusts his spccte
Sles a' sy I'll ople lts IT. II tic 'sS sstu III a rs
. Tho tension Is too great, t'ia string VII
! break: 1t Is break-but no,-the co'o'e
3 *The Six tcent1 rrc cinct of-slarlon-
'si gam oif-TWEN- Ts:E rw,, 'tc.t n.o-".1p'
y III y single moment tllu a[sappo,l!,n,tment
tile byg0nn hours Was reuMised. 'll!o crew
i tile l,atltl. Alen who ''al waited patiently
j, linl rccklcs!y to tlle bur. Three cheers wer
g giyem f9T r. 1dro'f n;s sa thGsG h ,S ps wsf y
!; tiIun that tho gathering N.Y. fully nIlye t Il,
/. fuct that upNn tho Sixteenth l'roclnct q
Mut!on Cnu1ity tho slI1u result III lndiail
i. depended, n,,tl TINT tic Democratic gal
- - there Of Twenty-Five n!e2nt n walk:oycr fl
u t:e1,. Hancock next month. NOtWltllstant
! Ing the exhaustive iats!re Ut tic dispatch! til
u E1ltl0rlnE waitc.l rouiMl for lnure-tlIut Is I
say, sonlo 0f Its n.untbers did, A gru;
!. 1ntltly dropped oil. Thure WIS solnethill
= satisfying lii tho nnlure Of tho iHws from, til
l. Sixteenth Precinct, ald large nrlIbt
I, went away after tloy henrti It. II It tn
= becll my othor precillct bl.t tho S!xtucllt
= thuy might hnve Waitetl nrnuttl ntl0ther tW
I. hours until another Ut the Alartun Count
j. prceilrts cnile III, but ttuIl, tho Slxteent
~ PRECINCT, Of course, was 4 settler. tllt lEgi
Y Y WIS nyer, mil like sensible men, Il lRrg
nu1nbor 1f tho Denlocrstlc gentlemen Wal
~ lsl,ue. !,
as TiIoso WIN stayed did not adA much to Il
10 f,lntl Ut statistical Information nlreaAy sM
III piled. Al utuut 10 30 =. III, another c1'lcnl
/. frutiUn 0f wanderers from various p!rts
" tho hotel upon the rtullsln tonk place IT WI
I" not .lts.aItGl,, however,. 1t WIS l!iertly
-. il.istuttu Of the portcr's Win, suddenly 9wu
Y Antrg fruAl dTtalsl.tltstNrbell H!MnlGer III q
sh armchair under tho ba!coIly. groalied fort
w HPasscugers for all 1lltllanA r0tnts via -
in+t. ttt4t .uu In ft NJ