Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-07
SILENCE REIGNS.
The Government Departments Like
Banquet Halls Deserted.
The Grand Exodus of Able Bodied Clerks
With Republican ProcliYities, who
Retain a Residence in Their
Native States.
DULL DAYsATTHE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Special Dispatch to the Register.

Special Dispatch TO the Register.
WASHINGTON, November Cit is estima-
ted that nearly three thousand Department
clerks and other Federal Office holders have
left the city during the past week to vote
in their respective States, and as conse-
quence, the wheels of the Government do
not reyolve with their accustomed smooth
ness. A tour of the departments to-day
showed them to be nearly deserted by all
knights of the quill and ruler whose votes
were available to the Republican cause. A
good many clerks who, during the period
Of the Territorial Government in this dis
trict became citizens and entered into
politics here, have not cared TO resume
their legal residepce elsewhere now that
suffrage IS denied herc, but IN nearly every
instance such clerks have combined to
Defray the Expenses
of one of their impecunious associates who
has vote. A method adopted by some has
been TO pair with Democrats OF their towns,
and great pains have been taken to see TO 1t
that the pairs will be honest The chief
clerk of the treasury said to-day that it was
surprising to him that so mach work was
done in the treasury, in view OF the great
Nexodus, as he had 500 letters to SIGN. Most
Of these letters, however, were written by
women clerks. ---
The few Republicans OF prominence re.
naming in town are disposed TO be silent
when questioned as to the result of to-mor.
rows voting, but few are willing to talk,
and while not feeling particularly cheerful,
profess to have well grounded hopes that
their party will win a substantial victory
and retain a working majority ia the
ofD
Received Here From Baltimore
are that there is intense feeling over the
political situation there, and that there is
a determined effort on the part of the lnde-
pendents to relieve that city of its boss
rule. The Congressional fight is not in
volved in the Independent movement, but
it will be affected somewhat to the advan.
tage of the Republican nominees. The
impartial judgment however, is that the
city will elect two Democratic Con.
gressmen, with decreased msjori
ties, and that Chapman Democrat)
will Likely carry his district (the Fifth,
leavIF e the Sixth in doubt, with the proba.
bilities against Judge Blair, although he
has all the hitherto warning factions of the
Democratic party united in his interest.
The Republicans have able canddates-one
or more of them of large wealth-and that
party will stubbornly contest the three
possibly doubtful districts-the Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth-with some prospects Of
success IN two at least. The first and Sec
ond are conceded to the Democracy.
From Virginia
the news comes that il has been slow and
Giresome work to bring the old-time Demo
Gratis out OF Virginia to the support OF late
Readjuster in the person OF John +. Mas
sey as Congressman at. Large against the
Malone machine-a man who is against
Malone from spite, not principle. Even if
Massey had the credit Of an outand-out
nomination from the Democratic conven.
ton, il would still be difficult to secure for
him the united support Of the Democratic
party of Virginia. The utter want OF an or
ganizatlon is of course against him, but
if be can secure most OF the Democratic
IcIuIvICou ny CnUuSu uiSdheC'cu neau'
iusters, he may slip in between the Malone
candidate, John s. Wise, and Mr.. Dawson,
the colored preacher, who is the anti-Ma-
hone candidate of the anti.administration
Republicans. This, however, is not be.
lieved. 1t is impossible to predict the re-
suit in the doubtful districts, where there
are triangular contests on Congressmen-
such as the First, Second, Seventh and
Ninth. The Democrats will, OF course,
carry the rest.