National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-06
IN WASHINGTON.
How the Fight Looiss to Spectators n
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IhoNhhhW Nlhcs AWuJs
As the senate was not in session yesterday
thoro were but few senators about. Tho
returns from Chicago were posted up in tho
socretary's Office. There was hardly quorum
in tho house, and four or five roll calls were
made. AT 1 o'clock quorum was present,
and tho California and Oregon railway land
grant bill was passed. After that tho Aoor
was almost deserted, although tho space about
the telegraph Offices was thronged. The opin-
ion of most Of the members was that neither
Arthur nor Blaine could win aud that some
dark horse, probably Gresham, would carry
off tho houOrs.
Washington was not wrought up to any
great degree of excitement yesterday over
the political drama on tho boards at Chicago,
and but small crowds assembled about the
bulletin boards uptown. At night the inter-
est increased with the appearance of tho
government employees on the streets, and
many groups stood around and eagerly
discussed the outlook from standpoint 1000
miles away from the theater OF action, Very
few people wero inspired by their hopes to
invest much money in bets, consequently
very little betting was done
A ruddy-facod man, with fierce military
moustache indnlged in much Blaine blustor
in front of Wilard's hotel last night. Ho
finally pulled out q solitary $50 note and
hourishod it, with the remark, "This double
X says that Blaine will be nominated on the
first ballot"
"And here are ten double KS" said n
stern looking little man, with u disgusted OK
preston OH his face and a big red pockotbook
in his hand, "that Blaine will not be NOM
mated on the one hundredth ballot"
The ruddy-laced man could not find it in
his heart to waste his double X in such a
reckless manner, and in the face of so many
double KS, so he just sidled into the bar, and
in a few seconds the double X had been
reduced to q mass of small change, and the
ruddy face was made more ruddy by tho
Infusion Of big drink into his system.
THAT follows a daisy" remarked the
bartender aside as tho Blaine man stepped
out. "He has been around here Ginning all
day, and drinking ut somebody else's expense
The drink he just took cost him 10 cents, and
he took q boatswain's nip, which means three
fingers and tho thumb bent down"
The white house presented an unusually
quiet appearance during the day. Tho
President was kept advised of the action of
the convention by means of private wire.
His only visitors during the afternoon were
Secretary Chandler and one or two congress-
men. At night he had several callers, and
held frequent conferences with Hon. Don
Cameron.
The usual amount of interest was mani
Tested in the departments aud tho few posted
bulletins were closely watched by clerks of
both sexes The President is q great favor
ito with the ladies and they frequently exc
pressed wishes for his success. Pools were
opened in the surgeon generals Office. Blaine
was the favorite in the eyes of the clerks;
with Senator Sherman second.
A large crowd ofpeople gathered about the
Western Union telegraph Office last night and
read with interest the bulletins that were
posted on the large plate glass windows every
ten minutes. At . o'clock this morning
there were still between 300 and 500 people
there craning their necks to read the
latest returns as they were posted
by n man on q step ladder. About 1:30
o'clock an old gentleman who had been
standing against the wall nodding, said with
a yawn, ~ guess l will adjourn for break
fast" The crowd laughed. At this point
young man appeared and announced in loud
voice that Judge Foraker had withdrawn
Sherman's nomination in favor of Blaine.
This caused a majority of the crowd to hiss
like Aock Of frightened geese.
The announcement that Arthur had been
nominated caused cheers and other manifes-
tations The crowd was good natured and
joked between bulletins
Secretary Lincoln remained at the war
department until midnight and received
numerous special dispatches from tho con-
vention.