Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

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There was Httle business tranactsd IN
nsshmcsd yesterday; the Interest In the
election returns was toe profound. Men
could Hcs give sheis mtods 10 che usual Of
Alts Of Me. A glcsf crowd. hungry Tor
sews. eongregatci In front Of The Dispatch
sssse and insisted on hearing every scrap Of
hicrmssicn thas came from every quarter.
Ouce. whea che bulle:sns did not
ssme forth ~ ,spidIy S they desired,
they appointed a COMMITTEES 10 wait
upcn ths editors Of the Dispatch 10
iussss thst the news should be posted.
They we're politely inierned that they
were having. and should continue 10 have.
The news ~ last "a 10 came; that OF The
nsmerous klegraph-nessengers they saw
entering the Office the great majority
brought tskgrams inqxiriDg how Virginia
lad gene.
when the news came that Assomsc
county had rolled up fno majority and
comforting iperease on the Wise. Massey
vote there were hearty cheers, and Hon.
George u. Wise arose aud spoke = few
words Of compliment " the grand old
county.
A. I o'clock VI was announced 10 tho
crowd thai tbe New York ECsa,Iaq TIE
Sysm extra claimed Clevelands election,
Whsreupon sherc w,s lrodigious cheering,
and men began to congratulate each other;
seme a ths most enthusiastic Rugged.
Rat when. la thc next breath. u was sasi
thst the New York HAL and Express noon
extra stated thai the resnit was doubtful
silence fell upon The enthusiastic multi
tctle.
A little safer The greatest solisituds was
fell about tbs State OF New York. Reports
we're coming In that II was still claimed by
tho Republicans ~ uncertain and sort OF
shadow fell upon the crowd. It's enthusiasm
toned down In marked degree. Between
and 3 O'Clock news came that the county
precincts Of New York State were steadily
reducing The majority Cleveland go, In
New York city and Brooklyn. The inoi
isat feeling OF Tbs people vert down like
the mercury in . thermometer in cold
wave. There were no calls for more OF that
ssrt n intelligence; the crowd fell of, me
began 30 90 TO dinner.
About 4 O'Clock a private telegram
read b the crowd stGed that Cleveland had
carried the state Of New York by about
1900. This acted upon the people like q
hsI ~; their hopes began 10 rise higher.
Al G 4. N. ssms the welcome announce
usnt ,hai Cleveland had carried New York:
that the Republicans we're giving 1t up.
This was received with great cheering.
All day long there were spprehensions
that the Democrats had lost Virginia; an
idea which tbe Republicans sednloisly
cultivated. but the returns q. they came to
The Dispatch Office showed steady i'm
Irovsmsnt in our prospects. About 9
o'clock =. n. they were figured up, with
spt reference either 10 the WIss-uasse
vote or 10 the election for Legislature last
year, and disclosed that The etate wsss'fe by
. handsome majority at which there was
hsartist Joy in Democratic breasts.
The crowd at night was very large. The
sarbspt bulletins were fairly encouraging
20 to New York, but later ones made the
ssptsst closer and closer. and the people
retired 10 their homes much in doubt.