Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-07
THIS CITY'S NEWS.
MONT or JUBILEE IN RICHMOND.
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The interest in the election Dews heId
pnblic attention in Richmond yesterday TO
The exclusion of everything else. Liti"
business could be done. Merchants and
cu,tornc,s alike were absorbed in toe great
question Of the hour. Who has carried
The state OF New York, Blaine or Chre-
landyr Even tbc boys in the schools we're
90 excited that they could not study ~
usual. and the ,taid msiter.oi i-'aet teaeherS
found n hard b. ave their minds to the
daily routine.
WHAT OP VIRGINIA?
From every quarter OF the country tsle-
grams poured into Richmond asking how
The State bad gone.
There was no doubt 1t all here on that
score: IT Termed no part Of the popular IN
tre.t in Richmond, bat General Malone
/ al t,lcsraphcd North that Virginia was
Republican, and they wanted TO know u
IL Was true. The nnyarying answer 30 all
such inquiries was that Virginia wa, Dsm-
oeraiic lsvond the shadow II doubt. Al
orr home folks wished to know was who
had gotten the electoral vote Of New lO X.
That was the yexed question Of the day.
! The general tenor OF dispatches was favor
| able 10 Cleveland, but from time to time
| kilograms emanating from Republican
souIsss throw doubt upon The matter.
THE CROWD
A.on the say before, great crowd A.
stmhlrd M front of the UisBGtCh office, and
| there Il STAYED all day lonf. Among those
| thus assembled were merchants, lawyers,
| diyines. mechanics-many men moi usually
| much conserved in politics, and along with
them men oi devoted attachment 80 their
! pafty. II was a multitude composed Of
! people oi all degrees and stations. and 10
| 81 en- the news was read ~ fast AZ IL came
! TO the Dispatch. Our own news was thu.
! given the public, and with il good many
private kilograms received by business
/ housss from friends and correspondents 10
New York.
THE TSLFGRlN or KILOGRAMS.
Everything pointed 70 the elesiioa Of
! Cleveland, but il was not until about D
o'clock l.. n. lhit the homes OF the people
were confirmed and their mi,giyinEs re-
moved. Then aielegram was read from
Dir. Daniel Manning. chairman OF the Dem
cratic Committee OF New York, stating that
hevond doubt the s1cial figure. gave the
State 10 Cleveland by good mslOri'y, and
shat that Tosuitwas slfe beyond Republican
maehiuaiisns. This threw the crowd INTO
psroxysm Of JOY. Such shouting; such
cheering: such pleasurable excitement;
4 el,.t- -ftr a,ton ltlnttaus Ia
have never before been known here.
SALUTE FIsSD.
A small cannon was at once procured
and dragged TO the corner OF Twelfth and
Bank ,trsots and salute OF victory fred +;
one gun for each Democratic state IN the
I Uniop, and sovsrsl for Virginia aud New
/ York each.
Soon after that was heard the Christmas.
like sound OF nre-erackers and TIN horns.
As darkness eams OF rockets and Roman
candles were Cred. Bonfire. were kirdIed
on Broad street. Men put papea ROSTERS
in their hats. Crowds Of young people
paraded Main and Broad streets, aud with
luSty vsicts proclaimed to all the world
thai the day oi Jubilee had come; that the
Democrats had won; that Cleveland was
elected aud Blaine defeated.
LOST BLAINE.
Tos few only was il known that the Re-
publican Committee in New YORK refused
10 eoncede New York TO Cleveland; that
they meant 10 die hard and in tho last ditch,
as II were.
For Democrats the intelligence frop Mr..
Manning was sIl sufficient; 10 confirmed
their ardent hopes ssd reasonable cxpecta-
ions. Uptown, downtown, all about
town went troops OF Democrats carrying
the glad tidinss.
Through some OF the streets there passed
a cOlored boy ringing bell, signal wei
understood in these parts 90 mean thai
somebody was lost. A gentleman, who wa.
calmly surveying the excited muitilud,s
bsneyolcntly asked "Who IL lost 7" Tn,
bell-ringcr replied that he had FORGOTTEN
the name; be would 20 back and ask. Oh
he went for n little while and coming b,es
said " II is lost Blaine
The jake vss appreciated.
eOSrIREs.
A bi. bonfire was built OF empty sood-
boxes and barrels on Twelfth street he
tween the Dispatch office and the PlaDter'
Bank, and around it msn and boys gather.
ed by thousands. They threw into It fire
crackers by the pack, wnile III V Lighted
tie skies with the discharge Of fireworks
1hc bonfire went up 80 high and sem
down sparks in such showers that the au
thoriiies feared that the bank building
might Ire imperliled, and they bad the boa
fire put cut.
on Broad street. in front Oi the Citl
Hall. . monster bonfire was kndled il
which was used the lumber from The ole
n,skers' stand on the old City.iiAll lot
! Iarrais = EuQ SfgeQt
uscksd With people from one side 90 The
other. md from = big box on tns sOutl
side oi the street speeches were made By
Nes.rs, samuel =. " 1T, Joseph Christian
Julius Straus. and Lyon q. Tyler
II Sass grand glorfcation and Jubilee
No doubt at all was entertained Of thf
election OF Cleveland, and the speeehe
were oi that tenor. At ihe same time i
va, not doubted that The Republican,
would exhaust every resource OF ingenuity
and rascalty to keep themsclye. in power
The people expect that; but they believe
that Cleveland il elected. and that thi
Democratic Returning Board OF New Ysrl
will not allow him TO he cheated.
"OLE vIGGINSr.'
At ~ o'clock long line OF enthusiastic
Democrats. headed by band OF music
playins Cary Ne Back 10 ole Nirgnny,
came down TO the Dispatch Office, The mel
in the procession making the air tremulOu
with their htrrahs for Cleveland.
From every quarter OF the city ther
were voices ccLoing their shouts.
The whole male white population seemet
out on the streets and in the most loy0u
humor conceivable.
By II O'Clock the streets were quiet
The people had exhausted themselves,
not tie subject.
They had a good time OF II, and went 4
their beds happy.
ACHESTkR MATTERS.