The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-06
RECEIVING THE GOOD NEWS.
The Hilarious Demonstrations in the
City Yesterday and Last Night.
How the Republican "Tidings of Comfort
and Joy" We're Received-What Mr.. Hem
bricks and Chairman Henderson Say.

bricks and Chairman Henderson Say.
The several thousand people who fingered
about the streets through the night, anxiousy
awaiting tho announcement of the latest election
bulletins, began to diminish into hundreds
after 2 o'clock in the morning, but there were
many who hung around the newspaper Offices
and committee rooms until the dawning of day,
and with the light of the early morning came
new accessions to the nucleus of tired and hag
gard looking patriots who had waited through
the whole of the night for the cheering news
which had begun to come. Wherever bulletins
were posted or news could be obtained crowds
were gathered, and they thickened and swelled
rs the day grew Business generally suffered
|, from neglect No one seemed to have any inter
est in anything but the bulletin announcements
| and the election news. The one question which
every person asked every other per
son was, whats the latest re-
portp During the morning and early
| afternoon, while reports of the close vote in New
York and Indiana were coming in, and both
States were regarded doubtful, there was feel
ing of suspense in both parties, which restrained
the hopeful and doubtful from indulging in any
hilarious demonstrations The steady Republic
an gains grew more and more assuring during
the afternoon, and the Republicans grew cor
respondingly more enthusiastic. At o'clock
there were 500 people gathered about the Jour
nal Office corner, and the encouraging reports
which were announced at that hour were re-
ceived with continuous cheering. An hour later
the streets were thickly crowded that it was
difficult for while to get through the throng.
The crowd became wildly enthusiastic over the
good news received from New York, Wisconsin
and Indiana Hats were thrown into the air,
men shook each other and wrestled, and marched
and sang. From the exuberance of good feeling
over the assurances of Republican success they
became wildly demonstrative.
AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
The crowd about the Democratic committee
headquarters was subdued somewhat by the
depressing news received during the morning,
although Eb Henderson and James H. Rice in
the face of the unfavorable reports, continued
to claim the State by 7O00 plurality, declaring
that their private information from the differ
ent sections Of the State was more reliable than
the press reports However, this did not In
spire the Democrats with any great enthusiasm,
and the steady Republican gains which were
reported made them doubtful about the result
kilograms were sent out by Chairman
Henderson, claiming that the Democrats
would have plurality, but the
returns do not support him. James H. Rice was
kept busy calculating upon the probabilities in
dictated by the returns, and while he claimed the
election of the Cleveland electors, he admitted
that the information upon which he based his
estimates was wholly unofficial Everybody in
the committee rooms seemed disposed to claim
I hr,R
were unable to give any definite and reliable
information, and were anxious to know the Re
publican reports. During the evening Senator
Mcdonald received a dispatch from A. Cor
man, stating that New York was no longer in
| doubt, and that Cleveland's plurality would be
10, O00 The spread of this news raised Demo
cratic hope and enthusiasm, and both parties
entered upon the night feeling uniformly happy
and hilarious.
a GRAND MEDLEY OF RACKET.
There were between ten and fifteen thousand
people gathered around the Journal Office last
| night From o'clock until long after midnight
there was one continuous cheer. Sometimes it
grew louder, but during the whole of more than
five hours it was incessant. The noise and rack
ct was of an unearthy volume and variety.
There were thousands of discordant sounds
united into the one grand medley of racket On
the outskirts of the crowd were professions of
boys and men with ten-cent tin horns, marching
| to the time of 'Blaine-Blaine-Bla ine-Blaine
| -Blainei" and others were arrayed in all kinds
of ludirrous masquerade costumes of any color
SO that it was red. There was a popular and
uncomfortable disposition to paint everything
| red.
The scene was one of indescribably wild and
| boisterous enthusiasm. When the bulletin an
nouncing POS electoral votes for Blaine was
flashed before the cheering crowd in the streets
| from the StereOpticOn in the journal editorial
rooms, the clouds drifted away, and the first ray
| of moonlight since the day of the election came
| down upon the suspicious announcement with
singularly striking effect and the cheers of the
| enthusiastic multitude rose to climax. A
| procession of two hundred members of the Nor
| ton Club, after parading the streets, marched
| up through the Journal editorial room, crying,
Undergraduates my pa" and in every
eous with noise, the very discord of which
was music to Republicans. The city was painted
| q deep tinge of red. The bosterous demonstra-
| tions confined until after midnight.
| Before IL o'clock the lights at the Democratic
| committee-rooms were extinguished, and the
| crowd that had fingered quietly about during
| the night, hopefully waiting for encouraging
news, soon after dispersed. Chairman Hender
| son made the absurd accusation that the West
| ern Union Company sending out unreliable
| reports, and evidently all hope of carrying the
| State was forsaken.
WHAT MR. HENDRICKS THINKS.
| Mr.. Hendricks was in conversation with
dozen or more friends, both ladies' and gentle
men, when Journal reporter called at his
| house last night. When asked about what in
| formation he had received during the day, Mr.
Hendricks replied that he was receiving few
kilograms from outside the State.
"How do you view the result tonight" was
asked.
II have no definite information, " he replied,