The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB,
The fsndirg Political Campaigns IL
virg,nis and New York Dissatis-
faction Among Southern Dem
oersts over the Prssi-
dents Policy, Etc.

blythe usual racing ., tina season, aud
times. 10 consequence, around tho cap.
itol have bsen sonewhat moro lively
than foe SOHO time past. The CITY
during tho week ha, been filed Il
overhowins with sporting man and
lovers Of tho lurf who came here &c
witness or take part ia the raees. The
hotels ia Tho evening during the races
and especially tue National, which i,
agreat and favorite resort fur sporting
men, were crowded with eager per,
sons DESTROYS % getting some informa.
ton rs Co ths possibs winners in The
next day'a races. Gao would hnva
supposed from a casual observation
that Congress- was in session, and that
some matter OF national importance
was being auxloxSly discussed, Wash.
ingt0n psople, ss q rula, indulge more
or less in gsaa,ng o. all kinds, have
been told, hsw truthfully cannot saw.
that almost every other man And
woman mrt in the city, at some time
or other, and in some shape,
TAKKS PART IN GAMES OF CHANCE.
This IL possibly tru, OF govsrnmen.
employees. Gaming with them seems
10 be mania, and rs they constitute
an important element IN Washington
society, and handle monthly a large
amount OF money, policy shops, lot.
tory agencies, faro banks, bucket
shops, pool rooms, eto., thrive here in
great numbers, and do 3 flourisbipp
busipess. Ths writer hso often heard
OF fashionable lsdiss iE Engl1ud, and
even in New YORK, attending the races
and bettiaS heavily aud enihuslss-
tically theroan, but he never saw it
actually demonstrated until tho psyt
week. Tha batting hers wSs very
lively, nnd, regret to say, Was in
dulged IN very largely by certain la.
d1es very prominent III Washington
society. TO make tho matter worse,
many of the races here were
orooked,.. or tn uss 8 racing tsrm,
"dumps," and Amos, all OF these fair
devotees OF shRnca lost heavily. DIT
Ia morally wrong to bet whea Won
loose,"lS an old expression, which. If
true, speaSs rasher badly for the fair
opesin question.
Nothing new In politics ceeaas to
have come to light in Washington re-
gently. The 0aio election having bsen
finally settled this public eye IN now
turned tnwsrd New York and Vir.
GINA. Ohio's holored eons, Sherman
AND Foraker. having been endorsed by
their home people, have gone, flushed
with success aid prius, the one TO Vir-
GINA ana the other 10 New York, to
continue the waving OF the "blood Y
shirt" FORAKER, luis ssii, Is Haunting
the WORKOUT garment in New York in
way that sauses, among sensible poo :
pie, the greE sst disgueJ. Many
specuiavtons are i1culged in rs to the
result az ae New York election,
Democtate pra hopslul; Republicans
Jubllen~ IL 8 cl&med BY the lattpr
that they wiz carry the stata by an
oyerwhrimloG mojuuty, whi!6 tho
Democrats sey they are
CERTAIN OF suCCRsS.
The fact i. inc pr btplo result il yery
doubtful. the RApubHcan4 arc con-
Quoting their c&nvass with consider
able show OF enthusiasm, nut how
lasting and productive of material re-
sults this sutnusiasm may be is ousa-
ton TO b. solved az uGe election draws
near. On tho other hand, the Demo
Gratis have splendid working orgnni-
cation, and arc doing effective can
wasting in 8 quiet manner. Hill Is
. shrewd worker aud may reasonably
be counted upon IS having his wires
all In tirSt-clsss shape. Now York
city, 1t is conceded, VIII give Demo
cratic ajority Of fully $4,000 If this
be true, and anywhere near what the
actual figures will be, then tho result
Will depend in a great measure upon
the state OF the weather on cleo.
ton day. The rural dlsiricts of New
York are largely Republican. Now if
the weather be iucieMenS on Inc day OF
election, many OF tho voters in these
sistricts VIII nos turn out st al, snd a
DemocrEiic SUCCESS IN the State Will be
the result
JOHN SHERMAN,
on his Wpy Ia Nrs inia, stopped in the
city on the 2itn instant, aud was ten !.
dered sereusde BAD reception by hts
OHIO friends and admirors hera. He
proiiteo by tho occasion 10 read his
hearers a lecture, ho said, or the most
vital question of Am HiicSn politics. In
this lecture he stated substantially
that ths issue fprcsd by aim upon tho
people OF Ohio IN he late campaign
was moi a dead issue, AZ CLAIMED by
MS opponents, but q live one, traus.
cending in Importance any question OF
money, Iona tpriR, or anything which
Affects property or life, and that 10
would DO ihe great Issue IN American
politics until tho elacton frauds ia tho
country were stopped. Ho tried %
SHOW IN 70 the negro vote Of The south
was ILLEGALLY suppressed by tho whites,
ana unless this state ii sffdira was
speedily changed the Republican
party would tako measures to have
such g change brought about. He
claimed that Cleveland had bsen
elected by fraud, and WAS now occupy.
ing the White House, whereas James
u Blaine should havo bsep
put There, and s. lot OF other nonsan-
slcal stun, all of wbioh was followed
py the diro threat that unless tho ne
Broes OF tho South were allowed 60
vote the Republican sichet aud elect
republican mbers OF Congress the
United Ststes would have to appoint
FEDERAL custodisns of the pslla ~ the
south TO see that such was done, or
0lsiranchise the negroes, and thus de-
prive. tho Southern Slatos of the 80
mombers OF Congress and tho IS cleo
tOral votes tina. their negro pnpul Alto n
gave thom. Mr.. Sherman said he was
going 10 Virginia aud would mako the
same speeches there he's had made In
Wnio. A. voice In the audience said
III you do you will surely oleot Fita
Lce." Nothing could bs truer. Vir.
8inia Is Southern state and, II NO
mistake not, will be true TO her trhdi-
ions. She bears many sears of the
aste war, and any such incenulary
speeches an Mr.. sherman has been
making Will open anow the old
wsnnds. Tho longer Mr.. Sherman