Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-02
DIVORCED FROM POLITICS.
Department Clerks Exhibiting No In.
terest In the Elections.
NO MONEY ASSESSED, NO BETTING, AND BUT
FEW GOVERNMENT employees GOING HOME
TO VOTE.

There seems to be no interest taken in
to-day's elections by the clerks in the depart
ments. There probably never was an election
day in which they took less A man who has
been in the Treasury for many years said to a
STAR reporter that the change that has come
over the departments under this administra-
tion is almost beyond belief. In past campaigns
the committees have sent circulars through
the departments and called upon the clerks in
person to collect assessments upon their sala-
ries for campaign purposes, and the day before
election and on election day there has been
great anxiety and excitement here. Then the
election or defeat OF candidate for Congress
was the making or destruction of somebody's
going through the departments that there was
such thing as an election anywhere in pros
pect. No money has been collected, and very
few clerks have gone home to vote. For in
stance, from the Treasury department prob
ably not more than fifty have gone home to
vote; Ihey seem to be entirely divorced from
politics.. Very few reduced rate tickets Tor
voters going home have been issued by either
OF the campaign committees, and both COM
mittees are practically closed up. There is
very little 1ig uring on the election and practi-
cally no betting. The election OF a mayor for
New York city seems to excite more interest
than the congressional contests. The uncer-
tainty OF Mr.. Georges vote makes it hard to
calculate the result, and, generally speaking
there would not be much surprise any way the
ESTIMATES OF REPUBLICAN GAINS IN THE
HOUSE.
1t is generally conceded that to-day's election
will show republican gains in the House of Rep
resentatives. The democrats say that their
majority, now AZ, will not be cut below 25. Re-
publicans. while not expecting to wipe out the
majority altogether, put it much below this.
They Will probably gain two or three in New
York, one in Pennsylvania, TOUR or five in In
diana, and five or six in Ohio. They expect
also 10 make gains in West Virginia, Missouri,
Michigan, Iowa and Illinois, and a member
here and there elsewhere. They will probably
lose one each in Virginia, North Carolina South
Carolina and Tennessee. and there will be gains
and losses else here, probably about offsetting
each other. For instance, in Pennsylvania the
democrats expect to lose in MIR. Boyle's district
and TO gain in Mr.. Brumm's. The most general
estimate gives the republicans net gain of
from ten TO fifteen, leaving the democrats in
control OF the House by from twelve 10 twenty
two majority. Some figure closer and put the
democratic majority at just seventeen.
AT democratic headquarters TO-DAY It is
claimed that the democratic majority in the
House will not be cut below twenty-five They
say they will not lose more than one, 1t any, in
Indiana: will lose one and gain one in Missouri:
will lose only one in New York: none in Penn.
sylvania, and gain one in West Virginia. Two
or three, they say, they will lose In Illinois,
but will gain one in Wisconsin, one in Louisi-
ana, one in Tennessee and one in each of the
Carolinas. In Michigan they expect to lose
two. They claim a majority running from 25
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