New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-03
RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
HOW REPUBLICANS TOOK THEIR DEFEAT.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT CHEERFUL ELECTION FIGURES

HOW REPUBLICANS TOOK THEIR DEfEAi'
Mr.. ROOSEVELT CHEERFUL ELECTION FIGURES
READ IN MANY PLACES
The good humor of the defeated candidates
and the absence Of any uncertainty as 70 the reu arc
an carly hour. mhde the Republican county Con''n'oe
rooms last evening less gloomy place th'n mxn. no
been ext GO Cd from the result Of the election Tor
The returns on the city aud county ticket "ere 'c'o
IN the rrvatc d,nns-ro,m the second DOOR Oh '"e
pit,h Avenue Hotel by Elihu Root AMI John Davsn-
port They were arranged rs quickly a. 'eee'vcn =.
tabular FORM aud she probable fesuit OF the eeoon o
MAJ was eoon announced ,..,,...
A crowd Of Republicans gathered IN 'no o'
rooms on tho ground door soon AFTER tue 'o"' .''o
and for several hours hunreis of visitors passed III anu
"a, q, ,ns rcom. And listened to tho few scattering TO-
turns which were read. These returns BY e'ecu"n ~"
trcts did not afford basis for easy CALCULATION W
who listened, and after atime tho reshns was
tinued and tho crowd then wandered iisues'iy o.,
listened to the reports of the defeat OF the
MAYOR and to the assurances Of more favorao'o
In other paris OF the State. .s.,,n
Prominent Rspublican politicians began to gather 10
the room where thu dispatches were received p"'oi
o'clock They did not find the first req Or" 80
and the defeat OF nc least part or tne 'oo" - CT,
ear,v conceded Besides President Root Cha'fn"u ~,
4 sm,th of the Executive COMMITTED eecree'ry Der
-, " y Cruysr and the other officers OF tue
c.nm,,t.,s the early visitors included Coroehus Az
M. ~ q Armour A. r. whitney, James ID. VAT
nuu. Joseph n. Deuel. Edmund Stephenson anu fi0niy
T. aprssua Levi p. Morton came In later VI" was
heartily greeted Jesss Segman. John Il. fiummoi a"u
Tnomas C. Acton passed In and out MT Piummer'
who haa entered with especial hearuneSs INV '"0 0"
ya.s felt the candidates defeat greatly
Mr. Roosevelt, who hal been dining with rienos'
entered about O'clock He ma" arrived nj
the conclusion that he defeated early In the aay'
and seemed determined to show that he was not "owh
hearted He greeted heartily his uncle. Robert b.
ROOSEVELT VINO seemed not entirely at home IN Re-
pubioap gathering. Thomas c. Acton, In his
lively and hearty manner, shook hands with the
defeated candidate. who thanked MN end
Others support The exchange OF greetings De-
tween Mr. Acton and L B. Roosevelt was Characters
tic "Ah" said Mr.. Acton. "you did It, you Democrats
who were going TO vote for Roosevelt this time "No"
said Mr. Roosevelt "you Republicans did IT, who were
all going vote for your candidate"
Theodore Roosevelt remained for an hour or Two
chatting pleasantly with groups OF MS lr1ehns' VINO
expressed their that they could not congrau-
late him on Q victory Instead Of sympsthizng win
him. He took his defeat good humoredD ana tnahRed
his gu again and again for their work In his De-
half John W. Jacobus entered ate with the report OF
his defeat for Assembly In the WITH Dstrct, anu
General Arson @. McCook reported that Mr. Gihps 10
the XIth District appeared by the nst returns 10 oo
defeated by rs vote EIJu ige Granville Hawes re-
.,osd for some time but did sufficient re-
mort OF vote on the Judiciary ticket to learn whether
or not he was elected.
Tho ytsitors left the rooms at comparatively early
hour Some Of them recalled the seenss In the same
room years ago. when General Grant ana otoors
congratulated wiliam Dowd on Whist seemed to De MS
ssured election for Mayor, though later returns re-
verssd tho result
To TRIBUsE reporter Mr. Roosevelt said 1.-THE
result 10 not surprise TO me- o'
any means When / accepted the nomination
thought was entering a hopeless fight, but nave
worked Just IS hard as though success was
easily attainable and have been
the means OF holding tho Republican party
In this city together I am satisfied and gratiheh.
Tho party has certainly stnod by me nooy
and I have no complaints whatever tn MAKE IL s
true that quite a number OF Republicans were
frightened into voting for Hewitt to boat GEORGE and
on The Side George drawn from our ranks or
one thing assure you and that is mat nave naa
more solid enjoyment aud less worry in this Campaign
than any OF my cpponen.s, Stat. comm,,,es in the
Gilsey House we're crowded until long after midnight:
Chairman Cole. with Charles W. Hacket CHAIRMAN OF
iDS s'u Lawrence, .xJudrs FiCu, viii
lam H. Barker and Others: reooy red s, ss,
Sn .US M Il. way anS tine sat
ing from the State. as u was called out from the
Mr. ka"seSeits defeat made q victory
throughout the state all the more wslcome' Ihe ch'ei
| interest centred III the Assembly districts.
Tue entrance of A.nDe Fnch Greater lively stir ne
ssS ss n.d district i0' opponent for con
sress yiele he said carried me district two
at his Command. aud yet have won by 5000 major,
nav slept badly WINK Tor canesa ap Sat
Mr. Fitch deserved all the sleep he could get
election nights and asI right was no exception Inc
returns buetned aud road a. iasI as they came
n but when became evident that Mr.. Roosevelt had
| been oeested little interest was taken ID them;
number S pc az eay IN
tho evening await the returns Tue bad news. -.
began to- come sr., over .u4 4s 'OsI n@.
isthns OF wen Try AGAIN .ooO took POSSESSION Of
discouraged down by the results OF tho election
Hail .si over the ssG'H.
;ss:.! ., $s%$s., only
The assembly WAS unanimously Hewitt foreries for
fs%pt was made hurrsH Tor him. was Away:
d;OWnsa n,us the h0r ss big s."s
alsd up In. Dteiysi ss,weon the reading election
sPe,sho. with %I;o that sd TO S Keep sa
work to do IT, Among nn;. the w psops, .,o on
:. Sis.n.
S sr% Of T. oprcnheim Co. III. only Stock EI
change man present Joseph }: oDonoshue presided.
as to %.Is Mr. .: @
Tppen mad. speech the burden Of Tne ~. was
and that hs sorry that Mr. Hewitt
ns. posro had earr,sG tue XVIII Assembly D.rct by
the largest Democratic majority In len years caused
woman in ono OF the eide boxes waved red shawl y
when the Hewitt vote was announced; tho
| whether sbe q friend OF Amazon SIN or rosi- hot
friend OF Mr. Hewitt General SpuOlas big shirt collar
| vaa next greeted with cheers, aud The man who de.
| feaed Allen Thornkike Rice devoted hiW-
| self TO abusing HIS opponent W. Bourk'
| Cochran spoke next, sayiug that Tamnany
Halle victory thing for labor anu trat the
dpty Of win back with love and
snooon the wanderers tho fold after Mr. George.
| q g. Cox got uproarious welcome. He said
| that The election OF Mr.. Hewitt proved that
hereafter the city OF NewYork WAS To holt The beacon
OF liberty To ALA liberty without the conhscauon OF
| property "A liberty consistent with every effort
| Tor the elevation OF iahor. Sheriff Grant popped
In with tho That the city and county ticket nad
breu eiecced 10Y 25,0 900 plurality but he wou dn't
talk httle colored boy sang song that was iu OF
at Tammany's opponents and then took up col
lection ON the platform Assistant Distriot Attorney
Nco spoke and others glOrifef tie Democracy
| and the meet ting as wound up NJ n late hour.
| The corridors Of the Hoffman House were thronRod
carly IN the evening. aud before O'Clock II was dill
i nth llAIn A aIIca In