Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-08
SOME INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS.
Prominent People at the Capital and Else
where Express Themselves.

Wheie Express themselves.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov s-The presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland remained at the
White House Tuesday night Just before i2
yestel day Mrs. Cleveland drove out to Oak
View. The president remained in town and
received several callers. He held his usual
reception in the East room. He was agree
able to about sixty people there.
The Post has the following about the pres
dent:
The president talked quite freely yesterday
about the returns and the increased Republican
vote, but expressed not the slightest regret in
the world at any action he had taken during his
administration. He is willing to admit that his
position on the tariff and the decided stand he
took in favor OF revenue reduction may have
lost him good many votes, but he still
maintains tnat if it were to do
over again. he would follow the dictates OF his
convictions The btterest pill the president
has to swallow is the partisan action of number
of Republicans whom he kept in office, and who
voted and worked against him with all their
power. Their department toward the admins
tration Is a source CT great disappointment to
him. The president received no kilograms from
New York city later than early yesterday after
noon. From what he has heard, however, he
comedies that he is defeated No man ever took
10 no one Hill aud Tamlnany hall, he says
treated him perfectly square, and he has no fault
TO find with them at all.
In au interview last evening Secretary
Bayard said:
OF course, the result Of the election was a sur
prise-to none more than TO Mr.. Harrison. As 10
the causes which led 10 our defeat, II we are de-
feated. | have nothing to say just now Matters
nrp so chaotic and the returns so mixed that no
one as yet knows much about the situation.
Co. Lamont seemed 10 regard the thing
as settled He was not especially disposed
to speculate on the cause of the result
Money be mentioned as enc thing. He was
surprised at Kings county. lie declared
that Governor hill did all he could for the
ticae ct. and that the votes he got that Cleve-
land did not were from the Republican liquor
interests and not to be controlled by any
one He did not think the result in the city
pointed to much trading.
In the departments there is a deep depres
sion and a keen suppression The Democrats
are in the dumps. The Republican hold
over clerks are surpressing their feeling lest
| it burst ont too soon.
Secretary Whitney in an interview yester-
| dav said:
| Well, we've nothing TO congratulate ourselves
upon The loss Of New York to the Democrats
was caused by the fact that the working men had
| moi been properly educated as to the tariff The
| question has not been properly presented
| to them and they were made TO believe that the
| Democrats were free traders instead OF mer,
| tariff redncti0uists.
Associate Justice Lamar was seen soon aftel
leaving the White House yesterday. The presi
| dent he said admitted that the news thu far re
| ceived looked very unfayorable
DO you think the tariff issue is responsible fol
| the Democratic defeats'
NO, do not, said the Justice land do no
| know TO what TO attribute this defeat.