New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-09
BITS OF CHAT ABOUT TOWN.

Their. has been n, imnrcssiye difference in the at
mosphere and general aspect OF things In the various
clubs I'm this city since election day In those clubs
where the majority OF the members are Republican In
their Affiliations and sympathes, jubilation and
ionIty have prevailed Every one has looked, not
only cheerful but exuant Celebrations OF al sorts
in the way OF dinners and suppers, and the constmp
ton of large quantities OF champagne, have been going
since the results were known But IN Tue icno-
cratic clubs all has been gloom and sorrow. In the
Manhattan Club since o'clock on Tuesday evening"
when the members generally gave up hope, the pre-
vailng melancholy has been as SCI ous and depressing
as II each member were attend the funeral OF his
hest friend Every one In the club who had bets on
the election Is loser OF course and losing money does
tend to make people cheerful In addition 10
the money losses, the members are bitterly disap
pointed in their hopes and expectations Colonel
William l.. Brown, Benjamin Wood and other frequent
Of the clubs heavily out Of pocket by the result Oh
the election, having made extremely large bets Inc
members OF the National Democratic Committee are
either active or honorary members OF the Manhattan,
but they have not yenurcd to show their races ~ inc
since the e,urns sd =, not So recevod
there with congratulations or with Satisfaction uhoer
the circumstances.
In the New.York Club which has a large Demo
cratic membership, but in which there are also many
Republicans and In the Union Club, where the Demo
Gratis are strong in numbers, there have been more
general signs Of dependency than OF happiness since
Tuesday afternoon But, next to the Manhattan
Club, probably the most melancholy OF all the CLUBS 10
the metropolis the University as large majority
Of the younger members who make habit Of requentnS
the clubhouse In the afternoons and evenings are
either Democrats or Mugwumps. The admirers and
followers Of "The NewYork Tines The Evening
POST and Harpers Weekly" who swarm in the
University in callow troops in the deepest mourn
ing and refuse t.. be comfortei All their hopes are
overthrown. All their idols shattered. In the
Union League Club, the Republican Club. the Federal
and other Republican organizations the members are
in the highest splits and have been rejoicing In the
most jubilant manner. The betting in the New-York
clubs has as q rule been heavy. Most OF the
large wagers have been made outside OF the clubs,
in the Hoffman House, the st. James, and the Fifth
Avenue hotels and in the Glsey House. The Fifth
Avenue Hotel and Gilsey House are managed by
Republicans, and many Republicans who put up
money on the election selected their Stockholders In
those hotels The ST. James and the Hoffman, on the
other hand are favorite Democratic resorts, and
their proprictors Captain william NJ. Conner ana
Edward :. Stokes, acted Shareholders for great
many heavy warers They are both extensive losers
themselves the result, as they packed the Demo
cratic candidates with more couag than caution.
One Of the heavy winners on the election is Charles
Delmonlco. This young man. since he came into the
control Of the Delmonico restaurants and the Del
monico estate generally, has been exceptionally IA
vored by fortune, perhaps would be more In &C
Win ruin, 10 say NO DdS
common shrewdness, both in his investments and his
specuations. Under his management, the famous
Delmonco restaurants have retained their reputation.
and have not fallen off at all in popularity pros
perty. They gold mines In profits, every one Of
them, and all the heirs Of the Delmonco estate
more than satisfied. In fact, they delighted with
the returns which they making The present
Charles DelmOnico is much moro cautious and a
shrewder man than his uncle and namesake, in
his spccuations and in his business investments out
side OF the restaurant property The senior Charles
Delmonico. whose unhappy fate is fresh in the
res If all New Workers, a constant and heavy
loser in speculafons in Wall Street. in grain and pro-
duce and In almost everything which he touched In
the effort to Increase the big gains which he made from
| tho prOnts OF the restaurants. His losses I'm Wall
Street on the Produce Exchange and in other forms Of
| speculation were very heavy, but his nephew and
successor has been almost Invariably successful in Wall
street In betting on the elections and In everything
| else to which he turns his hand.
An advocate Of Democratic Tariff Reform. cash
Ter In Stockholders Office. paid his bet yesterday
with original accompaniment. In the note inclosing
check he stuck C. & To button, with tho
| following stanza:
Put away the ltlc button
That used to wear;
We will never need 1t longer,
Growers climbed the golden STAIR