Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(PrOm our Regular Corrsspondenp

Washington, Nov. 6, l3eS.
 General Harrison's nsgnihcent victo- ry is the all absorbing topic of converse ton here, among all classes and condi- tions. The good news was not surpris- ing to the republicans, SO great was their confidence in the ability of a ma jority of the voters in this country to see the necessity of forever stamping out the nefarious idea of free trade; but the neEs proved terrible shock to the dem ocrats, who from the beginning of Oleveland's administration have believ- ed that "Oleveland's luck" was a talis- man that nothing could conquer. Mr. Cleveland was a very strong believer iD that idea previous to last Tuesday, but it is probable that hIs ideas on the sub iect have undergone 6 radical change since that date. Toe republicans ip thIs city are all rendering heartfelt thanks for their delivery from four years more Of democratic msl-administrstion. and next to General Harris )n. the man often est mentioned as deserving of the lsrg-
 est share of the gratitude of the people for bringing about this very desirable state of affairs is Ssnator Quay who by
 his able management of the campaign
 made victory certain from the day he
 was selected as chairman of the republi- can national committee. The democrats are really amusI3g il their efforts to ex-
 plain why Harrison wss elected; many of them say 1t was Cieveland's tariff mes sage; some say f Ea1 the tresohery of Governor Hill and May or Hewitt of New v Aa-Na.1 Nkok
 British Ministers letter was the docu- ment that did the work, but they sll agree in abusing Mir. Brice. chairman of the democratic national campaign com mistee. for hIs stupid management of the campaign. Poor Brice. But, of course a defeated party must have a scspe at. The democrats have by consent taken Brice,
 One of the amusing incidents of cleo ton night in Washington was the action of Mir, Cleveland. He was SO confident of being tIiumphsntly reelected that
 he invited quite party of ladies and gentlemen to join Mrs. Cleveland and himself at the White House in receiving early returns from the election, over the Presidents private wire. Col, Lamont informed the army of newspaper cores pondents that on Tuesday night room on the first fioer of the White House would be placed at their disposal, and that sll the private telegrsms received by Mr. Cleveland would be turned over to them as soon ss they were read to NIT. and Mrs. Cleveland's guests. Tuesday night came, as all things do to thoss at wait. and the White House was besieged by the correspondents. They were somewhat surprised to find on Inquiry that Col. Lamont had given no orders to place a room at their disposal. This they considered was sn oversight which the excitement of the day rendered ex- cusauIr, sU .hsy sent a messenger up requesting Col. Lamont to come down. The messenger returned with the sssrtl- ing information that he could not be seen. This was a terrible shock to she correspondents, uut Just at tbis time their hopes were revived by the en- trance of representative of New York paper that is extremely friendly to the administration. They confided their troubles to him, and he gave his card 10 the messenger after writing & ew words upon it to the President In few minutes the messenger returned accompanied by one ef Col. Lamont's ss- sistsDts, who stated that Mir. Cleveland begged to be excused; he could not see anyone, and he had DO further informs. tion in regard to the election than that | received by the associated press. This | message was fully understood by the | There was no Cleveland | news to give out, and Mir. Cleveland | d .clined to assist in the dissemination of Harrison news.
 Itis a noticeable fact that among all the excuses made by democrats for the election of Harrison, no democrat has charged the republicans with fraud. This is all the more remarkable from .he fact that 1t IS the first time in the history of the demo.ratic party that it has accepted defeat without charging fraud against its opponents.
 Mir. Cleveland, by his graceful &C., ,eptsnce of defeat, has set an example that might be followed with profit by he loud-mouthed shouters and kickers ,f hIs party, who have claimed every hing in sight, DO matter whether their ,lsims had any foundation or not until by the full and complete re- urns to give in. Chief smong this lass is Mir. Brice. For two days after ,lection he kept up sn absurd clsim up- ID the vote of New York State. with ut the slightest ground therefor. Such polish claims do great deal of harm y keeping up the excitement necesssr- ly stten lent upon c Presidential cleo ion.