The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-11-16
washington le,.er.
tF'rom u regular correspondent.l

The President accepts the result with
becoming equanimity. He does not regard
it as a personal defeat, but rather as the
victory of one great party over another.
He holds that while there were pinor fac
tions tending to injure his campaign, such
as the Dlayoralty fight in New York, the
tariff question was the issue that the voters
considered. He believes that the working
man has been scared by the bug-bear of
free trade. In conclu sion, he says that he
has made no specific preparations as to Lis
residence after the 18th of March, and adds
that there. is one ray of comfort in the YER
dict-it will enable him to get acquainted
with his wife, a thing that has been i'm
possible in the hurly-burly of state and
political duties.
Mrs. Cleveland appears to receive the
result with equal composure, though of
course not with indifference. To her ner-
YOU organization the strain of excitement
so long sustained had become almost
unbearable, and she says that she now
feels the relaxation of certainty. Her hold
on Washingtonians is a firm one. Few
women in the history of the White House
have maintained SO individual 4 social
reign and made so few enemies. And this
in so young a woman is remarkable. Her
social leadership will to a great extent be
maintained wherever she may reside, and
if her husband has a political future in any
return of his party to power, his success
would be as much due to her efforts as was
that of Lord Beaconfield's Endymion to his
graceful wife.
In his opinion that the defeat is due to
the tariff issue, Mr.. Cleveland is endorsed
by leading Democrats. without other
complications, " says Senator Morgan, ''the
free trade scare would have been sufficient
"Added to this" remarks Sunset Cox,
"the Republican campaign management
was the ablest ever seen in this country.
Money went exactly where it was needed,
and speakers made no bluders. Mr.. Har-
rison united his party. The Republicans
realized what the Democrats forgot-that
it was a fight to the death"
President Cleveland's distinguishing
characteristic has been his courage in ad-
ministering his office. lie has dared to
speak honest convictions without fear of
friend or foe. He carried al Herculean
load without faltering. Leading Indepen-
dents believe that his great mistakes were
made IN the selection of his advisers. He
bowed to the will of the party and made
Bayard Secretary of State. Bayard is a
VIGOROUSLY weak man in great emergen-
cies. Mr.. Cleveland attempted to favor
another wing of Democracy by making
Garland Acknowledgement. While Gar
lands administration has been less scan
dalous than alleged, his prior reputation
was unsavory, and his knowledge of law
by no means profound. He may be hon.
est, butt has the same effect-the public
is not persuaded of it. 1.-THE heart of
England" says Thackery, 'still beats
kindly for George the Third, because ac-
cording to his lights he w~orshiped Heav-
en-" Mr.. Cleveland has done his best, and
he is respected.
Many amusing incidents distinguished
election night in Washington. A very I'M
portant policeman, weighed down by the
responsibility of his position and a ninety
pound colored boy about twelve years old,
rushed into the central station about mid
night. The policeman had heard the boy
threaten to kill Cleveland. Inasmuch as
the President very properly declined to go
to the police court the next morning and
swear that he stood in mortal dread of the
lad, the blood-thirsty prisoner was dis
charged.
In the political white heat Of the last
week of the campaign, came the strange
story that Senator Bowen, OF Colorado, the
best poker player in the Senate, had writ
ten a brochure on the Feet as Mascots,'
in which the ingenious statesman not only
shows that men can be judged by their
gait, but that people can influence their
luck by changing their manner of walking.
bilitating effect upon the mind, but no one
had thought that it had so greatly affected
the Colorado statesman.
The Republican National League has
taken time by the bangs. Twenty-one
members have already been appointed a
committee to arrange the details of inaug-
u~ration day. The League is determined
not to be forestalled.
One of the first society events of the sea-
son will be the marriage of Miss Mary En-
dicott, daughter of the Secretary of War,
to Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, NJ. p, the
English politician, who was the lion of
Washington society last winter while he
was here negotioting for the Fisheries
treaty. AS President Cleveland will be one
of the few guests present, it is said that
Lord Sackvillc West will send his regrets.
WESTON.
Anna E. Dickinson has begun suit in
the Supreme Court, New York, against
the Republican National Committee, to re-
ceive $3.50 ''for services rendered during