Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
AT WASHINGTON.



WAsaIGGToN, Nov. Never before
has o presidential election been s!gnslized
here By SO little excitement aud so muc1
seriousness. The streets are entirely de-
serted Tonight. Although bulletins are
still posted in conspicuous places they st
tract but few readers. Groups OF clerks
nav be seen IN tie hotel lob5ias C IN
menting on the resalt, but theZe arc no
politicians in the city.
At the White House everything is rUo-
ming in It's usual order, and as usual tie
President was the most self-contsined
man OF the ttl:ia. household. He takes
lhe resnit pnllosophicaliy, although Of
course he is deeply disappointed, ard BE
held bis usual reception and cordially
greetd about seVenty1gs people.
Colonel Lzms1E aid not speculate OF
| the cause Of the result, although ne meG-
! toned money ID the min Ingredient OF
| the campei gn. He did not permit hig
DISAPPOINTMENT 20 become visible, and
refused to give ont confidential speeches
received from the Presidents intimate
friends lsst night.
) In the Departments there is & deep de-
preston, and the Democratic Officials
a. d clerks wear lopg facee, snd The Re
publican hold overs a1e sup crossing their
feelings lest it burst out too aoop.
Your correspondent Wss only sole to
x5tsin interviews with tie following
E.lminent politicians now here:
~ Scretsry Whitney said the !ogs Of New
ark was caused by the fact that the
ksrkingmen had not been properly e6u-
ted IS to the :srif. They had been
lsde to believe the Democrats were free
: raiders inNead o, taft reduc,ionisss.
~ Assihtape Secretary Maynard wLs not
iprepsreaV live up The fight. BE thought
ythe result Is still in DOUBT.
Sec1etar 9Tnom lson also uttered the
same senti.Ssnt.
Mr.. Foren OF Oslo, ssid: 81 am not
good on post-mortem. l could
that am no good. To-i &
it--c!vll Sc, vice little, and taE!f 6 great
deal. The President Was entirely right
in all be did, but he wSs tight too soon,
and the time was not yet ready. But the
manufacturers have refused little &C.
dacsion aud the result will be tina.
there will be an uprising oi the
taxed people. Everybody coEi5sges
that there must be tariff
revision, and the Democratic party will
be stronger than ever four years hence,
There will be reaction from the intense
selfishDess."
Mr. Taulbeeaof Kentucky said he was
In hopes the House WAS not lost, but that
II it were be felt corfienT that il the
r ,publiclps we're given the responsibility
1t would prove their destruction.
Mr.. EMS Of Louisiana said he attributes
the result in New York to trea cheTY. The
losses in the country ct large to both
! sides end the close votes IN come OF the
districts have made it almost impossible
for The politicians 10 tell which party Will
control the House.
Mr.. McPherson, secretary CT the Repub
1 lican committee, claims thkt hia party
will have from ten to twelve majority.
The Democrats who have besa paying
, special attention TO Congress on ell re.
turns are not yet willing to coEcede the
have los. the House, although they dc
} admit the margin go close as to max;
them feel uncomfortable. The losses il
the east sre gresier than they anticipated
but they think when sll returns are IL
they will show the Democrats have :
small majority. The REPUBLICANS hsv;
, made their estimates on returns, which
have been largely unreasonable and tht
figures show they have net carried dis
trfcts which they are claiming. Unti
more deflnise results are Known 1t is DIFF
= fcult to ssy which party will have IN
+ House. The majority, which ever Wa
1t il, will be very small.
AT NEW YORK CITY.
| snanial tn the Gazette,
New YORK, Nov. THE latest dis
patches indicate that the election Of Hsr
, rison is assured beyond question. I'll
corrected returns received from count.e
In the state so far increase Harrison
plurality to 10000. Vague dispatches hay
been received from Indiana and 8
far d they indicate anything they point !