The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15


later than early in the afternoon. From
what he has heard, however, he comedies his
defeat. No man ever took defeat more philo
sophically. He lays his defeat to no one.
Hill and Tammany hall, he says, treated
him perfectly square, and he has no fault to
find against them at ALL
WHAT THE OLD ROMAN SAYS:
Judge Thurman said at Columbus that SO
far as he himself was concerned he cared
nothing for defeat. He much regretted the
defeat of the party, however, because he
might do. Already he saw intimations in
the Republican press of a return of the car
pet bagging system in the South, and he
feared the party if it obtained complete con-
troll of congress would seek to insure its con-
tinuance in power by admitting Dakota,
Idaho and Montana.
COMMENT AT WASHINGTON.
The calm which has hung over Washing
ton during the last days of the canvass has
not been greatly disturbed and it is doubt
full if any city in the Union, received the cleo
ton news with less apparent agitation. OF
course the larger proportion OF persons in
terested here are Democrats, but even they
did not show great signs of grief over Cleve-
lands defeat. There have been fair sized
crowds around the bulletin boards all day,
but they have had little to say even the Re-
returns. At the White House it was i'm
possible to get even an expression Of opinion
on the result. Mr.. Cleveland took his APP
parent defeat with great nerve and was as
imperturbabe at the usual room reception as
ever. He looked comfortable and chatted
pleasantly with few friends. Col. Lamont
received dispatches all day from New York,
many of them from Briee and Rarnum of the
usual misleading hope-on-hopeeverch aracter,
but they evidently did not fool Dan, who,
when asked, stated briefly but regularly that
they had heard nothing favorable. The most
pitiable part of the whole matter is the lack
of interest taken in Mr.. Cleveland's defeat
1t does not seem as if there were fifty people
who honestly regret Mr.. Cleyeland's failure.
He seems entirely without warm personal
friends One of the most notable features of
this election is the failure on the part of the
Democrats here to attempt to explain it
away with the usual methods. They seem to
take their defeat as the natural result Of the
failure Of their president to understand the
interests Of his own country. But few cabinet
officers are in town.
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN CONGRESS.
It will hardly take the official count to
determine the political complexion of the
House of Representatives of the Fifty first
Congress The Republicans made snrprie-
ing sweep of the city of st. Louis, and car
ried three Democratic districts. They haye
carried. apparently. three clOse ulstflcbs IN
Michigan. now represented by Democrats,
and have captured the districts of Weaver
and Anderson, Dem, in Iowa. Jehu
Baker Rep, is beaten in Morlison's dis
trict The Republicans have carried the
Cleveland district in Ohio and three Mime
sofa districts now represented by Democrats.
One Republican congressman has been gained
in Tennessee. The Democrats have gained
two or three districts in Virginin. There are
enough doubtful districts unreported in
various states to decrease the Republican
majority three or four. The New York dele
CATION is unchanged. The Republicans elect
Stivers over BACON in the Orange district,
and the Democrats Wiley over Crowley in the
Niagara district.
NEW YORK STATE.
The scattering and revised retr:ns from
New York state oil favor Harrison. The
most important revision to be nude in the
Suns table is the shifting Of Rensselaer, coun-
ty from the Democratic to the Republican
side. Troy city gave great Democratic
gains, but the country men who live without
tho Trojan walls kept up the Republican
gains shown everywhere else throughout the
rural districts. Mr.. Hatrison's plurality in
New York state il ahout 10000. All the
Now York papers conoede the Gtate to him