The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-15
THE NEW y1cE-pREs1DENr.

great disappointment to him.. The president
received no kilograms from New York city
later han 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
foresaw the mischief the Republican party
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 it it obtained complete con-
troll of congress would seek to insure it's 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
tion 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
publicans showing mild enthusiasm over the
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
imperturbable at the usual room reception as
ever. He looked comfortable and chatted
PLEASANTLY with q few friends. Col. Lamont
received dispatches all day from New York,
many Of them from Brice and Barnum of the
usual misleading Observation-Disclosures,
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 lie the lack
of interest taken in Mr.. Meveland's defeat
Tt does not seem as il there were fifty people
who honestly regret Mr.. C~leyeland'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 MI 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-hrst
Congress. The Republicans made q snrpris-
ing sweep Of the city OF st. Louis, and car
RED three Democrattc districts. They hare
carried, apparently, three close districts in
Michigan, now represented by Democrats,
and have capturedsthe districts Of Weaver
and Anderson, Dem, in Iowa. Jahu
Baker Rep 10 beaten In Morlison's dis.
trict. The Republicans have carried the
Cleveland district In Ohio and three Mime
sofia districts represented by Democrats.
In Tennesse0. The Democrats have gained
two on f6re0 districts III Yirginfa. There are