Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-09
blowers made it their business to ascer-

blowers made it their business to ascer
tain what he was about.
An old Democrat who is out of join
with the administration and with tn
conduct of his party pointing to Cor
man after he had passed by SAID
''Do you know why German has not taker
a jealous interest in this campaign? II
tell you. Four years ago he elected CIeve
land; everyone knows that. He mad'
some promises, and after the election
Cleveland made it his business TO repudi-
ate every one of the obligations incurred
on his behalf, ard to place German IN al
extremely embarrassing position. Cor,
man lost heart in CIeyeland'S cause anC
never regained 1T.
What the old campaigner said is true
but it is not all Senator German, as &
member of the committee on resolutions
at the St. Louis convention, did his best &c
prevent the convention from committing
itself to the Mills bill, and from adopting
A policy which would drive Mr.. Randall
from the Democratic party. Mr.. German
is a protection Democrat, and does not be-
Iieue III the Mills-Cleveland policy IL
doing battle for Cleveland he has been act
ing IS a barrister, holding BRIEF. his
heart mas not been in it.
X. B. Smaliev, of Vermont, long mem
Der OF the national Democratic committee,
passed by He said that he did not know
what Brice might claim, but he believed
in doing the best be could, and if beaten,
10 surrender, and he now saw nothing TO
do but to acknowledge that Cleveland was
beaten.
Very different suggestions presented
themselves to the visitors at Republican
headquarters this morning Night and
morning came very near together for the
political watchers here and chairman
Quay did not leave his desk until 4 O'Clock
this morning: was there again at 9 O'Clock
looking as fresh and unconcerned as if he
had not carried the burden OF one OF
the most skillfully planned campaigns
ever conducted by the Republican party.
He wore slouched hat and had on for
an office coat one of those g limitation
seersuckers which are manufactured so ex-
tensively in Philadelphia But as he was
there was crowd at headquarters before
hun 1t was composed of newspaper peo-
pie who had not been able to go to bed at
all, of politicians who. seemed to be too
much interested il the result to try to
sleep, and of business men WHO had drop
ped in to satisfy themselves that
the boasts Of the windmi!ls
at the Democratic headquarters
were only wind and nothing more. To all
of them he hastily said that the full re-
turns would increase the plurality for
Harrison given in the morning paper, and
that he had no doubt as TO the general re-
suit. To friend he said later, that the
fact that some of the presidential boxes
bad been held back from Brooklyn, had
annoyed him some as be did not under
stand it, but that he was satisfied
that such precautions had been taken
as would prevent any frauds. Those
precautions were the most extensive. The
history of every ballot box in this great
city from the time it was taken from its
place of storage, at 4 O'Clock on Tuesday
morning, to the present time, can be ac-
curately given at Republican headquarters.
Not one of those boxes has been out OF
sighc of a trusted representative of the
national committee for one moment. And
not one of them will be lost sight of until
the official statement as to the returns
shall be made.
The campaign is at last ended in this
city and things are fast settling down to
their normal condition. The various cam
paign headquarters have closed up with
the exception of the Republican and Dem
ocratic national executive committees, and
these viii probably be abandoned tomor-
row. The national Democratic committee
now concede for the first time the election
of Harrison. They make this statement:
''When the national Democratic COM
mittee claimed the state of New
York on Tuesday evening by
10000 to 5000 majority, the figures of the
returns then received fully justified the
estimate. The reports from New York
city and from large communities in the
interior of the state showed Democratic
gains and the first reports from Brooklyn
were to the effect that the majority
there was 1900. The telegraph wires
were very crowded and the trans
mission of the committees bulle:
tins to the west was considerably
DELAYED. There Is evidently misappre
henson in some parts of the west as to che
time at which TIE dispatch was sent"
The particular dispatch referred to vas
one received in the vsrt from the Demo
cratic committee claiming New York hy
10000 to 5000 majority. When the
dispateh arrived cut there il
was wholly at variance with the returns
from this state. The Democratic commit
tee say it was not intended to mislead any
one and that at the time it was written
the bulletins of some New York papers
were giving the state to Cleveland by l9, 00C
plurality.
Albany, Nov. S.-Governor Hill was SER
enaded tonight at the executive mansion
and in his address to the thounands of
persons who througed the lawn and er-
races occurred these utterances: Our
success in the gubernatorial contest is
married. however, bv the shadow of nation
nj disaster. In common with every trne
Democrat, | greatly regret the defeat
of President Cleveland in the state
and in the nation. He deserved
better at the hands of the people of this
country. Honest, brave and courageous
be gallantly led his party in the great
contest for tariff reform and suffers defeat
owing to false clamor, unjust prejudices
unfair representations, the gigantic aud
combined efforts of all monopolists of the
country. He did his duty as he under
stood it, regardless of personal or polt-
cal considerations, and he should
have been sustained by the taxpayers,
consumers and masses of people whose
true interests he decided 10 subserve and
whose rights he unseltshly endeayored to
maintain. Ii is not now necessary OF
profitable TO inquire whether the issue
which he so boldly made might not more
wisely have been earlier presented or
postponed TO later period. 1t is
sufficient 70 say that as the
after ali and careful consideration of the
whole subject he deemed that the best and
truest interests Of the country required that
the issue should De made at this crisis aud
with that patriotic and deliberate couclus-
ion, when once reached, there should have
been prompt acquescance."
New York, Nov. S-Hon. s : Cox to-
night said: Il think the house is against
US. Notwithstanding our gains in Virginia
and other states the northwest and west
including Minnesota, Michigan and Wis
ccnSin has failed to respond for Us. >
3 White River Junction. VT. Nov. s.
Two hundred twenty-four towns give
Harrison p, SSl plurality.
Wilmington, Del, Nov. S-Cleveland's
plurality in the state is 3. Al Congress
man Bennington, Democrat, is elected by
over 3, i00 plurality. The next legislature
will stand: Senate-Democrats I. Republi-
cans ;. House-Democrats :, Republicans
II, giving the Republicans majority OF
two on Joint ballot.