The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-06
OPINIONS OF THE VICTORY.
EXPIRES SiONS FROM HON
GEORGE D. WISE.
ne Thinks the Democrats VIII Elect the
Next presidcnt-The Majority In tho
Next House Of RepressntstIves-w What
Mr. Eiiyson Says.

Next presidcnt-The Majorttv In the
Next House OF RepressntstIves-wh
MT. EiIyson Says.
How George ID. Wise was seen Icy n
TIMES reporter yesterday afternoon at his
home. lie made no attempt TO disguise the
pleasure that he felt at his own victory, and
at the great Democratic triumph through.
out the whole country. His face showed
plainly the JOY which he felt, and his greet
ing was very cordial,
"Yes,- he said, ''the result Of the election
in Richmond IL remarkable. IL exceeds by
far my brightest anticipations. The Dem
ocrats Of the city did we'll indeed.
after carefully computing the figures OF
this district with those II the other districts
Of the State, where the Democratic candi-
date had no opposition, or only nominal OPP
position, find that the old Third is way
ahead"
THoRoCGH ORGANIZATION.
ssTbc very large vote in this district Is
due 10 the active canvass and the thorough
organization. and great deal Of The credit
should 20 10 Colonel Meade Haskins, chair
man OF the District Committee, He has
been remarkably active. has made excellent
speeches, and has devoted himself, soul,
mind and body to the organization Of the
district.
.Thc Henrico County Committee also de-
serve much commentator. Chairman Sol
onion and his whole committee worked dill.
gently, and there is no doubt that Henrico
was the best organized county in the dis
trict
..Did l do much fsce-to-face canvassing 2
Yes. indeed. made it point never to
miss an opportunity, and visited all the
machine shops in Richmond and Manches-
ter; shook hands ard talked with every
man.
THE PRESIDENCY.
"No. don't think there Is a shadow OF n
doubt about the Democrats gaining the
Presidency in 1892. | cant say who the
Presidential candidate will be, but whom
sOeyer the party may nominate will be the
next President, unless some folly on their
part turns the tide II public sentiment. The
Democrats are now certainly on top.
1.-The rulings OF Reed and the general con-
duet of the last House has irreparably dam
aged the Republican party in almost every
section OF the country, and their position on
the tariff question, with the passage OF the
Mckinley bill, did the whole work for them
in the North and Northwest, while the
Force bill was their death-kneil in the
South"
NEXT HOUSE,
1--WE will have majority, think, Of at
least sixty in the next House, and i don't
think their majority in the senate VIII be
over eight. | was more surprised at the
result OF the election in Virginia than was
at the large Democratic vote cast IN the
country at large. | was not expecting such
large Tammany victory, although !
thought they would win
IL feel positive that Mckinleyswill be
defeated, but | think the, election Will be
close"
MR.. ELLYsoN's IDEAS.
"What do YOU think of the election z" was
asked Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson by a TIMES
reporter last night.
''Well, TO tell the truth" he replied, "fm
so well pleased | thought very little about
it. Ii Is a glorious victory, and | am
very glad that Democracy has been
so triumphant throughout this and other
States. No, 1t did not surprise me- but the
result was better than anticipated. had
thought all the time that we would get
eight Representatives, and dared hope
that we would get them all, but then
did not anticipate such good
result. My greatest fear was the
apathy of some of the Democrats. | was
greatly afraid that they were thinking that
things were all right when they were not.
was so much concerned about this apathy
that | wrote within the past two weeks over
1000 personal letters. From these ! re-
ceived very encouraging replies, and in
fact my whole news has been very encour-
aging within the past week.
ABOUT BUCHANAN.
al have been all day" continued Mr..
Ellyson. trying TO get from buchanan, oi
the Ninth district, a telegram about his
election. This afternoon | received one,
which states | am elected by a safe ma
iority.' Now, if you know Buchanan, he Is
one of those extremely cautious men who
will never put down on paper anything until
he knows IL is so. Since | have received
the telegram | am sure everything is ali
right.
.'By the way, have just received con-
gratulatory telegram from Hon. Basil Cor
don. He is now in the AdirOndacks for
his health, and telegraphs: 'Warmest con-
CALCULATIONS on your unparalleled success.
Mr.. ]. T. Duke, district chairman of the
Second sent me a telegram this afternoon
that thought very good. He said: Il am
happy, and YOU ought 10 be-
81 have received quite number Of tele-
grams all full of the sincerest congratula-
tons. We received one from Chairman
Tucker Wright, of the First district; Mr.. +.
X. Lassiter, of the Fourth; Leonard Mar
berry, OF the Eighth: ;. w. Williams, of the
Ninth, and st. George X. Fitzhugh, OF
Fredericksburg"
TELEGRAMs SENT.
"Haye you sent any cOngratulatory tele-
gramsi"
"Oh, yes" replied Mr.. Ellyson. 81 have
sent them TO all the Democratic candidates
in the State, and my old personal
friend, Hon. William W. Wilson, OF
New York, who is chairman of the
Democratic Congressional Committee. |
also sent one 10 William 4. RUSSELL who
has just been elected Governor of Massa-
chusetts. He is a warm personal friend Of
mine, and l am glad TO see him
elected. lie il the most persever-
ing man ever saw. This is
the third time he has run for Congress.
The first time he made the Republican ma
jority drop. The second time it dropped
still more, and this time he dropped in.
You can readily see how popular he is by
being nominated three times by the party.
CAUSE OF VICTORY.
"To what do you attribute our State vic
toryr'
''The seating of Langston and the Force
bill" replied Mr.. Ellyson. II think these
two Republican measures had more TO do
with our victory than anything else. The
tariff, OF course, had something TO do with
IL, but not as much as the other measures"
With this the reporter Dade Mr.. Ellyson
goodnight, and concluded in his own mind
that victory was not only the result OF the
Force bill and the seating of Langst0n, but
that TO Mr.. Ellyson belongs a great deal OF
credit for his indefatigable labors during
the canvass. Mr.. Ellyson throughout
has done an immense amount of work; far
more than the average citizen will ever
know anything about, and 10 him belongs
the greater amount of credit for the excel
lent way in which he has marshaled the
Democratic forces into line, and made the
eagle Of victory perch upon the banner Of
Democracy.