The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-09


Tho President, Mr.. Miller and Secretaries
Foster ana Tracy Receive Returns.
Special to the Indian polls Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. S-The President
spent the day quietly at the White House.
except for an hour. when he went out for q
drive He received q number of kilograms
during the day of an encouraging chaTac-
ter, but they were all of them sent at o
time when results were purely speculative,
and he did not place much faith In them.
In the evening the telegraph wires running
into the White House were manned, but
only the President and members of his
household. with two of the executive
clerks and the telegraph operators. had
access to tho little telegraph-room
where Che returns were being received.
The President said that he did not wish
any one admitted to the upper part of the
White House tonight, and his wishes were
respected. A number Of newspaper corre-
spondents gathered In the private hallway
adjoining the lobby down stairs. and from
time to time Mr.. Tibbott. one of the exec
utive clerks, brought them the news of
what was being done upstairs. The West
ern Union bulletins were received over the
regular White House wire, and the bulle-
tins of the press associations were sent to
the White House by messenger. The wire
was opened at about o. clock. and the Presl-
dentrea d the early returns from New York in
the telegraph-room. AT about o'clock,
the regular dining hour. he went down to
the family dinIng.roOm. Although the
early news from New York seemed dIsconr-
aging, the President showed no anxiety or
emotion. He returned to the telegraph
room after dinner and looked over the bull
letins which had been received in his abb
sence. The two members OF bis Cabinet
who are in the city and Mr.. Miller were
not with him during the early evening"
They had made preparations to receive the
bulletins at the departments by the
courtesy of the Western Union company.
At balf-paet 8 O'clock the Attorney gen.
eral left the Department. OF Justice, and
went to the White House. He went up-
STAIRS and directly to the library, where
the President was in the midst of fsmily
group receiving the returns. A few minutes
later Secretary Foster also came to the w hite
House, and Joined tho Presidenps party.
They were all gathered in the oval room,
just over the Blue Parlor. which
was for long time the Presidents office
and which now the private library
of the executive mansion. The telegraph
room Is half the length of the mansion from
this library, and tho bulletins as they we're
received were being brought to the Presi-
dent by his private stenographer, Mr.. lib
bott. Around the President were gathered
Mrs. Nc kee. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harri-
son. Mrs Dimmick. Lieutenant and Mrs.
Parker and Judge SCOTT, of Port Towns
strictly family party. Besides these there
were only the two memb ers of the Cabinet
The President had known by 8
ably lost to the Republicans.
The news from New York city was so over
whelming)y Democratic. even at that early
hour. that the President practically con-
cedea the State. He had had no private
kilograms even from Indiana, and all that
he knew of the results came TO him from
tho Western Union Telegraph bulietins.
| and the bulletins of the press associations.
IA sh hast s1Sss MS rSSnss
brought them down TO the library. The
doors leading from the executive part of
| the mansion to the hallway, which runs
the length of private part of the house.
| bad been left wide open and the whole OF
| the upper part of the house was clear. The
| President sat at his desk in the library or
walked abont the room. When the bulle-
| tins were brought In. If they were brief.
their contents. Sometimes they were
| handed TO the President and he
read them TO the little gronp.
! There was good deal OF figuring
hot WELD the pencil or flourish the little
piece OF paper; the general drift of things
! was plain enough to HIM, and he did not
care to figure out the results more precisely.
About 10 O'clock Secretary Tracy came To
dents party IN the oval library.
| He had just come from Brooklyn. where
| he cast his vote this morning.
| HIS remarks about the result in New York
! State were plain and emphatic, but they
added nothing to the stock of informarIon
which the President already bad. Shortly
| after his arrival came the news from ILL.,
| nois. which was no lees I'M welcome than
that from New York. The first CLEAN OF
| state. Ii was very meagre. IL included
reports from only four precincts. but IL
showed results that. if maintained. meant
| good Republican majority.
| shortly after ii o'clock the three mem
bers of the Presidents Cabinet left the
White House together. Secretary Tracy
was the only one OF them who would say
anything. 1T looks as though Mr.. Cleve-
| land was elected" he said.
ITO what do you attribute the result in
! New York;" was asked.
There were not Republicans enough
thai Is all" said M Tracy; pleasantly
two companions declined % commit them
selves in any way. The party scattered
and the members OF it went u
their homes. and before midnlghl
minutes before the midnight hour wher
the family party at the White House brok,
M. The ladies retired TO their rooms
but the President remained MP
little longer to read the later re
turns. He was particularly interested
! In Indiana and particularly pleased with
the vote Of that State. as il was indicated
by the returns at midnight Next TO IN,
final result his interest centered IN the re
suit of the voting in his own State, and i
he had any personal feeling In the contes
IL was about the vote of his own people.
Shortly after half-past II o'clock tn
President started to his room TO GO 10 bed
but an encouraging dispatch from Illinoi
and another from Indiana recalled him
and he remaided IN the library unit
few minutes before / O'Clock. III.
has not given mp the fight
At the time ne retired th
returns from Indiana showed n GAR TN
Republicans which. If kept up tbs on
the State, would give good X, al
majority. and bulletin Chi
cago reported that the Cate, : Her
aid. which wonld DO apt 4
claim every thing for the Democrats
side. said that Illinois would 20 Demo