The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-10

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 Special l.
The air of depression throughout the
executive departments this morning
was so dense that it could almost be
felt. Now and then some clerk would
pluck up spirit enough to ask for the
returns FROM some State supposed to be
still doubtful, but with no hope OF hear
ing any favorable news. OF course the
vast majority of employees are sheltered
beneath the broad wings of the civil
service law, and therefore do not feel
that direct personal and pecuniary in
terest in the result that charac terized
the clerks in the olden days of political
revolution in office. Many Democrats
are also induced to their ranks, relics
of Cleveland's administration ard owl
dences of the protecting influence of
the civil service law
AS President Harrison and President.
elecv Cleveland are both committed to
the earnest enforcement of this law,
the rank and file feel tolerably easy as
to the result. But many bureau CT iefs,
heads of divisions and private secreta-
ries, who arc without the scope OF that
law are downcast to day a t the result,
for it means much to them. Secretary
John w. Foster was at tho White House
until near midnight, but that fact did
not prevent him from appearing at his
Office in tho State Department at the
usual early hour this morning. He
plunged at once into the work of the day
in philosophic spirit, and declined to dis
cuss politics until the returns arc suf.
fciently definite to enable him to form
some judgment of tie extent and cause
of the disaster which his party has sus-
tanned.
Secretary Tracy, who had vain,y con-
tributed his vote Yesterday morning in
Brooklyn to check the overwhelming
Democratic onslaught and had hurried
over 10 Washington TO sit up with the
President last night, was in that happy
frame of mind which comes to tho man
who has done his best and knows it.
His own State had gone to the dominion
low vows, but he could not help it and
was actually cheerful in his resigna.
ton. If he knows what brought about
his paIty's downfall no won't tell lust
now and no also is waiting for returns
before he expresses publicly an
opinion. He left Washington at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon on a royal blue line
train for New York in order to BIO present
and represent tho Navy Department. at
the launch OF the new cruiser Cincin
natl to morrow noon
The other side OF the picture was
visible at tho rooms of the Democratic
Congressional committee. Exultation
reigns supreme there. and everybody
who has participated for months past in
the arduous labor OF educating the peo-
ula in the ways and principles OF true
Democracy, through the medium OF un-
told tons of Congressional speeches and
other campaign literature, feels per-
sonal pride in Yesterdays result and
! has take some credit to himself for it.
or course they claim the Presidency,
butas yet they are giving out no figures.
Returns to p. m. indicate some
changes in the early morning estimates,
particularly in the Western States from
which the news grows slightly less un.
favorable to the Republicans. No posi-.
/ BILE change, however, can affect the
general result. Cleveland has square
majority in Tho electoral college and
; will be declared elected when that bod y
convenes. The only possible change in
) the result as announced early this
morning would increase the Third party
vote in the West and thus throw the
I election into the House Of Representa-
tives, whore Cleveland has majority
| by States Of moro than two TO one.
| Cleveland has carried every Southern
Stat. iprludtnn Wact Virninia and Dal