Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-09
those DOUBTS had been removed before yestel-
day, aiif! now they think ihat he, ike sepa-
Tor liill. VIII say'I I'm democrat"
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.
All public talk here to-day is, of
course, about the result of yesterdays
election. The republicans, rs is by no
means unnatural, are glum, sour and
.l-na'ured. but the democrats are not
8 al cXI5craIi;, their feeling apparent
~ being that OF relief from dreaded
danger, rather than of hope for expect
vd benefits. Ine White House is prob
ably the gi1omiest and most ill-condi-
toned building in the whole city, with
;he possible exception of the Treasury
Department, where the knowledge that
The transactions thereof in the last four
years will be made public next March,
and be subject 10 the action OF a demo
cratic Congress and Il democratic Prcsi-
dent is well calculated to produce
al,CIn. The more news there is, the
"reater appears the extent of the
d .mocratic victory. Indeed, it ap-
uroached if ii did not reach, the cond
ton of Il landslide, carrying everything
with IT, Mr.. Cleveland was elected by
an overwhelming majority, the [. $.
Senate VIII be democratic by decisive
vote. anG the I. s. House OF Repre-
scntatives will have d democratic ma
jority of not less than seventy, and ii
may DC considerably more. The South
remains solid, and all four OF her old
allies, New Work. New Jersey, Indiana
ana Connecticut, stood by her, and have
ut their back such once ultra republican
States rs Illinois and Wisconsin,. The
victory is sweeping, ard is SO consider
cd by the most doubling Thomas in the
republican party. Attorney General
Miller and Postmaster General Wanna
maker and Gen. Neazy visited The Pres
idcnt during the forenoon and offered
all the consolation possible at the par
tvs defeat. Each o! them declined 10
suggest auy possible explanation of re-
publican losses. Attorney General
lillc: waived oii'ali intcrvicwers with
The remark, 1--WE nothing ut I'LL TO say"
One, more persistent than the rest,
said To him: TO what do you AT
tribute the unexpected landslide ?"
The Attorney General hesilatcd
= moment and replied quietly:
when Il man has the small
pox, he don care much how he gotit.n
lie closed the conversation by waikiki.
away. Every body seems to he glad mai
Jerry Simpson and Tom Watson. t,e two
third l.arty leaders in he .ia-lse. hovr
been defeated, TIE Virginia demo
Gratis here, oi Course are delighted with
the majority their STATE rolled M for
Cleveland and at the complete souelch-
ing OF both liahoIcism and third par
tyism, sIn@iy and combiDed. in their
state, and none are more 50 than those
from the Alexandria di.,lict. which dis
tricl il IS reported i'.cre. has reelected
Congressman Meredith by very large
majority y, i4G3 in Fauquier, 1900 in
frinc@ Nlliion, 300 in Orange. 800
IN CQipeper. 100 in Fairfax and 500 in
Loudouh, The republican majority in
inc here ,olore STRONG republican dis
trlct OF Markham Fauquieg county, was
reduced to bara ii. Mr.. Ryan. meu.-
Der OF the Virginia legislature &c ~
Loudoun e@ilntY, says every rcpub' ear
at his precinct voted FOR TurD> r 4 q
thlrG party candidate for Gony ,e..
Il. Nan-luscn, who weat Tnrsoii
TO work for nezsndorf. l!,f ronnhiil.a,
candidate Tor Congress in tb.t district
says Tyler, The democ Mic no;niucc
was ciecscd ss.;,.. mu" have boon i,
reason Of the fight between the tw,
republican :: i4c''e@ there, aud that
2 ..' go, 10 !. ~" seem. the federal OF
ncers iaer7 .e' { all supporting CORR
- e'ii i,o '%' eg' candidate 1t is report
=, To- Ola prominent ihird part,
ono 1r,''' in >,auquier county discharged
G : CO hi white employees yesterda.
n rot' NJ he democratic ticket, bu
that tf man WAS Immediately given
bette place br a democratic employer
Ge neral W II. Payne, of WaTcn;on
chi' counsel for The Virginia MidIanl
PC stion OF The i. 4 d. Il. r., has, wit
+ is family, occupied his winter rcsidenc
N This city.
} An Alexandria sporting man dom.
business here won the comfortabl
little sum OF three thousand dollars OF
Yesterdays election.