The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-08

.-a Ts~mmary's Defeat .-s that the
Repubnca-s would sweep th. Cou-try.
WASHINGTON, Nov. president Cleveland
remained at Woodley to-day, consequently IL
was impossible to obtain from him an express
sion of opinion concerning yesterdays battle OF
the ballots. It was given out at the White
House that he was probably engaged In the
preparation Of his annual message TO Congress,
but such was hardly the case, in view Of the fact
that the heads Of the various departments have
not yet furnished him with the necessary data.
The New York papers were sent out TO him as
soon as they arrived. and he probably spent the
greater part of the day trying TO figure out what
1t all means. II is known that he Is deeply
grieved at the downfall Of his pet Congressman,
William l.. Wilson, and he will probably hunt
up some snug berth for him In the public SER
vice after the 4th OF March next. It probably
distressed him to learn that Cuckoo" Tracey
has also been thrown down at Albany. He may
have derived some satisfaction from the news
that Silver Dollar" Bland will not have an OPP
portunity to revive the free silver question in
the next Congress. Thus the three high priests
Of free trade, Mugwumpry. and free silver re-
spectlvely are to be eliminated from the next
House.
The members Of the Cabinet were not In
clined to discuss the result of yesterdays cleo
ton. They undoubtedly have some very pro-
nounced views on the subject, but they realize
that silence is golden at this stage in the pro-
ceedings. One member OF the Cabinet said that
there was but one explanation Of the result, and
that was that the Democrats were divided
and the Republicans were united"
Senator Faulkner was at the headquarters to-
day irving to look as cheerful as possible under
the circumstances He made no attempt to con-
ceal his surprise at the remarkable avalanche Of
Republican votes in almost every direction. Up
TO the last moment he hoped and expected that
the Democrats would control the organization Of
the next House of Representatives. In referring
to the constantly increasing army Of " ] told you
Sos" Senator Faulkner said:
There was only one man who ever intimated
to me that such q landslide was possible, and
that man was Richard Croker. Some time ago
he was present at n meeting OF the committee in
New York. He then declared that no matter
how much we fought or how well. the Repub-
licans would sweep the country. Hill would be
beaten. he asserted. New York city would be
lost. and the whole country would go the same
way. I asked him how he, who said he was out
Of politics, could find reasons upon which to
base such an opinion: .
toward the men he named. when want to find
out what the political sentiment Is ! don't ask
M sa1s and Pr 20 Stdl o%n q the sA street 1ssds and talk E't with Gh the the
men who have votes and who don't know who l
am. and hnd out that way the real DRIFT
YES" continued Senator Faulkner. Croker
was the only man who ever. intinsated the re-
suit, and he did the same thing before the cleo
tion In 1890. No one expected such q Demo-
cratic victory then, but Richard Croker declared
that there would be q landslids in our favor"
There were very few kilograms received by
the committee this morning. and most OF thes,
were from the South, confirming the election o:
Democratic Congressmen In various districts.
Throughout the departments there Is general
rejoicing at the news that Representative
DOckery of Missouri and Holman of Indiana,
are among those who fell outside the breast
works. Dockery made himself unpopular by
reason of his plan for the reorganization OF the
department service. and Holman is equally I'M
popular because OF his false ideas of econ
omy. But few regrets are heard at the
defeat of Springer. the author of the popgun
tariff bills In the last Congress and Bynum.
Tom johnson, and Cultivate. Some anxiety Is
felt for Gen. Sayers of Texas, the present Chair
man Of the Committes on APPROPRIATION; Who
the House. Nearly all OF the extremists on tho
Democratic side of the House are reported
among tho missing.
The most startling news received here to-day
was that North Carolina has probably been CAP
tured by the Republican fusionists,w which means
The indications are that the Republicans will
regain control of the Senate. II they have but
one majority 1t will not take them long 10 in
crease their number. as there will surely be
several contests from the Western states. The
Republicans can always be relied upon TO look
after their own friends in a contested election
case. In tho House there will be a number OF
contests from the Southern States. In South
Carolina the Republican Committee encouraged
Republican nominations in every Congress dis
trict, with the understanding that in the event
OF Republican success contests would follow.