Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-07
Prominent officials Are Clam-Eke
Over the Election.
MR.. CLEVELAND STILL At WOODLEY
Local Republicans Are Jubi|ant
Over the Landslide.
MR.. DECISIONS COMMENTS

House last night to hear the returns from
| the elections. The members of the cabinet
were Secretaries Gresham, Carlisle Smith
| and Herbert. They were late in arriving.
reaching the White House about 9 o'clock
and remaining several hours. The Western
Union Telegraph Companys bulletins were
received direct from the wire that runs into
| the Executive Mansion, and in addition
| the party had the election returns of the
Associated Press. The President left the
White House for the day for his country
| home at Woodley about 8 o'clock in the
afternoon and did not return. The special
| telephone wire between the White House
| and Woodley was utilized during the night,
| and bulletins Of important results and fuller
details in cases in which the President took
| a particular interest were sent to him at
| the direction of Mr.. Thurber.
There is considerable uncertainty as to
how the President Views the result. News
paper men thronged the White House this
morning to get some light on that point,
| but the effort was a complete failure. They
| were informed that the President would not
| come in from his country home To-Day, ana
| that 1t would be useless to ask him to make
a statement on the subject. AS one cor
respondent put 1t, 1.-The President fled to the
woods yesterday afternoon and he does not
feel 1t safe to leave them just at present
| 1t is said that when the President was
not at the telephone last night receiving
| the election returns he was engaged In the
| consideration of applications for clemency
| in the case of United States prison.
| ers in different sections Of the country,
and that it was his desire to dispose of all
| the cases before him that impelled him to
| remain at his country retreat today.
Private Secretary ThurDer cannot con-
ceal his disappointment and regret at the
republican tidal wave. but persistently de-
clnes to talk about IL. Similar reticence
rotary Carlisle. Secretary Herbert and the
other members of the cabinet who were
| asked by The Star for their opinions. Sec
| rotary Lamont. the only member of the
cabinet who cast a ballot for his party. Is
still In New York He Is expected back to-
| morrow. He undoubtedly has views on the
| subject, but is not at all likely to express
them. Secretary Herbert Is the only MEM
| Der Of the cabinet whose state shows demo-
| cratic gains.
Secretary Gresham spent a few hours at
| the State Department this morning, and
| then went to the White House for a quiet
| chat with Mr.. Thurber. who was there soli-
| tary and alone. 1t is understood that Sec
| rotary Gresham subsequently drove out to
Woodley to talk 1t over with the President
Election bulletins were delivered at the
| White House today by the Associated Press.
and when they contained anything that
Mr. Thurber thought would interest the
President, resource was had to the private
telephone line that runs to Woodley. The
conflicting claims Of the party managers
| in Representative Wilson'S district gave
| rise to hope that he may have been saved
| after all, and the bulletins on this point
were given the right OF way to the presi-
Dental ear.
Senator Call of Florida was asked what
| he had to say about the result of yester-
day. Gone up, gone up he said, in Sc
| pulchral tones, indicating the grief he could
! lot conceal. when party has been ad-
vocating a certain policy during its exist
ence," continued the Senator, "and when
1t gets into power fails to carry out that
! policy 1t is sure to suffer defeat"
| Like 1874.
| Gen. j. B. Doe Of Wisconsin, assistant
| secretary of war. is one of the few high
officials willing to be quoted in regard to
| the elections. He spoke briefly as follows:
| 1.-The election in some respects reminds
one very much Of that Of 1874, and while
| unprecedented in it's extent, 1t is the kind
| of an expression of disapproval which is
usually evinced toward the administration
after great commercial disturbances and an
experience of what is called hard times
| 1t will be amusing to see in the opposition
| newspapers the prominence which Will be
| given to notices Of resuming factories and
| carefully excluded from their columns for
| some months. This election will also be
claimed by the late calamity howlers to be
q decisive verdict against tariff reform. but
| 1t is in fact nothing Of the kind. That is an
| issue which never will be settled until q
| tariff for revenue has been given fair
trial"
Air Of Gloom.
The downtown departments were not SO
| cheerful today were republican head
| quarters. There was absolutely an air Of
| gloom. In the Post Office Department there
was an absence of prominent officials. Post
master General Bissell has been confined
to his home by Sickness for several days
| and remained there today. First Assistant
Postmaster Jones IS in I.lin OILS, where, IT is
said on department authority, he went to
vote the democratic ticket. Second Assist
NalS 10 Sin 1a,y ~ c;cf,
Kerr Craig is voting for democracy in
North Carolina, and Fourth Assistant Max
well went back to New York. The reporter
was told at his office that Mr.. MaxwelTs
vote does not appear in the returns from
that state. Over at the Department of the
| Interior nobody is saying a word. Every
body with whom The Star man tried to
talk refused to do so. If what they said was
to be printed. TIL ~ were timid about be-
ing quoted. Privately. enc or two officials
said that everything appt AIRED to be against
the party.and that no theory could be form
ed which would indicate the cause of the
| democratic defeat. One official was hopeful
and declared that the democracy would
have to take a fresh holt"
MIR. DicksOn's Comments.
An air of chastened gloom pervades the
faces of well-known democrats around
town. Very few had anything to say. One
of those who talked was Mr.. William Dick
son, who said: 'In my opinion, the letters
which President Cleveland wrote upon the
tariff bill and saw fit to have made public
gave the republicans an fr1mense amount
of ammunition, which they used to deadly
effect. But, then, Cleveland didn't and
don't care about that. There are only two
persons IN the universe, according to his
ideas-himsalf and the Almighty"
Republican Comments.
Myron NJ. Parker, ex-District Commits
sioner: "Of course 1 am gratified beyond
measure. The immensely CT the victory
was unexpected. 1t signifies that the peo-
pie were tired Of tariff agitation and the
commercial unrest resulting from it, and
wanted business to settle down on an even
keel and go ahead smoothly"
Ex-senator Vim. Pitt Kellogg: II am not
surprised much. / bet to ! yesterday on
Hills defeat, and even money on Morton
having a plurality of 10000. The result
will be to give an impetus to values all
over the country and especially here in
Washington. l have advanced the price of
the real estate 1 hold in the District of
Columbia 25 per cent on account Of the re-
publican victory. Oh yes, business will be-
come healthy again at once, FOR the fear of
future injury to it by specous legislation
has been dissipated."
A. NJ Lothrop of the firm of Woodward
& Iothrop: II am pleased to death at the