Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-06
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
Many We're Up There Listening to the
Good News.
Secretary Mckee Satisfied That His
Estimate Was Not So Far
Out of the Way.

The flag that hangs to the front of the
republican headquarters on Delaware ave-
nue. was waving proudly in the cool breeze
and moonlight tonight. Every time the
ticker inside the building brought another
Whit of good news from the empire state
the old flag shook out fresh furi and
fairly shook with pride.
Everything was coming that way and the
men who were so fortunate as to get places
inside were compelled to give vent to their
feelings every few minutes with a lusty
cheer
1t was a republican night so far as they
were concerned. for, If the truth be told,
they were only bothering themselves about
New York, and when the telegraph wires
brought in the news of ever increasing ma
jorities and assured them that Coachman
Howard would have a chance to drive Mr..
Morton to the state capitol after all. they
were as proud and happy a set of men as
could be found the country over
Waiting for the Good News.
In the parlors of the main floor were
a couple of scores of men who have cheered
for the republican party for the last nobody
knows how many years.
They all told each other that they had said
so from the beginning and knew that New
York would go republican by more than
100000. Some Of tie men were white, and
some were colored, but they were all re-
publicans to the kbone, and got more and
more so as the evening passed on and there
was nothing to cool their ardor.
Upstairs. and guarded from the outer
world by a couple of watchmen, who kept
all from going up but those that had some
real business there, were as many more good
republican,. some of whom belong to the
silk stocking variety. In the front room was
the telegraph ticker. and these fortnnates
heard the news before It was carried down
and read to the assembled multitude by
hurrying and fiustered messengers.
They were all feeling just about as good
as men can feel and when they learned
that Morton's majority would run into six
figures 1t almost took their breath away.
Later on when there were rumors of 900
their enthusiasm, while Of the contained
and dignifled sort, was rome the less sin
cere.
Secretary MKee was taking things COM
paratively easy after his long siege. There
was nothing left for him to do now but to
sit back and await the results of the work
that has been going on steadily for
weeks past.
Most of his time was taken up in hand
shaking and In receiving the congratula-
lions of his friends and fellow workers as
they dropped In to hear the news and stayed
to enjoy the glorious feeling of victory.
What Secretary Mckee Says.
When a Star reporter found Mr.. Mckee
he was just listening to a telegram which
told him of success in New York even be-
yond what he had counted on I'm his most
sanguine moments.
II have been told" said he, that my es-
Inmates were too high, and that was wild.
but just the same it begins to look as If
was about right.
Still II New York goes by more than 1O0
GOO 1t will surpass my expectations and all
that 1 can say to you is that 1 am more
than satisfied. 1 made a bet some time ago
that we would nave 300 Congressman and
my estimate included three from New York
city and as many more from Brooklyn. 1
have just had a telegram which bears out
my guess about New York city. Our lowest
and most conservative estimate was for
49, in the next House and the highest was
2i3 made that one and It begins to look
as If my guess was a pretty good one.
I'VE have not had much yet from any
where but New York. Still some private
dispatches that have just come In make us
feel pretty confident of Mr.. Wilson'S defeat
by very satisfactory figure.
by the way, have just had dispatch
from Mr.. A. b. Humphrey of Chicago, the
secretary of the National League of Repub-
lican Clubs. and himself a keen and shrewd
politician. He is likely to know what he is
talking about and says that Illinois has
gone our way by comfortable majority,
with large gains all over the state. The re-
publicans claim Cook county by 10000. with
particularly heavy gains among the solid
business men of Chicago. The populists,
too. have made considerable gains, and there
is no doubt that the whole ticket will be
badly mixed"