The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-14
THE WAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.


Mr.. CT vslands Rems1us at His ConntrJ
Seat aud is not Accessible.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 7.-Pfesiden,
Cleveland remained at Woodley today
consequently it was impossible to OBJ
tain from him an expression of opinion
concerning yesterdays battle of the
ballots. 1t was given out at the White
House that be was busily engaged ir
his annual message to Congress. bu,
such. was hardly true In view Of the
fact that the heads of the various de-
partmentS have not yet furnished him
with the necessary data. The New
York papers were sent out to bin as
soon as they arrived, and he probably
spent the greater part of the day trying
to figure but what 1t. all meaOs. lie
may have derived some satisfaction
from the news that "Silver-dollar'
Bland will not have aa opportunity to
revive the free silver question IN the
next Congress. Thus three high priests
of free trade, Mugwumpry and free
silver, respectively. are to be eliminated
from the next House.
The members of tie Cabinet were not
inclined to discuss the result OF yester-
DAVIS election. They undoubtedly have
some very pronounced views on the
subject, but they reallzs that silence is
golden at this stage In the proceedings.
One member of the cabinet said that
there was but one explanation of the
result and that was that "Democra,s
were divided and the Republicans
united"
SENATOR FAULKNERS SURPRISE.
Senator Faulkner was at headqusr-
ters today trying to look as cheerful as
possible under the circumstances. de
made no attempt to conceal his SUI
prise at the remarkable avalanche OF
Republican votes In almost every dl-
rection. Up to the last moment he
hoped and expected that the Democrats
would control the organization ct the
next House of Representatives. ln re-
ferring to the constantly increasing 6
army of IF told you so," Senator
Faulkner says:
CROKER AS A POLITICAL PROPHET.
"There was only one man who ever
intimated to me that such a landslide
was possible, and that man was Rich
ard Croker. Some time ago he was
present at q meeting Of the committee
in New York. He then declared that
no matter how much We fought or how
we'll, Republicans would sweep the
country. Hill would be beaten, he
asserted, New York city would be lost
and the whole country would 60 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.
"Oh," he exclaimed, with a wave OF
his hand toward the gentlemen In
question, "When I want to find out
what the political sentiment Is l don't
ask Martin or Gilroy or the leaders. l
get on street cars and go down the
street and talk with men who have
voted, and who don't know who 1 am.
and find out in that way the real drift.
"Yes," continued Senator Faulkner,
"Croker was the only man, l repeat,
who ever intimated the result, and he
did the same thing before the election
in 1890. No one expected such De.
mocratlc victory then, but Richard
Croker declared there would bs a land
slide in our favor"
There were very few kilograms re-.
ceived by the committee this morning
and most of these were from the South
the election Of Democratic
Congressman in various districts.
TRAITORS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
Throughout the departments there is
general rejoicing at the announcement
that Representatives I. 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
of the departmental
service. and Holman Is equally unpop.
ular 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,
or Bynum, Tom johnson or Odth waite.
Some anxiety Is felt for Gen. Sayrus
of Texas, the present chairman OF the
on appropriations, who Is
regarded as one of the ablest Democrats
in the House. Nearly all of the ex.
tremists on the Democratic side of the
House are reported among the missing.
STARTLING, BUT NOT TRUE.
The most startling news received
here today was the announcement that
North Carolina has been probably cap.
tured by the Republican fusionists,
which means the defeat of both Sena-
tors Ransom and Jarvis.
BOTH HoUaEs OF CONGRESS LOST,
The indications are that the Repub.
licaus will gain control Of the Senate,
If they have but one majority 1t will
not take them long to increase 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 III a
contested election cases. In the House
there will be number of contests
from the Southern States. In South
Carolina the Republican committee en-
couraged Republican nominations In
every Congressional district, with the
understanding that in the event of Re-
publican success contests would folio Y.
News and Courier.
Shooting at Wagenor.
A serious shooting affair occurred In
the town of Wagner over in Aiken
County on last Wednesday between
10 nh r.