The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-08
AYrER ELECTION NOTES.

AFTER ELECTION NOTES.
 There Was Great Satisfaction Written on
 the Faces of Republicans Yesterday-
 Notes of the Day. u.'
 The utmost satisfaction was felt lmong republicans yesterday over the sweeping republican, victories. So big h revolution In politics naturally was the uppermost topic of conversation. Everywhere about town talk over the election results was heard. Surprise was manifested that New Haven had gone so overwhelmingly republican, every republican candidate voted for being elected and every democrat voted for being reiegated to a Journey up Salt River. Many wry faces were disclosed as bets on the result in New York state were settled up by the losers, who In nearly all cases were democrats.
 There was great jubilation in all parts of the city over the election Of MT. Sperry to congress and his big ma jority. The result was most gratifying to thousands and everybody seemed happy. MT. Sperry, MT. spiegel Judge Cleaveland, MT. Elliott, MT. Newton, MT. Johnson-all the victors, received innumerable congratulations. Then, the republicans were joyous to a high degree over the news from all over the Union.
 The defeated candidates took their defeat with good grace and expressed the hope that another two years might bring them consolation.
 Perhaps the most surprised man among the candidates was Judge-eleet Cleaveland.
 How He Receives His Surprise Party.
 Livingston w. Cleaveland, the repub- lican candidate for judge of the probate court, received a majority in every town in the district, which, together with his majority in this city, makes his total majority 1,O57. When & Courier report CT called on him yesterday afternoon his office was crowded with friends rendering congratulations, and MT. Cleaveland was busy opening congrat- ulatory letters. He expressed himself as much gratified at his election and said that no honor in the state could have come to him and been more ap- preciated than to be elected by the various towns composing the New Ha- ven district to the very responsible po- sition of probate judge.
 The exhibition of confidence in him, evidenced by his nomination and elec- tfon, was most gratifying. MT. Cleave- land said that he has always enter tained for Judge Robertson the highest respect, and in view of MT. Robertson's great deserved popularity, he could hardly have reasonably. expected to be elected, even in a republican year, es- pecially in view of the fact that MT. Robertson has been twice endorsed by republican conventions and many re- publicans attracted by his. courteous manners havegot in the habit of voting for hdm. Judge Cleayeland also says that while hes did not expect to be elected, still in view of the probability of a great republican tidal wave, and the fact that he had a great many friends among both republicans and democraats tiirrtug gflpTt sth hef cfty he was not totally unprepa ared for the result. He has received assurances that he received a large number of democratic votes.
 On being asked if he was surprised at the result. he said:
 .What did surprise me most was the fact that carried every town in the district and that my majority instead of being small, as might have been expected, footed up over thous- and q ,O0O) votes."
 Owing. to an error in adding the re- turns of the wards it was thought that he had not been elected. Mir. Cleave- land was at the Courier office when a reporter brought in the official returns for all the wards in the city except the Fourth. and all the towns except North Haven and Seymour. These returns showed that his chances of being elect ed were doubtful.
 Together with Henry G. Newton. MT. Cleayeland went to the First ward no1ls. where the official returns were being received and while he and Judge Robertson were congratulating each other on being elected to the same ofnce Mr.. Newton added the vote for judge of probate and discovered that MT. claaveland had been given looo less than the returns showed.
 The figures were verified by those Tn charge and the footings were corrected. Rnt as it turned out, even without this he would have been elected by 07 ma jority.
 what Congressman-ElectH Hill Says.
 Bridgeport, Nov. 7.-Ebenezer J. Hill of Norwalk, congressman-elect, was in- teryiewed to-day on the subject of his election. He said the Landslide in favor of the republicans was due to the pro test of the working people against the action of congress.
 He further stated the workingmen feared such legislation might increase suffering.
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