The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-08
AFTER THE BIO BAprLE

From the Baltimore Herald, Now.
Great, indeed, was the jubilation
which reigned everywhere yesterday
among Republicans and Independents
over the result of Tuesdays election.
Landslide, avalanche, cyclone, biz
zard, snowstorm and kindred words
were general used, even by the defeat
ed Democrats, to express the intensity
of the victory achieved over the
hitherto dominant party.
Business was little thought of, owing
to the deep interest taken in the out
come of the battle of ballots, and the
satisfied utterances of the "I-told-you
SOS" mingled with the breathless as
constituent of those who never eX
pected such slump"
Maryland gone Republican
The fact seemed almost incredible to
victors and vanished alike. Everyone
took a long breath and halted, as it
were, that they might the more fully
realize that this State, the Northern
outpost of the Solid South, the border
land of Mason and Dixon's line, had
after 80 years of mistaken allegiance
to the Democratic party, gone, not
hesitatingly, but with an unmistak-
able evidence of forethought, over
into the ranks of the Republicans.
The sweeping majority which car
ried Messrs. Lowndes, Hooper and
their fellow candidates into Office left
no doubt as to the magnitude of the
CONFUSION which has shaken the COM
munity to its core. 4
st. Paul street alongside the offices
whence the victors had conducted
their campaign was filled until late in
the afternoon by an excited crowd of
men, most of them colored, who cheer
ed, shouted and generally rejoiced.
Seldom before in the history of Bal
timore were there to be seen so many
negroes upon the streets. They seem
ed to have taken holiday. Nearly
all of them wore campaign buttons
and eXultant looks. One man in the
Bank of Baltimore Building, where
the headquarters are situated, allow
ed his exuberance to overcome his
common sense so that he fired a couple
of shots from a pistol into an areaway,
causing some alarm. Then he vanish
ed to avoid arrest.
George l.. Wellington, Chairman of
the Republican State Committee, said:
1--WE have had hard fight, which
did my best to conduct squarely upon
honorable lines. We are indebted to
the Independents, but our own vote
was never before so united, and it
moved 10 a solid phalanX. l never
had Il doubt as to the result When !
took charge of the campaign my first
step on coming here was to register
the vote of Baltimore City and orga-
niZe it. That was never done before.
| am very tired and expect to go home
tomorrow for a rest, and will return in
a few days to wind up matters and
close the headquarters"
Senator Hattersly w. Talbot, chair
man of the Democratic State Central
Committee, said:
I'VE are beaten; that is all there is
to say. I hope the Republicans have
the Senate, as they have won the rest,
so that the entire responsibility will
rest upon them"
Chairman Talbot went home yes
terday afternoon, and Democratic
headquarters were closed, after hav-
ing been open since April last.
Governor Brown said
1.-THE result does not surprise me-"
Chairman Rogers w. Gull, of the
Reform League, was busy at the head
quartes of that organization in Room
739 of the Equitable Building, and
said that he felt satisfied with the out
come of the election and the work
done by the Reform League. 1t was
Il triumph for those who had endeav-
ored to secure change of affairs, and
he was perfectly content. Last night
he left for Atlantic City, where he
will rest until Monday next.
THE ELECTION IN OTHER STATES.
Now York State oaya n plura Iity, fo.