Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
DOUBT AND EXPECTANCY
Such an Air Pervaded All the Government
Departments Today.
The President Not ut the White House
Speculation as to His Where
abOuts.

and a general air of doubt and expectancy
was noticeable in all quarters. The White
House was practically deserted. The Presi-
dent was not there and the regular Tuesday
meeting of the cabinet did not take place.
1t is supposed that the President spent the
day at his country home on the Woodley
read. preparing state papers for the consid-
Grafton of Congress. There is no certainty
on this point, however. and Private Secre-
tary Thurber automatically declined to say
anything one way or the other. The lack of
reliable information on the subject gave rise
to various rumors that the President had
gone away to stay until after the elections,
and there was one silly story to the effect
that he had gone to New York to vote The
story is easily disproved The President
having failed to register this year. of course,
had no right to vote.
One story. which may be true. Is that Pres
ident Cleveland spent the early morning
hours in celebrating pursuit of the frolic-
some squirrels which dwell in large num-
hers in the thick woods, few miles distant
in Maryland. and that his faithful door
keeper Charles Loeffler. was with him. At
any rate, Loeff1er was absent from his usual
post of duty today. The railroad officials all
denied that the President had gone out of
town on their lines.
Bulletins at the White House.
No special arrangements have been made
to supply the chief executive with election
returns, beyond what Is usually done on
such occasions. Copies of all the bulletins
received by the Associated Press and the
Western Union are sent to the White House
and the executive departments. Private
Secretary Thurber says that the President is
not coming into the city at all today or this
evening. Although he did not say SO. 1t
therefore follows that the only election news
oiI of
that furnished him by The Star, will be such
as Mr. Thnrber regards as sufficiently inter-
esting to be communicated to him by tele-
phone, over the special line running between
the White House and Woodley. The most
important bulletins will probably be sent to
the White House over it's special wire from
the Western Union office Mr.. Thurber and
his assistants at the Executive Mansion Will
undoubtedly be on duty until a late hour to-
night and the chances are that such of the
cabinet officers as are in the city will spend
the evening there, in order to get the first
complete news of the elections in the states
where the vote Is particularly close.
How the Cabinet Omcers Voted.
The members of the cabinet who took
part in today's elections are Secretary
Carlisle. Secretary Lamont and Attorney
General Harmon. Secretary Carlisle voted
in Covington early this morning and start
ed at once for Washington. He will be
mere tomorrow morning. some Oh Ills luT-
niture is in the residence of his friend,
Mr.. Queen, and he voted in that ward. He
wouldn't tell how he voted. put 1t is be-
lieved by his friends here that he scratch
ed the name of Hardin from the ballot he
deposited: in the box. Secretary Lamont
also voted early. and is expected 20 return
to Washington tonight. He is believed to
have voted the straight democratic ticket.
including the Tammany candidates. At
torney General Harmon is an intimate
friend of Candidate Campbell in Ohio and
has made a personal campaign in his in
terest. He undoubtedly voted the entire
democratic ticket in Cincinnati without n
single exception. He will return to Wash
lngton in time to attend the next meeting
of the cabinet on Friday.
Few Went Home to Vote.
Among other prominent officials who
voted at today's elections are Assistant
Secretary Hamlin in Massachusetts, AS
sistant Secretary Curtis in New York. AS
sistant Secretary McAdoo in New Jersey.
Controller Bowler and Auditor Pugh in
Ohio, Auditor Baldwin and Immigration
Commissioner Stump in Maryland. Station
cry Chief RhoadS in Massachusetts and
Mail Chief Gaines, Private Secretary Van
Sender. Law Clerk Fleming and Draughts-
man Caruth in Kentucky. 1t is said at the
Treasury Department that the number of
absentees on account of the elections is
smaller this year than usual, and that so
far as known very few republicans have
gone home to vote, the vast majority of the
absentees being Of the opposite political
faith. The same Is substantially true of
the other executive departments.