The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-18
WHAT'S THE NEWS?
NAMES VOTE MUcHLY MIXED.
Confident Republicans Think They
See CLEAN Of Hope for Davis
Latest Democratic Dispatches
Claim That the Returns are
Being Manipulated - Rad
icals Cry vice Versa.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 17.--Ono hundred
and seventy towns give Davis plurality of
s7s, against Fusion plurality last year OF
l2s. Returns from "a towns not received
gave Fusion majority of 672la year. III
they coma in the ssme as last year Davis will
have LEFT S03 of plurality. Adding the scat
tering vote to that received, he will have il6,
SO that Davis will not get majority without
further gain of IA.
New York, Sept. II. The T.ibuuo pub
fishes the following dispatch
AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept 10, 1852.
To Whiteaw Reid, Et'tor OF the Tribune
"Returns from country towns show steady
and uniform gains in the Republican vote,
iustifying our canvass In every respect In
Portland, Bangor, Bath, Biddeford, Belfst
and some fifteen or twenty other large towns
we met our principal loss by means to which
| have already referred. Thee instrumen
,sities did not reach the country towns,
hence Governor DAVIS has bC1n coming up
specdily within the last thirIy~ave hours.
We now feel confident Of his election by the
vote of the people. Thele is possibility
that the Democratic frauds will be attempted
among the French IN the Madawsska region
ON our extreme northeastern frontier, over
800 miles fro here. by tho existing route
of travel, These French people arc them.
selves honest and innocent, but tfey are made
the passive instruments of genuine Anglo
Saxon Democrats of tho state steSl. A variety
of frauds in Msdawaska have been
ot,el tried by Democrats in the Post. They
we've signally exposed ami robuked, as long
ago as 1853, by Hon. James s. Pike, of the
Tribune, Ti5une appointed special COM
missioner by Governor Dott Merrill. 1t may
become necessary :, order a similar invesli.
cation this year. The courage of Maine
Republicans never was higher than at the
present momert We have elected % men,
bors Of the senate against by the Fusion.
ist9, aud have tho house of representative
by a large majority. The political power of
Maine is perms'ently wrested fr m the
men who last year dishonoIed the state"
Four hundred and ninety towns give
Davis 1908, PIaist,d 72bsS, scattering 3SS.
Davis plurality 7l3 Small t)Nns to hear
from last year gave Davis 400, Fusion $780,
scattering so A large number of altering
votes unaccouut / for shows that many
towns failed TO report scattering votes.
New York, Sept. 1.-THE following dis
patch was received this alernoon:
PORTLAND, ME-, Sept. u, isSO.
To Marcus Ha llan, New York
"Republiceu rasca ity is beyond compre
hension, There is no doubt of an attempt be-
ing made to count out Plaisted. Ii 1t succeeds
II will add 10000 to our vote in November.
THOMAS H. Mugcu."
New York, Sept. l7.-"The national Dem.
ocratic committee has issued the following
statement relative to the election in MSine
NEW YORK, Sept, IL, 1850
Headquarters OF the National Demooralic
Comm tie;
--latest reliable end official returns 70.
ceived from Naive are as follows:
Returns rom 428 towns give Pla'sied
70,0l9, Davis 70,69S, a Ra.
publican majority of go. Ia the same towns
IN 1876 tho opposition vote was 81 400 Ro.
publican 72,766, Republican majority of
1926. The Republican loss in
1880, from the corresponding ele ction
in 1876 Is 1857. There, are 5S towns
and plantations yet to BIO heard from which,
relative to the gain in these towns rs compared
with 1876, would give US at least over 1000
Democratic majority. Republican manipu.
lators in Maine arc pretending to claim a
majority for Davis and are undoubtedly try
ing to doctor the returns to bear out this
clfim. 1t remains to be seen whether they
propose to begin in Maine to re.inauguraie
the frauds of 1876. For two days Mr.
Blaine and other Republican leaders con-
ceded Mr.. Plaisted's election, as the Republi.
can party did Tilden's in 1876. The entire
machinery for counting the vote is In
the hands of the Republican returning
board. Usually in past years, II has only re-
quircd about two days to ascertain defote
r, suits in Maine. Ibis year all first returns
showed great Democratic gains, and II was
only when Republican msnipulators have
stopped returns from coming 10, and delayed
them until hey could DO altered, that chang 8
were made in favor of Davis, as for in
stance the county of Kennebec which usu-
ally completes It's returns in one day, YVES
held back Until af,erThuIsdsy, and it is openly
asserted BY former republican leaders that
the returns are kept back for manipulation.
Two Of the five congressman, Murch and
| Lsdd, are conceded to be elected. Philbrick,
Democratic candidate in Baue's district,
| Wu'e hcIuHllN elu btu ihhy w Couutou ous'
la the Il st district Anderson, the Democratic
candidate, is practically in the same position,
ne the Republicans only claim majority for
Reed of 90, thus showing that out of five con-
gressmen, four Democrats were elected. This Is
the best criterion by which to Judge the pop
ular sentiment of the. state.
Pnsted ia clearly elected and can only
be defeated by fraudulent count. The
only gains shown by the Republican party,
or claimed by them are in Democratic
counties inaccessible by telegraph and away
from TIE lines of railway The best evidence
Of fraud perpetrated is the fact that while
the Fusion ticket showed large gains all
over the state in Republican cities and coun.
tie'. the Republican gain Is claimed ia Demo-
cratic counties. "WILLIAM BARNuM,
Chairman Dem. Nat. Com"
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