Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-17

After Warm Telegraphie Correspoadence
With the Successors Of z. Chandler,
Blaine Now Claims tho Election
of his Candidate rs Chan
dler Falsely Claimeda
Majority for Hayes
in Louisiana In
November,
1876. =,
Plaisted Says he VIII Take his Seat.
Whatever be the real facts as to the
election of Plaistcd or Davis, the action of
Republican county and town officials in
holding back the returns gives foundation
for the charge that the Republicans mean
to seat Davis as governor by fair means or
foul. They claim that returns from all but
&c towns gives Davis plurality of 246.
year. Davis would have a plurality of 146.
The Maine Republican papers to-day claim
Davis's election, and deprccate any doctor
ing of returns. This is just what the
Democrats, however, claim is being done.
The Augusta Standard says editorially
that the Republican managers are holding
back the correct returns either to manipu-
late them or weaken the effect of the
crushing defeat. Private advices at Au-
gusta from 425 towns give Davis less then
20 plurality. The towns to be heard from
gave last year Fusion majority of 12O.
Gen. Plaisted says he will not be counted out
but will take his scat if he has but one
majority. The constitutional amendments
arc adopted, making plurality elect tho
governor. The governor and council must
within thirty days, count the vote on the
constitutional amendments. The vote for
state officers is to be counted by the Leg
islaturc at its meeting next winter and the
Republican Legislature will doubtless de-
clare that the amendments, already de-
clared adopted by the present Republican
governor and council, will be operative
from their adoption, and will hold good
for the election just held.
Blaine's dcspairing cry to Garfield, con-
ceding the election of Plaisted, seems to
have been far less acute than was expected
of him. To-day he repents of it. He has
received great quantities of kilograms from
Republicans in all parts of the country. A
private despatch received here says that
Conkling, Cornell and Jewell were in close
consultation in New York to-day, and that
they were in constant communication with
the Republican managers here. Tho Re-
publicans have the entire machinery for
counting and the case is desperate. But
they must make the majority for Davis, a
small one at best, and the fact remains
that there has been loss of nearly IL, 900
Republican votes since the election for
governor in the presidential contest OF
1876.
Evidence is accumulating that the Re-
publican managers are manipulating re-
turns to show plurality for Davis. Meas
records in each town and city, and if the
result shows that plurality of tho votes
as cast were for Gen. Plaisted, he will be
inaugurated governor. The opinion is be-
coming general among the Democrats here
that 4 repetition on small scale of the
fraud of 1876 is under way in this state,
and the public excitement is rising to a
high pitch. James G. Blaine. it is freely
charged, controls the press dispatches sent
from tho state.
The News In New York.
The Democrats were not so much alarm
cd at the news of the possible counting out
of Plaistcd rs might at first he supposed.
They look upon the matter very quietly,
and there were not few who hoped that
Plaisted would be counted out" If this
were done, it was said, the Republicans
would lose thousands of votes in Indiana.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
only hope Davis will be declared elected''
a prominent Democrat remarked last night
to Herald reporter. What do we care
who is governor of Maine The Office docs
not amount to anything in q political sense,
particularly as the Republicans are said to
have control of tho Legislature. If Plais-
ted were declared elected he could do us
no good. The idea is, however, that if the
Republicans count him out tho people
will be very apt to rise en- masse in No
vember and avengc the wong"
The subject of the election is still the
leading theme of visitors to Governors S
Island, and then the talk usually branches
off into prophecies of Democratic victories
in other states regarded heretofore as far
more doubtful than Maine. kilograms
arc also being sent TO General Hancock OH
the subject, Of which the following arc
samples:
Major General w. S. HANCOCK, United
States Army, Governors Island
Maine redeemed, our new star in the
East shines brightcst-its name Hancock.
frecmen's votes. Well spoken High
Chief. EUGENE CAssERLY.
TO this dispatch General Hancock sent
the following reply:
EUGENE CAssERLY, San Francisco, Call
Your dispatch received. Result on At
lantic front is very encouraging. May it
be cqualled at least on the Pacific coast,
to which l am warmly attached, with
which am identified by carly associations,
and whose interests l understand, and in
any sphere of life would always cndeavor
to promote. w. >. HANCOCK.
The next telegram is from Mr.. Joseph
Pulitzer, of st. Louis, and is is sent from
that city -
GENERAL HANCOCK -
You will greatly oblige your numerous
friends here by tclegraphing your opinion
about the effect of the Maine election.
Please telegraph at once.
JOSEPH PULITZER.
The following answer was sent by Gen.
cral Hancock -
JOSEPH PULITZER, st. Louis:
Your telegram received asking what
think the effect of the Maine election will
be. l think it will lead to pure and eff
cicnt administration of our public affairs,
to burying sectionalism, cementing the
Union and perpetuating representative
government. But instead of permitting
us to relax our labors it imposes the neces-
sity of increasing them. To resist tho des
perate efforts of our opponents harder
work than ever is required of our friends
in the crowniny victory.
w. s. HANCOCK.
Apropos of the Maine election General
Hancock has received the following tele-
gram dated at Bangor, Me-, from Mr..
Plaisted, the alleged newly elected Demo-
cratic governor of Maine, in response to
tlc one sent to him and published ycster-
dav.