Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-11-15

the vote of 5aHscertain district, as
sedsnpOnSbysthe board, the supremel
court can besappealed;to ito! to compel the
board to rectifY the alleged error. If
Tho court sustains the view, of the re-
,publicans, Its order is final, and the
record as ordered by the court must.
stand in place of the, original one.
The board itself can compel the in
spectors to correct only clerical errors, |
and tits in regard to the probable pro-
tests as to certain records of the vote
city and election precincts in the state
that the Republicans and Democrats
may lock horns on Tuesday and call in
the aid Of the supreme court to deter
mine the disputed questions. The
counting of the vote, in this city es-
pecially, may not be- ended, therefore,
for several days.
'F' THE SUM-
The New York Sun of Monday morn
ing says: "While we believe that the
official canvass of the vote of New
York, to, be begun tomorrow by the
county boards, will show that Mr..
Cleveland is elected, it is nevertheless
true that the fact of his election is yet
to be established. The laws of New
YORK provide a plain and straightfor-
ward method for ascertainlng the
truth. Everything is done in the day
light. There will be no Louisiana
business here; no Florida business; no
infamous intrigues of the sort that MI.
Carl Schurz SC properly. denounced III
night. There is not the slightest evil
| dence of any intention on the part OF
either republicans or democrats to at
l %ororf m ~f1rot tho o1o0fNro1 vNfoa ut
New York to the candidate who is not
entitled to those votes. If the official
canvass proves that, MIR. Cleveland has
by honest arithmetic a plurality Of l.
600, or of 10, or of / vote in New York
state, the fact of his election will be
established and he will be inaugural
81 - J.!
49,. THE 'TRBTNE." :.
New York, Nov. lO2The Tribune Of
this morning says: I'VE see 40 occa-
sion to change the opinion thus far
maintained that only the official count
can determine the result Of the cleo.
ton in this State, and that it is likely
to show a small plurality for Blaine
selves In spite Of the idle vaporing Of
their newspapers, which started in the
night after the election with claims of:
10000 plurality, and have since drop,
ped to about a thousand), only count
now on a little less than $50 plurality
in the State. This the errors, or worse, {
already discovered would more than
wipe out. The whole canvass must be:
conducted with the utmost openness
and under the most rigid legal scrutiny.
with resort to the proper courts
whenever necessary. Then, it the fair
count gives Gov. Cleveland a plurality
of only a single vote he will be in
augurated. If it gives Mr.. Blaine q
plurality, no matter how small, he will
be inaugurated. Buster and threats
which those who use them will be re-
sponsible-but will not be permitted to
affect the inevitable result"
CONFERENCE OF DEMOCRATIC
New York, Nov. 9-The committee
of Democratic lawyers held a mass
meeting in this city to-day for the pur-
pose of mapping out their campaign
against the official canvass. Among
those present were Gen. Francis G.
Barlow, E. Ellery Anderson, A. J.
Vanderpoel, Charles P. Miller, Albert
Stickney, and F. l.. Stetson. MI.
Anderson said this evening: "The
object OF the conference to-day was to
determine by an examination of the
law what are the limits to which the
Republicans can 90 in invoking the aid
of the courts to Interfere with the
count of the votes Tuesday, and to
take moasures to proteCt the Interests
honest count of the votes cast in the
State"
!, will lawyers be sent from this city
to witness the official v in the
: country counties?"
"There are lawyers enough in the va
rious counties to protect the interests
of the party. But whenever they want
assistance we are prepared to furnish
it, and able lawyers will be sent where
/ needed"
ii ASSOCIATED PRESS.
81 New YORK, Nov. 6.-Ihe following
; address has just been issued:
t Headquarters Republican National
r Committee, New York City, Nov. g.
t The Republican National Committee
rejoices that the returns now received
= warrant it in announcing the triumph.
: ant election of Blaine and Logan. The
Republicans have carried every north
l ern state except New Jersey and Con.
necticut. Virginia seems also to have
given a majority for the Republican
, cause and the ticket, and there is 8
: , strong probability that West Virgins
, ;, has also, while other Southern States
> are still in doubt. The Northern States
= alone. however, give to Blaine and
Logan 225 electoral votes and insure
; their election.
) New York, November Sour foot
: ings show that Cleveland has a plural
ity of 1,480. There are IS places to b,
. heard from officially, which will re
. duce this somewhat. If Garfeld's ma
jorities in those places are accepted tn,
plurality for Cleveland will be ia, but
, it is doubtful if Blaine polls as large
vote in those precincts as Garfield
: hence Cleveland's plurality may be &C
f cepted as about 1000. This calculation
Q Of course, is based on the return,
= which have been received from thu
!. various precincts at this Office from
persons believed to be reliable. ant
o also have served the Associated Pres!
acceptablv in other years. An examin
alton of the returns shows great differ
ence of ratio Of gain or loss in different
sections; hence the widely differing
: calculations.
ell WILLIAM HENRY SMITH,
t General Manager Associated Press.
THE REPUBLICAN PRoNUNCIAMIENTO
! In New York attempts to tampeI
: with the returns have already deem de-
. tected. The actual vote cast in New
Q York City, in Kings County, and in
Q 1852 other election precincts give at
: the utmost only l4S pluralityto Grover
Cleveland. while 1853 precincts not YET
! heard from, gave 2,l71 to Garfield
There is, therefore, NJ ground fol
doubt that the honest vote of the state
has been given to the Republican can
8 didates, and, though the defeated can
q ldidafo ic ut fha head of the alectiOr