The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-11-13
THE PRESIDENCY.
The Election Returns from the Vali.
ous States Of the Union.
One Of the Closest follticsl Contests oi
Modern Times.

Ono Of the Closest foliticsl Contests Of
Modern Times.
The Presidential election Of 1884 passes into
history a. one OF the closest national political
contests eter wagcd In tins country. At this
~riting-tive dats after tho closing Of the polls
the outcome Is one Of cxtteine donht. the Re-
bublicans claiming the election OF Dfaiftc and
the Dsmbcfats claiming the election Of Cleyc-
land. with thechances. hbSever. largely favoling
Cleveland The whole question hingss Upon She
great fhpdfc State OF New York, with its thirty
ca.e nt nr. vGe y she sess %
Chairmen Of the Republican, And Democratic
ftate Committees issued addresses cl4 timing the
arc o. ae ~ h
country announcing that Blain, and Io2an
Ind carried every Northern State except
Southern States, afi truclaisnjrg their elecc-
uSaSan Sa eornsn 81 The sasa san
that Grover Cleveland and Thomas 4. lien.
dricks have carried 2l9 electoral votes, Il more
than uffcient 10 elect" and declaring that mo
people OF the United States thus publicly and
deliberately declared The very latest news mp
TO- the hour Of going to press with
the following telesrams. from New York: The
Associated Press sends the following:
On careful review Ut the figures by dis
ated Press. carreced ,s M re.urns | receissi During
the day SO AZ to bring the record down to this
Time the tttal vote OF the state stands for Clcse-
land 1850. There are yet eighteen districts
from which returns are still behind or question
ed. These in lssn save Garfield plurality OF mi.
The counties which contain the lacking districts
As
The Sun says the revised returns OF this State
give Cleveland ia,s plurality. and the Times
clerical errors have been discovered In ten diff
ferent counties which almost exactly balance
one another in the footing"
dispatch from Albany says Gov. Cleveland
| has official returns from every county In the
state, showing his plurality to be 1000.
Tie Republican National Committee claint
| that the returns by precincts show o plurality
OF 1000 to 1900 for Blaine. The secretary Of the
| COMMITTEES sent the following telegram to Gen.
| Logan:
Of returns from all election dist,icts but four,
which are vet to hear from, gives us plurslity
Of 1890 in the Site. feel confident In tho re-
| suit. and that any attempted frauds VIII be de-
Mr. Blaine sent the following telegram to the
| Eationai Committec on the 7th:
National C0mmtttee
| 4 am advised that there have been frauds
committed in New York State. believe that
- ~
/ plurality. and / ask the committee to sc. that
we nave . fair and honest count ),
jay Gould sent Gov. Cleveland 4 Telegram
congratulating him upon his election, and the
| National Democratic Committee issued an adj
! dress saying there was no longer any question
a. To the result OF the contest that the electoral
| vote OF New York was absolutely sure for Cleye-
| land and Hendricks. and that they were elected
by yjorty Of Is in the electoral college.
| Illinois.
| lLAINE AND UGIEsBy CARRY THE STATE.
| Blaine carries Illinois bv plurality estimated
Ct about 2o,tne The state officers elected are
Republicans, a. follows: Governor Richard ]
Oglesby: Lieutenant Governor John &. Smith.
secretary of State. II. d. Dement,; Auditor.
Charles !. swic.rt: Treasurer, Jacob Gross: At
| from Chicago says: The Germans do not
| appear to have given tie Democrats as much as
~ was :. rs. supposed though gains
have been made. In Chicago the Irish
scratched Cleveland quito heavily In sixty
net majority of fe sa.s Ss sSsns aee onehai is Of
the counties vet to hear from are Demo-
cratic, s and the actual majority in
given above The majority for Oelesby, Re-
| publican candidate for Governor, is about
$1,000. The Republicans elect ten and the
Democrats ten congressmen. The Legislature
is very close, with the chances. at this writing.
| OF small Democratic majority.
/ Indiana.
/ DEMOCRATIC BY 5000 TO 5000.
| An Indianapolis dispatch says that on the
| basis of the latest official returns Indiana has
given Democratic plurality Of $780, and the
| Republican state Central Committee comedies
this much. 1he Democratic Committee claims
/ 100 majority. The Congressional delegation
stands as foilows: Democrats-First District,
-. kleinsr: Second, Thomas \. Cobb: Third,
Jonas e. Howard: Fourth, William =. Holman
Ninth, 7. b. Ward; Twelfth, Roher. Lowry
Wen nAvrtls En~sl nrrx8r n
short term. Repnblicans--Sixth District,
Thomas n. Browne. Eighth, James T. Johnson;
Tenth. W. =. Owen; Eleventh. George w.
steele. The Legislature IL Democratic on join,
ballot
THE ELECTORAL VOTE FOR BLArNE-cLosE ON
| STATE OFFICERS.
Detroi. dispatch. Blaine has probably car.
RED the STATE, but i is not yet de-
has the State vote BY several thousand plu-
rality. On the state ticket the free Press
tDemocratl claims the election OF Begole Flu.
200 The Post Ilepub ican claims tho
electoral ticket by 1000, and the State ticket by
500. The Congressional delegation stand.
seven Frsionists and four lepnblicans Ths
Fusionists have majority in the Legislature.
i WISCONSIN.
BLAISI's PLURALITY ABOUT 10000
Secretary PAYNE, of tho Republican com
mittce, says Milwaukee dispatch. claims ths
State by from coo to i2,Coo plurality. Dr
Anderson, chairman q the Democratic com
bv about d.1ea The indications point toward
large plurality. however. The Republican.
have elected to Congress the followins: Caswel
schaick in the atA, Guenther in the 9th. Thoma,
in the 1th. Price in the sth. and Stei henson II
the 9TH They gain four. The Democrats hays
elected Bragg in the I'd. and Rankin in the 9TH
The Legislature win be Republican In hoti
branches. 1t IL thought.
Massachusetts.
BLAINE i PLURALITY OVER a4,opa
Returns from all but three cities and toNni
give the following result: Blaine. iaa,Gol
asn pa ssaa Blame. bp'1ss paa.v s''; !. !.
The , vote Tor Governor vernon was as follows Robin
son. 4.asi: Endicott lo7.sas: McCafferty. reo
pies, a..sos: seelye. frohlbition, s.2i7. Robin
sons plurality Is sGG33. There Is evidence o.
fraud in the Sixth Congressional District. 4 re
count may give the election to Lodge over Low
in ss hss ssnss sr ean
recount of votes Tho plurality Of Loyerin.
tDem.l Il III. The Legislature Is Repnb icai
by 20 on Joint ballot,
Nebraska.
REPUBLICAN By 2oooa
Blaine carries Nebraska by n majority place.
., about 2o.ooe. All Of the Representatives /,
officers elected, are Republicans Following /
the roster OF state officers chosen
Governor, James w. Dawes: Lieu
tenant Governor, H. H.. Shedd: Sec
Willard; Auditor. II. A. Babcock; Attorney Gen
eral. William Leese: Land and building Com
missioner. Joseph Scott: Superintendent o
| Public Instruction, Nv. Nv. Jones; Regent d
State University. Leasiti Burnham
Iowa.
| STRONGLY EEpEIICAN.
The Republicans carry Iowa by a plurality o
$1,000 to $4,000 on tho national ticket, as,neu Z
5000 on the State ticket, and elect Congress
men in ten Of the eleven dstlicts--N oolson Ii
the irst, Henderson In the Third. Fuller In tn
Fourth, smith in the Fifth, Campbell in tn
Sixth. conger and Smith 10 I'LL u yacpney In tn
seventh, Hepburn in the Eighth, Lyman in tn
Ninth, Holmes Tn the Tenth, and strnhle in tn