The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-10
FRAUDS CLAIMED


lntions Of the Democrats.
Dbpateh to the ChienJo Tribune.
NEW YoRK, Nov. 7.-"The National Re
publican Committee intends to be conser.
vatiye and just to everybody, and to &c,
coolly and without precipitation in this
crisis" said Mr. Elkins this afternoon, ~
am not speaking for myself personally" )"
he said, "but the whole committee. On
the line OF action to be adopted we are n
unit, and I prefer, therefore,. that this
statement should 60 forth, not as cmana.
ting from me, but from the committee"
"Your committee claims that Mr. Blaine
has been elected p ,.5'-s>5'
"We believe that he has been elected,
aud, as matter Of course, We therefore
claim it. We mean to be fur, and to loaye
no stone untusned to get at the exact
facts. : II we discover on investigation that
Mr.. Blaine has not received the vote we
think he has, and we find that the frauds
were potperpetrated which We have strong
evidence pointing to, then, as patriotic
American citizens, we shall bow 10 the
will Of the majority, aud concede the elec.
ton Of Cleveland.' fii7-i,! 49,
uSDouDrEo FRArDs-rHE FACTS.
"To what frauds especially Go you re-
fer?"
"We are in possession ofiniormation in.
dicatiug that in this city, Kings county,
Queens county, and in counties in the in
terror ofthe State the returns have been
tampered with since Tuesday night When
the Boards OF Canvassers OF these counties
shall assemble to count the vote the Ma
tionat Committee will, in every instance,
appear by counsel, enter a formal protest,
and produce evidence showing that truuds
have been perpetrated on the ballot box
The matter will then 60 before the courts
for adjudication and We shall cheeriully
abide BY the result" #5z
"On what particular fact arc the charges
OF fraud in this county based y
"The Democrats in New York and
Brooklyn have been increasing the plu-
rality for Cleveland step by step since
Tuesday night, so that now the vote is
fully l!,00O higher, according to their ti.-
nres, than it was at the close OF the polls.
This is matter that calls for IN examinu-
ton, and We have some facts in our pos
session which may throw light on it.
These facts We mean to keep 10 ourselves
until the time comes to produce them be.
fore the proper tribunal"
OTHER EVIDENCES OF FRAUD.
aside from the count, is there anything
else on which Mr.. Dlaine's friends base
the charge Of fraud?"
"W-e hold that votes were counted for
Cleveland which under the law should
have been thrown out, and that ballots
were thrown out which should have been
counted"
"Outside Of New York and Brooklyn, in
what counties do you charge that fraud
was perpetrated ?"
1--WE are not prepared to make public
the entire list at the present moment. We
shall do so in good season. Queens county,
Ulster and St. Lawrence will receive spe-
cial attention. In one polling place in
Ulster county Cleveland is credited with
90 more votes than the entire vote polled.
In st. Lawrence county the Democrats
claim gain which is 800 votes ahead OF
all the estimates" $50 j.
"iour returns are not yet complete ~
"We have estimates in all cases, but the
full official returns from ten counties are
yet wanting. We do not want to arouse
feeling by making our estimates public,
preferring to await the complete official
returns. We do not propose Cleveland
shall take his seat by fraud, but We learn
that he has been fairly elected we shal!
concede the fact. There is no necessity for
haste or undue excitement. This business
will in due course right ITSELF" ia q