The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-20
New York.

The following speculations were INDUCED
during the few DAYS after the election and
statements made TO show the forces MI.
Blaine had to- encounter in New York,
and the wonderful personal strengthhe de-
veloped in the canvass in that State
Hence, people began to consider cause
and effect in the Empire State. Where
was the 10000 majority so confidently
claimed yesterday by Senator German
And where. too, was the declaration OF
the National Republican Committee that
the state was sauc for Blaine The best
information obtainable showed that the
plurality, on whichever side it might be-
long, would be less than FIVE thousand.
Tammany supported Cleveland faithfully,
the independents did nobly (if such action
as theirs sayors nobility, and still Cleye
land has only. about the same vote as
Blaine. Where would he have been if
Tammany had knitted him? 1t is very
plain that Blaine IS Irish American friends
stood by him as they said they would, and
that the true Republican voters OF the
state were all at the polls. How is it, then,
that Blaine has only about the same vote
as Cleyelands There are about forty OF
fifty Thousand votes somewhere that are
not accounted for in the above summary.
~ Careful EAdlulllstll VI 1ilOn
that they were cast for st. John. Has
anyone much doubt that these votes came
from Republicans ? And does anyone be-
iieve that it was independent Republicans
who cast them? Hardly. Those who pre-
tend to know something about New DIRK
state here in Washington think that they
recognize in the heavy st. John vote OF
the state a deliberate attempt to slaughter
Mr.. Blaine. Whether they failed to sue
coed OF whether they accomplished their
object, if only as far as New DIX is con-
cerned, the fact remains that an attempt
was made on the part Of a great many OF
the friends of Senator Conkling and Judge
Folger to revenge themselves for Eolger'S
defeat by Cleveland two years ago, and to
wreak out Conkling;s vengeance for the
success Blaine has met with. 1t need not
lie insinuated that President Arthur cOun-
tenanced or asSented to such scheme.
He voted for Blaine, and he has expressed
a wish for Republican success. though he
has done little to secure it. General Grant,
however, did not so much as vote at all,
while Senator Conkling, sitting or stand
ing in review of the Cleveland procession
in New York. plainly indicated his wish.
Such stalwarts as George G. Gorham and
J. 3. Butler openly expressed their graft
tication when they thought that Blaine
was defeated to-day, and made no secret
of the fact that the New York Stalwarts,
or very many OF them, at least. did all in
their power to defeat Blaine. 1t remains,
therefore, patent fact that victory for
Mr.. Blaine in New York state must have
been achieved by him Single-handed and
against combined opposition such as no
candidate has ever before been called upon
to face. The magnitude Of such triumph
as that would be was fully recognized by
the government officials here to day. as
they read their private dispatches indi-
eating the improvement of his chances,
and there are great many peculiar COM
plcations that will arise out of the fact that
if Blaine is elected president, he will be
under very little obligation to the present
administration.