The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
Nothing Less than $4,000 Majority in
the City Will Save Cleveland.
The Democrats Confident of Their Ability
to Carry the State, Which Opinion
They Back Freely with Money.
FIGURING ON THE RESULT.
Expectation that Blaine Will Receive O,OOO
Votes in New York City.

| change in the situation to-day. The Republic
| ans are growing more hopeful, and are conf
IDENTIFY predicting the election of Mr.. Blaine.
The Democrats here are confident that they can
carry the State; they are betting largely on it.
The organization in this State is not as close and
careful as it is in Ohio and Indiana; neither the
] Democrats the Republicans have poll of
| the State which indicates with any degree of
certainty what majority is to be expected. All
estimates are based on former elections
and judicious measuring of present
forces I met Andrew S. Draper this
morning, chairman of the Republican
| executive committee of New York. Said he:
| 1--WE have strong assurances that the Republican
counties north of Harlem river will give Mr.
Blaine much larger majority than they gave
| Garfield"
The Democrats here are hopeful over New
York State because there are enough of them to
cheer each other. The only personal following
Cleveland has seems to be in this city. The sec
retary of the New York Republican State com
mittee who is familiar with State politics, and
has always been a safe prophet, said: EVERY
thing now points to 10000 votes for Blaine in
| this city Tuesday next. In 1880 Judge
Folger received IS, $50, while Garfield had 3D.
| 73O. There has been an increase in the registry
of H. 900, reasonable proportion of which, prob
ably $500, is Republican Last year 8, 1856 Irish
American Democrats bolted Cleveland's man,
Maynard, as they will bolt Cleveland himself
now I think co. 900 votes for Blaine in New
York is fair estimate"
just how many votes Gen. Butler, the candi
date of the Peoples party, will poll in New York
city no one can presume to foretell. The Re
publcans put his vote at 100000
while the Democrats deny that it
will exceed 10000. At the Peoples
headquarters there is talk of 3d. 900; but be
! the Butler vote what it may, it will carry with
it the stinging rebuke of manhood labor, elo-
quent in protest fervid in patriotism and stern
in the sense of right AS the election ap-
proaches it becomes evident that thousands of
workingmen and others whose natural choice is
General Butler, will, in their hatred of Cleve-
land and hostility to his candidature cast their
sufrages for Blaine as the surest way CT crushing
out Cleveland.
There are 240, 951 voters registered;
of these 227 900 may be count
ed to appear at the polls. By
common consent ninety thousand are allotted to
Blaine; there remain 137, 900. If the leaders of
the Peoples party correct in their estimate,
and Butler gets the vote they anticipate, Cleve-
lands majority in this city will be 1700O IT, as
is rather more likely, the Republican estimate
is correct, Cleveland will have q, 900. But if
finally both are in error, and the Democratic es-
innate for Butler is correct Cleveland will
have $4,000 General Hancock had Al, ,2S3
in this city, and yet was badly beaten in the
State. If Cleveland falls behind Hancock's sorry
record he is beaten indeed.
In New York city, if anywhere, is the mighty
uprising of Independent Republicans to be found
What do they amount tol The figures furnish
the answer Every vote the Democrats get from
them is at the expense of two votes driven away
"a poor exchange for great party in its tradi-
tional stronghold. Nothing short of 50,-
600 majority in New York city can
save Cleveland in this State. Mr. Til
den had 53,969 in vote of l,O91;
General Hancock had A. 2S3 in a vote of 2O4, 743;
in vote of 227 600 Cleveland friends can figure
out but 81, 900 for him, and it may fall short of
that
The New York press is unusually spirited and
virulent this year The New York Times and
the Evening Post have done more foul and con-
temptible work than the regular Democratic or
gans, like the World. The Tribune is the only
morning paper which has cordially advocated
the election of Blaine. The Sun has done
some of the most effective work for the
Republicans. 1t reaches thousands of people
who will not read the Tribune. 1t has been
strong in its opposition to Cleveland and has
steadily predicted his defeat
The Suns leading editorial this morning,
speaking of Maria Halpins recent affidavit,
which proves that she was thoroughly respecta-
ble till she met Cleveland and that he meanly
blackened her character to temper the storm that
has gathered about himself, says:
"If Mr.. Blaine had lied as often as the indie
pendent bureau of defamation has en-
deavored to prove, there would still be this
dacity and that of Grover Cleveland: Mr..
Baine's statements had reference to
no one but himself. He sought to implicate no
one, to injure no one. Cleveland, in order to
shield himself in his attempt to make the ruin
of the woman he had wronged most complete
and absolute sought to take away from her
every claim to moral rectitude and responsibility.
There is no possible condemnation too strong for
such man. He should be rejected by such an
overwhelming majority that hereafter he will
never dare to aspire to any office but that of u
hangman."
Mr. Blaine has suffered undeservedly on ac
count of Jay Gould's espousal of his cause The
fact is, as 1 was reliably informed to-day Gould
is giving the Democrats three dollars to where
he has given the Republicans one dollar
Gould's presence at the great dinner given
Mr.. Blaine not at all agreeable, l fancy to
the Republican managers.
News from the West is encouraging. The