Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-11-13
the President-eIect, and wrote him az

the PresIdent-eiect, anu wrote MN an
admirable letter, TOO.
On tie same day, Fridav-we wish
or readers to note the day-the Repub-
lican committee telegraphed Mr.. Blaine
that Cleveland had carried New York.
At the same time-Friday morning
the Tribune hauled down its flag and
ceased to put out bulletins.
That same Friday afternoon the AL
bany Ersaing Journal, one of the strongest
Blaine journals outside of New York,
and placed at the point to which ottclal
returns are brought, said:
Indiana has undoubtedly gone Demo
cratic, and the reports of a Republican
victory in West Virginia and Florida are
not substantiated. Itseems clear that Gov
ernor Cleveland is elected, tor the States
that have gone Democratic have 219 eiec
toral votes. Every honest citizen and news
paper desires simply that the vote shall
be fairly counted and the result declared
as the vote was cast. The Journals
claims of Mr.. Blaine's election were
based upon the best reports obtainable
on Wednesday and Thursday To-day,
when the official returns remove all
doubt, it frankly acknowledges defeat.
But no sooner had Blaine received the
news that he was beaten, and that his
own supporters were actually acknowl-
cdging his defeat, as good citizens ought,
than he telegraphed from Augusta his
determination to try q bit of Mexican
tactics. Note the language OF his pro-
nunciamento:
am advised there have been frauds in
New York State. believe that the
honest vote of the State gives Repub-
1ican plurality, and l ask the committee
to see that we have fair and honest
count.
1t is all I, /, I. Blaine had been not
fed by the committee that the State had
gone Democratic; he was not sure that
he could stir them up to support his
Mexicanizing policy, and SO, though Mr..
Gould and Mr.. Vanderhi' e two men
most sure to have Z news, were
convinced; though the Albany Eceaing
Journal, his vigorous supporter. had
written that ''to-day, when the Official
returns remove all DOUBT the journal
frankly acknowledges defeat;" though
his own committee had telegraphed him
that the State was for Cleveland, Blaine
refused to accept the facts and impu-
IDENTIFY telegraphed : al believe there
have been frauds; 1 believe that the
honest vote gives New York to the Re-
publicans.
Everybody knows Blaine's boundless
audacity. He cares nothing for right,
nothing for truth On that very day
Friday--he made at Augusta what is
perhaps the most shameless utterance Of
which an American public man ever was
guilty:
/ feel great pride that no imputation
of fraud has ever been seriously uttered
against the members of the Republican
party in any State or district
Blaine is tempting his followers to
revolution. he has given notice that he
is ready to Mexicanize this country If he
can get anybody to stand by him. He
helped to steal the Presidency in 1876;
he was part Of the Dorsey soap and new
two dollar bill' campaign in 1880, and
took the state department as his reward.
And he now appeals to his followers to
help him in still more desperate step.
We believe that this bold, bad man.
convicted lobbyist, convicted corruption
ist, convicted ally of star route and navy
thieves, convicted falsifer, convicted ig-
noramus in all true craftsmanship, con-
victed trickster and political gambler.
viii fail in this last attempt at fraud and
revolution. He cannot grab the Presi-
dency, because the people are looking at
him.