The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-12


Warren county: klaine 3,5U; Cleveland. |
:, 1913; Butler, 179; st. John, 123
Clinton county: Blaine, 1913; Cleveland, |
5, ISL, Butler, 10; st. John, 35
Rcnnselaer county: Blaine, 1859; Ceve
land, Is, 4I+; Butler, G86; ST. John, 4l6.
Mclean Man Much TaIkee.
New NCRK, Nov. l2-The attention Of
Mr. Elkns was called to Mr.. William c.
Whtney's allegations that the Republican
national committee intended to ''FloridaiAe"
the vote of this state. He denied the charge,
saying the committee are surprised that so re
spectacle IA man as Mr.. Whitney should
make such Il statement. The committee, be
states, is to employ no questionable
methods. It had arranged that in every
county legal advisers should be present to
secure all that the party is entitled to of the
vote cast week ago. He challenged Mr..
Whitney and his colleagues to point to a sim
gle instance where the committee had at
tempted any manipulation of votes returns,
| or ballots, or taken any improper step.
The committee was willing to abide
a fair count In close elections official
count was always restored to. Why
should there be a different rule now? The
Democrats should wish it, and if they desired
a fair count should work with the Republi
| cans. The Republican national committee
| found itself in the position of representative
! of the Republican party, to whom it was
| responsible for its action, and it would not,
| because Of incendiary appeals, surrender any
rights the party might have under the law.
| ltnever proposed anything else than to Sc
| cure an honest count, which no patriotic cti-
zen could object to.
| The Tribune comments editorially: 1t is
! asked by many why there should be any
| doubt as to the result of an election after
| kilograms have been received from the diff
| ferent counties announcing what is called the
official vote in these counties There is
| first a conflict of dispatches as to the result
in the different counties Nothing but the
official count can determine which informa-
ton is correct. But the returns hitherto called
"offical" are in fact not Of that character
until they have been iofiicially canvassed by
the county boards which met Tuesday The
duty oi the board is to ascertain from the
returns what the actual vote and where the
returns are defective to examine and cause
the returns to he corrected II should not
be Il matter of surprise that the result is
There are something like 2.O03 election pre-
cincts in the state, and errors averaging not
more than one vote to each precinct would
cover far more than the plurality claimed
for either candidate
The sun says: On account of the deter
mination Of tho Republican managers 10
make test cases for the courts of all errors
nr4 ;,-,v4 !arities that the county boards re-
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