Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUITO OK.

THE PRESkDENHAAk- Vn'
As we write, nearly 10 o'clock P. M,
the news on the Presidential election is
coming in with seemingly systematic
slowness. At this point there are IL
precincts yet to be heard from in New
York with the Republicans 96S ahead in
plurality. The Associated Press says
these precincts at the preceding Presi'
Dental election gave something like
1000 Republican majority over the Dem
ocrats. The. inference is that when
heard from they will not be likely to
give Democratic majorities. Hence, as
far as these dispatches go, we are ready
to Weld to the inevitable and say New
York is lost to the Democracy; but we
place no confidence in these dispatches.
The figures come in a cooked up shape,
and they appear, at best, suspicious. We
have news, published elsewhere, which is
nearly or quite contemporary with these
dispatches, and we rely upon it for a
fair and intelligent idea of the situation.
Gen. King, of Cleveland's staff, tele-
graphed, as seer elsewhere, at 5 o'clock
in the afternoon, giving assurance In the
most positive terms of Cleveland's elec-
ton. Besides we find that the business
men Of New York City, who supported
Cleveland, are notified positively of his
election and warned of a plot to count
him out. They are called upon to meet
this afternoon at the front OF the statue
of Washington on Wall street to take
steps to thwart the nefarious scheme.
The circumstances all go to indicate that
the reports coming to US through the
Associated Press are invented to prepare
the public mind for prejudice in favor OF
foul work to brace up the claim of Re-
publican victory. The whole course OF
the Associated Press for years has been
such as to make its agency in politics
suspicious. 1t will be remembered for
example that only last month we received
deceptive bulletins concerning the re-
suit of the Ohio election, the last Of
which left the impression on the minds
of readers in this place that the Re-
publicans had carried the State by a ma
iority of from l3, 900 to 1900. Some
eight days later it came out that the Re-
publicans had not got any majority at
all, but that on the contrary, they OBJ
tained only a plurality and that hardly a
half of what the Press reported for
them as a majority. Who knows but,
for a purpose, the same dodge is being
played now? The circumstances war
rant q strong suspicion of it. just at
this point in writing the telegraph boy
comes in yelling for Cleveland. His
bulletin shows that the Press acknowl-
edges a slip by which the Republican
plurality is reduced by 1928 votes. Com
ing to think Of this we find, also, that
the bulletin dated New York at $40 P.
NJ. is not SO late by about an hour as the
dispatch received from MI. Deal dated 6
o'clock P. n. at Virginia City, which was
nearly 8 o'clock P. N. At New York.
Hence ii can be seen that we have an ad.
ditional reason for discrediting the Asso.
ciated Press report and for preferring to
credit . positive assertion from Demo.
cratic headquarters. II we get no fur.
Their information the whole matter will
remain in doubt and u good people will
continue in distressing sentimental heat.