The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-13

reasonable man can mlSunuorSLanU Ino ud-
ture and object of the appeal. The address
reads:
HDo RS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON-,
No. ii WEST FORTIETH ST..
New YORK, Nov. Z, 1884. }
1otlae People of the United States:
There can no longer be any question con-
corning the actual result of the presiden-
tial election.
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hen
bricks have eighteen more electoral votes
than are necessary to elect them.
1t is not worth while for our adversaries
to claim the electoral vote of the State of
New York.
1t is absolutely certain that the returns
of the proper officers of election Oh the
night Of the 4th of November showed a
decisive plurality in the State for the
electors supporting Cleveland and Hen
bricks.
If any different or altered returns are
now being prepared, or are prom ulgated.
they are corrupt falsitications OF the record
of the State of New York, and the men
aiding or ahetting the making Of such re-
ports are criminals.
1t is not expected that you will tamely
submit to the Vaccinations of such men.
Let them understand that you will not.
Recognize at noon tomorrow through
out the United States the actual election of
Cleveland and Hendricks by firing national
-Saiutas.
Meet tomorrow night throughout the
country. and express your opinions In a
manner that cannot be misunderstood.
The men of New York are resolved not
to submit to the gross outrage attempted
to be perpetrated upon their rights, and
speak for themselves.
Signed WIN. H. BARNUM,
Chairman National Democratic Com.
ye A. p. GORMAN,
,if@ Chairman National Executive Com.
Mr.. German preceded the address by
the following:
mitee, NelU York, November q, 1854,
1890 p. N.
The national democratic committee an
nOunces to the people of the United States
that Grover Cleveland and Thomas A.
Hendricks have carried two hundred and
nineteen electoral votes for the offices OF
President and Vice President. The states
which have declared in their favor are Ala
bama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware
Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Lou
loAduN. b1dl 1duS, Ox1ooloOlPPlt 44loOOoA
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia, casting in all two hundred
and nineteen electoral votes, eighteen
electoral votes more than sufficient to elect
No fraud or continuance can defeat the
will Of the people of the United States
thus publicly and deliberately declared
A. P. GoRMAN, Chairman.
Following this comes the incendiary ut
terances of Mr.. Manning, Chairman Of
the New York Democratic State Com
mittee. The Albany Argus Of which Mr.
Manning is the editor, says: 1.-The declara.
tion of a canvassing board of State
makes the return of that State valid also
the only certificate of it's electoral vote
which is receivable. The canvassing
boards of Democratic States will let nc
fraudulent and false votes be lyingly de.
clared the vote of that State. The true
vote will be declared, certified and sent
forward. The Democratic House of Rep
resentatives will let none other than the
true vote be counted to Blaine. Media.
tors of fraud. it is just as well that these
facts be told betimes now. No fraudulent
commission will be let put James G..
Blaine in the White House or keep Grover
Cleveland out of it. The men who at.
te. upt it will be killed, and the legal conse.
que. 1ces of killing them win be taken care
Of aft edwards.
Not s, ,tisfed with this blood and thunder
amento through his paper, Mr.
Manning l. issued the following official card
ALBANY, Nov. 6.
"By the official returns reported from
eyery comfy. Cleveland and Hendricks
have carried n sw York State by safe
and sure majority. No Vaccinations, OF
false claims. or pretended doubts of Mr.,
Blaine's manager.Ss, can change this result.
Friends of honest government and honest
elections can be everywhere assured that
the Democratic Stal e Board OF CanvaSsers
will see that the true vooe Us correctly de-
clared. DANIEL MANNING"
In response to these Nseveral appeals. and
especially that of Mr.. iarnum, the Dem.
ocrats throughout the co. Nlntry held ratif
cation meetings, announc ing the election
of Cleveland and Hendric KS, and declar
ing that he must and shall + e inaaguraiad
Into such frenzy was the 0apnlar mind
wrought, that in Philadelphia, Baltimore
Chicago, and Norfolk, Va, att enapts were
made to take possession of the post Of
fees and custom houses, and Re. pub. licans
in Richmond and other cities were ho>oted
and bounded on the streets, being COM
PEELED to get out of the way of the mob to
save their lives.
Such were the methods adopted by the
party seeking the control of this great
government to impress the public with a
fact that was not known to exist, and
which was in dispute, awaiting a legal
scrutiny to determine it, The whole pnr-
pose was to brighten the Republicans into
arecognition of their claim. But it failed,
as every sensible, self-possessed man knew
it would.
Let us turn to the manner in which the
Republicans treated the mooted question
under the undetermined circumstances.
The Republican State Committee, ON thu
9th, issued the following
In view of the claims made as to the, re-
suit of the election in New Y ork, the Re
publican State Committee deem it thei]
duty to announce that, while the vote i,
very close, the returns and estimates from
the most authentic sources justify the be
lief that the people of this state have cas-
plurality in favor of the Republican can
didates. We have received copies of tn
official returns as filed in the several coun
ty clerks Offices in all except eleven coun
ties. Besides this we have caused care
full denomination to be made of the re
turns forwarded to police headquarters il
New York and Kings counties. From tn
remaining nine counties we have procure
direct information from the most reliabl
sources, and feel justified in asserting wit
entire confidence that the state has gon
Rep nblican. The result thus arrived at i
confirmed by an entirely different inves
tigetion, based UPON the returns collecte