The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-08
COMMENT ON THE SITUATION.
New xork,s Newspaper Claims.


NEW YORK, Nov 7-Al the morning
papers except The Tribune admit that Cleve-
land has from /, 900 to 600 plurality in this
state. The Tribune claims 1000 plurality
for Blaine. 1t does not credit the statement
N the Associated Press 2 a. m bulletin that
from official county returns and close figures
on twelve unofficially reported counties,
Cleveland will have 1000 plurality, nor
does it place faith in the Associated
Press statement that the majority
reported by them for Blaine has besn wiped
out by important changes reported in the
vote of West Chester and Queens counties.
1t states that at 4 a. m. the Associated Press
furnished a correction to avoid misapprehen
sion Of their 2 a. m. bulletin, and explained
that while the earlier reports of yesterday
we're made up Of district returns, the later
ones were corrected by the footings of the vari
Gus county clerks The footings by districts
would give Blaine 800 plurality As revised
by the aid of the county clerks totals they
would give about 900 for Cleveland. Both
footings will be furnished to-day for COM
parison. If the county clerks footing is more
correct it is because telegraphic errors may
have caused some mistake in the district re-
turns Tho Tribune also claims that the only
correct returns must be by district, and
tables by counties must be mere estimates,
and in former years have always varied
largely from the official returns.
The Herald says: Despite the hardness
with which the Associated Press has sent in
the returns from certain Republican strong
holds in the state, The Herald, through
private dispatches, is able this morning to
give an accurate table of the pluralities in
the several counties. The figures give
the state to Cleveland by 1856 plurality.
The result without the Intervention of
positive and glaring fraud cannot be ma
terially changed Our counsel is for peaceful
methods, and careful abstinence from any
others till the last extremity. But if the Re
publican national committees call for Ere
sistance" is meant to incite Republicans to
resort to violent means to defend frauds on
the protext Of preventing them upon the
heads of Elkins and his fellow members
of that committee rests the responsibility for
the stirring up Of any violence that may
ensue Jay Gould's figures will not deter
mine what persons shall be certified as cleo
tors, but Jay Gould's figures serve the Blaine
men as basis for claiming the state, and
perhaps for raising question on the final
count. Would not Mr.. Gould do well to
make himself less numerous about a matter
in which the people of the United States
have q much larger interest than he. AT
least they think So"
The Times says: 1.-THE people of this
country may all ask howkmuch longer an
audacious gang of sharpers can abuse their
patience with false returns Of the most i'm
portant presidential election ever held in the
United States. There is no shadow of doubt
that Cleveland has been elected president.
Fuller returns from all the doubtful states
show that Cleveland will have majority Of
81 votes in the electoral college. In Indiana
the Democratic majority is 900. Michigan il
still in doubt, with chances In favor of the Re
publican ticket. Wisconsin is conceded to the
Republicans by the Democratic state commit
tee.
No returns have been received from Cali
fornia but there is no reasonable doubt tina
the Republicans have garfield that state. Tit
--+-.--.- -iuan nv the lated Press yester