Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-11-13
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new YORK.
The Count Progressing
Slowly in the City.
The Scenes i'm and About City
Hall-An Immense
ThrGng Present.
Republicans Claim 1000 Votes
Gain on Account of Irreg-
ularities in New York
City.
Two Thousand Butler and st.
John Votes Counted for
Cleveland.
General Buffers Legal Represen-
tative Present.
A Nn;, &C 900 Nn4nn L. ron a
Two Thousand Butler and ST.
John Votes Counted for
Cleveland.
General Buffers Legal Represen-
tative Present.
A Gain Of 233 Votes in Favor of
Blaine in One District.
New YORK, Nov. u.


The Mail and Express this afternoon says
The official canvass of the vote of this State
is in progress today. Few changes were
made by canvassers, yesterday. 1t is now
generally considered that the vote of the
counties above Harlem Bridge cannot be
changed to affect Cleveland's plurality.
An accidental error may entire wipe out
the plurality and on this alone are based the
hopes of the republicans. At midnight 80 of
the 60 counties had been heard from officially
They gave a net gain OF 33 for Cleveland.
leaving Cleveland's plurality at | 225. Ac-
COrding to the claims OF the democrats this
practically ends any probability of any serious
increase to Blaines mai0rities in the rural
counties, although it is fair to bear in mind
that where gains are expected the canvass is
DELAYED and the case may yet be presented in
eight or ten counties where the canvass has
not yet been made up. The real fight is in
this city and the republican hopes were
greatly dsmpened when Elisha Root an
nounced yesterday that he found the majority
to be 1926, wiping out the gain of 426 votes
announced on Saturday. The total number
of votes upon which,in some form or another
George Bliss expects to take exception to the
informal count already had, is about 1000
About Ore-third of these are defective or
II, u.
John and other votes which were miscounted
excluded or otherwise aided to swell Cleve-
lands vote.
The Evening Telegram (dem.) thus de-
scribes a scene at a meeting of the aldermen
Wednesday City Hall became TODAY the
last intrenchment of the Blainites. All eyes
are turned to the count in New York city,
and every one who could spare time rushed
to the aldermanic chamber to witness the
final struggle. The aldermen realized the
Importance of the work before them and the
impatience and anxiety of the people through
out the country. They looked like men who
had prepared themselves for a long day's
work. They came in time, but the crowd
had came earlier and blocked halls and door
ways. At ten o'clock the crowd was so great
that it was very difficult to force passage
within the railing.
An imposing arrav of lawyers pleaded with
the policemen to escort them through the
dense mass of spectators, and they were soon
seated at the outer semi-circle of desks. They
represented the national and state committees
of both parties, and even Ben Butler had
legal representative who came to show the
cause why the hundreds of votes cast for the
man from Lowell should be counted"
The Evening Post says: Final Blaine hope
Is uuuE upon tue bodlu Vi dlueEIDeD IN THIS
city, and the temperance of an old deal
between Tammany and OBrien, members is
alluded TO as mysteriously as a scheme for
counting Blaine in.
We trust none of our readers will allow
themselves TO be worried by this move. that
Kelly and 0'Brien would like to count Cleve-
land out and Blaine in. We have not the
slightest doubt but the obstacle to their
scheme is,the same which has defeated the
Blaine conspiracy in this State. namely the
law If the aldermen were to attempt to
count in Blaine, the net result would be NOT
to elect Blaine, but to put the aldermen in
prison.
The county canvassers of Kings county,
(Brooklyn) continued their work Tuesday in
the seventh ward. Cleveland's last three
votes are compared with the police returns
In the eighth ward there were two less than
in the police returns for Cleveland and in the
tenth ward one less for Cleveland.
Queens and Suffolk Counties.
JAMAICA, L.. l.. Nov. IL
Suffolk county official returns give Blaine
5s76, Cleveland 6420. Butler 50, St. John
456; Cleveland's plurality, 553.
The Queens county supervisors completed
the canvass of the electoral vote this morn
inc In the refurns from 0gstar Raw n defaet