The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-11
The Democrats Will Contest Every Point Be-
fore the Courts, in Hope of Throwing
Out the State, Unless They Win.
Cleveland's Plurality Has Dwindled
Down to Three Hundred.
The Alterations and Corrections Made by
His Supporters During Last Week-A
Spirit of Violence in New York City.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.

The Democrats to Fight the Count and Can
vass at Every Point.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New York, Nov 10.-The Republicans of
New York are not so buoyant and confident as
they were one week ago, on the night preceding
the election Then they were sure that the
balloting the morrow would elect MI Blame
Tonight they can only hope that the official
count on the morrow will show plurality In
their favor. The count which takes place to-
morrow will probably not settle the matter
finally. The Office of the county canvassers
is simply to correct palpable clerical er-
rors. When the question is raised as
to what a clerical error is,
difference Of opinion in the board
can only be settled by the Supreme Court
Questions as to the paper, the caption, the in
dorsement, and the type, when raised, must be
decided by the court The court will also have
to decide whether enough ie - e u the cnpped
votes to tell with reasonable certainty what
they were. Fully 1900 of these ballots were
used. The count and canvass will be fought at
every point by the Democrats. tits their policy
to delay and prolong the canvass. 1t will be
part of their plan, if they find
that they are likely to be beaten by
the official count, to get large number of cases
into the courts and have them pending when the
electoral college convenes next month. Throw
ing the vote of New York out Cleveland will
have majority of the electoral votes. The
contest which commences tomorrow will be a
memorable one We are on the eve of a great
fight, and no man can see where or when the
end will be.
The Democratic plurality has dwindled down
to 800. They commenced by claiming so, 200 for
Cleveland. 1t is strange that with all their
talk of stealing States and votes, the Democrats
do not and cannot point to a case of fraud prac-
tieed by the Republicans
The Democrats will have the advantage in the
matter of money to carry on legal contests
Vanderbilt, Gould, Garrett and the Standard
Oil Company are furnishing the money and
trains for the Democrats. They have been do
ing so through the campaign 1t is now becom-
ing very generally understood that the monopo-
lists have been given to Cleveland. They have
brought the brains and generalship into the
Democratic party. The solid South, the
monopolists and the city roughs make
up the aggressive elements of the Democratic
party to-day.
In Troy it was discovered to-day that 400 But
Ter votes were counted for Cleveland. The bal
lots in this State are all destroyed as soon as
they are counted The voters can make aft
davit, and the returns will be corrected. In
other words the voters can go behind the
turns. The Troy Butler votes will probably not
be counted for Blaine. It will be too great a
task to secure 400 af1idavits.
Great preparations have been made by
both Sides and there is an ON
nous hull tonight, if before
storm. The police official who visited the head
quarters this morning said: "a spirit of VIC
lence is rampant in the Harlem district, and an
efigy of Blaine is now hung out in Ninety
second street, above which is the motto, 'Cleve
land or War; The Democratic managers by
their hot medicines and by the PRONUNCIATION
of iniammatory documents, are responsible for
this condition of affairs The result may show
Blaine's election Should this be So these peo-
pie who have gone wild and crazy over
what they call Democratic victory will
not be responsible for their acts. The
responsibility will rest upon their leaders, and
on monopoists like Garrett, of the Baltimore &
Ohio road, who recently threatened Chairman
Jones with war, if he persisted in demanding a
fair count for Blaine"
The Tribune's editorial on the situation says
1--WE see no occasion to change the opinion thus
far maintained, that only the official count can
determine the result Of the election in this
State; and that it is likely to show small
plurality for Blaine and Logan. The Demo
Gratis themselves, in spite of the idle vaporings
of their newspapers, which started in the night
after the election with estimates of TO, 900
plurality and have since dropped to about
1000, only count on less than 400 plurality
in the State. This the errors, or worse,
already discovered would more than wipe out.
The whole canvass must be conducted with the
utmost openness and under the most rigid legal
scrutiny, with resort to the proper courts when
ever necessary. Then, if the fair count gives
Grover Cleveland a plurality of only single
vote he will be inaugurated. If it gives Mr..
Blaine plurality no matter how small he will
be inaugurated. Buster and threats may pro-
mote public disorders for which those who use
them will be responsible, but will not be permit
ted to affect the inevitable result"