New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-10
THE TRUE VERDICT.

Whatever may be the final outcome Of this
years contest, personally MI. Blaine may well
feel satisfied with the verdict of his country
mon In his own State, where he is known To
almost every man, his plurality is larger with
one or two exceptions in war tines than that
ever before received by any candidate. In his
own ward his majority was several hundred
larger than ever before given Republican
candidate. Tho same was true of his city and
the surrounding towns. HeSalTled the waru IN
Buffalo in which Grover Cleveland lived so
many years by over 200 majority, notwith-
standing the strenuous efforts made there by the
Democrats to obtain n different result. lie also
carried the city of Buffalo and the county OF
Erie by 400 plurality, although two years ago
it gave majority of 7,}40 FOR Mr. Cleveland
for Governor. In the county Of Albany. the
official residence of the Governor, Mr.. Blaine
has reduced the Democratic plurality OF 1860
in $50 and of o,417 in 1882 to one of only
GAO this year. And on fair count we think he
has carried the State Of Ncw-lork, although
two wears ago it gave Grover Cleveland a
ulurality OF l92,S51. The Democrats had the
advantage of change in the state govern
mept. which enabled them To use its patronage
for their candidate and also the benefit OF a
free-tradc detection from the Republican
ranks. Cndor these circumstances the verdict
of Tuesday cannot be otherwise than satiSfac-
tory to SIR. Blaine so far az he is personally
concerned.
An enormous majority of the intelligent vote
of the country bas thus been cast III 'aVor OF
the Republican candidate. The Southern
States. III which thirty-six and hall per cent
of the whole population cannot read or WRITE
are alleged to have declared solidly for the
Democratic candidate Yet if the whole vote
OF the South were fairly cast and counted, no
intelligent man pretcnds to doubt that Mi.
Blaine would have a large number OF Southern
electoral votes. No one claims that the
co'ored men in Mississippi vote the Dem
ocratic ticket. In that State there are
40 600 more c0lored than white voters.
And vet we are calmly told that Mis-
sissippi gives 10000 majority for Cleveland
and elects a solid democratic delegation to
! Congress. In Louisiana. where the coloied
voters are in majority of 1000, a similar re-
suit is announced. Bat South Carolina caps the
| climax. In that State the c0l0red voters con
stltute "A majority Of $4,000 of the total vote OF
the State yetthe State Is claimed for Cleye
land by about that majority, and Mr. Butler
and Wade II impton, and the other men re
sponsibe for this condition of affair
send "A message 10 Grover Cleveland about
alleged Republican attempts at fraud III the
North
There is no pretcnce made that any large
number of colored men vote the Democrat,
ticket in the South OF that all of the white
voters are Democrats. The total Democratic
vote does not equal the white voting population
!, onv one of those States. II must be clear t.
anv fair man that if Grover Cleveland Is finally
declared elected, it will only be by perversior
of the honest will of the people. There IL M
doubt that Mr.. Blaine has not only the gIea
majority Of the Northern voters III his favor