New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-05
4 DFfOcRdTTC SOUTH,

Tcvas comes in at last in very surprising
fashion. Dawn to Wednesday, The Worid
hid claimed only $4,000 plurality in that State
for Cleveland. and other Democratic papers
obout oS 900. and TIE TRIBUNE had allowed
100 900 in the absence of full returns. The
official s,atcmantnow tclcgraphcd gives Ii l.Soo
plurality to Cleveland. and thus secures him
plurality of the total popular vote. The official
returns have not been received from Nevada
and the statements published by othe. journals
from that State still lack one or moro counties
The World by the way, giving plurality 10
Cleveland by mistake. There Is, however, no
longer reason 60 doubt that on the face OF the
rcports from the several States small plurality
is shown for Mr.. Cleveland The latest return
from Texas is interesting because 1t differs Sd
widely in tenor from those which had pre-
coded. The first report, giving about half the
vote of the State, showed u large gain Tor the
Republicans but a much larger gain Tor thc
Democrats, and promised majority almost III
definitely large. These returns were from the
eastern and central counties, where the scnt-
mrnt of the Solid South" is overwhelming
proscntlv however. returns came from counties
IN thc western part of the State where the
sheep growers were strongly Impressed WIN
fine idea that protection of their industry was
mast desirable. Accordingly in 23 counties
then reportcl. though the Democratic vote in
creased from / \, 800 to 26,G0O the Republican
vote in the same counties increased from 4,?60
To 10.9O7 Unsupported to indicate that II
similar increase appeared in the other counties
of the western part Of the State, the Democratic
majority might be reduced rather than in
creased But from that time no further returns
were forwarded Tncre WAS a sudden and sin
rnlor suspension of all inform tiOn from that
State for some weeks. The next return that
Games purports to be the official statement oil
the total vote, which shows for S3 rcmining
counties since the previous report n gain OF
$1,000 in the Democratic vote, against gain
of <. 100 in the Republican vote.
II remains the great fact in this election that
the South has been able to vote rs il plcases to
return ilq vote ~ il plcascs and tc east 81 large
vote regardless Of the will of the people in
that section. rs TO secure the election Of Pres
ilpniihl candidate with the aid OF scantt
5000 plurality IN rour Northern states. Mr..
tlrvrlnnd'a plurality IN the Southern states Is
ibt,iigT, Ihrir can hr 40 reasonable doubt
that, not onlv i1n.onn, bat n very much Target
nUinlpi nf ,nipia, we've WohHfnllt deprived nl
ihoil iIahi of Auliagpi Ga thc olhn, hhhh, the
pnialil ~ NJ lllninr IN lin Northern Aihira
Notwithstanding taion ~ Iowa aud Nebraska
appoala ~ hr III ,apii, though the returns Tram
Nevada arc not official, Ia Iowa probably
aO,hl7 and ia Nebraska probably ldppi
lireonbdck votes were cast tor fusion electors,
and counted for Cleveland. liut in Missouri,
on the other hand, the fusion counted ia favor
of Mr.. Blaine The number of Grccnback votes
at the latest previous election was 81, lO7 II
allowance be made on both sides for these
votes MIR. Blainc's plurality over Cleveland at
the North will appear to be about 41?,7Ol,
while Mr.. Clcyeland's plurality over Blaine at
the South will appear to be about 49l ,731. But
the plurality in the Northern States was the
result of free and fair elections, at which the
full vote of the people was pollcd in nearly
every State, and, excepting in few Demo-
cratic localities, vas without dispute honestly
counted The plurality in the Southern States
is the result of a practical denial of the right
of suffrage to 100000 citizens. In the light
of these returns, the facts presented yesterday
in the analysis of the vote of the Southern
States become of the highest importance. 1t is
to be hoped that the Republican members Of the
Senate will consider seriously, and without long
delay, what steps should be taken, by invcsti-
CATION or otherwise, to bring this subject to
the attention of the people, and to'prcparc the
way for the adoption of some adequate remedy.