River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-13
TIE PRESIDENCY UNCERTAIN.
Result of the Presidential Election
Involved in Uncertainty.
Cleveland Thought to Have Carried New
York, but 1t is Unsettled.

| to the hour OF gong to press with this
side of our paper.
From the Daily Pioneer Press.
At . a m the returns are not sufficient to
warrant positive claims on either side. In
the states not Ia doubt Blaine has secured
total of 179 electoral votes, and Cleveland
141 Six states are more or less in doubt,
viz: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Indiana, Nevada and Virginia. OF these,
the Democrats claim New Jersey, Connect
cut and Indiana, and the chances are proba-
bly, rather in their favor In Indiana,
however, there have been noticeable
Republican gains; but the returns
are too meagre to admit of anything like
careful estimate In Connecticut the Re
publicans claim and the New York Sun con-
cedes about $500 and the Democrats
$500 majority. Virginia is claimed by
Gov. Cameron and others to have certainly
gone Republican The state press. however,
assert that Cleveland will have from 3 900
to 1000 majority. In any event, the Repub-
lcans have made large gains. The
great interest centers IN the re-
suit in New York, and everything is
in a state of beautiful uncertainty
In New York city Cleveland has a majority of
43, 0S3 and in Kings county of I5,2 39 Re
turns from somewhat more than half the
districts outside of New York and Brooklyn
give Blaine a plurality of little
more than $4,000 This shows a
net Democratic gain of 1885. Should the
returns from the remaining districts equal
these, it is probable that Blaine would carry
the state by a fair majority In Ohio
the Republican majority is largely
in excess of that of October, and
a totaI of 1000 is probable, Illinois is un-
| doubtedly Republican, though Harrison ran
considerably ahead of his ticket In
Massachusetts the vote was closer than
was expected, and Butler made a surpris-
ingly small showing Later dispatches
claim that Tennessee is somewhat in doubt,
though this is scarcely credible. Nothing
can be learned as to the result in Nevada
NEW YORK, Special Telegram, 3;15 a. m,
Nov. 5--The Sun says New York is undoubt-
| eddy Democratic by fair plurality. Accord
ing to the Sun. several states are in doubt,
with Cleveland chances best New Jersey
has gone for Cleveland. Both sides claim
Connecticut, while Indiana and West Vir-
| ginia are doubtful
CHICAGO, Special Telegram, Nov. 1.-The
night editor of the New York Tribune has
| just telegraphed that neither party is war
ranted in claiming the state from returns so
| far received, but he still believes the Repub-
! licans have carried it by small majority.
| New YORK, Special Telegram, Nov. 8,
! l :45 n m.-There does not seem any reason
| able doubt but that Cleveland has barely
scratched through by the skin of his teeth
and beggarly plurality, perhaps smaller
even than the st John vote, insignificant as
| it was. The Republican vote in this city
was almost twice as great as for Foger, and
| 10000 greater than for Garfield; but the
| Butler party fell to pieces. st John
barely reached 1000, and Cleve-
land got a majority slightly larger
than Hancock Kings county also
showed the result of Republican disaffection,
| and Oneida county (the home of Conkllng)
Topped over with a Republican loss of
almost 5000 The Times will tomorrow
| claim plurality of Il, 900 to 5000, but it
will not probably amount to much more
| than 10000. Merriman Independent Dem
! ocrat with Republican endorsement is elected
| to congress over Hardy (Tammauy Demo
craft in the Eleventh district, which helps
the city delegation somewhat Grant, Tam
many Democrat, is elected mayor over Grace,
| County Democrat and citizens and Gibbs,
| Republican, by small plurality.
| DECIDEDLY DOUBTFUL
! New YORK, Special Telegram. Nov. 3, 2 a
m-The Morning Journal independently,
| Just issued says it looks like Blaine, though
the vote in this state is very close and
Blaine's plurality, if any, will not be more
| than 5000, and probably less
2:1O a. m.-The Herald has Just posted q
| bulletin claiming there is a mistake of TO-
600 in the polls of this city, and that re
| vised returns give Cleveland over So, 900
plurality in this city.
NEW YORK, Special Telegram, Nov. 3, 2;20
| a incorrect returns give Cleveland
So, 0S3 plurality in this city. and rs, 600 in
New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond
counties Garfield had SO, 900 north of the
Harlem river, and it is not possible thai there
| will be sufficient gains in the interior to off
set this 70, 900 plurality. The New York
Times has just hung out its first Cleveland
and Hendricks placard, and caused great ex-
element
New YORK, Special Telegram, Nov. 4
The Tribune this morning says editonally:
@At the early hour at which our first edition
goes to press, the returns are too meager 10
warrant any positive statement as to the re-
suits of Yesterdays election. New York
seems to be very close, with the chances
against the Republicans Connecticut close,
I ,,1,o Errr4 Na3u
Jersey and Indiana the returns are still too
scattering to warrant any decided opinion.
But we have faith yet that the Republicans
will pull through. The Republicans can lose
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey and
still elect their ticket by the aid of any one
Southern State They have good hopes of
more than one
cIEVFLA.,D GIFTS THE STATE
NEW YORK. Special Telegram, Nov. 4 49,
There is no longer any reasonable doubt that
New York will give the small plurality for
Cleveland indicated in my first dispatch.
about 10000 The early returns indicated
large plurality, but the later reports helped
the Blaine pluralities. The morning returns
swell the pluralitis; 1927 districts give
Blaine, 2s9, $50; Cleveland, 244, 1915; But
Ter. IT'S, and St John, !, 0s9--a net Dem
ocratic gain of 10,299. These, with New
York and Brooklyn, make up more than
three -fourths of the state. The carefully
prepared and Trustworthy tables of
majorities made up in the Times have just
been revised and they show Cleve-
land maioritles of .71,713, against
Blaine maiorities of 6I,716, leaving a
plurality of a,997 for Cleveland, or
barely two-thirds of the st. John vote, which
is double that cast for Butler. The Tribunes
own tables give Cleveland plurality of over
10000.
wHTEIAw REDS REPORT
New YORK Special Telegram, Nov. s.
At $50 o'clock this morning the returns
show that New York is extremely close with
probable Republican plurality of from
| 5000 20 5000 The Democrats are still
claiming the state by a majority of 10000
or more No returns, however warrant the
claim WH1TEIAw REID.
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS
New YORK, Special Telegram, Nov. 5, $3.50
n m-The World claims this state by al
least 10000 plurality, ana claims that
| Cleveland has 222 electoral votes 1t places