The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-11-12
A WILD ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
THE YIRGINIAS.

Dudley Gives up the New York job
ElkinS, Jones and Evarts Keep up
the SllOw-ROscOe COnkling Steps to
the Front as Senior Counsel for the
MISUNDERSTANDING in Indiana Ex-
posed.
Especial Dispatch to the News and Courier. }
New York, November 1O.-Thc
Blaine men are dying hard but arc dying
surely. They are still keeping up their
game Of bluff, but the whole concern is
going to pieces from the inside. The
day after the election when Blaine tclc-
graphcd here for his mon to claim every
thing all agreed to obey his order.
Since then the assertions daily from the
ranks of the Blaine managers have been
large and on the increase: and now it
is said that there arc only few promi-
ncnt men here who will lend their aid to
keep up the fight. Elkins and Jones,
said are receiving financial aid to carry
out their schemes from Jay Gould and
his friends.
To-day they suddenly determined to
cndcavOr to capture the electoral votes
Of Virginia and West Virginia, and to-
night Il gentleman prominently idcnti-
fled with the Pacific Railroad left here
for Petersburg, Va, carrying with him n
large amount Of money. The scheme
was known to the Democrats before the
gentleman started, and when he gets to
Petersburg he will find that the avenues
through which he expected to work
have been elirctually closed.
Pension Commissioner Dudley did
not stay here, but went right through to
Washington. Between indianapolis
and this city he was told Of the feeling
here, and ttlcgraphcd to Steve Elkins
that public opinion ran too high to at
tempt to do anything now for Mr.. Blaine
outside Of the returns, and for his part
he wished to be excused. William NJ.
EvartS, however, intends to keep I'D the
fight and tonight said it would take n
week or ten days to get the actual count.
Clarence a.. Seward, BENZ. +. Tracy and
George Bliss have been retained with
him as counsel in this city. Leading
lawyers have also been retained in all
the counties in the State to scrutiniZc
the canvass i'll their respective localities.
The democrats will also be represented
by equally as good if not better legal
talent.
Ex-senator Roscoe Conkling has come
to the front and opchly declared his de-
termination to stop the contemplated
fraud Of the Blaine men. Tonight he
was in consolidation, mt the Hoffman
House, with Aaron j. Fandcrpool, Jas.
f.. Carter, Francis G.. Burton and other
lawyers, who also will represent the
Democratic National and State Commit
tees should occasion require. Mr.. Conk-
ling will act as senior counsel.
The Democratic National Committee
are in daily receipt Of letters from all
quarters in this State and also from other
States which give the details of attempt
cd frauds on the part Of the Blaine men.
The following, written by a prominent
citizen Of indianapolis. and who is in n
position to know Of what he writes, is n
fair sample Of those received
son Wednesday afternoon ! made the
startling discovery Of Of Il conspiracy on
the part Of John G.. Lew and Steve FL
kins to have the returns altered and
raised in some Of the counties Of this
State. took Immediate steps to check
mate it. On Thursday, at the the meet
ing Of the county board Of couvassers in
the various counties, vigilapt men on our
side appeared armed with certified cop.
les Of the vote in each precinct as it had
been counted on election night, and no
attempt to carry out their design was
made, except in one county in which the
figures were raised some hundreds"
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