The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17
REPUBLICANS GIVE 1T UP.
New York's Vote Elects Cleveland by
1,106 Plurality.
Reviewing the Conduct of the Campaign
RumOr that the Stalwarts and Demo-
! Gratis Will Fuse for Conkling.
From the Journal Of Sunday.l
COUNTED FOR CLEVELAND.
The Electoral Vote of New York Democratic
by LOG Plurality.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal.
New YORK, Nov. 15.-At 2 o'clock this after
noon the canvass of the vote in this city was
completed, and Grover Cleveland, by the slender
majority of less than twelve hundred, placed to
his credit by the most stupendous of clerical
errors" and DR.. Burchards rum, Romanism
and rebellion" speech, becomes beyond dispute
the President-eiect of these United States. A
great pressure has been removed from the public
mind. The long and feverish struggle, with its
s~leepless anxiety, is over, and the people are ac-
cepting the result calmly. Business promises to
be depressed a while, and the Republicans think
it hard that they should be robbed of the
electoral votes of half a dozen States in the
South, but both of these things, business de-
preston and hard feelings, viii pass away.
Mr.. Cleveland will be inaugurated as quitely
and peacefully as Garfield was. The feeling is
growing that Mr.. Cleveland will be his own
worst enemy. If he is only allowed to 60 unmo-
Tested about his business, four or eight years of
Democratic administration will make the people
pray for a return of the good old times of Re
publican rule The Republican party need not
despair of success because it will not have the
patronage of the government and the influence
of the administration 10 aid it in the next presi-
Dental contest. 1t can do without them. The
administration was called hostile this year, and
rendered the Republican national committee no
assistance of any considerable value. The ad-
ministration, by ordering the p~ostofice to remain
open here on election day and refusing to give
the letter carriers a holiday on the day of
the election, easily took from Mr.. Blaine 500
votes, The support from the hundred thousand
Office holders of this country was absurdly
mean and small. The ofice~holdegs
contributed to the campaign funds $3S, 900, and
not one cent more. The Democrats had S. to
spend where the Republicans had 81; and that
Iney spent II the result in Indiana and New Jer-
sey proves. This campaign has been conducted
on the part of the Republicans, with one-third
the money spent in 1880. 1876 or 1872. I'VE
feel that We have done all we could, said Chair
man Jones, when the result of the count was
announced. W fought the battle honestly
and vigorously; we could do no more"
There has been a disposition to %criticise the
national committee, but 1 observe that the
people are becoming more just, and
they recognize. that the committee did
the very best that they could
IN the face of the fearful odds that rose before
them from the first day of the campaign down
to the very day of the election. On this point
the Sun sensibly observes: For some mystic
rious reason these committees are held respon-
sible because a plurality Of 1890 among the
voters of the country preferred Cleveland to
Blaine. IfBlaine had happened to have n few hun
dred more votes in this State, as would probably
have been the case if Brother Burchard's
laryngeal, lingual and labial facilities for the
propulsion of the letter r had been less, Mr..
Barnun and Mr.. German, and their associates
would have been as soundly abused by the
Democrats as Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Elkins now
are by the Republicans"
The aldermanic supervisors entered upon
their work of canvassing o-day earlier than
usual, in order to complete the electoral count, at
all hazards, by an early hour in the afternoon.
Chairman Waite came ahead of the crowd and
took his seat long before 8 o'clock. Not another
alderman was visible ii the chamber at that
time, and but one lawyer, Mr.. Bartlett, was in
attendance. Nh. Waite had a brief consultation
with Mr.. Bartlett, and then proceeded TO attach
his initials to the tally sheets, in order to ex-
pedite matters, while awaiting his colleagues,
The first important preliminary. when the board
came to order, was the resolution laid over yes
terday providing for the canvass of the electoral
count only in the remaining districts to-day.
Supervisor ONeill offered a motion to
that effect, and there was no oppo-
sition. Supervisor Kirk then took up
the Fifteenth district returns and
ratified off the electoral figures with such rapid
ity that within fifteen minutes he called out for
the returns from the Sixteenth. A large crowd
occupied the benches in the rear of the chamber
and the floor. 1t was found that two returns in
election districts of the Seventeenth Assembly
district were defective, and they were sent to
the committed on corrected returns. Often
dorfer was scratched in the First election dis
trict of the Sixteenth Assembly district The
Eighteenth Assembly district was then
taken up and read. 1t was found in
the First election district that the
vote for Blaine was 81, Cleveland
14I, and st. John 3, making q total oil 1873. There
were 225 votes east, making a difference of 81 for
Blaine. The return was referred to the com
mittee to be corrected. In the Third election
district of the Eighteenth Assembly district, the
total vote cast for Cleveland was shown to be
2l3 instead of 1913, the figures heretofore pub
lished. In the Sixteenth election district of the
Eighteenth Assembly district the figures gave
Cleveland a gain of 200 over those already cred
tied to him. The vote cast was 272 in place
of ". In the Twentieth election district Of the
Nineteenth Assembly district Ottendorfer was
again blotted from the electoral ticket.
The canvass vent on briskly and without a
hitch. The spectators lounged back in their
chairs and pulled cigars until the air was blue
and misty, and a buzz Of whispered converse
ton ran round the chamber. AT 2 o'clock the
canvass OF the electoral CONT in the city was
completed, and the announcement was greeted
with tremendous applause. The committee on
corrected returns were still in session in the
Governors room, making the necessary cor